Yes, that's right. I successfully made delicious chicken fingers using my own random recipe. I marinated the chicken strips in soy sauce and spices then I mixed flour, an egg, water and more spices together for the batter. Then for the breading, I used a mixture of breadcrumbs and crushed seasoned croutons and a bit of garlic salt and spicy seasoning. After the chicken was marinated I dipped it completely into the batter then rolled it in the breadcrumb mixture. I then fried the chicken fingers in vegetable oil. Sooo delicious! I'm so excited! I've been meaning to try this recipe I had in my mind for weeks now and I finally did and they turned out fantastic.I recommend you try it too. Or come visit me and I'll make them for you. It'll be worth the trip.
I'm still on a complete cooking bend here. Last week I made Caribbean patties and they were so delicious my aunt, uncle and cousins ate them all (I was not impressed). This weekend I'm going to try to make oxtail because I love it and I've never made it. I'm determined to make it as delicious as my aunt's oxtail tho it may take some practice.
This weekend I'm also thinking I'll do some museum-ing. There are so many museums here and some of them are free (which is my exact price range right now). I'm also going to mail out the Christmas cards I bought before Christmas. Sorry people, I haven't forgotten you, I'm just terrible at correspondence. I have stack of cards and post cards all written up, I just keep forgetting to put them into the actual post.
I've been here four months now and I've noticed that I'm picking up certain British words and phrasings. Like the word 'proper' which the British use instead of 'actual' or 'real'. Ex. Canadians might say "pppfffft, you haven't seen 'real' snow" while the British would say "ppfffffttt, you haven't seen 'proper' snow". Love the word proper, use it all the time. If you've talked to me recently, you know this already. I've also picked up loo and loo paper as well as arse. I've also picked up the word 'sort' and its derivatives (ex. sorting out, sorted out, sort out).
I think that's it tho, so that's not too bad. Still quite Canadian because I say 'make out' instead of 'snog' and 'strapless' instead of 'boob tube', I also say underwear as opposed to 'pants' although that has caused some confusion in more than a few conversations when I'm talking about pants and they think I'm talking about undies. I'm trying to think of what other British things I've picked up...I don't talk on the tube and I stare offendedly at people who do. Hehe. I also have started hugging and double kissing people now because people seem offended when you hug them and go for just one kiss and they were going for two. There's just no way to know who's gonna go for one and who's gonna go for two so I just go for two. Better to seem very friendly than rude. Also, one big Canadian thing is that I say 'how are you?' as opposed to 'y'alriiiight?'. I still don't even know how to respond to that properly because it doesn't actually mean 'are you alright?', it's more like the British version of 'sup', it can essentially mean hello, how are you, looking good, hey, and I think in some cases it can also mean 'wanna have sex?'. I'm still sorting out the particulars.
I think that's it. I'm still 98% Canadian and maybe 2% British.
