Finals

Due to the approaching finals I will be suspending all posting until after the 10th of may. :(
I didn't finish the limoncello. It is very strong and too sweet for my taste, but will make a great mixer.

Till next month

Urthel Beer Dinner

Here are a few of the photos I took at the Urthel beer dinner. These images are just scans of the prints so they are really bad quality. And there is lots of dust and stuff from the scanner. When I get a hold of sara's negative scanner I'll post some better quality images.

The first course was prosciutto with a mellon chutney and and a balsamic vinegar reduction topped with micro greens. Very tasty.

The second course consisted of half a fried green tomato filled with shrimp ceveché sided with pickled onion. This was also very nice. It paired well with the Hop-it beer.

The third course was a whole quail grilled, stuffed with a tart cherry stuffing over sticky rice and some kind of reduction and grilled zucchini. (cant remember what the reduction was, I think it was cherry also.

By the time the last two courses came out it had become to dark to shoot. So I didn't get any pictures of the last two. So here are a few more from that roll.

Sooo pretty!

Tomorrow I will be finishing the limoncello! So I'll take a bunch of pictures. Tonight me and Jamie made a killer lasagnas! I'll have some pictures of that too!

Till next time

Limoncello

When I was in Italy a few years ago on a study aboard trip, I was introduced to an Italian drink called limoncello. At the time I was only 19 or so and had never tasted any kind of liquor before. It was very strong! And very lemony! But I remember liking it. Someone recently posted a recipe for this lemony libation on Taste Spotting, so I've decided to try making it myself. I did a little perusing of the world wide web and came up with a mixture of a many different recipes. The pictures above is after just one night of the lemon infusion. (I just realized that the bench I am sitting on is a home for many carpenter bees! They aren't too happy with my sitting on there home.) That picture was taken with my handy phone. The whole film thing is rather hard to manage when you have to wait to post them after you get them developed and by then you forgot all that you were going to say about whatever it was you were doing so I took some with my phone and film. The latter will come later.

Here is the recipe I used.

Limoncello

• 750 ml bottle of mid grade vodka

• 8 Organic lemons - peeled, pith scrapped off

• 2 Mason jars

That is all I have done so far. I have to work out the sweetening part after the vodka and lemons are well acquainted, in like 4 or 5 days.

Till then!

iPad case cont.

Too late I bought it! I got the one made out of Padouk wood. In three weeks or so I'll post picture of it. :)

IPad cover.

Ok I need some input. Im looking for a cover for my iPad 2. I found this really awesome one from Miniot, a company in Holland. They are made of wood! Yes, wood! Take a look and tell me if you think it is worth $94. Linky.

New blog app.

I just found this app called "bloggsy," it's pretty cool. You can publish blog post and make formatting changes, post videos and pictures through flickr and other sites. It says that it will eventually be able to upload picture from the iPad photo library in the next update. sweet!
Here is a random picture from long ago!

The beginning

Well recently I asked the folks if i could borrow their old Canon AE-1 35mm camera and they granted permission. Before this I had only taken pictures once before when I took sara's camera to Rome with me. They were rather bad. But I hadnt practiced at all before hand. So what is to be expected.

This time around I got some advice from sara and went at it. Before I got the AE-1, I bought an 80's canon with auto focus at the thrift store for a $1.50. It was pretty awesome! But the auto focus was really unpredictable. And with the price of film and developing these days I thought I should go with a camera I had more control over. So I asked for the AE-1.

I have shot almost four rolls now. I dont have them in digital form so I can't post any yet. I plan to get them on CDs from now on so I can post them here on the blog. Any who, I think this will do it for my first post and I hope I can keep up with. I'll have a new roll developed soon and I'll post the ones I like.

Till next time.