The Life of an Egg

"In every child who is born, under no matter what circumstances, and of no matter what parents, the potentiality of the human race is born again." -J.Agee

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Location: Los Angeles, California

I am addicted to Flamin Hot Cheetos, goat cheese, rainbow sherbet, and hummus. I want to meet Paul Farmer. I can't touch library books because they smell. I have a tattoo of the tree of life on my back. I have a problem with picking at my nails when I'm nervous, stressed out, or bored. I am irrationally proud of being from California. One of my main goals in life is to be a good person. And finally, please don't ask for medical advice, especially if it involves any sort of discharge.

Monday, November 28, 2005

Pigging out like the pigs we are

What a nice weekend, this was. I did all my favorite things- shopping on Michigan Ave, eating at good places (M. Henry, Cafe Ba-ba-reeba, The Original House of Pancakes, Oysy, The Melting Pot), went to a free cooking demonstration at The Chopping Block, and saw a bunch of movies (Pride and Prejudice, Walk The Line, The Life and Death of Peter Sellers).

Oh I almost forgot to tell you all about our Thanksgiving Dinner! My sister and I went over to Dan's place around mid-day. He had already been cooking up a storm for a day and a half, brining the turkey, preparing the desserts, etc. Maggie was kind enough to lend us her apartment while she was away so we were able to cook upstairs. The cornbread sausage red pepper stuffing took the longest to make because the cornbread has to be made one day in advance. Plus it just has a lot of ingredients and chopping, but it turned out the best of all the things I made. Then we made the maple glazed cranberry acorn squash. First of all. When I saw this dish being made on NBC's morning show, they didn't warn us that acorn squash is practically impossible to cut up. I thought my hands were going to fall off, trying to cut slices of those damn squash. So that was painful. Then it took a lot longer to cook and I ended up not cooking it long enough and so it wasn't quite as tender as it should have been. My sister made this really delicious cranberry orange chutney which went off without any problems. And then we had a broccoli dish with crunchy toppings. Here are pictures.

Dan made the turkey, apple walnut salad, mashed potatoes (with parsnips and turnips), gravy, sweet potato biscuits, apple strudel, and pumpkin flan. The apple strudel was amazing and even though everyone else liked the pumpkin flan the best, I think the apple strudel was better. :) Though I did like the pumpkin seed praline that took him like 3 hours to make. YUMMY. Pure sugar... let my teeth rot out!

Apparently, all I talk about is food (the world according to Brett) and I guess it's sort of true but this is all I do people... These days, I'm ridiculous. I eat, sleep, play on the computer, watch TV, and eat more. I haven't been in the hospital to do an actual rotation with patients since September. (Pulmonary Function Test Interpretation doesn't count because we didn't see any real patients).

I'll try and come up with something more interesting to talk about, non-food-related, next time... :)

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