Initial Reflections on 3-Day Novel Contest

Three Day LogoI successfully completed the 3-Day Novel Contest yesterday just in the nick of time. During my recovery time a day later, when I’m scheduled to work half a day, I wanted to make some notes upon reflecting upon the experience. No, I did not write like that during the weekend. 🙂

While I had the notes, I wanted to share.

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(Not So) Instant (Triple) Noodles

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Nobody in their right mind, or even in their left mind, would promote instant noodles as a healthy food.

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My Marco Polo Pasta Recipe

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It’s seafood pasta with three types of “pasta” being capellini, vermicelli and egg noodles. Add shrimps for seafood and a touch of Chinese Five Spice, among other things, to have a nice balance of Italian, Chinese, seafaring and exploratory nature, and Marco Polo is the best name you can give this dish.

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What If Baby Boomers Tweeted Their Teenage Diaries in Real Time?

If you know of someone from the Baby Boomer generation, or perhaps you are one yourself, and had diaries from your teenage years, ask them to consider this experiment.

Relive the teenage years in those diaries on social media in real time.

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Steam Rice with Okra Instead of Just Rice

It’s gives it a nice additional texture when you eat it. Not really any new taste but that means you can sub it in with your favourite steamed rice recipe and it’ll just feel different when eating it. I’d suggest not using more than 3 okra per cup of water so the water composition doesn’t change too much and things can cook properly. I did this in a rice steamer, not pot, which would be a different story.

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