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C is for...cooking
Friday, 11 March 2005
in the search for green papaya
hahah....i know that sounds really weird but my students for the decal choose their menu for this week...it's gonna be stir fried chicken w/ green curry & papaya salad...

i've never had thai papaya salad & i found out it needs green papayas & i got scared that i wouldn't be able to find them...

so i wanted to start my search where there was the greatest probability (ewww haha) of finding them of course....so berkeley bowl it was (you didn't think safeway or albertson's would have it would you?) soo chanda was in irvine & thus my random trek to berkeley bowl i didn't time it cuz i was distracted a lot but it wasn't that bad...i first looked for the other stuff like tamarind concentrate..which they had! they never had fresh tamarind....gawd berkeley bowl totally kicks butt...& then i stood there in front of the 3 types of papaya trying to find the greenest one...& i felt soo weird cuz they were all really nice & yellow & ripe....i thought to myself "i've never had to try to find the worst one before..this feels awkward" & as i put it in my cart i looked & i saw a green huge papaya like figure & i murmured to myself could it be?!?! & i ran to it excited & it said "green cooking papaya" you could not understand how much i loved berk bowl at that moment hahah...it rang up as thai green papaya...excellent...

i wasted so much time there...browsing each aisle...i always seem to be in such a rush when i go w/ other people so i loved the fact that i was alone...i really enjoy grocery shopping alone actually...it's more of the convenience that i go w/ others though....

anyways..before i went to berk bowl i went to crixa cakes the place i've wanted to go to forever...it was sup'd to be really heavenly...i walked in & it was so cute & there were sooo many choices of cake by the slice...kinda expensive $2.95-$3.95 for a not that big slice...& there were pastries & cookies..i wanted a white cake even though the boston cream cake screamed at me (it was a tiny individual one) i ended up getting the amaretto cream cake & pumpkin bread...it was $6 something total...i kept trying to rip the tape to get at the bread it was super moist w/ either fresh cranberries or rehydrated dried ones..they were very juicy & tart...& walnuts...but in the end it was semi regular i guess...when i got home i dug into the cake right away w/ a glass of milk...it was two 3 layers...i didn't really remember the description minus the amaretto liquor hahah gawd i'm an alcoholic already jk...so i wanted to see if i could figure it out...i decided that it was a layer of crushed cookies i wasn't sure what maybe a gingersnapish & then marscapone & sponge cake soaked in amaretto....i looked it up online & i was right...go me...the cookie took me a bit to figure out cuz it was stresel like almost because it had softened from the moisture....anyways it was very alcoholy but i loved it...it was totally worth it...cept i'm thinking...i've probably make it on my own...at least that one..it was very tiramisu ish their cake was really good though...i still have to find the perfect sponge/white cake...i guess i've never tried making a sponge..only white..we'll see...anyways...that was my little trip the whole thing took like 3 hrs...but i also stopped at random stores along the way...still debating if i should get those pie pans & cake pans...gah i have no rooooooom i can't believe i've filled an entire kitchen w/ my crap....as chris said my kitchen is spoiled...

Posted by blog/c_is_for at 11:04 PM EST
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