Food, food, food

What's happened since Saturday?
On Monday I got together with Ian, Pascoe, and Andrea for dinner.  We decided to make stew, one with beef and one without.  Cooking together is quite fun, a nice bonding activity.  Talking while chopping, stirring, and washing up makes the time go faster.  This "stew" (especially the meat one) was crazy, we added so many ingredients that I lost count halfway through.  The result didn't look much like stew at all, mush would probably be a more suitable word.  I'm guessing it congealed so much because Pascoe kept adding oats to the mix (reminded me of haggis).  Despite looking like Bambi's puked up chocolate from the previous weekend, it tasted good.  Next time we should probably refer to a recipe...we were completely impulsive with the preparation of this meal.
Tuesday...in my Criminology lecture/seminar my professor never fails to make a dog pun or direct a remark in Bambi's direction.  I find it funny that he acknowledges her presence when she's in the room. Ha, he probably would give her a space on the sign in sheet. Put your pawprint next to your name Bambi.
For dinner that night I had some scrumptious Italian meatballs cooked with olive oil, onion and garlic.  I poured what was left from the pan on top of some gnocchi, sprinkled some mozzarella on top, and sliced up a red pepper and dinner was served. So. Freakin'. Good.  I'll be cooking that again asap, my mouth is watering just thinking about it.
On Wednesdays I don't have classes, so I went into town alone to fill out the paperwork for a disabled bus pass.  Got to city hall no problem, got to the appropriate window, piece of cake, the guy hands me an application and tells me to have my GP fill it out. Uh oh, no GP in England. I explain I'm an exchange student and hand over the documents I brought with me. Phew, got out of that, bus pass will be here in about a week.  Glad I didn't have to argue with him, hate arguing with bureaucrats.  While I'm in town I stopped at the spice stall in the market to ask if they had breadcrumbs (mine went missing, surprise surprise...).  The guy remembered me from last Saturday, "the American girl who was here last on Saturday at 3:20" ummmm ok.....I was a little weirded out that he remembered the EXACT time I was there last, but whatever.  He didn't have breadcrumbs, but directed me to a supermarket on the next block.  Found it and went it, holy crap it was crowded (with like 0 people to ask where the breadcrumbs were) after trying to find them myself and failing, I tracked down a saleswoman in a corner.  Got the crumbs and a couple red peppers and left pronto, I'll stick with Morrisson's thanks; they have much better customer service.  On my way back to the bus stop I picked up 2 more red peppers in the market, I wanted to compare which tasted the best.  That night I cooked up a pork chop, some little potatoes, and ate the 2 peppers while chilling with flatmates in the kitchen.  Market won, hands down.  Will get my peppers there from now on, same price as the supermarket, but more flavorful.
Thursday, nothing remarkable has happened. Got a student rail pass, topped up my SIM phone cards, and had lunch in the square.  I had to laugh when I saw the British version of chocolate chip cookies; they are sugar cookies with chocolate chips on top of them. lol Silly Brits, the chips are supposed to be INSIDE the cookies. XD Maybe it was just that store.
So I guess, just like my dog, I'm very food oriented.  Hey, I'd much rather cook than microwave a pizza or order one from *shudder* Domino's.  Yeah, they have Domino's here.  Why would you embrace such a crappy pizza chain when Italy is so close?  Tomorrow I'll get UK takeout for the first time at Sophie's, she's having a get together.
Oh yeah, I've been here for a full month. Liking it a lot.