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[beelikej]

On Monday I caught a train to Amsterdam to help brotherdearest move. He and his girlfriend found an apartment together. To not get cluttered from the start, he got rid of a lot of things. Fortunately family and friends got to pick first and I managed to get a lot of awesome stuff. Even before the move I already became the proud owner of a deep fryer, I never had one of those! When brotherdearest came over on the weekend before last, we tried it out *grins*



I was quite surprised by the look of unheated frying-grease. Not very apetizing. But after only a couple of minutes of heating, it became a clear liquid that I recognize from the fast-food restaurant:)


Batch number 1: frozen fries (cut 'grandma style')


So exciting! *bounces*


Five minutes later: tadaah! Wow, that was fast \o/


Batch number two: seasoned curly fries and two croquettes (sp?) Omnomnom.


See, how clear the grease still is? Is it called grease, even?


Final batch: a selection of cheesy and meaty snacks (aka party snacks, woohoo)


See: didn't forget about vegetables: serving all the fried goodness with peas and carrots. Delicious!

Wasn't that fascinating? :-p

I made more food-photos at Easter; I bought myself a ready-made Pavlova bottom and decorated it with all things strawberry....



Meringue pavlova bottom, strawberry jam (single servings), chocolate easter eggs (from the breadbasket I got from work) and fresh Dutch strawberries


Oh and 'cloud-desert' = strawberry mousse


On top of this layer of jam I used only one cup of the mousse. Honest.


Put strawberries on top and cut the chocolate eggs in half to decorate.


View from the top: cutting the eggs also resulted in chocolate sprinkles, hehehe.


Cutting the cake was also a little messy, but it still tasted great;)

Mmmmm, strawberries.

Last but not least, have a picture of the windmills I saw from the train on my way to Amsterdam:



The sunlight (what?) was so bright, it was hard to see them at first...


... but there were so many windmills, I had plenty of time to try again.


It almost looks like a setting on another planet, doesn't it?


Okay, I'm done with the pics for now *grins*

I skipped my exercizes Monday morning, but sure made up for that by lifting furniture and walking up and down the stairs at my brother's old and new apartment. Did some stretching too by removing all the curtains and filling the kitchen cabinets \o/ The next day I felt muscles I don't even use when I'm working out with Gilad;)

Rest of the week was filled with work. I read a lot in between. My next post will probably be a bookreview. Mmmmm, books.

Comments

[rabidfan.livejournal.com]

Yummy!

We have that style of windmill. I see them here in AZ and along the freeway route into southern CA. Good for generating electricity.

I was...foolishly, I suppose...hoping for WINDMILLS! With the big, wooden fans that turn, creaking, in the wind. ::sigh:: My illusions of Amsterdam being riff with them is shattered.

[beelikej.livejournal.com]

Ahw, sorry about the windmills being the energy-collecting kind, we have loads of them, as you can see. I don't remember ever seeing one of those old fashioned ones in Amsterdam, but I do have one in my own town (Zwolle). I also pass another one on my way to work, I'll try to take a picture from the bus tomorrow;)

[callistosh65.livejournal.com]

OMG you are killing me with these food pics! I would like some home mad fries and that pavlova NOW please...

[beelikej.livejournal.com]

Sorry? ;) Just collecting those pictures made me hungry too and I used that deep fryer just to make myself some snacks tonight. It's too easy to get carried away really.

[cassiopeia7.livejournal.com]

Lovely pictures -- the windmills aren't quite what I expected, but beautiful nonetheless. And OMG, I want fried things SOOOO badly now. Pour Pavlova looks delectable. *stomach growls*

[beelikej.livejournal.com]

Heehee, looks like you're not the only one who was hoping for other windmills, that didn't even cross my mind, as these huge energy-collectors are more common here nowadays;) I was so pleased with how that pavlova-creation came out, even more with the taste combinations.

[borgmama1of5.livejournal.com]

Pavlova makes my mouth water!

[beelikej.livejournal.com]

I love how meringue just melts on your tongue. Mmmm.

[tanisafan.livejournal.com]

What is that? Is that sunshine? *boggles*

I am not generally a fan of the deep fried foods, but I will admit those look good :p. Not as good as the pavlova though, omg nom!!

[beelikej.livejournal.com]

So weird: the day before the move it was snowing, but on Monday the sun came out! Long time, no see;)

I'm a bigger fan of fried food than I realized. *grins* Tonight I tried 'bamischijven', omnomnom. To protect myself I already vowed to not buy a new bottle of frying oil for a long time;)