Summer living
Well, I've been home for about five days. In that time I have
1. Cleaned my room. This is far more impressive than it sounds. I don't think that room has been cleaned since sometime when I was in high school, and now I can actually see my floor. (I have a blue carpet! Isn't that marvelous?)
2. Seen Avengers. I liked it. The action parts were appropriately epic, and I enjoyed the dialogue. Some parts seemed rather contrived, though, such as
[Mild spoiler (click to open)]the random extra-dimensionals who wanted to conquer Earth.
3. Continued to watch Young Justice and Legend of Korra. The latter continues to be delightful. I'm undecided about the former.
4. Made some progress in building a DnD group for the summer. I have a few different oneshot ideas that I want to try out. If they work, I can adapt them for using again later, and I can't think of a better group to test-drive them with than my friends here. (I refuse to play Settlers of Catan with this group anymore. One person's main strategy put all her resources into development cards and extort everyone else in the game with the robber. The other enables her by loaning her resources at absurdly high interest rates and thereby gaining permanent immunity from the robber. This is a little frustrating when all I want to do is play the numbers and build my little cities, but it will be extremely helpful for learning to deal with... imaginative... parties.)
5. Figured out a nice recipe for something resembling egg-drop soup, but with noodles and vegetables. I'm rather proud of it, so I'll repeat it here:
(This should make about 1-2 servings.)
1/2 - 3/4 cup of frozen vegetables. I've been using green beans, but I think peas or lima beans would be good, too. Or possibly carrots.
1-ish cup of egg noodles.
1 packet of seasoning from chicken ramen noodles. (In theory, the noodles from the ramen should work instead of egg noodles, but... well, our ramen noodle packets are so old that moths have somehow gotten in, so I'm just using the spice packets. Besides, egg noodles taste better.)
1 egg.
1 teaspoon of minced garlic. (Or more. Add to taste.)
Boil water in a pot on the stove. A small pot should do; perhaps the same size used for a can of soup.. Add the spice packet and garlic.
Check to see how long the frozen vegetables should cook. The egg noodles should cook about 9 minutes, but check the package, just in case. Add them to the pot in such a way that they will both be done about the same time. (Use the minimum cooking time for both.) Put a cover on the part, stirring occasionally to prevent it boiling over.
Crack the egg into a cup. Stir it, so that the yolk is broken. When there are still about 2 - 3 minutes left for the noodles and vegetables, add the egg and the rest of the spice packet. Continue cooking for that 2 - 3 minutes.
Once the noodles and vegetables are done, so is the soup. Serve and enjoy!
This is what I've had for lunch the past two days, which is a statement not only on the tastiness of the soup and its ease of preparation, but on the suspect nature of any other food at my parents' house.