Recipes?

Well everyone, I know I haven't updated this blog in a loooong time, but I've decided to start posting again, if only to share the recipes I come across. By doing so I'm hoping maybe I can keep some people from making the same mistakes in cooking that I've made, as well as successful techniques and recipes that seem worth sharing.

My first recipe is one that I actually just tried this morning, homemade waffles! While I used to be a big fan of the freezer waffles you can buy in the box, I've recently discovered that not only are homemade far superior in quality, but much cheaper also. I'll attempt to outline the basic procedure as best as I can Alton Brown style.

For the dry team, mix together...

4 3/4 ounces all-purpose flour, approximately 1 cup
4 3/4 ounces whole-wheat flour, approximately 1 cup
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon salt (kosher)
3 tablespoons sugar

Mix those together in a separate bowl (at first) as the wet team...

3 whole eggs, beaten
2 ounces unsalted butter, melted
16 ounces (2 cups) buttermilk, room temperature

If you don't have buttermilk, regular milk will suffice, just remember to add an acid (1 teaspoon of lemon juice would work) to counter-balance the bases (baking soda/powder).

Add the wet to the dry and stir until a batter just comes together. It is okay if there are still some lumps! Put your mixing device down and let the batter sit for 5 minutes. (IF you haven't already, get that waffle iron preheated.)

Remember to use some cooking spray for you first waffle. My waffle iron is non-stick, so I only needed to use some the first time. The good thing about this recipe is, it makes a pretty good size batch! Take all the leftovers waffles, wrap them up in plastic wrap and put them in the freezer. After that, you can treat them just like freezer waffles, pull one out, put it in the toaster and it comes out nice and crispy.

Hey everyone. Right now, it is about 6:45 in the morning. Yes! I'm up early, I know, couldn't sleep again. Anyways, while the coffee was brewing, I started messing around with my email application, and discovered a calendar tool. With a little bit of fiddling and a couple downloads, I was luckily able to get it to work with google calendars, so now I can just set my schedule out for the day in the morning and it automatically gets synced up over at google. I posted the link over to the side, in my links section. While I'm at it, I think I'm going to go ahead and update the checklist I made in my last post, seemingly forever ago I'm sure.


_X_ Commercial Single Engine (CPSEL)- Phoenix East Oral Exam and Flight

_X_ Commercial Single Engine - FAA Oral Exam, Flight, and Certification

_X_ Certified Flight Instructor Instrument (CFII) - Enrollement

_X_ CFII - Flight Training (On average 7-10 flights)

_X_ CFII - Ground Training (Which includes both 1on1 time with my instructor, as well as tutoring other students)

_X_ FAA Fundamentals of Instructing Written Exam

_X_ FAA CFII Written Exam

_X_ CFII - Phoenix East Oral Exam and Flight

_X_ CFII - FAA Oral Exam, Flight, and Certification

_X_ Certified Flight Instructor (Primary, CFI) - Enrollment

___ CFI - Flight Training (begun)

___ CFI - Ground Training (begun)

___ FAA CFI Written Exam

___ CFI - Phoenix East Oral Exam and Flight

___ CFI - FAA Oral Exam, Flight, and Certification

___ Pheonix East Aviation Instructor Standardization.



So, thats it! The end is in sight, just a few more flights, lessons, tests, and I'm done.

Well, I'm up early, couldn't sleep, so I decided to post this picture as well as give a quick update as far as my schooling goes. Right now, I'm doing the final stages of getting my Commercial Pilot - Single Engine Land rating. Of course, I already have my Commercial Pilot, Multi-engine license so it isn't a very long course. Here is a quick checklist of all the things I have left to do before I graduate and can start working as a flight instructor!

___ Commercial Single Engine (CPSEL)- Phoenix East Oral Exam and Flight

___ Commercial Single Engine - FAA Oral Exam, Flight, and Certification

___ Certified Flight Instructor Instrument (CFII) - Enrollement

___ CFII - Flight Training (On average 7-10 flights)

___ CFII - Ground Training (Which includes both 1on1 time with my instructor, as well as tutoring other students)

___ FAA Fundamentals of Instructing Written Exam

___ FAA CFII Written Exam

___ CFII - Phoenix East Oral Exam and Flight

___ CFII - FAA Oral Exam, Flight, and Certification

___ Certified Flight Instructor (Primary, CFI) - Enrollment

___ CFI - Flight Training

___ CFI - Ground Training

___ FAA CFI Written Exam

___ CFI - Phoenix East Oral Exam and Flight

___ CFI - FAA Oral Exam, Flight, and Certification

___ Pheonix East Aviation Instructor Standardization.

Well, it is about time for me to head off to the airport, good morning everyone!

Well, I finally sat down and worked on getting the webcam that was given to me from Bethany. It actually wasn't that difficult to get it to work. Here is a picture of me and Sarah talking on Skype, with both of us using our cams (helped her get her's working too). So, if anyone else has Skype and would like to talk to me on it, username is DakedDerb.

Victory Popcorn

Tonight the Tampa Bay Lightning won against the Pheonix Coyotes, 5-3. As is my tradition, I made a bag of popcorn afterwords to celebrate. Tonight Lecavalier scored 2 goals, bringing him up to 35 so far this season, the highest in the NHL. The Lightning are looking to make the play-offs this year, currently 7th in the NHL. They've been really strong the last few weeks so I'm hoping they'll keep it up on into the play-offs.

Welcome to the Florida Keys! This is the view I had today flying down to Marathon Key. 
The sun finally gave my eyes a break and decided to pass behind a cloud, so I took a quick picture. It was a great trip, from climbing to nearly 10000 feet to go over a shower in Melbourne on the way there, flying 500 feet off the water just off the coast next to the Miami Skyline,
Eating a Pizza Hut buffet because it was the only thing close to the airport and they didn't have
a courtesy car, and the grand finale, flying through thick radiation fog following a shower into Daytona Internatiol Airport at around 9:30 at night. It was a fun trip, and the following are some of the pictures I took of the Miami Skyline.

 

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Flying Safety Tip

Good morning everyone! It is about 6:15 am here, and I'm just sitting at my computer waiting for time to go to class. I was doing some extra research today for a presentation I need to give in class about medical certification when I ran across this. This is a link to an announcement by the FAA called an Advisory Circular about the reduced effectiveness of oxygen masks on men with beards. So, for all you safety men out there, remember to shave your beard before you go flying on that airliner! In the case of an emergency, the extra oxygen could help you combat the effects of what is called hypoxia, which is basically when the brain doesn't get enough oxygen.

Anyways, for anyone who is interested, my presentation today is on 14 CFR Part 67, which can be found online here.