The Engineered Boulderer

Susan and I were in the super market debating what to make for dinner last night. Eventually we decided on sushi. We both love sushi a lot, but it is a daunting task to attempt it for yourself, especially when you know how much energy people spend on becoming sushi chefs.

We bought a variety of ingredients for the sushi. Of course we got the basic ingredients, but we still needed something to roll into our maki. We ended up getting a little piece of salmon, a piece of tuna, and a can of crab meat (they were on sale in Iso), as well as some avocado and spring onions.

In preparation we cut the greens into slivers, and sliced the fish. The crab meat was already picked apart so we would just use that as it was. Half the tuna was soaked in teriyaki, and half the salmon was rubbed with fresh garlic.

We ended up having rice for four maki rolls (each yielding 8 pieces): Crab meat and avocado, garlic salmon and spring onions, teriyaki tuna with avocado, and salmon and tuna with spring onions. It were simple flavours, but they were so very yummy.

We forgot wasabi on two of the rolls which was a shame, and some fish roe would have been perfect with the crab meat (both for texture and color contrast). However, we had a lot of fun rolling the maki, and they tasted so good.

Just north of Lyngby lies Frilandsmuseet (sorry, link in Danish), an open air museum where old houses from around the country have been rebuilt to preserve our historical heritage. As the only sensible thing he’s ever done, our cultural minister has waived the entrance fee to the national museums in Denmark. Combined with the beautiful weather we decided it was time for a picnic.

We texted pretty much everyone we knew and invited them to a picnic in the spirit of “if noone shows up it’ll be ok, but the more the merrier”. Turned out noone showed, but with the beautiful weather and nice food we couldn’t really care less.

For our picnic lunch Susan baked carrot buns and we made the best grilled sandwiches ever. We got some small steaks, asparagus, tomato, red onion, and chees and fried all the ingredients on the grill pan. The sandwich was assembled with a thin layer of cottage cheese liquified with basil, and the ingredients above. It tasted awesome.

After eating our lunch at Frilandsmuseet, we walked around a bit and looked at the old houses. When we left we went down to Lyngby sø (the local lake) and bought ice cream. Sat in the sun with our feet in the water and ate it. Overall a perfect day.

Thursday Susan and I were feeling lazy. Both having come home late from work, Susan bought some food at the local DSB fast food joint on the way home. Dinner was ok, but not terribly inspiring and we soon went to bed. Around 1 am we both woke up with stomach pains. For more than an hour we were both incapacitated by the pain, shivers, and general discomfort. I still don’t know how I fell asleep again, but I actually ended up sleeping the rest of the night. All of Friday my stomach was acting up and I couldn’t eat anything but Apples and shredded carrots. Today I finally feel alright, albeit a bit hungry, and I think we’ve both learned our lesson: No more DSB burgers.