Saturday Cook

It's Sunday and it should have been an easy one, but not for me, thingking of my finances makes me jitter.  I have been in messed for a long time.  I lack the will power to recover my real me and feel that i am sliding back to nowhere.  i spent my day checking and rechecking my expenses for the month and as always i am overboard.  I have read somewhere of the story of the second richest man mr.warren buffet, the buttom line of it is not to spend beyond your means... meaning if you earn 10 spend 10 or lesser but not 11.  And this is my problem. I have been overspending not on what i don't need but on what i need most which is food, bills (water, electric, phones) and only the basic needs (soap, detergents, the likes).  I don't buy signature clothes,shoes and bags which mr buffet specifically mentioned not to.  I don't even go out at night with friends, not even to watch movie. Still, my finances suffers... maybe bcoz everything is expensive.. where should i cut my spen

I am a misplaced person for the last few days.  i am not so sure of how i feel, just not apt to work or trying to hide my true feelings.  for every thing that is happening to our life, there is that period of adjustment. We adjust to a certain situation whether it be joy for having someone to love, for the coming of a new family member, even for promotion we got when working.  Indeed, there are a lot of adjustments we are to make in life. I am or have lost someone whom i love so much, no, this is not the first time i have lost him.  But this second time really hurts, maybe because we were together for sometime which lead me to believe that I am to grow old with him by my side.  But god has other plans for both of us. and so he left again, leaving me alone. To be honest, i don't know what to do.  I know that i have to work and move on with my life, but how?  I feel empty and alone.  I hate myself and everything else.  Looking around there are plenty of things to do in order to c

I have been surfing the net every so often, looking for articles that would be describe my feeling.  However, reading on the net makes me forget what i felt then,(absurd) i read various articles, topics all caught my sleeping emotions and interest on various things.  I have joined a site or two, been rejected for not being able to come up with a blog that suits their requirements.  Finally, i am here in Blogger, where i can post everything that i wanted, from my inner thoughts to my special interest. I hope i can sort out the topics of my blogs accordingly, and further hope that i can manage my settings as i am a newbie in this "business".  So being a newbie entitles me to a lot of mistakes in particular what to blog, the appearance of my account and many more.  I hope i can prepare my own version of cooking found in various blogs of food.  I love to cook and really interested in writing down my own recipe book (lol!). Hey writing and reading blogs is a good theraphy and

(part 2) Filé Powder   - (FEE-lay, fih-LAY) Made from the dried leaves of the sassafras tree and ground into a powder, Filé is thought to have come from the Choctaw indians of Louisiana and is an important seasoning for Gumbo. fond   - the brown carmelized bits of "stuff" left in the pan after you saute meat or fish. It's the stuff you make great sauces   from...sort of a base. fondue   From the French word for "melt", the term could refer to food cooked in a communal pot at the table or to finely chopped veggies that have been slowly cooked to a pulp and used as a garnish. glace   a stock that has been reduced to a syrupy consistency and used to add flavor and color to a sauce. great Northern bean   Grown in the Midwest, this large white bean looks like a Lima bean and has a wonderful delicate flavor. Goes great in   Winter Polish Peasant Sausage & Bean Stew . gremolada   (greh moh Lah dah) an Italian garnish consisting of minced garlic, parsley, lemon rin

Here are some cooking terms that you will find in every cookbook but may not be familiar with.   all purpose flour   - a blend of high and low protein flours. The manufacturers blend the flour so that there is enough gluten in it to make a reasonable (often excellent) loaf of bread but not so much that you will end up with a chewy birthday cake. This is why they call it "all purpose:" it is good to use in a variety of baked goods. al dente   (al-Den-tay) In Italian the phrase means "to the tooth"and is a term used to describe the correct degree of doneness when cooking pasta and vegetables. The food should have a slight resistance when biting into it, but should not be soft or overdone or have a hard center. For a great explanation of how al dente pasta should feel and taste, I direct you to read my friend Lola's explanation. Lola is a wonderful home cook from Italy and knows what she is talking about. Her description of al dente is at the end of my post for  

HOPE       I have always been an optimistic person, and right now i am at lost, i have lost someone i love all my life.  I just don't know how will i survive tomorrow, i know i have to be strong,but where will i get the willpower to go on? Will there be another chance? Will there be another hope?