Ol' Skool Recipe Book

In the middle of packing all stuff for house moving soon, my Mom found this book. She knows that I love books and cooking as well, so she gave it to me. I love the design cover from the first time I saw this. Kool, yet funny. Check out the review (in Indonesian) I just wrote, here.

Masakan2 Lezat

Rating:	★★
Category:	Books
Genre:	Cooking, Food & Wine
Author:	M. Effendi

Ibu saya menemukan buku ini di antara tumpukan buku lainnya. Ada juga kesenangan di tengah sibuknya mempersiapkan pindahan rumah yang melelahkan ini. Hehehe...

Design cover yang jaman dulu banget ini, memang menarik perhatian saya. Banget. Si Tante bergaun backless warna hijau, dengan tatanan rambut ol' skool, bibir merah, bulu mata super tebal dan lentik (plus lirikan yang entah judes atau menggoda gitu yesss), membawa piring besar berisi ikan (diduga) masak asam manis. Secara yah, ikan gurame asam manis misalnya... It's so '80s kan :)

Lantas, bagaimana dengan isinya?


Dibuka dengan kata pengantar dari penulis di halaman pertama yang inti isinya adalah nasehat supaya seorang istri itu hendaknya pandai memasak supaya suaminya bahagia. Brots! "Alangkah janggalnya kalau sampai ada seorang wanita yang tidak bisa masak," demikian kata si penulis.Berisikan 68 resep, tanpa gambar satu pun, buku ini memang tampaknya tidak ditujukan bagi pemula. Kecuali si pemula ini memiliki niat besar untuk bisa memasak, dan sangat rajin bertanya. Saya re-type sebuah resep di sini yah...

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MEMBUAT SAYUR LEMENG

Bahannya:Kacang panjang, kol, waluh, oyong, terong, rebung, tempe, udang.Bumbunya: Enam cabe merah, terasi, lima bawang merah, tiga sihung bawang putih, garam yang cukup, ketumbar satu sendok teh. Lima kemiri bakar, kencur sekelingking, Kelapa parut seperempat, santan separuh kelapa.

Cara membuatnya:Rebung direbus sampai matang, terus di-potong2 kalau masih terasa pahit, digodok lagi dengan gula sedikit. Jika ada air kelapa baik dengan air kelapa saja.

Bumbu: ditumbuk halus, lalu ditumis dengan minyak kelapa, lalu dituangkan santannya, masukkan kelapa parut dan sayurannya yang sudah di-potong2, tempe udang yang sudah dikupas. Karena sayuran cepat matang dimasuki belakangan.Godok sampai kental dan sampai keluar minyaknya.

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Yah, begitulah. Jadi, bintang dua yang saya kasih di sini benar-benar didapat oleh buku ini akibat kredit total dari cover-nya yang ass kickin' :D

Charlie's Angels

( L to R: Jaclyn Smith, Farrah Fawcett, Kate Jackson )

Today I read in some sites that Farrah Fawcett passed away yesterday, June 25, 2009. She was 62., and she died of cancer.

Some might not really familiar with Fawcett. But I believe you've heard of Charlie' Angels, right? Cameron Diaz, Lucy Liu and Drew Barrymore. But, well, I watched "Charlie's Angels" when I was like, errr, 3 or 4 years old. It was a TV series, one of our - me, my elder sister & my cousin - favorite, aside of Chip's. Hahaha...

So, we used to play as if we were Charlie's Angels. Lia, my sister, as Jaclyn Smith's Kelly Garrett. Riva, my cousin, as Farrah Fawcett's Jill Munroe. And me, as Kate Jackson's Sabrina Duncan. No, I didn't pick Kate Jackson by myself. They, Lia & Riva, did it for me. They never let me chose the role. It was like, "Hey, it's whether you be Sabrina or not at all!" Haha. They were so rude back then. Probably because I'm the youngest and I was a bit annoying to them, I guess. I dunno. But sometimes kids do that, right? It's like playing with the same age and do some rude stuff to the youngers.

And my younger brother, Dimas, I think he was 2 years old. And we (three of us) pretended as if he is Bosley - a role in the movie. He couldn't even say anything meaningly at that time. So, well, he couldn't either accept nor reject it. I don't think he even cared about playing with us girls anyway!

Ohhhh, whatta childhood. Good times, bad times... I miss 'em!

Belt

I always love belt, as an accent.
I think belt always can make something looks even nicer and nicer.
Look at this Converse. Ain't it just so sweet?


My size? 40.
Thank you, fellas! :)
Ahahah...

St. Tell One

I think he meant to write Stallone. Doncha think? :D
And I bet he tried to make a picture of Rambo there.

Navicula

Navicula

A psychedelic grunge band from Bali.

They are Robi [vocal], Dankie [guitar], Made [bass] and Gembul [drums]. Navicula was under management of Glampunkabilly Inferno - an artist management I used to work for. But the so-called management had closed down, and thank those grunge gods, Navicula had found another great manager. And since then, Navicula has shown a really great progress.

Navicula's lyrics are mostly about environment. Earthy stuff. Socials. Nice ones. And, dudes... You should see their performance! It's so energetic. They also always play tight, yet soulfully.

Last but not least, you should see their album artworks. They are all fabulous!!!
To get to know 'em better, check out their official website; www.naviculamusic.com
Come to their 6th album's launching. Check the details in the pic. Grunge on!

Tonight, People Are Going To Die

Why so serious?

Hehe. Love this pic so much. It's seriously hilarious.
Picture taken from my cousin's FB page.