Skip to main content

the great mystery of our weekend

this is the mystery item, although the picture was a late idea. it looks a bit nastier than it was when dinner was served.

so we survived our first weekend in korea. the kids and i are slowly adjusting our sleep schedule, but that being said, we have slept some crazy hours in the past few days. take today, for example, we laid around--sleeping off and on, until 10:30 this morning, took a nap around 3 and didn't wake up until 7. it is now almost 10 at night and mya is out for the night with the rest of us to follow her lead shortly. i guess we are all exhausted. anyway, back to the post---i love to cook and i am pretty decent at it. thankfully, i had great teachers along the way--my mom and grandma. they are/were awesome cooks. i also love to cook for others. really. i am not the most social person in the world, but i really love making something wonderful for others to enjoy. our vision for the rest of our life is to entertain--alot. night number one of entertaining is officially under our belts--not that it really was entertaining per say. my husband's best friend/best man is also stationed here without his family. he is like family to us and always welcome at our house. however, we invited him over for dinner last night. the plan was to have a good old fashioned steak (just for you j, lo, and lisa--i love my meat ;), corn on the cob, salad, fresh cut peaches, rice with pecan pie for dessert. that was the plan. sounds delicious--right? mmm. hmmm. it would have been if it weren't for the mystery vegetable. chris picked it up from the commissary--he claims it was with the other vegetables and the only of it's kind. he also claims it was not displayed with gourds, pumpkins or other decorative items. hmmm. i am not so sure because this clearly was not meant to be consumed by humans. they called it corn, but perhaps they meant corn feed? or indian corn? the occasional purple kernel on one cob was a pretty good warning sign as was the white color that greeted us as we shucked away the husks. regardless, we cooked it, ate it--or rather mark then i tried it, and decided it was not edible. very nasty. now the question remains, what exactly was that stuff? commissary was closed today, but you can bet your bottom dollar that we will be investigating this matter further.
Labels:

Comments

Anonymous said…
My lovely friend from Vietnam said it was indeed corn on the cob. I would love to know exactly what it is.
LeLe says corn on the cob in the states is much sweeter than over there.

Love ya,
Kelly
September 9, 2010 at 7:47 AM
Kara said…
we knew it was corn on the cob, but since it was purchased at the commissary where most things are imported from the states, we were rather surprised at our find. the lack of taste was only one interesting characteristic. nasty.
September 9, 2010 at 4:55 PM
Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Sweetness Overload

So, we are still roughing it in our amazingly, wonderfully fabulous, new house. That means, air mattresses in our living room. Fun. The girls love it, Chris and I not so much ;) Anyway, the close proximity means Chris and I get to eavesdrop on some very tender moments. They seriously bring tears to my eyes. How did we get so lucky to have them as our children??? Here's one example. Claire--"Mya, can we snuggle?" Mya--"sure." Claire--"don't let go." Mya--"No, I'll just wait until you are sleeping." Claire--"No, you wait until the middle of the night." Mya--"Okay, I'll wait until the middle of the night." Then we hear lips smacking. So cute. I won't share the meltdown that occured moments before this sweetness ;) Life isn't always rosey, now is it? Ha! In other news..we get internet today and our furniture/things tomorrow! That means 1 more night of "roughing it!" Yippee!
12 comments
Read more

0.0

Yes, indeeedy do. 0.0 is exactly the amount of weight I lost this week. Irritating! Here's the breakdown: number of times I cheated on my diet--ZERO! number of times I worked out--FIVE!! (running, no less). Now that is a mean, mean slap in the face. After I picked myself off the floor and resisted the urge to throw the scale through my window, I've come to realize that it is time to call in the big guns. There will be no messing around. Through a very valuable (HA!--sense the sarcasm) inservice this year, I've learned that I am "Green," meaning logical, research based, problem solver, mathmatical thinker. I am applying the same thought and strategy to my 'get fit' adventure. There will be no relying on the treadmill to tell me how much I've burned. That thing lies, LIES, LIES!! Take for example, the fact that each time I worked out, I burned at least 300 calories--most often 350, my pulse was around 87 (which is pretty much a near death resting ...
13 comments
Read more

Progress

I used to be prompt about scrapbooking in Claire's album. After seeing my sister's pictures piled up three children later, I was determined not to have the same fate. I am sure it is difficult for some of you to believe, but since Claire has been born, my free time has been limited. Really, it has. So, our pictures are finding their way into piles too--5 to be exact. However, I am thrilled to say that I finished (ok, they aren't completely finished, but nearly. I only have journaling to do.) six pages. Yes, that's right, I said SIX!! It was a major accomplishment. Here they are for your viewing pleasure. Only 5 more months left to get through....any volunteers? Jessica???
11 comments
Read more