Oreo Cake – prequel The Laird wanted a cake and I tripped over this one on Adam Ragusea’s YouTube channel: I needed a place to put the recipe so I didn’t lose it, so here it is. The baking will come later. I’m thinking Tuesday evening for the chocolate cakes, Wednesday at lunch for theContinue reading “Learning 2 Bake from Scratch – XXXI”
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Right-wing Extremist
According to the Southern Poverty Law Center, as reported by NPR, as seen on Twitter (none of which are linked because they all need to die and sending ad-revenue generating eyeballs to them doesn’t help with the bankruptcy process), the Gadson flag is a symbol of right-wing extremism. Therefore: I can’t believe I found it.Continue reading “Right-wing Extremist”
And One to Grow On
The Laird got me 24 roses for our 23rd anniversary. He’s the romantical one. We went out for dinner at Prive (with an accent, because every marketing director wants one to misspell the name of his restaurant). We had a Mushroom Avignon (whatever that is) as an appetizer. It was excellent, although the sauce didContinue reading “And One to Grow On”
Learning 2 Bake – from Scratch XXX
Boule After the semi-failed poolish attempt, I decided to follow the recipe (well, mostly). Since one of Brian’s commenters (Joseph) typed it up, here it is: INGREDIENTS POOLISH150g or roughly 1 cup of flour150g or roughly 2/3cup of water (room temp)1 small pinch yeast Let the poolish ripen on the counter 4-24 hours, preferably atContinue reading “Learning 2 Bake – from Scratch XXX”
BCM8450UC Travails
I have a very simple question: I plug in the coffee maker and instead of turning on, a light flashes. What does that mean? Apparently, not even the Internet knows. I didn’t buy it through Amazon, but this is the machine. I’m not quite ready to blame the seller, Fischer Furniture, but the time isContinue reading “BCM8450UC Travails”
Learning 2 Bake – from Scratch XXIX
Poolish Poolish is a pre-bread mixture of flour, water, sugar, and yeast that one allows to grow a bit (e.g. overnight) before making bread. I’d never heard of it until I saw it on a YouTube video. Rather than attempting a new recipe, I thought I’d give it a try with my known-to-work bread recipe.Continue reading “Learning 2 Bake – from Scratch XXIX”
Kitchen Final Walk-Through
It’s not quite done, so the “after” pictures are named “SemiAfter”, but the main contractor is doing a final walk through, today (Wed, 3 Aug). Here’s what they’ve done: Clearly not finished, but everything works!
A Dock with a View
We visited my sister (and family). The “why” will get another post, but I wanted to share another view that I do not have next to the office window post. The view from her dock: That’s only half the panorama. This is the view I grew up with. I miss the lake. This was takenContinue reading “A Dock with a View”
Denver Visit
Catching up on many missed posting days… I went back to Denver for work (way back during the last week of June). It was a very productive trip – and I got to eat much good food. Not quite what I see sitting at my desk (there is more sky since I’m sitting), but thisContinue reading “Denver Visit”
Learning 2 Bake – From Scratch XXVIII
German Chocolate Cake The Laird wanted German Chocolate Cake for his birthday. Who am I to say “no”? For my first cake here, it turned out OK. I can has no toothpickz, so I guessed. I was a bit off. Another 5 minutes in the oven would probably have been perfect. It was just aContinue reading “Learning 2 Bake – From Scratch XXVIII”
Marked Up 