Geocaching w/ Billy & Making Nasi Bollen

Billy came to visit us and he went geocaching with us. The following day after Billy left, Dad showed us how to make Nasi Bolen (Indonesian rice balls).

So, Billy came out to visit for the day and he joined us as we went hunting for geocaches.

Now, this is what you call a great design. Just hollow out an acorn and put a small, metal container inside. It was easy for us to find because I realized that the acorn wasn't lying under an oak tree where it was hidden (♫♪♫ One of these things just doesn't belong here! ♪♫♪).

Near this cache were a couple of sandhill cranes and they were busy pestering this cormorant. As we were walking up, they chased it and forced it back into the water.

Then peacefully went about their business...

Next, we went to a nearby park to look for two caches I couldn't find before. It took some hunting, but we finally found the first one. Here I am, signing the logsheet while Dad and Billy look on.

At about the time this picture was taken, Luann and I had decided that we weren't going to find it and we wanted to go look for another one. But when we turned around though, Dad had plunged back into the shrubbery, so we kept on looking until we found it.

Funny Face to the rescue!

Just another neat photo as we're geocaching...

When we were done with geocaching, Billy had to drive to Orlando and we worked on making dinner.

The kids wanted to learn how to make lumpias, so Dad put together the basics for them first.

He shows Katrina the technique for folding the wonton wrappers into lumpias.

And the kids paid close attention.

Next is the sticky, fried rice used to make rice balls, or Nasi Bollen. A test-press was done to see if the rice was at the right consistancy to bind together.

Everything looked good, so rice-ball production began.

After the rice balls we made up, Dad rolled them in bread crumbs and then I coated them with an egg wash so they would hold up when we fry them in about an inch of oil in the wok.

Here they are, rolled in bread crumbs and ready for frying. These things are fun to make and taste great. Now that I hav ebeen shown how to make these, I'll add them to the menu more often. Thanks for the lessons, Dad!
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