Apartment Organization

This weekend, we found a mini bar cabinet on the street that we took home and set up. In order to do this, we had to organize the kitchen. Once it was set up, much of our pantry space that had previously been devoted to liquor bottles was freed up, making further organization even easier. This started a huge undertaking of finally organizing the rest of our apartment, and finally buying all the shelving and organization units that we have sorely needed. We even set up an entertainment center with five of our old gaming consoles (including the Vectrex). Now that the older consoles are set up, we will be more inclined to actually use our other consoles. Oh, the difference a few shelves can make.

Southern Style BBQ Pork Buns with Coleslaw

Today I decided to make pork buns. After investigating pork bun recipes, I decided to stuff the buns with coleslaw and Southern US-style barbeque pork, instead of the usual cabbage and Chinese-style barbeque pork. I slow cooked a rack of ribs with a basic rub (brown sugar, paprika, salt, pepper, cumin, garlic, onion, chili powder). Then I tore all the meat off the ribs, chopped it up, mixed it with coleslaw, and that was the filling that went into the buns.

Making BBQ Pork Buns with Coleslaw
The Ribs.

The final product was not too dissimilar to regular pork buns, I must say. While it certainly had good Southern barbeque flavor and the coleslaw flavor was noticeable, I suppose neither substitution was different enough from the original to have a wild and unexpected flavor. At the end of the day, the filling was still slow cooked pork and cabbage; they just had different seasonings on them.

Making BBQ Pork Buns with Coleslaw
Mixing the chopped meat with the coleslaw.

Despite my disappointment that they were not completely weird and wacky, they were still absolutely delicious and I enjoyed eating them. I do love pork buns, after all. I served them with an apricot barbeque sauce for dipping.

Making BBQ Pork Buns with Coleslaw
The Assembly.

Making BBQ Pork Buns with Coleslaw
Waiting to be steamed.

Making BBQ Pork Buns with Coleslaw
Delicious.

Couples’ Roll, the Fourth

Some of you might recall our other couples’ rolls that we have done. Well, this is the fourth one! Shot on expired 800 speed film, with lots of fun results.

Oh Happy Day

Basically, the rules are: Doc shoots on a roll of film, trying to capture images that represent our relationship. When he finishes we re-roll the film, and then I shoot on the same roll of film (again, trying to capture images that represent our relationship). Any cool results that occur are purely coincidence! The big reveal when we finally develop the shots is always the best part.

Let’s go fly a kite…
Steen at a glance
The element of surprise
Through a mirror, darkly
The Most Dangerous Game