Word of the day: "Sure did!"

WORD FOR THE DAY: "Sure Did!"

Failed my attempt to "Master the art of 1-hour dinner meal".  Sure did. :-(

Passed the "puto-making" test.  Sure did! :-)

Loved my Pinoy Spagetchup. Sure did! :-)

Burned most of my croutons. Sure did! :-(  BUT...

Hubby loved my home-made Ceasar Salad Dressing. Sure did!!!!!!!!!! :-) 

Ruined my Pork Sinigang last night. Sure did!!!!!!! :-(

1-hour Dinner Meal Story:

Are you kidding me? I finished in what.. 2,3 hours? Well that's with shower and facebooking and other distractions in between.. 

MY EXCUSES: 

-I easily get distracted with other stuff. 

-I do everything manually, no special choppers etc. 

-My knife is not as sharp as Rachel Ray's. 

-I prefer home-made stuff as much as possible. No instant dressings/marinades - it makes me feel more productive. 

-I like taking off chicken skins and visible fat cuz it makes "Dubai" chicken taste bleccchh... 

-I like making/baking desserts.

Ok, am I excused now? ;-P

Sinigang Story:

First, we live in a Muslim country where pork is not readily available and has to be bought from special stores with pork-selling license. Being some sort of pork-deprived for some time, we were looking forward to some hearty Pork Sinigang last night, and I prepared it hours ahead. As a final touch, I added some "gabi".  But this "gabi" turned out to be wild or something and it caused my entire hand to itch soooo bad.. soap didn't work.. and i even tried rubbing coarse salt on my hand hoping it would scrub the itch away.. Well it didn't. And hubby and I didn't wanna risk getting an allergic reaction from it. Sad to say, we had to throw the entire sinigang and make do with leftovers. *sob*

Kitchen Reminder:

Be careful with unfamiliar rootcrops specially when abroad. You never know if it's an evil variety. (And you have no one to ask!) Grr.