Baked Crab Stick 香烤蟹柳条

这是我生产前最后一个作品，华人过年除夕当天做的。前一天晚上我边看电视边把蟹柳撕成细条收入容器，每一层用kitchen towel隔开吸收水份再收入冰箱，这样隔天一早醒来就可以开始烤了。

用烤的方式来做这个小吃虽然比炸的耗时，但是少了油烟我觉得还是值得一试。

材料：
蟹柳
烤盘纸（parchment paper）

做法：
1）蟹柳用厨房纸巾（kitchen towel）按压吸收掉多余的水份，撕成细条。
2）烤箱预热180度，烤盘铺上烤盘纸，排上撕成细条的蟹柳烤10分钟。蟹柳在烤前再次用厨房纸巾按压。
3）取出烤盘，翻搅蟹柳条，再放入烤箱继续烤约8分钟至香脆即可。冷却后收入密封的容器。

小小心得/建议：
1）撕蟹柳时应该一层层撕开，重点不是细，而是薄。如果撕成太细的话很容易烤焦。
2）蟹柳条尽量不要重叠，这样才会烤得平均。
3）在烤第二次前（步骤3）先挑出已经烤得金黄香脆的蟹柳条，不然这些蟹柳条继续烤的话就会被烤焦。
4）烘烤的时间依个别烤箱和蟹柳条的粗细而定，所以第一次烘烤时建议在烤箱旁观察，自己拿捏烤的时间。
5）我一次烤两包蟹柳，烤好的成品大概有一罐多照片中所看到的罐子。

34 Days Old Lucius and His Tight Fitting Shirt

Lucius first time wearing this newborn size shirt but it already becomes tight fitting, can see his tummy, so cute!

Burp! Burp!

(Photos taken on 31st March 2010, Lucius 34 days old)

Lucius满月剃头剪指甲

纵使心中有万般不舍，最终我们还是决定依照我们家满月剃头的传统让Lucius剃光头。

3月27日那天我们带着刚好满30天的Lucius到相熟的理发院剃头。我抱着Lucius让理发师为他剃头时，看着他的头发每剃一下我的心就跳一下，尤其是看到Lucius头顶的头发被剃光只剩下头后面一圈那种怪趣的模样时，我更是心疼。跟妹妹说她还觉得我感情特别丰富，头发会再长出来的嘛。。。改次你有了孩子你才知道！～

Lucius剃头回家后拍的第一张照片。他全程都在睡觉，变成botak了都还不知道。

Before

Lucius的指甲很长，妈妈说满月前不能剪指甲。有好几次他睡觉时手套掉了我们没注意到，他即刮伤了自己的脸。好心疼哦！

After

剃头隔天拍的，Lucius躺在沙发上望着窗外。只有我一个人在家照顾他，他很像知道似的，没有给我太多麻烦，乖乖的。Lucius乖乖，妈妈爱爱！

Lucius一副忧郁的样子，是在想心事吗？看到他这副模样，我的心都软了。

光头Lucius，出门要戴帽子啰！

一个月大的Lucius重5kg，长56cm，头围38.4cm。

One month old Lucius weighs 5kg, 56cm, head circumference 38.4cm.

Lucius's New Hair Style

在Lucius满月剃头前，爹地和妈咪为他设计了两款新发型。

妈咪设计的前卫刺猬头。

爹地设计的复古侧分头。

(Photo taken on 22nd March 2010, Lucius 25 days old)

Happy Full Month Lucius

Time flies, Lucius is one month old today. Happy Full Month to you, my darling boy.

As time passes, I feel that I am getting more and more attached to Lucius boy. 妈咪每天爱你多一些。

We held Lucius's baby shower last Sunday, 21st March 2010. Only managed to take a few photos that day as I was busy mingling around friends and relatives.

Lucius's full month package for relatives

I would like to thank all friends and relatives for their precious time to attend Lucius's baby shower and their generous gift and well wishes.

Besides, I would also like to express my appreciation to Pauline, a blog friend of mine who had offered to bake something for Lucius's baby shower.

Pauline had prepared not one, not two, not three but FOUR items for Lucius.

Let's see her masterpiece.

Butter cookies decrorated with fondant. The "rompers" are simply lovely.

Twinkle twinkle little stars.......these are kid's favourite.

Nicely decrorated blueberry cupcake. They are beautiful and tasted great as well.

Chocolate cupcake filled with delicious yet non-fattening chocolate cream. The cupcake is very soft and chocolaty.

This is the killer, 3-layer chocolate chessecake in a cup. The bottom is chocolate sponge cake, center is home-made chocalate cookies and on top is chilled cheesecake.

All items were very well received by my guests. I only managed to have one each, all were gone before I could grab for second piece.

Pauline is a homebaker who is very passionate about baking. You may view her other creations or order from her via her blog HERE.

(Lucius's photos taken by Joanne's camera)