Month: April 2025

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Food Inventory

This is hardly a revelation in that it should have been obvious, but the best solutions (however simple) are surprisingly elusive. I felt so brilliant and stupid when I realized food saver bags have a buffer of extra plastic beyond the seal, in which I can put the label and add another seal, thereby solving the issue of labels losing their stickiness from condensation and falling to the bottom of freezer purgatory. And guess what? The enamel on chest freezer lids is essentially a large dry-erase board!

Derp. And just like that, I can keep a running board inventory system of freezer contents. And again, I feel so smart at the revelation and so stupid at how long it took me to discover. Oh well, at least I finally figured out a working system (provided I actually remember to update it consistently).

Ordinatio vos liberabit!

–Simon

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Street Tacos v2

I made an attempt at street tacos before.

Street Taco

And they were good. But what was missing was those fancy little taco holders they serve you with at restaurants. Fortunately I was gifted some, so I made a round 2. I find that it’s really the birria sauce that makes the taco, and I just so happen to be good at making sauces! Like a ramen broth, it’s whatever the cook feels like. In this case, it also included the braising liquid from the pork shoulder steaks (FYI – 4 hours at 225 degrees). So here’s my second attempt:

Also what was missing before were those pickled onions. Problem solved.

Another lesson was learned, however. And that was the corn shells. Despite warming them up, they just weren’t pliable enough to avoid splitting. I need to try some other methods next time.

–Simon