Jalapeno Poppers

Made Jalapeno poppers today! Note to self WEAR GLOVES WHEN CUTTING JALAPENO! My fingers were on fire for about 4 plus hours I tried everything I could think of cold water, lime juice, ketchup nothing worked so I just decided to try to deal with it.  After the burning feeling stopped my middle finger hurt felt like it got squished.  It still hurts here and there but not as bad as before.  Anyways I like how it turned out but I didn’t love it maybe I’ll change a few things next time.  The jalapeno’s I used were extremely hot had to put out a side of cream cheese to calm the spicy flavor down.  My brother didn’t listen to me when I said “you might want to add a little bit more cream cheese on that before you take a bite” he took a big bite and looked like he was in a lot of pain! Lol should have listened to me.

Crazy Week

What a busy crazy week this has been. This past week was Cambodian New Year.  April 14th – April 16th.  I didn’t go to the temple this year because I had work and won’t be able to go to El Dorado Park for the Festival either because it’s the same weekend as my boyfriend and I two year anniversary! :)

Also April 17th is the 38th anniversary of the start of the Cambodian Genocide.  Starting in 1975-1979 the 4 years of horror and suffering under the rule of Pol Pot killing almost 2 million lives if not more. I've heard countless of stories that my grandma has told me, it is so heart breaking especially at moments when I can see the pain in her eyes as she remembers all the things she's been through. I’m glad my parents made it through this whole thing.  But because of this I will never get to meet my grandparents on my dad’s side and his other brothers and sisters, I would also never get to meet my grandfather on my mom’s side and her other brothers and sisters.  But I am still grateful that my dad’s 2 brother and sisters made it with him and my grandmother, mom, and her 2 sisters and brother made it out also.

I would also like to send condolence and prayers to everyone in Boston and Texas.

So after a crazy week I was craving sweets the other night but there was nothing in the house so I decided to try and make this Cambodian dessert called Ba Baw Pout aka Corn and Tapioca Dessert.  It turned out great! Except I think I put a little bit too much tapioca it absorbed all the liquid over night.  Not really sure if it’s suppose to end up like that or not but it was still good!