Lunch

Well, now that school is starting it means I won't be eating microwave tortellini and peas every day at 3:30 for lunch. Not that my lunches will be much fancier.. I rarely have the mojo or the time in the mornings to even think of something interesting to eat. Which is unfortunate because after the first two periods of the day, the last thing I want is a lame lunch. But there is only so much you can pack in a lunchbox. It used to be that I would make elaborate plans to pre-make and freeze things like stir-fry and pasta with home-ade sauce. But that never actually happened. Maybe I am more in tune with reality now or maybe I am just out of inspiration. Either way, I have no clue what my lunches are going to look like. I'll keep you posted. Suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Egg Genie© As Seen on TV!

So my uncle is moving out of town. For the umpteenth time. But on the bright side.. he gave all of his awesome junk to us. Well, he gave most of it to my two younger sisters. But I can live without the Chicken Run memoribilia and that librarian action figure we gave to him long ago- just as long as no one takes that Egg Genie away. It can make 7 hard boiled eggs in UNDER 10 minutes with varying levels of softness depending on how much water you include. Have you ever heard of something more ingenius? I thought not. It even has a poached egg tray... Now I can have deviled eggs whenever I want OR poached eggs with soup OR a just plain hard boiled egg. I certainly hope that I never get tired of eggs.

This may look like a completely innocent egg cooker/steamer,
but you have to watch out for the metal spike.
It is for puncturing shells and unsuspecting childrens' fingers.

Oh, and did I mention that the hard boiled eggs this contraption makes are ridiculously easy to peel?
So wonderful that it is hard to believe.

The Thing about Soy Sauce

The thing about soy sauce is, you can put it on anything. But that is a relatively obvious and mundane thing to state. However, since my recent return from Japan (school trip and paid for entirely by a sister city alliance, I wouldn't want you getting the wrong idea) I have found that soy sauce should be put on everything. Or about close to everything. Soy sauce on fried eggs. Yum. It's like salt and pepper only way better and much more flavorful. Soy sauce on baked potatoes. Even better. Baked potatoes really have no taste in the first place, so why not?

We even have a genuine restaurant style soy-sauce dispenser now.

 Soy sauce is even the second ingredient in another one of my favorite sauces, peanut sauce! Soy sauce is also delicious on usual things like rice.
I suppose instead of discussing the merits of soy sauce I should have an introductory paragraph about this blog. So people will read it and all. But you can learn plenty about me and my eating/cooking/writing style by just observing this wonderful post. Examine what I included in it, but also what I did not include. For example: I did not include any measurements whatsoever. This is a hint about my cooking style. I rarely worry about exact measurements because I often invent ingredients to add to a recipe or simply substitute them in lieu of one another. Especially chocolate chips. I always add more chocolate chips than I intended to. However, I do tend to be significantly more careful when baking, and may occasionally follow a recipe to the T.
In any case I hope you all, dearest readers, enjoy my blog. Expect many more posts, and much more photography. Also the 'Whetstone' blog may change appearance from time to time, so don't be shocked if it does. I'm very fickle with my tastes in both food and websites.
Enjoy! (the last step in any recipe you could find on the side of a cereal box)