During lunch time today, the cafeteria lady passed out two packages of cranberries to all the teachers for this month's nutrition lesson. I have seen cranberries before thanks to Joo who used it to bake something last Thanksgiving but was dumbfounded as the realization that I would have to do something with it came. I quickly asked my fellow teachers what needed to be done with these cranberries and they told me that I am supposed to take it home and cook it. "Cook it? How?" They gave me a verbal direction and then showed me the recipe attached to the package. Fortunately the recipe only had three ingredients and looked manageable. After my simple stirfry dinner, I tackled the cranberries before the feeling of absolute dread of trying a new recipe came over me. I wasn't sure when it was finally done but after giving it a self tasting test I assumed that I got it right because it actually tasted pretty good; wow, a new recipe success that I had to try and a new experienced gained because of my job.

While on the topic of cooking...Susan and I have not been able to make rice at home as conveniently since Joo moved and took her sophisticated rice cooker with a timer with her. Susan made rice in a pot once but I'm afraid that I may burn the pot or worse. So for dinner tonight I used one of those microwavable rice packages bought from the Korean market to eat with the simple stirfry I cooked. It didn't taste like normal home cooked rice. It had this plastic taste to it. I guess we should purchase a rice cooker soon.