Gnillib' s Food Corner

Voiceless

Tue, 08 Dec 2009 15:23:10 GMT

My voice is gone and we're moving to a new house on Saturday. And my head is getting heavier every minute. I feel so sorry for myself. *whines*

R.I.P. Floyd

Wed, 16 Sep 2009 09:35:45 GMT

The British super cook Keith Floyd has left us. Rest in Peace and give my grandfather a glass of wine if you happen to see him in Heaven!
Cheers!

Asian fish, for crying out loud!

Tue, 18 Aug 2009 18:06:39 GMT

You have to try this. You just have to.
Fish cakes
350 grammes of white fish (for example coalfish), neatly chopped
2 teaspoons of fish sauce
1 egg
2 teaspoons of ginger (preferably fresh grated)
1 teaspoon of sambal oelek
Coriander (if you want more of this than what's already in the mashed potatoes)

Mashed potatoes with freshly chopped coriander

Sauce
1½ decilitre of crème fraiche
Some lime juice
Grated skin from one lime fruit
Salt

Mix the ingredients for the sauce and leave in the fridge until the fish cakes are ready. Mix the ingredients for the fish cakes. Make cakes, coat them with bread crumbs and fry them in butter. Serve the fish cakes with mashed potatoes and the cold sauce. Enjoy!

Children and chanterels

Thu, 13 Aug 2009 18:44:39 GMT

I'm at my parents' house since I will baby-sit their dog tomorrow. We have had fried chanterels on toast for dinner and it was the best thing I have eaten in days! I had forgotten that chanterels can be so tasty! From now on I will have chanterel toast for dinner as long as the mushrooms can be found.
Also, Linus has been so adorable. I took a bath with him tonight and he used the shower as a phone. ♥ So sweet!

My cat...

Fri, 07 Aug 2009 11:09:55 GMT

Inspired by arachnifiora, I will also post a picture of my cat.

This is Väsfräs, two years ago, at my mother-in-law's place. Väsfräs is eight years old now and beautiful as ever!

August...

Mon, 03 Aug 2009 19:24:31 GMT

The month, that is. Not Mr Strindberg.
The only thing that happened during July was the wonderful wedding in Uppsala with yours truly as toastmaster. That was an interesting experience. I also enjoyed the cupcakes!
Apart from this, I have been working night shifts. And discovered bulgur. Nice!

Just because...

Tue, 30 Jun 2009 11:50:07 GMT

everyone needs a good laugh sometimes:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1oP2i5gXOFU&feature=related

Michael Jackson is dead

Fri, 26 Jun 2009 09:43:00 GMT

I had planned to clean and study today but it feels like that's not gonna happen. After all, MJ was my teenage idol and his lyrics were the first ones I learned by heart. His music was the first I really loved. It's so sad that I never got to see him at a concert.
I should write about the salmon I made yesterday and the three-course dinner I had last Tuesday since I and Norping have been a couple for ten years. But it feels like I can save that for another day. It feels like I can save anything for other days, except for listening to MJ and working. (And writing "Bajs!" on Kåta Handen's Facebook wall. Sorry but I simply had to...)

Trying to detox

Sat, 13 Jun 2009 13:34:26 GMT

Yes, I'm trying to detox. So far I have given up black tea for breakfast and sugar in the coffee. Except for when the coffee is too strong, like when my dad makes it, or as it was made at the psychiatric ward where I did my practical period.
(OMG. Today's quote from Norping: Is he singing about nudists?!? at the END of Polka for nudists, by Master Taube (sung by Supermaster Vreeswijk)! Yes love, he has been singing about nudists for the last two minutes and fifteen seconds!)
Back to detoxing. Due to the horrible weather I wanted to take a bath, but since I try to cut down on carbohydrates I couldn't bring the usual tea and baguette with garlic butter into the tub. So I took grapes instead. Sweet!

Psychiatrics

Tue, 19 May 2009 17:09:47 GMT

I'm doing my practical studies at a psychiatric ward right now. It is interesting but quite calm compared to the last period in Djursholm. Today, however, I managed to overdose on coffee. I have tried to cut down on caffeine during the last weeks in order to detox, but today I had three or four cups of coffee with sugar. That was stupid. I felt dizzy! Really strange!

Eddie Meduza...

Sat, 25 Apr 2009 12:58:52 GMT

He sure was a weird fellow.

Halfway through the first period of practical work...

Fri, 24 Apr 2009 18:23:39 GMT

Yes. At a place where they deal with minor things such as wounds, vaccines, diabetes ans blood samples. It is quite fun, though, and the best thing is that my supervisor thinks that I am doing well so far! :-D To celebrate this, I am making a sticky chocolate cake right now. Will be sweet...

