tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-90288957746931053972024-03-12T19:02:10.206-07:00Barefoot Plumies is now CAB Cooks!!Please visit the new site at http://www.cabcooks.com/ for more recipes and product reviewsCABhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03108581758717629963noreply@blogger.comBlogger245125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9028895774693105397.post-88326310224044250872009-05-14T07:36:00.000-07:002010-10-25T08:14:06.046-07:00Barefoot Plumies is now CAB Cooks!!It's final. The small blog of Barefoot Plumies will be no more after today. But with encouragement from readers and the Mister, I have decided to start a new blog elsewhere. I'm hoping to make it better than Barefoot Plumies with more recipes, more pictures, and more kitchen gadget reviews.
My sincere thanks to everyone who has stopped by, to those who have shared thoughts to help improve the CABhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03108581758717629963noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9028895774693105397.post-67568030427816560232009-05-12T15:23:00.001-07:002009-05-12T15:30:59.964-07:00Google Screw-upI'm posting this since mainly to notify readers who have RSS feeds or Google Readers to my site to let you know of the problem I am having with my blog at the moment.Some of you have been wondering what in the world is going on with this blog. Well, I'm trying to re-establish BarefootPlumies.com but Google Apps dropped the ball and Blogger is completely useless at this point. Fo the time being, ICABhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03108581758717629963noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9028895774693105397.post-21969265452151493182009-05-11T08:36:00.000-07:002009-05-13T09:59:04.669-07:00Monterey Pasta Company Lobster RavioliOn a recent shopping trip to Costco, I kept an eye out for fresh lobster raviolis that my friend L said was really good. So when I saw these in the refrigerator section, I didn't hesitate to pick up a package, especially at about $9 (which should have been an indication as to what's to come).Actually, it is 2 packages, 16 raviolis in each. The ravioli is a rectangular shape and didn't look quite CABhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03108581758717629963noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9028895774693105397.post-57521511011392560452009-05-10T15:26:00.000-07:002009-05-10T15:28:55.595-07:00Happy Mother's DayWishing mothers everywhere a wonderful day!CABhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03108581758717629963noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9028895774693105397.post-59580663201770520102009-05-07T06:39:00.000-07:002009-05-13T09:59:23.435-07:00Thai Fried Chicken WingsIf I had a dollar for every time I said I love fried chicken wings...I finally made Pim's Thai Fried Chicken recipe using chicken wings. I had a family sized package in the freezer and have not fried anything in over a month (unheard of!). I like cooking with wings since I seem to have a better handle on cooking it just right. Besides, how can you resist those cute little and delicious CABhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03108581758717629963noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9028895774693105397.post-42756736201289386002009-05-06T10:02:00.000-07:002009-05-06T10:11:28.931-07:00WOW Grinds Kalbi Kong Challenge ResultsI just noticed that WOW Grinds posted the Kalbi Kong Challenge results! Kum Chee Korean Buffet won with Yummy's Korean BBQ coming in second (Yummy's is my second favorite too). What's great is that the Homemade Challenger was 3rd place winnah!While you're there, check out the mochiko chicken musubi from by Akyth Inc. Looks ono! I might have to try that recipe.Hope everyone is haveing a wonderful CABhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03108581758717629963noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9028895774693105397.post-31894921950821552092009-05-05T06:27:00.000-07:002009-05-13T09:59:52.214-07:00Brownie #5 I just couldn't leave well enough alone. It's not as if I had too much time on my hands or something but I decided to tweak Brownie #4, slightly. I've seen some recipes that call for adding instant expresso or coffee to boost the chocolate flavor in chocolate desserts. Instant coffee/expresso is not something I keep on hand. So instead, I decided to try cold coffee (Kona coffee to be specific CABhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03108581758717629963noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9028895774693105397.post-58249098130688319142009-05-03T16:28:00.000-07:002009-05-04T10:21:39.831-07:00Buga Korean BBQ RestaurantMy favorite Korean BBQ restaurant is Buga. I crave it quite a bit and can eat there all the time. No joke. I've even been known to choose it above my favorite "special occasions" restaurant (The Oceanaire). A few things have changed since Kirk's (mmm-yoso!!!) first review back in 2005 (here) and my first visit to Buga. (Read Kirk's other posts here and here.)The panchan, although still the best CABhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03108581758717629963noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9028895774693105397.post-51227810558357005112009-05-01T07:52:00.000-07:002009-05-01T08:22:20.547-07:00May Day is Lei DayI loved May Day when I