I finally broke down and bought white miso paste to make my miso soup. To make it more traditional, I also bought kelp to add to the soup. It tasted fine but I think the yellow miso would have been much more flavorful. I'm still searching for yellow miso. Here's a shot of my mostly-yummy soup:
I also added shiitake mushrooms and tofu, just like in Japanese restaurants. There were little bits of miso floating around so I don't think I disolved/mashed the miso quite enough.
Sunday I exchanged gifts with my parents and opened the combined gift from both my sister and my grandparents. When I blogged that I wanted one of these for Christmas, I honestly didn't believe I'd get one. You know, it's like when you were 16 and you added a car to the Christmas list you gave your mom. You didn't actually think you'd get a car. Same thing here except this time it actually worked. Behold:
The Stauch Petite. Isn't it beautiful?! I've even made my first bat, modeled here by the handsome Galen:
More carding will have to wait until after Christmas however. Bummer. I have a house to clean and a bit more baking to do before Friday.
I've been toying with the idea of finishing as many works-in-progress as possible. I've got about 3 quilt tops to finish (the actual quilting will have to wait), some yarn to dye, and 4 or 5 bats to spin. I guess you can say I'll be doing a Finish-a-thon. Start the new year with the old year's projects done. Join me?
*This will make sense if you've seen the movie "Better Off Dead." It's hilarious. Plus, it's an inside joke for my sister.
Yay for the carder! Best toy ever!
Posted by: gayle | December 27, 2011 at 04:33 PM