Shiitake Mushroom Tempura

Yesterday, I was too tired to go to the gym (that one hour time change has totally screwed me up) but had too much energy to just curl up on the couch and watch BAD television. Believe me, I start watching some embarrassing TV. Cheaters, Bad Girls Club, Flavor of Love 3.... like the first two weren't trashy enough right? Don't get me started. This is also attributed to the fact that my remote control has been MIA since the first weekend in January! Imagine getting up to change the channel. If I felt like working out I would have just gone to the gym. :)
In order to avoid having my brain instantaneously turn into swiss cheese, I decided to have a foodie photo shoot. That just involves me rummaging through the refrigerator and taking advantage of natural light. Shooting in natural light really yields the best results. Here's one of my little shroom friends:

I scored some giant shiitakes that were just beautiful. Here's another one that looks like a space ship:

I was having fun playing with DOF and all, but the really fun part of the shoot was, of course, the eating portion of it. I sliced up the mushrooms to make some tempura. I cheated by using a prepared tempura batter. One of those ones where all you do is add cold water. After that a quick swim in hot oil and a sprinkle of salt finished them off.

Scrumptious! B kept saying that they tasted like candy.