As mentioned before, things have to be cooked/baked here a little differently. Here are some recent accomplishments (Pioneer Woman, watch out!) made from scratch:
cinnamon rolls
pumpkin puree (thanks to a new blender!!)
granola (about once/week to keep up with my boys!)
banana cream pie w/ whip
cornbread (man, jiffy was easy! but, so it homemade..)
caramel *now, this is a note-worthy one, folks. Take a can of sweetened condensed milk (can you believe they have this here????) and boil it (can and all) in a pot of water for 2-3 hours. Open up, and voila! You have milky, creamy caramel...good for dipping mantu (sorta like a donut...sorta) or apples! sooooooooooo good!
Next week is Thanksgiving. I'm stoked. On Friday (yes, Friday. It's clearly not a recognized holiday here, but they're nice enough to give us Friday off.), we'll have a team meal. Turkey is not sold here, so we'll go with other meats. But on Saturday, we'll go into Beijing and have a huge meal with a bunch of other people from our company. And there will be turkey!!! We have to pay to eat some, but shoot, I can't wait. They'll get it from the import store. It's 50Y (about $7) per person...so you can imagine how much those birds will cost!
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