and then I wrote another post eight months later

It's been a long time since I've updated. Quick run-down: I passed my classes last semester, struggled through finishing med school applications, probably would have complained about them here if I had been keeping this thing up-to-date, dated a friend for 4 months, broke up with that friend in January, started my spring semester, interviewed with UMN Med School and Penn State School of Medicine in February, cruised Mexico with my family, discovered new perspective on life and met a new friend, and now, as of last Friday, know that I will be going to med school next year somewhere at least! You have no idea how loud I screamed when I ripped open that Penn State logo-emblazoned envelope, and if you do, then you are probably Alli or Bethany, who thought that I was experiencing some kind of emotional and/or cognitive breakdown... well, I guess I was.

Anyways, I don't mean to ramble. These posts are needlessly long anyways. I have gotten into being even more of a foodie nerd than I was before... so when I sit down to write important things like papers or my thesis, or study for exams, I end up visiting sites like eatingoutloud.com and 101cookbooks.com. Yep, not your typical 21 year-old.

But the upside is, I'm learning to make some pretty tasty stuff. Here's a link to some curried kettle corn I made this afternoon: http://www.eatingoutloud.com/2008/03/curry-kettle-corn-spicy-sweet-salty.html

I ended up altering the recipe pretty significantly, since I never have the right ingredients, plus I have this sometimes troubling tendency to be different just for for the sake of it. Here's the amounts and ingredients I used:

1/2 c. popping corn
1/4 c. oil
1/2 tsp. red pepper flakes

2 T. white sugar
1 tsp. garam masala
1 tsp. turmeric
1/2 tsp. ginger
1/4 tsp. cumin powder
1/4 tsp. cloves

It was a little hot for North Dakota taste buds, but perfect for me. Granted, I did win a BWW blazing wings eating contest. It's your call.

Expect more in the future, I promise to come back and update you more frequently.

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