Ahem.. so.. here's what happened. I picked three bamboo steamer baskets and a lid (they stack, you see), along with some azuki, with the intention of making steamed buns last night. Well.. I made some, and they actually came out pretty good. Well.. the first half of the batch came out pretty good. The second half, I forgot that I had to add water to the pan during the steaming, and all the water that -was- there evaporated. Shannon noticed the smoke about a minute before they were supposed to be done and caught the whole thing before it actually caught on fire. The bottom-most steamer was charred quite badly, and the buns on that layer were lost. The rest of the buns.. well.. now they're smoked buns :oP I have yet to try one, but they should be sufficiently weird..
Anyway, I need to go pick up another basket from E-W Imports, and wash the two I have thoroughly to hopefully get rid of some of the smoke flavor.
By the way, the internet says I'm most like River Tam. I think it's because I said I'm most likely to say, "My food is problematic."
Edit: I kinda got roped willingly into working as line manager at 5:30AM on weekends again. The problem is that my manager changed his schedule, so instead of working that position on sundays, I now work it on saturdays. Looks like no Alley Cat for me after the furmeets.
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