Polly's Quick Fried Donuts

Some quick fried donuts to enjoy.
1 cup of flour, 1 Tbsp of yeast.
1 tsp Vanilla paste or extract. 1 tsp sugar.
Some milk 1/3 and some to form into thick batter.  Add more milk to form into thick batter.
2 Cups of cooking oil - Avocado Oil; Olive Oil
Mix. Cover and Let Rise.
Prepare Cinnamon Sugar in a large zip lock freezer bag. - 1/2 C sugar, 1 tsp Ceylon Ground Cinnamon.

After mixing all ingredients.  Cover and let rise until double in size.

Transfer the batter into Cake Decoration tube or just use a spoon to drop a 1/2 Tablespoonful to heated cooking oil - 315F - 325F.

I am using a pair of scissors to cut the dough.  Totally optional.  You can unsqueeze the bag and tilt the head up to stop the dough from woozing out further.

See?  the shape doesn't matter.

Let them cool a bit.  Drop them into Sugar Cinnamon bag.  Shake to coat.   Serve.

My Hamburger Steaks with Curly Parsley and Cilantro

If you ever wonder how to include curly parsley into your diet, here is one simple way.
Get a pound of Organic ground beef, wash and chop up Curly Parsley, Cilantro, and Onions; Some salt and peppers and any other seasonings you like.
Make into Large dinner size patties and fry.  Even better, if you have a George Foreman's Grill, grill the hamburger.

Serve over cooked Basmati rice and sauce of your choice. I like to use TONKATSU sauce.   That is also the reason why I use salt sparingly in mixing with the ground beef.  Condiment sauce(s) has plenty of sodium to flavor my Hamburger Steaks.

I really like the Extra Long Basmati rice - contrary to short grain, I gain no weight after I eat a large portion of it.

Dragon Fruits 2018

Dragon fruits plant has been growing quite well.  Given that they are protected and kept warm or away from the harsh summer sun.  From the seed germination to maintaining healthy stalks, it's a learning experience.  All the YouTube postings really helped me to learn how this particular tropic cacti would behave.  It's still unpredictable how it will be this year, but it made it through the winter of 2017-2018 - 35F - 40F - 65F; spring of 2018 - 65F-80F, summer of 2018 -85F - 110F, and now the fall of 2018.  During the winter period of 2017-2018, luckily I improvised and wrapped the plant with heavy mil clear plastic and a rope holiday light.  The rope light is switched to turn on at dusk till early morning.
The only think I am really reluctant to do right now is to thin it out to several planters.
I am hoping to see some blossom and fruits in 2019.
                                                                      Early Spring 2018

 

September 29, 2018

 It's getting wild.