Random things

Random thing #1: Inspired by Clocky (link via YJ), someone invents Bloggy! The world's first automated blogging robot. Allegedly cuddly and cute. I don't know. It is fluffy though. See its blog here.

Random thing #2: I went with Bear yesterday to watch him set off his latest shooty rocket things, one of which i painted white and black with spunky orange flames for him. Overall, it was a bit exciting when it went swooooosssshh! and went very very high up, and then it was all either exploding into bits or crashing down very fast or coming down slightly more slowly flapping with streamers made of sportsgirl plastic bag (because the colours are nice lah). I suppose it's a bit of fun, and interesting in a physics sort of way, but really, what was that about a whole lot of sound and fury, signifying nothing? ahah. Badly quoted, i know. See Bear's report here.

Random thing #3: I saw the movie Dolls last night by Takeshi Kitano (vcd via the generosity of Ruth), and here is my review of it in five words: slow, gorgeous, meditative, astonishing, and slow. A better review can be found here.

Random thing #4: Bear and i just went grocery shopping, for the express purpose of making spinach and feta pastry triangles. Unexpectedly, we were thwarted several times, with one supermarket distinctly lacking spinach, the second one labelling silverbeet as spinach, and the third,.. well the third had spinach, a rather large bunch of it for $2, and so i thought, Finally! and then bought it. However, after looking at it carefully, am not convinced it is actually spinach. After cooking and eating it, continue to be unconvinced, but have no idea what it could be instead. Should the leaves have sortof curly edges? Not like endive-curly, but more like rocket-curly... oh i don't know. *shrug*

Here is my recipe for Spinach (or random spinach-resembling vegetable), Pine nut and Fetta Triangles (or squares or tarts or whatever you please really):

Large bunch of alleged spinach, chopped and washed and wrung dry
Onion, sliced thinly
Bit of garlic, chopped finely
Pine nuts, toasted
2 or 3 or 4 eggs
Some amount of fetta cheese, crumbled or chopped depending on consistency
Dill
Frozen puff pastry sheets, thawed.

Oven at 200'C

Fry the onions with the garlic and alleged spinach until soft and cooked and wilty, then season with salt and pepper and let cool. Meanwhile, beat eggs together, add dill and fetta and mix about. Add cooked spinach mix to eggs and cheese, and mix mix mix, then add pine nuts in. Mix about somemore, then spoon into puff pastry packets as you like, triangles are the usual style, but whatever keeps the filling in whilst letting a bit of steam out is perfectly fine.

Place on a firm metal baking tray, into the oven at 200'C for about 30mins. Let cool for a little, then eat them all so you won't need dinner later.

Hurrah!