The Wild Life and Times of a Botanical Geek

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( This is the Ru from the future with a message! I got kinda long-winded! )

Yay for fun with culinary experiments! I found a recipe in one of my cookbooks for orzo with mushrooms that looked really tasty. The only problem with it is that it called for dried mushrooms, and mum and I, after a previous experiment, believe that dried mushrooms give her headaches(probably because of the preservatives). So while out and about today I went and got several types of fresh mushrooms--shiitake, white, and some sort of brown mushroom--cremini, I think they're called? Anyway, so armed with fresh mushrooms(and with some help from mum, since we were in a hurry), I went about trying to make this dish. I wasn't sure if the fact that we were using fresh mushrooms was going to be a problem, but in the end it didn't really matter. It was still mightily tasty. <3 <3 <3 However, it did end up with me getting a sore finger. In the process of washing the shiitakes, one of them decided to bite me, I think. Or maybe it just jammed fungus material under my thumbnail. Either way, my finger's slightly sore now. But it was worth it, because boy was it yummy.

On a slightly different note, I'm beginning to despair over whether or not I'll ever get my driver's license. I've been practicing a fair amount the past couple of days, thanks to now being on break, but it seems like I'm not getting any better at the whole driving thing. I guess I could practice more often than I do, but I still get really annoyed that I need hand-holding for certain manuevers, and that I'm still hesitant over certain things, and I still do stupid things like not notice the fact that hey, that light is red, I should be slowing down. And if I ever do get my license, it'll probably be quite a while before I start using it on a regular basis, so I'll probably get out of practice again. So it'll just be one big nasty cycle of being almost experienced and being completely sucky at it until I get in a wreck and die in a big spectacular fireball. Or something. I should get off this subject now.

In other news, I have ponies that need to be deboxed. I should go about doing that.