Quisine and Quirks

I love reminiscing. The best is when I read something I wrote years ago. Sometimes I giggle at my childishness, but other times I think wow, that wasn’t half bad. I decided I would post some of my old compositions here as part of my tribute to the past series Enjoy. Maybe you will be inspired to dig up your old blogs.

March 1, 2008

Night Life

Ladies, giving flowers isn’t just something guys can do. With Valentine’s Day right around the corner, you can reverse the table and give him flowers too. I know my boyfriend gets a kick out of me giving him a bouquet of flowers. Even if he is laughing because he thinks the role reversal is comical, giving him flowers is something memorable we can both share. While all flowers may be equal in beauty, they are not so in meaning. I’ve taken the liberty of providing different scenarios where a specific flower should be given. Feel free to send me a note on other flower appropriate scenarios that may have you puzzled. I will let you know what my thoughts are on the flower you should choose.

Scenario #1: Your significant other reads an email or text that calls into question your faithfulness. While the message is totally innocent, you must convince them nothing has gone awry. 

•  Flower of Choice: Pink Roses indicate a perfect love as well as a need to “believe me.” Don’t get too carried away because I am sure this only works once. If you find yourself having to give pink roses more than once, something is terribly wrong in your relationship.

Scenario #2: You reunite with an old flame. You hit it off as if nothing has changed and as if time was not lost. 

• Flower of Choice: The Forget-Me-Not celebrates old memories and true love. Won’t that send your old flame the right message?

Scenario #3: You receive flowers from a long time friend who has professed their love for you. You turn them down stating you do not want to ruin the friendship.

• Flower of Choice: If they give you Yellow Carnations, don’t get too excited. This person isn’t saying I am glad we can still be friends. They are demonstrating your rejection in flower form. Not all flowers indicate a peace offering.

Scenario #4: You are head over heels. You are sure he is the one. There is no one like him.

• Flower of Choice: Daffodils say you are the sunshine in my life. These flowers also say I have an unrequited love for you that no one can understand. Daffodils are  most certainly a more original way to give this message. Red roses are very overdone.

Other Flowers and their meaning:

• Tulips (my fave)- perfect lover
• Chrysanthemum (general- not white or yellow)- you are a great friend
• Pink Carnations- I will never forget you
• Daisy- loyal love and purity; innocence
• Dandelion- Faithfulness and happieness

My sis is definitely very creative. She is skilled in baking, arts and crafts, and just about anything else you can think of. I am extremely excited to visit her in Phoenix next week. Since my boyfriend has never been to Phoenix, my sister decided to show just how great of a hostess she can be.

She sent me a Menu of Phoenix Activities. Talk about a cute idea. Her “menu” included a number of activities and yummy eateries that we could explore. She personalized it even more for my boyfriend by letting him know what places I have eaten at. I am totally stealing her idea for future guests. Check out more of her cute ideas at www.bakedbyjoanna.com . Enjoy!

I love Sriracha. So what is better than Sriracha in seasoning form? I made Sriracha salt, and I think it is AMAZING. I use it as a little secret ingredient in different recipes. Sriracha salt is pretty easy to make.

I made double the recipe the first time I made it. Because I doubled the recipe, it took twice as long to dry. My boyfriend has a cat so I had to store the salt mixture in the microwave. I couldn’t have Jackson Kitty eating my salt. I will say that as it dries, the Sriracha smell is pretty strong. Think of how biting the smell of vinegar is…that’s how Sriracha salt smells. Small sacrifice for big flavor I say

Check out the recipe below. Sriracha fanatic signing off!

Recipe:

• 1/2 cup coarse Kosher salt
• 5 tsp Sriracha

1. Mix the salt and Sriracha thoroughly.

2. Spread the mixture out in a baking pan.

3. Let dry for 1-2 days. Store in your favorite container.