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Sunday, June 22, 2008
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Multi-color Hat and Scarf Set
I finished my crochet afghan the beginning of this week, but have been procrastinating on weaving in the ends (I'm about 1/3 through and will post pictures when it's all weaved in). In the meantime, I decided to use the same Lace Ripple pattern to make a scarf using some fun multi-color yarn I bought. After the scarf, it seemed like a matching hat was fitting, so I found this pattern: http://www.yarncat.com/Roseburg.html. Sadly the hat doesn't quite look like the one in the picture - I probably should have paid more attention to the gauge, but it looks like a hat nevertheless, just without much of a rim.
Here's the Bailey doll modeling the scarf and hat set.
And here's me (since the hat is probably best modeled on an actual person) -- as a side-note, this picture is unseasonable, since it's actually 80+ degrees (it was 96 yesterday)
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Cinnamon Andagi
For my small group's potluck a few weeks ago, I decided to make some andagi. Looking at the recipe I had in my Maui cookbook, I noticed there were 3 Tbsp. of sesame seeds optional. I've never had sesame seeds in my andagi and didn't really feel like adding some, but I had another idea. I was reading about cinnamon desserts, so I decided to substitute some cinnamon for the sesame seeds. The result was delicious.
CINNAMON ANDAGI (OKINAWAN DOUGHNUTS)
3 eggs, slightly beaten
1 c. milk
3 c. flour
1 tsp. salt
2 1/2 tsp. baking soda
1 c. sugar
2 1/2 Tbsp. cinnamon
Oil (for deep frying)
Beat eggs and milk together. Sift flour, salt, and baking powder together. Add sugar and cinnamon and mix well. Fold into beaten egg and milk mixture. Let dough rest 10 to 15 minutes. While dough is resting, heat deep oil to 360 degrees. Fill oiled ice cream scoop 1/2 full of dough and release into hot oil. These doughnuts will turn all by themselves. Fry until golden brown. Makes 2 dozen doughnuts.
(Modified from a recipe by Thelma Oshiro in 50th Anniversary Best of our Favorite Recipes 1946-1996 by the Maui Association for Family and Community Education)
Sunday, June 08, 2008
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My First Scarf!
At Rose and Jon's wedding, a couple of my friends were talking about doing crochet. It sounded like it would be fun to learn and good for relaxing, so I picked up a kit with a learning book, and here's the result from my first couple of weeks learning crochet.
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