Braket Busted

Oh well, the Cougs had a great run through the tourny to the Sweet 16! If only they had shot a little better in the game against NC, maybe next year. My bracket is totally busted by the way. All 5 of them I think. I heard that this was the first time that all four number 1 seeds made the final four. Should be some great games next weekend.

Liam made a "mailing may body" to send to my sister Vera. A "mailing may body" is a cut-out of Liam's body that he decorated. He then sent it to Vera and she is suppose to take it around with her and then write back or send pictures back of what she and Liam body did. She has been keeping me updated. First she took it to Fight Club with her and had a couple of pictures taken of Liam fighting with various weapons. Next she took it to band practice and had picture taken of the band and Liam in the back ground rock'n out. She went to the George Strait concert on Friday night and got to go back stage and have her picture taken with George and her and the Liam body. Pretty awesome! I will try to post some pictures up here once she sends them to me.

cheery-o

The madness begins

Tip off is set for tomorrow and I am pretty excited to watch some great basketball over the next week and a half. Like I said before WSU gets by Notre Dame in the second round, but comes up short over UNC. I think the game will be close, but UNC is like UCLA, too many great players to match up with. But who knows, maybe Low and Weaver will have the game of their lives and Baynes will make Tyler Hansbro his little bi+ch in the post. That's why they play the game...

I will be feasting on sushi tonight at Curtis's house. I think I will also bring a bag of pot stickers over as well. I love those things. Sushi sounds fantastic, and I am starving. I think I will also have a big bowl of fruit to break the fast tonight, to hold me over till the sushi is ready.

Get your Brackets ready!

Vs. Winthrop

WSU is in the NCAA tournament seeded as a number 4. This is pretty good, except that most likely we will be matching up against UNC if we make it through the first two games. The cougs are up against Winthrop first and it is looking like we will be able to beat them pretty handily. Never overlook an opponent, but I think we will have a first round win. Up next is Notre Dame. This will be a true test of our defense. ND is averaging around 80+ points per game and shoots well from the 3-point line. They also boast the Big East Player of the Year, who Cowgill and Baynes will most likely match up with in the post. Should be fun and if we win, I like our chances against UNC. But who knows, it is the big dance and anything can happen baby!

Egg Roles - Traditional

I love a good egg role, so much so that I learned how to make them a couple of years back. There are several steps but it is fun and something you can do with kids (just make sure they wash there hands).

1 large head of cabbage (chopped up into 2-3 inch long slender pieces)
2 carrots (use a veggie peeler to slice up into 2 inch slender pieces)
1 lb of sausage (plain sausage, don't get Italian or maple flavored)
1 large onion (chopped into 2 inch slender pieces, are you getting the trend yet)
3 inch section of ginger (chopped into 3-4 pieces)
6 cloves of garlic (chopped)
package of egg role wraps
1 egg (fork it up good)

In a big pot put in the cabbage, carrots, onion, ginger and garlic. Add water to cover about an inch or so and bring to boil. Reduce heat and simmer for 10 minutes. Brown your sausage in a skillet till done (you could add in a little soy sauce if you like, but I don't usually) and set it in a big bowl. Strain the veggie mixture of water and blanch the mixture with cold water. If you don't it is too hot to handle for about 15 minutes. It is very important that you get as much water out of the mixture as possible. If you don't your egg roles become somewhat dangerous when placed into the hot oil. This is a good job for kids, grabbing hand fulls of the mixture and squeezing it until the water is out. Put the drained veggies into the bowl with the sausage and mix together.

Take your egg role wrap and place it in front of you so it look like a diamond. Using a brush, put a little egg on the two edges and tip of the diamond away from you. Place about 2 Tbsp of mixture onto the bottom 1/3 of the diamond, fold the bottom tip over the mixture into the middle of the diamond. Fold the left and right tips into the center and then role up to create a cucumber shaped role. Do this until you run out of wraps or mixture. When you find a piece of ginger, you are suppose to eat it, don't put it in the egg role.

Heat up some oil in a wok, use a high temp oil and I try to split it 30/70 with peanut oil for the extra flavor. But peanut oil is kinda expensive and not needed really. Place your roles into the oil and fry to golden brown. Us bamboo tongs to turn the roles. Don't use anything that could pierce the role, the latent water will start splattering hot oil everywhere. Place on paper towel when done. You can freeze them after they are cooked to and reheat in the oven or fry pan. Serve with plum sauce, satay sauce, hot & sour sauce, hosien sauce or just about any kind of sauce.

I think I might make egg roles tomorrow night, now that I am hungry for them. I will follow this up with my southwest egg roles in a couple of days. Stay tuned!

Save vs. Death

I just learned that Gary Gygax died this morning. I am sad at the loss of life, he was a great person and created a fun past time. I will game in your honor this week Gary! RIP