There’s a Vietnamese food place a block from the office and the last 2 weeks have seen me inhale copious amounts of beef pho. It’s heaven in a bowl with just the right amount of spicy to make my tummy do a happy dance. The problem is the cost of buying lunch downtown tends to add up after a while.
In an attempt to solve this problem I found a YouTube tutorial by Mrs Nguyen on how to make beef pho from scratch. It’s a somewhat lengthy process if you’re doing the stock from scratch but it’s Sunday so all I have today is time.
The quick trip to the store ended with me drenched and running through the car park barefoot because during the 10 minutes I was shopping, Thor lost his mind and unleashed hell and 2 inches of rain in that general area. So slapped my shoes in my bag and hoofed it barefoot in ankle-deep water to my car. Probably not the smartest thing to do in a thunderstorm but hey ho, those little rubber soles weren’t going to save my arse if lightening struck anyway so why ruin a good pair of shoes?
As ridiculous as this sounds, it felt great running through puddles barefoot while everyone else was standing in the doors of the store waiting for the mayhem to pass. Sometimes you have to be the weirdo because this stock isn’t going to cook itself and Thor doesn’t exactly publish timetables for his mood swings. I haven’t got all day.
Looking at Mrs Nguyen’s stock pot, I needed one and thankfully my store is just the place for a cheap one of those so I’m now the proud owner of a monster pot that won’t fit in any of my cupboards. I’ll also be the proud owner of about 1.5 gallons of beef broth in 6 short hours.
Oh man, I wish you could smell how good this is! The star anise, cinnamon and ginger smell incredible and I cannot WAIT to stick that pho in my face for dinner! I’ll be sure to provide a delicious rating later.
In the meantime my OCD is in the mood to spring clean so I’d best go and work that out of my system.
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Thank you! I would definitely recommend starting a blog; it really is the perfect place to put your creativity and writing into one place. I wish you many happy years of writing and blogging. Enjoy every second of it and don’t let anyone scare you away from writing. This is the first year I’ve actually trusted my ‘voice’ writing and it’s been so rewarding to just write for the fun of it. Follow your inspiration!