Of Steaks and Stakes

We're counting down to the number of weekends we have left before the baby comes. To celebrate the end of another quiet weekend, I had the burning desire to have steak with a glass of red wine. R made tomatoes layered with cheese, and finished up the Chinese cabbage we had left from the night before. And then, to cap it all off, R took a photo with her new Fujifilm F10. Yes, her bday gift, of sorts =)

About the steak first ... steaks are sinfully easy to make, provided you have the right kind of fresh meat to begin with. This is where AAF is such a blessing -- yes, Australian Air-Flown, baby! We grabbed two chunky stirloin slabs from Cold Storage (NTUC doesn't stock up beef for some strange reason). I took them home, marinated them with olive, pepper, a lil salt, and just before I fling them into the hot wok, sprinkle sugar sparingly onto both sides. Sugar?! Yes, Sugar. It helps brown it and a little sweetness is always appreciated. =) ... The heat of the wok has to be hot, real hot, so it sears the sides of meat and keeps the juice (i.e. blood) firmly trapped within, boiling and cooking the meat inside out...mmmm... *ok, for those of you who just came from R's cyberspot, I'm not one to give measurements for my cooking -- huff!*

As for the camera, it's amazing how much time we spent on Steve Digicam, and DC Review, Digital Photography, etc etc, just comparing pictures taken with various digicams from Sony, Cannon, Olympus, Fuji, Pentax... heck! Even Creative is getting into the action! It's amazing how much information one can find on the web, and the amount of (anal) details you can find, including the favourite toys the reviewers use esp for their macro shots. Mind boggling ... After more than 300 minutes of surfing, we finally decided we needed a field test. And we ended up going for the Fujifilm F10 for its excellent low-light and macro shots --> perfect for capturing the burnt garlic on my steak =)

Oh yes, I did put "Stakes" in the title for some reason which slips my mind at the moment. Guess it rhymes. And that's reason enough.

Onward Days! Come Blessed Monday! Just 40 X 365 X 24 hours to go ....