Aidiladha & Aqiqah

Kami sekeluarga planned untuk pulang ke kampung NS selepas solat Aidiladha pada hari Jumaat 27 Nov memandangkan hubby berkursus dari hari Isnin ke hari Khamis. Hari Rabu sebelumnya 25 Nov, aku telah mengambil cuti untuk menyediakan cupcake untuk diberikan sebagai buahtangan untuk kenduri aqiqah my 2 grandnephews,Rayyan & Syakir. Mak bapak serta uwan(nenek)baby 2 orang ni bercadang untuk membuat kenduri aqiqah mereka & qurban pada 28 nov. Alhamdulillah aku berjaya membuat 100++ biji cupcake. Pada malam raya pula aku membakar cheesecake untuk dibawa pulang ke kampung pada keesokkan harinya. Selepas hubby & Naim pulang dari solat Aidiladha kami pun bersiap2 untuk balik kampung. Sebelum itu, kami singgah sekejap di PJ's house untuk melihat perkembangan terbaru renovation rumah kami tu. Dalam pukul 12 kami bertolak ke kampung. Kami mengambil lebuhraya LEKAS kemudian keluar di Mantin sebelum masuk ke highway baru Bkt Putus. Kami tiba di kampung lebih kurang jam 2 lebih. Cuma ada Mashy & Rayyan sahaja di rumah. Akak & anak2 lelakinya pergi menguruskan penyembelihan lembu qurban & aqiqah. Pada petang itu, selepas akak bawa balik bahagian lembu untuk diagihkan ke penduduk kampung, kami ambil sedikit untuk dibuat sup & masak kicap. Malamnya selepas dinner, pukul 9 kami duduk mengadap TV tengok episod akhir Nurkasih, dalam 5-10 minit lepas tu acek & family berpakaian serba kuning(hobin jang hobin) pun join sekali tengok. Lepas tu barulah diorang makan & pekena sup tulang. Sambil2 tu mak mak baby buat buaian gula2. Naim & Sarah tolong buat party packs (favorite activity)...siap tinggal PSP sebab nak join buat party packs. So sapa2 nak child labor (free) untuk buat party packs...you know who to contact!.

Hari Sabtunya, acara berandoi (naik buai) bermula 11 pagi diikuti tahlil & doa selamat. Kemudian tetamu dijamu makan tengahari secara buffet. Alhamdulillah semuanya berjalan dengan lancar walaupun nasi tak cukup, yang datang lambat tu kena tunggu sekejap sementara tuanrumah masak nasi tambah.

Addiction

It has been like 3 weeks since I posted the last blog. Wasn't in the mood of writing and reading (I was on my half way through kate atkinson's when there will be good news)...well probably I got a new toy to play with :P. I've been following the 707 & 703 channel especially Jamie Oliver's & Nigella Lawson's shows for years... I also have their books. While Jamie demonstrates mostly main dish or starter meal, nigella is known for her very easy peasy delicious-mouth watering-like desserts & snacks. The nigella's book that I own is called domestic goddess with a photo of cute pink cupcake with a flower fondant icing. I've tried some of recipes and they are really really good. But that is not the whole point here..you know..hehehe.
Jeng!..Jeng!...Jeng! What I like most about nigella's show was the red color mixer that she used in the kitchen. It is called KitchenAid mixer. I've never seen it being sold anywhere in the departmental store in KV, I've searched J**c*, MJ, Pa*ks*n etc but to no avail. There is an online store that sells it but of course I want to have a look & feel on the good that I wanted to purchase, right?. When Rob*ns**s opened in The Gdns a couple of years back, I found it!!!. But OMG! it was too expensive..RM2800 a piece..it's gonna burn the whole pocket!
I was thinking about it early this month and told my hubby that I've got to spare some money for it and buy it early next year. A couple of days later, out of the sudden my hubby told me that he wanted to buy the toy for me. I was like...huh??? Is he joking? But after that, I just keep quiet about it until last week when I was jokingly asked him on when he's going to buy me the mixer. And he said, let's go now!
Well to cut the story short, I got my KitchenAid mixer and been exploring baking pleasure with it. So far been using it for meringue, cookies, moist choc cake, double choc cake and cheesecake. It 's like an addiction!!!