A weekend of cooking (Cooking, RP, computer)

[thistlechaser]

Saturday started off with making chicken stock/soup/broth whatever you want to call it. I kind of forgot to do the first step (brown garlic in olive oil) so I threw the garlic in two hours into the simmering, but it still worked out fine. Also, I read that throwing just a little (1-2 tablespoons for a big pot) of soy sauce would help the flavor a lot without tasting the soy sauce, so I tried that. I have no idea if the soy made a difference, but it still came out well. Most of it is packed away in the freezer for later use.

Today's cooking was yummy yummy yummy. Mostly I eat boring chicken all the time, but now and then I make something else. Today it was Crock pot baby back ribs. They were simple as heck, even for me. I followed that recipe exactly, other than I didn't have a spice rub (so instead I just used salt and pepper). I'm not sure what the point of baking them in the oven first was, as you can see from the picture they don't brown at all and almost no grease comes off them. But I did that, then put them into the crock pot with the sauce in the fridge overnight (so I wouldn't have to deal with cooking them in the morning). Five hours later (one hour on high, four on low), they were amazing. Sweet Baby Ray is the yummiest sauce I've ever had (which I knew before today, but is worth repeating).

I wish I had bought more ribs. Sprouts sells meat in tiny little packages (as well as normal or large sizes), so I can buy single serving sizes. Which, unfortunately, I did. One day I shall make these again!

On RP, I can never decide if RPing over Twitter counts as RP. Last night I kept saying that I should go RP, but Twitter was so busy that I couldn't even walk away to get a drink. I don't know why I balk at calling Twitter stuff RP, because what else would it be?

I decided Reed needs the "of Silvermoon" title (though it will kill me using it when he has Professor as well), so I've been doing SMC quests on him. SO BORING. And worse than boring, even with the +10% guild bonus, I don't think there are enough quests. D: I still need 18K rep and I've done all the big zones (Eversong, Ghostwood, Falcon Watch in Hellfire, and Blasted Lands), the rest of the quests are one or two scattered in various zones. Oh how I wish we could still turn in cloth for rep...

My computer kept shutting itself down today, which worried me greatly. On the last time, I decided to stop being a slacker and open it up and blow the dust out. It was so hot, eek! There didn't seem to be much dust in there though. I left the side open for now, but I'm not sure about keeping it open -- it'd get more air, but it'd get more dust and cat hair, too.

Comments

[nicenewra.livejournal.com]

Toss on a Silvermoon tabard and go grind some instances. I do a full clear of UBRS then down into LBRS when I'm doing rep grinds.

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

The low level instances give okay rep? I don't want to do Cata stuff, but I could totally do low level runs!

[nicenewra.livejournal.com]

Yep!

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

Back from a visit there. I know I missed bosses, but still! 1K rep, woo! Something to do between random quests. :D

[prettyredeyes.livejournal.com]

I've had my crock pot sitting all lonesome and unused since we got it for Christmas. I've literally had NO idea what to cook in it, so the idea of making ribs in it kind of blew my mind just now. I guess I should start looking into recipes.. XD

[ani-mama.livejournal.com]

Try this site! They have a year's worth of crock pot recipes. http://crockpot365.blogspot.com/

[prettyredeyes.livejournal.com]

That is awesome! I'll be browsing that for a bit. Thanks! :D

[ani-mama.livejournal.com]

You are welcome. I used to do a lot of crock pot cooking before Hubby brought home a pressure cooker.

[jadall.livejournal.com]

Chicken in a mushroom/cheese sauce for several hours. *_*

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

I don't like mushrooms, but I did try cheddar cheese soup on a chicken breast once, but it was icky. Is the cheese sauce you use something simple?

[jadall.livejournal.com]

I can't quite remember what I used for the cheese sauce, but I'm leaning towards it was some sort of canned soup. I thickened it out with milk, I remember that because my first attempt just left me with watery cheese.

I'm actually not a fan of mushrooms either but cream of mushroom soup is still pretty good over chicken to me. If not, cream of ANYTHING can work out nicely if you leave the chicken in long enough to absorb some of it.

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

Yeah, cream of chicken soup is my most common used one! I still have a can of the cheese soup left, so I'll play around with it and see if I can make it work.

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

There's what_a_crock, too!

I don't use it much at all, but when I do I always think I should more.

[ani-mama.livejournal.com]

Your food icon is worrisome. XD

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

*laughs* Thanks! I don't use those old ones enough. :D

[jadall.livejournal.com]

Crockpots are godly things. I have every intention of making off with the only one on the house when I move out. Slow-cook everything into deliciousness? Yes please!

As for Twitter, yeah I'm not sure what I consider it. Addictive, I suppose. ._.

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

Addictive is right!

And I approve of this slow cooker theft idea!

[halogin.livejournal.com]

Twitter RP I think is what you and your RP partner make of it. I've used it for idle scenes when Loh's player is at work (and if we want something more involved, we do email), and otherwise private pages for long distance communication, like when Lucy is in Quel'thalas and Andy is stationed abroad.

So I count it as RP because it's conversation, but how it carries over or what it involves is probably up to you and your partners, really.

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

Yeah, good point. I suppose there is no one right answer for everyone.

Thanks!

[awhisperofdusk.livejournal.com]

I'm attempting to forgive you for disliking mushrooms. ._______________. This will be difficult, I fear, though your ribs sound delicious.

I hope your computer behaves. ;; I hate it when computers just freak out for a bit, and then get better. It makes me paranoid.

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

Well, if I don't eat mushrooms, more of them for you!

And the ribs were sooooo good. I'd have shared, but there weren't enough. (Though it's probably good that I didn't make more, since I would have eaten them all.)

Same. It seems 100% happier now with the side open, so I guess I might leave it open...

[doxxxicle.livejournal.com]

Check that all the fans are running and that there's nothing blocking the various vents.

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

I did check the vents (and kept moving the computer further and further away from anything else to make sure it would have good airflow), but I don't think I checked if the fans are running, I think I just assumed. Will look tonight!