was a kid. The schools would plan for days for May Day Celebration. Family and friends would come and watch all the songs and dances from each class. My mom would always take that day off from work to come see my school's performances. I remember climbing those gigantic plumeria trees in the back courtyard the day before to make leis for my Mom and me to wear. If I close myCABhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03108581758717629963noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9028895774693105397.post-71808099927428890112009-04-30T12:41:00.000-07:002009-04-30T13:01:54.032-07:00Crazy Crazy DaysYes, I've been a bit neglectful of my posts. But I have an excuse, a really good excuse. A few weeks back, we had some water damage in the house that required a major bathroom remodel. Whole room got gutted. If there was ever a time to be thankful for home insurance, this sure was one of them.Nonetheless, it still has been a headache. In the midst of all this, we also decided to put down some CABhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03108581758717629963noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9028895774693105397.post-32147522345582661182009-04-23T12:24:00.000-07:002009-04-23T13:23:48.659-07:00R & B Filipino CuisineI have a fondness for small, "family owned" type restaurants. R & B is one of those places and has been on my lunch rotation list for quite some time. I realized earlier this week that it's been a couple months since I've been and took the opportunity to get some take-out the other day while I was driving by (going back to work from lunch, no less). Yeah, I had lunch already but why not take CABhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03108581758717629963noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9028895774693105397.post-18171592799968461512009-04-20T08:45:00.000-07:002009-05-13T10:00:34.147-07:00Weekend Update (4/20/09)Woo doggy was it hot yesterday! It was 96 where I was but it didn't stop us from working in the yard or eating. Unfortunately no pictures of anything we ate. Well, actually that's not true. I did take pictures but they all turned out blurry and crappy. Not a single food picture turned out. Not a one. I've had it with that Casio and now just waiting for my new camera to arrive tomorrow!! So until CABhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03108581758717629963noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9028895774693105397.post-50608334112684570862009-04-17T07:54:00.000-07:002009-04-17T08:15:16.980-07:00Friday TriviaJust some mindless Friday food trivia to help us get to the weekend!Did you know celery has negative calories? Yup, it takes more calories to eat a piece of celery than the celery has calories.Cabbage is 91% water.A raisin dropped in a glass of fresh champagne will bounce up and down continually from the bottom of the glass to the top. (Who discovered this one????)Boiling the cork for a few CABhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03108581758717629963noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9028895774693105397.post-15142585153959567082009-04-16T07:13:00.000-07:002009-05-13T10:05:24.763-07:00Brownie #3 and #4The delay in making Brownie #3 got the Brownie Guinea Pig Panel grumpy and anxious. As a matter of fact, one of them was quite demanding on getting his brownie fix, me being sick or not. Sheesh. It's not like there's crack in these brownies or anything (as far as they know).Brownie #4 - Winner!To get back at the demanding bunch, I decided to do something a little different, bwahahaha! Instead of CABhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03108581758717629963noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9028895774693105397.post-53251723601700468982009-04-15T06:46:00.000-07:002009-04-15T06:46:00.325-07:00Wednesday RamblingsJust a couple of quick things today. While reading WOW Grinds upcoming Best Kalbi Challenge (I can't wait to see the results!!!), I realized that I haven't had kalbi in a while, which is unsat! Mental note, make kalbi soon, like this weekend!Anyway, I think I was drooling when I was reading about the challenge (can't wait to see the results! Awk! I'm repeating myself.) and if it's anything like CABhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03108581758717629963noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9028895774693105397.post-85796051913776594962009-04-13T08:37:00.001-07:002009-05-13T10:04:22.442-07:00Homemade PastaI dusted off the manual Atlas pasta machine this weekend and made sure everything still works (just like new!). Dinner plan was simple, bake some French bread, make fresh fettuccine pasta tossed with some Bolognese sauce. The only thing left was to decide which pasta dough recipe to use.After looking through some cookbooks and searching online for some recipes, I settled on a very simple egg and CABhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03108581758717629963noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9028895774693105397.post-5593781033944645672009-04-09T09:38:00.000-07:002009-04-10T09:36:44.942-07:00Don't Get Your Panties in a BunchI think food bloggers must have really tough skin. I mean why else would we put ourselves out there like a big round bull's eye, fully exposed to any half-witted Tom, Dick or Harry (or Jane for that matter) who hides behind a cloak of anonymity