splendid moonlight

My first try at humba.



I had to recook this because the meat wasn't yet tender.

My second try was almost a disaster. I was using another approach which did not work for me so I had to redo the whole process. It didn't prove too easy, though; the damage has already been done and either it was too salty, or too sour, or too sweet. Only thing that I think saved it were the potatoes (even though I did not want to put in potatoes the second try). This time I was hoping the potatoes would work to absorb and neutralize the excess in flavors. I read somewhere that potatoes do that and I guess it worked.

I was too tired and lazy to prepare for a 'photoshoot' (I finished a little past 12 am and started at 10:30 pm; felt like forever) so I simply urged my brother to eat and then took a snapshot of his plate.



The second try tasted a lot better than the first; though it tasted and looked more like paksiw than anything else. In fact the two tries look and taste as if they've been done by two different persons.

I would like to work on my trademark taste someday; not necessarily of humba, though. Cooking is all the fun I can do whenever I have enough time these days. My mother would be so happy!