Things That Defeat Me and The Injury Report

Here are a few things in life that defeat me, in reverse order.

3. Dangerous animals, like sharks

2. P90X

1. Cleaning the grill I used for the beef roast

Oh em gee. I think I spent a solid half-hour scrubbing that grill because the charcoal burnt onto it would not come off. Now I know why people don't make beef roast every week. The inside of the oven has also got some splash damage, I won't be looking forward to cleaning that one..

Injury Report:

I was cutting green onions the other day and my knife slipped into my left hand's ring finger. It was very surreal when I began sawing through my finger and time seemed to slow down, saying, "I told you that you should have used a bigger cutting board," before time sped back up as I screamed and bled. Thank goodness for rubber gloves to protect my hand while washing dishes now. On the bright side, I can still play guitar with that hand :D

My First Beef Roast

So today I went grocery shopping and picked up a pre-marinated $12 beef roast from Wal-Mart. I decided to test it out on the new oven. Instructions said that a medium beef roast would take 2 1/4 hours at 375 F.

Lies.

I cooked it for 1.5 hours and it was medium-well :( I don't like my beef rare and bleeding all over the place, but a nice, tender medium makes me happy.

I watched Alton Brown's Good Eats while waiting for the roast beef to finish, so maybe I put my expectations of a melt-in-your mouth roast too high...

While letting the beef roast rest and reabsorb its juices, I scraped off the drippings and made a gravy from it. Turned out pretty well, but could've used some red wine.

There were some really nice pieces of beef like the end cuts and the very centre pieces, but the rest was a little tougher to chew. I added it to the scallop/veggie stir-fry I made yesterday with some leftover rice as well. Decent combo.

On a sweeter note, I bought dark chocolate at Wal-Mart as well, but it melted inside the wrapper while inside the hot car. Here's how it unwrapped hahaha.

Time to clean all the dishes now. There are SO MANY D: And for the rest of the week I will be eating many variations of the roast beef as I only had two slices out of twelve. Potluck anyone?

Grand Opening

Welcome!

If you are a malnourished student in university like I am, fending for yourself from textbooks, extracurriculars, and all of life's time-consuming things, then we have a lot in common.

This blog will be all about food, because it is delicious (most of the time). Who doesn't like eating? Ok hand down anorexic guy. I'll be posting trips to the supermarket, prepping, cooking, and most wonderfully of all, EATING :D I am horribly sorry if it makes you hungry when you read this at 2am in the morning, but if it inspires you to cook as well, three thumbs up to you.

For my first blogged meal, I stir-fried some scallops, broccoli, mushrooms, and red bell peppers. I made rice with a few veggies the night before so I heated it up and topped it off with the stir-fry. Made it simple with garlic, ginger, and salt, topped with green onions. Could've used a little sauce, as it was kind of dry with all the rice. Still tasty though! (I love scallops).