when posting comments? You know the old adage, "opinions are like assholes and everyone has one..."I've got one too and here's mine for the day. Think CABhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03108581758717629963noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9028895774693105397.post-76689206365589202072009-04-07T10:33:00.000-07:002009-04-07T10:57:02.227-07:00Pistachio RecallSetton Pistachio has expanded their voluntary recall of pistachios. The press release can be found here on the FDA's Recall webpage. The recalls affected bulk items to commercial custormers as well as some packaged products (Trader Joe's being one of them). Check the press release for complete listing of recalled products.Any consumers who have purchased retail products being recalled should CABhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03108581758717629963noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9028895774693105397.post-84915634744176205832009-04-06T11:11:00.000-07:002009-05-13T10:04:49.482-07:00Recovering and Looking for InspirationSo it's been almost 2 weeks since the start of this nasty flu and I think I might have finally turned the corner (oh please let it be so). My appetite still hasn't come back yet (no appetite? you must really be sick!). I actually had enough strength this weekend to whip together some bolognese sauce so the Mister can have a decent dinner after working all day. At least it was better than laying CABhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03108581758717629963noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9028895774693105397.post-11802616996591915322009-04-02T08:16:00.000-07:002009-04-02T08:26:32.987-07:00Where's CAB?Sorry it's been a bit stagnant here this past week. Contrary to popular believes, I'm still alive, battling back from the nastiest flu ever. I didn't get a chance to make Brownie #3 but hopefully this weekend. Hope everyone is well and having a good week. And if you don't have this flu bug like I do, you are at least doing better than me! Be back soon (egad, I hope! hehe).CABhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03108581758717629963noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9028895774693105397.post-79647283431173523072009-03-24T18:17:00.000-07:002009-05-13T10:05:56.252-07:00Sweet Home Chicago Pizza (NY Style)We enjoyed the Chicago-style Deep Dish pizza from Sweet Home Chicago Pizza (review here). But we also wanted to try their NY-style pizza, both of us fans of thin crust and all. I think read somewhere on Yelp that they had bought Coney Island's recipe when they purchased the place. And since Coney Island had some decent reviews when they were in business, we were looking forward to trying the CABhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03108581758717629963noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9028895774693105397.post-90499847276155066832009-03-23T08:33:00.000-07:002009-05-13T10:06:22.713-07:00Brownie #2Encouraged by the taste of Brownie #1, Brownie #2 was focused on the texture more so than the flavor. My original thought was just to add some leavening (i.e., baking powder) which I believe would solve the height issue and give the texture a bit more...fluff without being cakey. On the morning of testing, I decide to also adjust for volume also since I was going to use the Baker's Edge pan.I CABhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03108581758717629963noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9028895774693105397.post-87951517380462912672009-03-20T15:33:00.001-07:002009-03-20T16:17:59.809-07:00Oxtail Noodle SoupHere's the picture from the last post as a teaser. Well, it was sort of a tricky one since it's not duck noodles but rather stewed oxtail noodle soup with roasted duck! Surprise!!See if I posted this picture (without the duck, of course), it would have been a dead giveaway. hehe.A couple of weeks back, I decided to get some oxtail from 99 Ranch since they looked so good, even with the sticker CABhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03108581758717629963noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9028895774693105397.post-68099345827697344562009-03-18T08:40:00.000-07:002009-05-13T10:06:45.561-07:00Wednesday BabblingsJust a quickie today. I finally broke down and ordered the Baker's Edge Brownie Pan. I figured it would really come in handy during the Brownie Experiment. I'll have it before the weekend and will try it out on Brownie #2!A couple of weeks ago, I was flipping through some cookbooks my Mom had given me a long time ago. I don't recall trying a single recipe from these books so I finally decided to CABhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03108581758717629963noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9028895774693105397.post-81394050872856885222009-03-17T06:57:00.000-07:002009-05-04T10:41:08.036-07:00Brownie #1 As I mentioned in the last post, I was ready to test out recipe no. 1, which I will call Brownie #1 (original, isn't it?). I had some handwritten notes using Betty Crocker Supreme Brownie mix as a guide. I made notes as I went along the baking process, adjusting ingredients here and there. This is what I came up with. The ingredients I used were what were on hand (like dark brown sugar vs. lightCABhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03108581758717629963noreply@blogger.com0