Poigasm

Poi, one of my favorite foods, made its way home from California in my suitcase. (Thanks Auntie Hilda)

I made a dish of steamed ahi tuna and shrimp, a fresh onion or two from my garden and a tomato and a few bits of pineapple (canned, ick)....steamed the fish and shrimp with hawaiian salt, tossed it in the veggies and left it in the fridge for a bit. The salt draws out the moisture from the fish. My cousin Cindy says that type of dish is called poki.

I cooked the poi in the old fashioned way (slow heat not microwave) and had myself some poi and poki. Then I had a bit more poi with some maple sugar and lots of pickled ginger.

It tasted so good I did the same thing again, today, only I just had to reheat the poi-the poki was already cold.

Chilled food makes awesome leftovers-because it's already supposed to be chilled-so it's not really leftover at all. Who is to say it isn't just the way it was supposed to be in the first place?

I was lazy and snagged the wikepedia bag of poi,but I will deny it because my bag looks just like it, only not any more because I ate it...heh heh....except for the bit I'm saving for tomorrow.

Poi is one of those things you either like or you don't, you cannot obtain it in Oklahoma or Texas unless you peel your own taro and that is a giant pain in the ass, so don't come sniffing around here looking for poi. If you're lucky I'll make you some polenta. Hmmmm.....polenta and salted fish.....maybe it would work.

Weird Girl Recipe Poached Egg in Miso Soup

Well, that'd basically it-boil some water, put in some miso soup mix, get it rolling and dump in a couple eggs. Not suprisingly, it tastes like a cross between miso and egg drop soup, but with the two egg thing going on it makes the soup a hearty meal.

Later on this week I'm going to dump an egg into hot poi and see what happens. This may be a whole new one dish culinary phase for me-dumping eggs into hot semi liquids.

I may also dump an egg into some hot corn soup-yum.

Weird Girl Recipe Faux Fish Tacos

Even before my band I didn't care for flour tortillas, so I had my favorite restaurant make fish tacos with bread. Now bread isn't an option, so I decided to mix up some of my own fish tacos, sans bread. And instead of using fish, I used some of the that faux crab meat.

Bag of crab meat (I used chunky cut, tuna would be nice too or some left over mahi mahi)

Small (cat food size) can of chopped green chilis.

The last of the can of sweet n sour cabbage-between a fourth and a half

Some dried onions

One pack of taco seasoning-I went nuts and used the whole pack and was glad I did.

Blop it all in a skillet and cook till it's hot.


I can see possibilities with corn tortillas but I just ate some Caesar flavored snap peas and used a spoon for my taco mixture.


While I thawed my crab in the microwave I gave myself an electronic reflexiology treatment-way cool.

Weird Girl Recipe-Tuna Salad Surprise

I'm going to start a new feature. I don't really cook, but put things together and sometimes they taste good.

Tuna 1 Can
Mayo (I used light, you can use whatever you want)
Onion (I used dried-fresh would be good if you felt like chopping them)
Dillweed (I used organic)
Sweet and Sour Cabbage in a Jar (not the whole jar)
Pickle relish

I just mixed it so it looked like the proprotions that I would want to eat, but that Sweet and Sour Cabbage was really tasty with the tuna and the mayo and it saved it from being a bland beige thing.