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Monthly Archives: June 2016

On balloons and ridiculous thoughts

The other day I was cleaning out my work desk and I found some balloons.  I don’t when the last time it was I bought balloons.  Maybe someone sent them to me.

Anyway, I found some balloons and I was just looking at them, trying to figure out what to do with them.  Yaris happened to walk in around that time which made me think, “oh, I’ll blow up a balloon.  Yaris would probably like a balloon.”

Yes.  That was an actual thought.  I thought to myself that I should blow up a balloon because Yaris would like it.  I am quite aware that Yaris is a dog and not a small child with a fascination for balloons.  But no, I decided to myself that I should blow up a balloon because Yaris would like it.  And I did.

Yaris played with it a little.  But since balloons kind of smell and probably don’t taste that great, Yaris kind of just stuck the balloon in the shelf behind her bed and left it there.  A normal ball is much more interesting than a balloon, I guess.

Btw, Horse did not care for the balloon at all.  I think he’s afraid it’ll pop in his face.  He isn’t a fan of loud noises.

I make! Hot dog flowers

I had extra hot dogs (kosher, all beef) one time.  I had been putting them into things to try and get rid of them, like soup or eggs or chili or anything else where hot dogs might be a bit unexpected but not overtly disgusting.  I managed to get rid of all the hot dogs except for two.  So I decided to make some hot dog flowers with them.

You might think “hot dog flowers” sound really strange.  I guess it is, rather.  But they’re a staple in a lot of Asian bakeries.  If you look up any Asian bakery, you’ll definitely find some kind of hot dog bread.  Often, they’re kind of in bun form, but not the hot dog buns you’d find annoying packed in 8s as opposed to your hot dog 10-packs.  Asian hot dog buns are slightly sweeter, often topped with sesame seeds, and formed and baked around the hot dog itself.

But I didn’t want to make Asian hot dog buns.  I wanted to make the elusive hot dog FLOWER.  Why a flower over a bun?  No good reason.  Just wanted to.  So I did.

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I kind of mashed a bunch of recipes together to make the bread and I didn’t write it down (of course).  But here’s the original video that inspired the hot dog flowers.  I was also trying to get rid of some green onions (and I didn’t have any sesame seeds) so that’s what I used.  I…also…forgot them…in the oven…maybe.  I didn’t intend for them to get quite as dark as they did.  Oh well.  They still tasted good.