Oj, oj, oj

Sat, 18 Apr 2009 21:40:47 GMT

Ok, jag har druckit Screwdrivers, så jag kör det här på svenska. Jag och sambon har sett Butterfly effect ikväll. Har ni sett den? Den handlar om att oavsett om man kan gå tillbaka i tiden och ändra det som har blivit fel, så blir det fel iaf pga sånt man inte kan rå för. Så det bästa sättet är att se till att man aldrig träffar den man älskar mer än sitt liv. Och det är ju uppmuntrande! Men allvarligt så ställer den här filmen en del intressanta frågor. Hur mycket är man beredd att offra för den man älskar? Sitt liv? Kan man ge sin existens för att andra ska få det bättre? Var går gränsen? Förlåt om jag har trampat på ömma tår! Love! /Gnillib

Dinner, ages ago

Mon, 30 Mar 2009 19:04:12 GMT

We had this for dinner 15 days ago:

It's fish with bearnaise-flavoured sour cream, and rice. It looks very yellow but it tastes quite nice. The only thing that is annoying is that we don't have the flavoured sour cream at our local grocery store. I bought it at my parents' store which is three times as big as ours. *jealous*

Today's lunch...

Sun, 15 Mar 2009 20:01:15 GMT

... was wonderful. Italian food is wonderful, simple and yet amazing. We had spaghetti with tomatoes (peeled), mozzarella, olive oil and fresh basil. So easy and so wonderful!

It was not only delicious but also beautiful! Red, white and green, just like the Italian flag!

Asian salmon

Fri, 06 Mar 2009 17:19:24 GMT

We had this for dinner tonight.
Ingredients:
4 fillets of salmon
1-2 tablespoons of fresh grated ginger
1½ teaspoon of salt
2 teaspoons of brown sugar
2 tablespoons of freshly squeezed lime
2 cloves of garlic
3-4 decilitres of double cream
Put the fillets of salmon in a pan that can be used in the oven. Mix ginger, salt, sugar, lime and garlic. Pour some of this on top of the salmon and mix what's left of the mixture with cream. Pour the cream around the salmon. Put the pan in the middle of the oven at 225 degrees Celsius for about 15 minutes. Serve the fish along with rice and vegetables.
This was really nice! I and my boyfriend lack imagination when it comes to fish dishes. If you have a favourite fish dish, tell me!

Another one!!

Mon, 02 Mar 2009 16:38:54 GMT

I made the exam on how to count medicals today!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Now we're having fried rice for dinner.

Another exam passed!

Sat, 28 Feb 2009 11:09:29 GMT

We had this exam when I was in Thailand. It was on ethics and empathy which is important, but oh, so boring! So I just wrote something down and handed it in, just to be able to focus on the funny stuff, such as surgery and appendicitis. (exam next Friday) But today I found out that I had actually passed the exam!!! Wooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
By the way, I'm off to work in an hour. Money!

Halloumi

Tue, 24 Feb 2009 17:48:57 GMT

I've had the world's greatest food. I fried chicken with halloumi and spiced it up with garlic, mint, oregano, olive oil, salt and pepper. Along with that I had cous-cous and tzatziki. Now I am just happy and won't be able to do anything more tonight.

Happy Valentines!

Sat, 14 Feb 2009 11:15:18 GMT

I have got a card with roses! <3 (No, it's not a butt with a party hat, it's a heart. By the way, if you draw a "standing" heart, you can make it look like an ice cream cone with a butt sticking up. Try for yourselves and see!)
Ahem. We're having risotto with champagne tonight. We are supposed to put both white wine (Chardonnay) and champagne in the risotto, and some wine on the chicken as well. Must be interesting!

Counting

Wed, 11 Feb 2009 20:37:48 GMT

I'm counting medicals. Somehow it's quite fun, especially when I get it right! Thanks to everyone who congratulated me to/on/whatever the exam!
We had something iteresting for dinner last Monday. I diced a piece of Falu sausage and stir fried with vegetables designed for putting in a wok pan. (you know, the pre-cut vegetables that you buy in bags) Then we had cous-cous along with that. I spiced it up with some garlic and curry powder and it was actually quite nice.
By the way, I couldn't sleep last night. Not only because the clowns would eat me but also for some reason unknown. It was just impossible, so at one o'clock I went up and did some maths. I went back to bed about one hour later. I hope such a thing won't occur this night!

VAB: ing

Mon, 09 Feb 2009 10:12:18 GMT

Today is my first VAB day. Linus has been coughing all weekend and I know all about sick hearts anyway. I can definitely stay at home!

Mum's over for dinner

Thu, 05 Feb 2009 21:17:28 GMT

We had Caesar's salad. Wonderful! Tomorrow she will introduce herself to Linus's Kindergarten teachers so they will know her when she picks him up.
Also, I'm mad at Stieg Larsson for writing such exciting novels! Men who Hate Women is impossilbe to put down! it has ruined my studies and my night's sleep!

Vanity, thy name is Gnillib

Thu, 29 Jan 2009 14:25:12 GMT

Yesterday I washed my hair at around 9 p.m. and went to bed. So my hair looked like a mess this morning and wax was no help. When I was on my lecture some kind of photographer came in and took pictures of us, probably for some kind of information thing for the school. I felt so terribly ugly that I went to the hairdressers right after the lecture...

The exam...

Fri, 23 Jan 2009 19:16:55 GMT

I made it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!