thirtyeight roses

My greatest accomplishment today was maintaining the beet color in these beet wrappers. Boiling = dull and brown. Steaming = pretty and maroon.

My second greatest accomplishment was popping out of bed at 730 to do laundry. Nothing better than fresh sheets and a fluffy bathmat. Nothing worse than putting the rest of the laundry away. That's realistically a task for another day.

I envisioned lavender roses when I started this project. Sadly, my purple cabbage was apparently not as potent as Frankie's purple cabbage, so after glaring angrily at my sad graying lump of dough, I decided to knead in a bunch of beet powder.

Tg it was rescued.

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beet roses: Xi'an spiced beef filling [ground beef, fennel, cumin, coriander, white pepper, egg, shrimpies, shaoxin, oyster sauce, ginger, garlic, sichuan chili oil]

spinach leaves: red curry squash [kabocha, shiitake, cabbage, chives, shaoxin, red curry paste]

scallion scape frills

broccoli flower garnish

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All the veg dumps that exploded in the boiling water that I fried in leftover beef fat.

Eaten straight out of the pan while admiring my plated roses, which I didn't touch until dinner time and conceded that it had to be eaten at some point.

ps LOOK HOW CUTE.

Emily's chicken salad ft my buns. Reminds me of Canadians and I love them.