Banana Rum Soufflé

Banana rum soufflé by Jo and Jude.

The top was pouffy and exciting! The flavour was banana and rum! Delicious! 

This looked so epic from her oven pictures that I had to drive over and eat some. I may or may not have had three of them... 

Cheers to Jo and Jude for the yummy dessert that was actually more like dinner!

Deep-fry party!

Bianca had the genius idea of having a deep-fry party. And yes, it was as unhealthy as it sounds: crispy and delicious. Everything was thrown in the freezer to chill before frying. Jenny provided the batter, and I think she said it was a mix of milk, eggs, flour, and baking soda.

Deep-fried Oreos

Deep-fried bananas

I think these were my favourite since they weren't killing me with sweetness.

Deep-fried Twinkie with some canned whipped cream

There were also deep-fried Mars bars, and deep-fried Kit Kat bars. I didn't try the Kit Kat bars, but from what I had I liked the bananas and Mars bars the best. Julie measured the difference in oil (before and after), and noted that between the eight or nine of us, we consumed 500mL of oil. 

Cheers to Bianca for setting this up, and to everyone for coming together and bringing deep fryers and stuff to fry! I think we should have a vegetable party next.

Cheesecake

Me and Amanda's joint birthday cake! (Because we both have sucky birth dates!)

Made by Bianca because she is awesome. It was a marble cheesecake (so fancy!), I believe, with dark chocolate. The bottom was made of graham cracker. It was very impressive and professional looking!

There were two waffle As on top, but I forgot to take a picture before Amanda and I both took them.

Yay for yummy cake and friends to eat it with! Major props to Bianca for crafting it!

Random

Jo urged me to try this cracker combo.

It's PC Blue Menu Ancient Grains crackers with Miracle Whip and shredded dried pork. Works for me! The shredded meat adds the salty meaty flavour, and the fake mayonnaise adds the slightly sour tang and acts as glue to the cracker. Good combination.

She also offered me some PC sparkling apple juice, which tasted pretty good.

Cheers to Jo for food sharing!

Margaritas!

Tequila

Margarita mix, limes, and salt.

It goes down like citrus juice. One glass made Jess red. It's a great drink to end the week with.

Thanks to Josie for supplying ingredients!

Shepherd's Pie

Shepherd's pie

By Andrew

I liked the golden brown potato top. Cheers to pies with meat and potatoes!

Lemon Meringue Pie

Pie, by Andrew.

He said he messed up the top part because the phone kept ringing and interrupting him. It still tasted good though. Pie!

Random SF Food

Breakfast chicken made by Casey

Mmm, the golden brown skin is delicious.

Boneless chicken wings.

Casey really outdid himself with this one. Sweet boneless chicken wings for our mini road trip. It's great when we pull things like this out of a cooler from the trunk and just start eating it in parking lots.

During a car ride in a traffic jam, we got hungry. Remember that there were packed sandwiches in the trunk, it took me a lot of work to use the club to reach in from the backseat and get them out.

Healthy avocado, orange, spinach sandwich by Casey.

More eating out of the trunk. This time it's peach pie (courtesy of Casey) in the Korbel (more on that later) parking lot. 

The peach pie tasted like apple pie, but it still tasted okay. The best part was when the security guard drove by us and gave us funny looks. He probably thought we were drinking alcohol out of the trunk.

Apple orange spinach sandwich by Casey.

Healthy!

Perfectly arranged apple slices!

Healthy!

French toast breakfast by Casey

This was quite delicious. I liked the texture of the soft bread with the crispy edges.

Alaska spruce tip syrup

It tasted like... if I licked the needles on a pine tree. It was interesting, but I think I still prefer maple syrup.

My chopped up seaweed.

Seaweed and avocado

Sunny side up eggs

The complete meal: rice, seaweed, avocado, and a fried egg.

Simple idea from Casey, but relatively healthy. 

Cream of mushroom pasta by Casey.

Oatmeal breakfast.

... Casey eats a lot of oatmeal.

Trader Joe's!

I picked out these sausages to be barbecued.

Barbecued meat, rice, and vegetables.

So the chicken I cooked were slightly on the raw side at first, but it was my first time!

The sausages from Trader Joe's were pretty good. I liked the spices that were in them. 

Great coaster at Casey's place

Bones from wing tips.

We leave nothing behind.

Major thanks to Casey for so much cooking and healthy food on the trip. There was a lot of thought put into it, and I really appreciated it!

Random Food Post

Dinner at Berta's.

Berta's mom made these cool lotus wheeled meat sandwiches. 

I liked the combination of the crunchy lotus with the savoury meat.

Saw these animal crackers at Loblaws and I was immediately amused by the differences in the chocolate and vanilla versions.

Sad chocolate bear thing.

Happy vanilla camel.

Harvey's had a two burgers for $5 special.

The meat tastes a bit like rubber... and yet, I still don't mind it.

Tried their poutine while I was at it. Thumbs down for not using real cheese curds.

When I have to have frozen pizza, I get Delissio.

Usually not a fan of the thick crust, their rising crust is pretty good.

Chocolate chip banana bread by Sheila. 

Sheila has been going on weird baking sprees ever since she got a working oven. I was lucky to have been a benefactor of this. The banana bread was good! Not too dry.

Andrew insisted on buying a box of Krispy Kreme donuts after Applebee's.

The translucent coating reminded me of congealed fat and I was a bit too disgusted to try one.

I really like the Cracked Pepper & Olive Oil Triscuit crackers.

They're pretty flavourful (much of which is salty) and I like their crosshatched crunchy fibres. Some (weaklings) may find the cracked pepper part to be too tingly on their tongues, but I like it. This is usually my snack of choice for long car road trips.