There's Gonna Be Some Cooking Going On

I have the ingredients to do two cooking experiments. The first I will be cooking this evening, and tlsd will be my lucky guinnea pig. Tonight the plan is to make a smoked trout and new potoato salad from Jamie Oliver's 'Jamie's Dinners' cookbook. So far, everything I've made from this cookbook has turned out really well, so I'm hoping this particular entry will be no exception.

Of course, I only had half the trout I needed, so I'm going to half the recipe. This will probably be okay, as every other time I cook food, there is always way too much of it anyway. And more importantly, I need to clear the fridge and make room for my cooking experiment tomorrow which is to make my very own crispy duck.

Now, crispy duck is not something that I ever had in the states. There is always Peking Duck in most restaurants, but it's not at all the same as Crispy Duck. But my intent is not to deep fry a duck. Instead, I am again taking a page from Jamie's Dinners and am going to try to make my own baked crispy duck. I bought the pancakes and am all ready, it's just the duck that's a bit of a mystery. I bought it today. It's large. I've never cooked a duck before, this should be interesting. My guess is flatmate D and tlsd will probably share in this experiment as well.

So. Broadway Market? Check. Studying? No. Cleaning? No. Laundry? No. TV watching? Check. Interent surfing? Check. Gym attendance? No. Work that I brought home from the office? No. Well. I can see how this weekend is going.