Twice a month, my friend Jenn and I cook dinner down in the basement of Moore. Normally, it's just for us two and a couple more. However, tonight we cooked dinner for a whole slew of people. We made a double batch of the Asian Beef Noodles, the andagi, and some chocolate cake-like cookies. We invited all of our Asian buddies, and of course we didn't exclude our American (and English) friends either. The results were wonderful.
We ate all of the noodles, and the andagi turned out wonderfully. The last bit were a little bit oily, but it's pretty good for my first time making them!
Overall, a great time and a meal that was way better than the food in Dunnigan!
This is a receipe for Asian Beef Noodles, a simple dish that is often cooked in Moore Hall basement by Jenn and I.
Ingredients:
2 pkg oriental flavored ramen noodles
1 pkg frozen vegetable stir-fry (szechwan seasonings are good, but so are other oriental style stir-frys)
1 lb beef
2 C water
Instrutions:
- In a wok or large skillet, brown the meat. Don't make the bits too small if you want to be able to pick them up with chopsticks.
- Crunch up the noodles, and add the stirfry, the noodles, the flavoring packets, and the water to the beef.
- Cook until the noodles and vegetables are cooked, about 12 to 15 minutes.
Ingredients:
4 C flour
.5 tsp salt
1.75 C sugar
4 tsp baking powder
4 eggs
1 C milk
1 tsp vanilla
4 C vegetable oil
Instructions:
- Sift together the dry ingredients.
- Mix with sugar.
- Beat eggs and mix with milk and vanilla
- Add egg mixure to dry ingredients
- Heat oil in deep pan to 350 degrees**
- Use small ice-cream scoop and drop batter into the hot oil (use caution). Andagi should be golden brown when cooked, about 6 to 8 minutes.
**If the oil is too hot, the andagi will burn on the outside and not cook on the inside. If the oil isn't hot enough, the andagi will cook, but it will take longer and the andagi will come out oily.
Apparently, Indiana has been dubbed a "female" state. Especially during February. To give an example of "her" moodswings, I will describe the weather of the past few days. The first few days in February were cold, as is to be expected for winter. And then, the weather took a sharp turn. The day before yesterday it rained a lot in the late evening so that by morning it was 53 degrees with a humidity of close to 100%. Today it rained (and by rained I mean poured) most of the day. In fact, I was woken up at 4:30 AM because of the thunder clashing right outside my dormroom window. I also had to walk to my 8:00 AM class in the pouring rain and thunder, as well as through several very deep muddy puddles. Good thing I was going to do laundry today anyway. There was also 94% humidity. Goregeous, no? And tomorrow the winds come in and the tempurature drops to the low forties (but is back in the fifties on Friday), with mid-forties forcasted for the weekend as well as sparse showers. I guess I should get used to this rainy weather; I'm stuck with it for four more years, and even when I study abroad I'm going to places where it rains.