Printable LOST Greeting Cards

Always late in the game, Sak and I recently finished watching LOST.   And as per usual, I was left with a sense of loss at the conclusion.  After spending so much time getting to know the characters, poof! suddenly it's all over and they're gone.  So depressing. (Not Harry Potter depressing, but more like Battlestar Galactica depressing.)

So I consoled myself with a bit of silly fan art.  Which I'm sharing with you in the form of printable greeting cards! Pass them along to your fellow LOST fans and let me know how they react!

(To print, click the link under the picture(s) of your choice.  It will take you to a PDF via Google Docs that you can print. Print out the picture onto an 8.5 x 11" paper and fold twice to make the card.)

 Hugo/Hurley Card  (Inside reads: "You rock my island!")

Link to printable PDF of Hurley Card here.

 Richard & Smoke Monster Card  (Inside reads: "You don't look a day older.")

Link to printable PDF of Richard/Smoke Monster Card here.

Ben Linus Card  (Inside reads: "My sincere apologies")

Link to printable PDF of Ben Card here.

Locke Card  (Inside reads: "Best of luck! You can do it!")

Link to printable PDF of Locke Card here.

*These are free to use for personal use only*

I sent the birthday card to my buddy E, who painstakingly allowed me to talk about LOST everyday, even though it's an old show and it had been over a year since he watched it "real time"!

Now, what old show should we tackle next? :)

Umai! : Dan Tat

If I had to pick one family of desserts to be my favorite, I'd probably have to choose custards.  I love the creamy, sweet texture more than anything!  Creme brulee, flan, you name it, I'll eat it.

Dan tat, a Chinese egg custard, holds a special place in my heart.  I always ate them as a kid, pretending that they were baby pies just for me.  You can find them at any Chinese bakery, and though sometimes they come in normal-pie size, they are usually small and bite-size!

My favorite way to eat them is when they are super fresh and slightly warm.  I'll pop them right out of the tin and straight into my mouth!

Or, I'll pretend I'm a fairy and cut myself a little tart slice.

Actually that's still kinda big for a fairy.

But this time they ripped me off with the custard. Look at this big air gap!

Boo.

Anyway, apparently these are pretty easy to make since they don't involve water bath baking like creme brulee or flan, so I may try and make some for Thanksgiving. I wonder if I can find small tins somewhere, or will I just have to eat a bunch of dan tat and save the tins? :)

Are you a custard fan?

Other Desserts:

Red Bean Mochi Soup
Hawaiian Bread Pudding
Mooncakes
Tofu Pie
Bibingka Galapong
Wintermelon Cake
Sweet Almond Tea
Baumkuchen
Mango Sticky Rice

Curry Bites

So, after you give out ten quart-sized bags of chicken katsu and no one wants to take home the Japanese curry, what do you do with the monstrous pot of vegetables and spices?

Well, you don't eat curry and rice three days in a row.  You will die, believe me, I know.

So to try and mix up the curry a little, I took a page from Lauren's post about petite lasagnas.  They were so cute, can't I make uh, curry lasagna?

Just need a little of these...

I didn't have a mini muffin pan, so I made do with a normal sized pan.  I still think it works!

Leftovers in a wonton..in a pan!

I smooshed another wonton wrapper on top for some sort of "lid".

And then baked per Lauren's instructions of 375 degrees for 18 minutes!

Crispy!

Seriously, I was not expecting these to be very good.  Come on - it's three day old curry! But it wasn't bad!  The crispy wonton went very well with the mooshy curry, kind of like a dip on a chip.  Had I thought of this earlier, I would have just served these at the party since they are much more finger friendly.  A little red curry pickle on top for garnish, and it would've been super cute!

All out of curry pickles, sadly!

Anyway, thanks Lauren for the inspiration! Next time I'm going to try them with samosa filling I think, yum yum!

What else can I stick in a wonton wrapper and bake? I'm thinking maybe just about anything!