Strawberry Pound Cake I don’t really like shortcake and I wanted something with the new strawberries. Pound cake is fairly simple. I chose the Preppy Kitchen The Best Pound Cake recipe because it has sour cream in it, which seemed novel. It’s not bad. It’s a bit grainy and dry – for pound cake. ForContinue reading “Learning 2 Bake from Scratch LXVII”
Author Archives: Mark
“Should” is Evil
That’s a fairly obvious point, but for today’s installment we have a new level of “should” stupidity. Delete should mean delete. I do not disagree. However, having the vapors when delete does not mean delete is more than a bit overwrought, especially for someone who “has been recognized by Forbes as one of America’s topContinue reading ““Should” is Evil”
Chair Update
It’s been almost a year since I put it together. A couple of months ago, the left armrest pad came off. I didn’t much care because I don’t put my arm there. I looked at the issue long enough to realize that other things needed to come apart to get the pad reattached (it boltsContinue reading “Chair Update”
Not Muffins!
They are slider buns that I may have let rise a bit too much in a muffin pan. They’re even somewhat “whole grain” because I used 100g of whole grain rye flour (in addition to 300g of bread flour for gluten).
Plant Me!
The bare root asparagus plants (asparagi?) looked sad and I’ve had bad luck planting asparagus in the past. So, I thought to myself, I thought, “why not put them in water?”. This is the result. Apparently, one can grow asparagus inside, but it feels as if it really wants to be planted. I just needContinue reading “Plant Me!”
I’m Sure It’s Fine
Clearly, I am not the first to walk around this gate, which is obviously there to stop vehicular, not pedestrian, traffic. I’m sure it’s fine. Why am I walking around this gate? To get pine needles from under the trees down the path. Why do I want pine needles? Because they make great mulch forContinue reading “I’m Sure It’s Fine”
Learning 2 Bake from Scratch – LXVI
Chocolate Pudding Cake I must have made this before since the recipe is printed out and in my recipe folder. However, it’s not on the blog, so it didn’t happen. This is an effort, but it’s for The Laird’s birthday. The recipe: As you can see, mine does not look like that. The major issues:Continue reading “Learning 2 Bake from Scratch – LXVI”
Flashback
There I was sitting on the toilet listening to the dryer run. Suddenly, I was in the pinkish laundry room, standing in front of the dryer looking forward to hopping in and spinning. Then it was uncomfortable. Then my mom was yelling at me for getting into the dryer. I’m don’t think that I’ve everContinue reading “Flashback”
Snacks for Lunch
I was making grilled cheese sandwiches for lunch. I thought to myself, I thought, “this is just cheese and crackers.” I nuked some tomato soup for dipping. It was yummy. It was also just bruschetta, which is still an hors d’oeuvres. I didn’t think that one through. Update: I did that on purpose at aContinue reading “Snacks for Lunch”
Bacon Floodies
I’d never heard of them, but the YouTube algorithm thought I would be interested. It was correct. These are easy enough that I didn’t even use the recipe. I made enough for two. The second one is a bit overly toasted on the bottom (i.e. burned) because I was too busy eating the first oneContinue reading “Bacon Floodies”
Marked Up 