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Meatball Invitational

Steph and I biked to Caltrain and then took that to the city, we were able to do it without incident and got to Nick’s about noon.  While they watched the last season of Sherlock I got to grinding the pork.  After that other people started showing up and we got to balling up the meat to make the meatballs.  We had a pretty good time with it, and at the end we got to eat a ton of meatballs (actually about 10 lbs).  Steph made some cheese and nut balls, that were a little dense, but worked great when we cooked them in a tikka masala.

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Dumplings and Pom Poko

We met people at House of Dumpling in San Mateo for dinner on Saturday.  Then we went over to Lindsay’s place and watched a movie called Pom Poko.  The  premise of the movie was that tanuki (raccoon dogs) had their habitat destroyed and were able to change shape into anything they wanted.  They were able to use their scrotums to make many different objects.  The movie was very depressing. We watched it with Jeremy, Lindsay, Debbie, Kevin, Andrew, Steph, and I.  We had cake for Jeremy’s birthday as well and it was tasty.

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Plated and Dr. Who

Jeremy came over a little early, and we started prepping the kitchen and he started cooking his famous dip.  Once Steph got home we started cooking the plated meals.  She was cooking a nice Indian dish, palak paneer.  I was cooking the other dish, mushroom dredged steak with cauliflower and turnip mash.  The mash was better than I had expected, but not as good as I had hoped.  The steak on the other hand was fantastic.  Nicely crisped on the outside and juicy in the middle.  When taking a bit of the mash and steak together it was to die for.  We had some technical difficulties with getting the episode to play, but once we got it going it turned out to be a decent episode.  There was a lot more drama than normal, but that is kinda what made it great.

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Lazy Bear

Nick set up a dinner at Lazy Bear last night, and it was amazing.  The food was soooo good, and we had an 11 course dinner that lasted from 8pm to 11pm.  There were 10 of us there including Nick, Steph, Wade, Chrissy, Adam, Brian, Jeremy, and two of Nick’s coworkers.  I had a great time.   I especially liked the egg appetizer, the pork, and the duck.  The chef gave us a bottle of champaign for being the largest group they’ve ever had.  Steph was silly while talking to the chef when he came over.

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Cooking with Steph

Steph and I made some Indian like food, tikka masala and samosa filling.  We went to mi pueblo and got all the things we needed, and most of the spices were already at Beachhead.  It turned out really well, and when we had it again this morning it was extra delicious since it had more or less been marinating.  We served it up by making a ring of the samosa filling and putting the tofu tikka masala in the middle.

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Plated dinner at Brian’s

Steph and I joined Brian and Nick at Brian’s place for dinner.  Brian was cooking carrots with cheese ravioli in a pesto sauce.  The pesto and cheese was really good.  Steph and Brian shared a bottle of wine, and I tried out the game Time Force.  The game was interesting, but it was trying to do too many things for it to be particularly fun.

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High Tea

Steph and I had high tea on Saturday morning.  The food was good and the tea was very good.  I liked it, but felt out of place.  I was the only male there, as high tea is a very feminine thing historically.  I would like to go again, but with a larger group and take a longer time to do it.  I still felt a little rushed since we had things to get to afterwards.  We were very lucky to get a spot as someone had canceled earlier that day.  After that we got some cakes at Sakura Cakes and food at Ranch 99.

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Cal Ave Farmer’s Market

Steph and I drove over to the farmers market on Sunday and got some tasty food.  We got lots of berries, raspberries, blackberries, and strawberries.  We also got some Bolani, even though they were out of the pumpkin kind.  We didn’t bike, but here is a pic of my new bike! (the old one was stolen while I was at PAX)

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Of course we also got some samosas, which were delicious as always.

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Steph’s Mac ‘n’ Cheese Night

Steph had a great get together of probably 20 people for Mac ‘n’ Cheese.  She made 3 casserole dishes of it, and it was all delicious.  On top of that Wit cooked 2 more casserole dishes of mac ‘n’ cheese, and a big pot of tomato soup.  I broke out some of the cider, and it was a wonderful gluttonous evening.  I played Nick in a game of Balloon Cup, and won by a tiny margin.  We also decided to play a game of 7 wonders with Nima, and I lost that gloriously.  I was stuck between strategies, and it didn’t pan out.  Chris destroyed in that game with a full set of science; not a single other person played a science card.

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