apple butter

I made this amaaaaaazing apple butter at work the other day. It seriously was one of the yummiest things I have ever had in my life, and I really wanted to make some at home and jar it up to give as gifts to people! I bought 10 pounds of apples from the farmers market, jars from the container store, and after work on Saturday (at 3AM), I started making a huuuge batch of apple butter. Who knew that it would take me THREE freaking hours to make 10 tiny little jars... :( Cutting, cooking, blending, passing through a strainer... It is now 6:37 AM and I am finally finished. I gotta wake up in 2 hours to get ready for church...

I don't know what is / would be more sad: the fact that the apple butter I made at work tasted better than the one I made at home, or the chance where people aren't grateful for all the hard work I put into it...

BUT, aren't they cute?? They even have my little embossed "Kitchen of Nancy Wu" sticker on them :) The mini ones have a "Nancy Wu" cupcake sticker on them too! Wheeee.

my worried family

As soon as I got off work today, I checked my phone and it went CRAZY alerting me of all the messages that I had received from my dad while at work...

NINE new messages, 2 emails, a text from my sister, ALL telling me to call home! ALL in the span of 4 hours...

and look at this gchat convo w/ my brother...

me: hi buinzzzz

Sent at 2:07 AM on Tuesday

Kevin: whoa

arz! you're alive!

hi!

Ah sigh. I should probably call home more often so that my parents don't assume the worst...

good eats

Occasionally, cooks from the kitchen will drop off some foods for my (pastry) Chef, and he'll offer it to us pastry cooks to eat :)

Some dishes that I've had in the past few weeks:

Duo Of Beef black angus short ribs with stewed lentils, caramelized salsify wagyu tenderloin, red wine glazed pearl onions carrot confit, sauce bordelaise (sidenote -- eating this dish made me feel like my arteries had just clogged. IT was sooooooooo heavy... yummy, but supperrr heavy).

Red Wine Braised Monkfish Tail Coated With Bacon Chipspommes lyonnaise, cipollini onion tempura grilled porcini, bone marrow-bordelaise sauce

Pumpkin Seed And Speck Ham Crusted Sea Scallopscaramelized endive, glazed jerusalem artichoke, doppelbock beer jus

OH. Anddddddddd a white truffle pasta dish, which if you ordered off the menu, would be a $100 supplement to your bill!!!! My chef was like "hurry up and eat it before Daniel (THE Daniel) comes over and smells the truffle on your breath". Hahahahaha... Because if he found out we were eating such an expensive dish. . . oh boy.

shoutout!

I must say.... I think I have the most supportive roommates in the world! Even though I don't see them literally at all during the week, minus Sundays, (sad, right?), they do a lot to show me that they still care about me and are rooting for me to get through each super long work day!

Jane Jeong to me

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11:05 AMJane: nancy i <3>

haha

i love seeing your name on gchat

bc that's like equivalent to seeing you in person now

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Catherin Yu you're awesome! some ♥ to help you thru the long week......! heartheartheart*

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    Jane Jeong omg catherin!! we think alike. this is what i wrote to nancy today on gchat: me: nancy i ♥ you

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    Catherin Yu pueehehehe :)

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And yesterday morning, I woke up to find this little surprise waiting for me on my desk! Hahaha...oh Sherry =P

Thanks Catherin/Jane/Sherry! You guys are the best. :)

my burn

doesn't my burn somewhat resemble a topographic map....? o_O

:)

a list of some things that have helped this week of work not be as painful, both physically and emotionally:

- prayers and support of brothers & sisters

- late night visit to UHall to feed some hungry, sleep-deprived college students leftover desserts

- vchatting with an old studyabroad friend who is in china(r) teaching Engrish

- listening to bethel live's "here is love" album on the commute to/from work

- sunny days, cool nights

- a Jesus band-aid for my hand, given to me by my coworker

- making new friends w/ the runners who give me DANIEL food (like white truffle pasta!) and leftover wine... *shhh*

- eating a fig&prosciutto dish tonight that Chef brought for us from the banquet room, as well as eating a fish dish yesterday! noms...

- being able to pipe "Happy Birthday" in chocolate legibly onto a plate now!

- staying up late, knowing that I have a day off tomorrow!

- lotsssssssssss of neosporin for my burn

- Jesus.

refiner's fire

it's hot, yo.

2nd degree SADNESS.

burned my hand reaaaaal' bad on some stupid espresso machine. I have a blister the size of a small animal on my left hand, but I'm not allowed to pop it.

SIGH.

my job in pictures, I.

this might as well be my hand in the picture... hahahaha. (They actually DID do a photo shoot yesterday, so who knows, maybe you WILL see my hand in a picture in the future...)

Also, does it gross anyone out that my hand touches every single petit four that goes on each plate? ahahahaha....