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”
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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 a half-cup of mashed potatoes from dehydrated “gems” (we tripped over these at a local grocery store; they’re the best of many different brands I’veContinue reading “Bacon Floodies”
Cacio e Pepe
A recipe from Cook’s Illustrated. I thought it would make a good first pasta course for the Italian dinner I will be cooking (this coming Saturday). It’s supposedly difficult to get the cheese sauce right. Following the instructions in Cook’s Illustrated, it was not. It’s very simple: Pasta with Pecorino Romano cheese and black pepper.Continue reading “Cacio e Pepe”
Mark & Max V
Placenta Stop giggling (or vomiting); this is Classical Latin so the “c”s are all hard (very similar to how the “a” in Ur-an-us is always short). It’s better than I expected. Sort of a giant sized baclava. On to the recipe… The internal layers (tracta) are a spelt and wheat mix. Max says to buyContinue reading “Mark & Max V”
Learning 2 Bake from Scratch – LXV
Ciabatta Having just returned from Rome (and finally over the airplane crud), I thought it would be nice to thank the friend who drove us to/from the airport with an Italian dinner. This requires ciabatta for the bread course. Need to make bread? Who ya gonna call? The Big Dog: Of course, it’s another oneContinue reading “Learning 2 Bake from Scratch – LXV”
Rice Off
What does one do with left over chicken pot pie? Reheating is an obvious option, but reheating pie crust is annoying. I decided to scoop out the inside and have a rice-off. I don’t much care for rice. I don’t dislike it; it’s far to innocuous for that. The Laird likes rice. I grew upContinue reading “Rice Off”
Mark & Max IV
Globi It’s interesting. I don’t know that I’ll make it again, but I’m happy sending it off to crochet group – with toothpicks. All this honey stuff is sticky, which does not go with yarn. It’s very easy to make. Here’s the waiting-for-oil-to-heat shot: I did them five at a time and the oil stillContinue reading “Mark & Max IV”
Chicken Pot Pie
I watched an interesting video about Chicken Pot Pie, or as our intrepid host refers to it: Chicky P P. Or not. This recipe was an adventure because the pie plates took so long to arrive. The Grocery Fairy brought me leeks and chicken stock. The freezer yielded up peas and eight thighs. Some in-the-cupboard-way-too-longContinue reading “Chicken Pot Pie”
Mark & Max – III
Melos Zomos Spartan Black Broth. Who hasn’t daydreamed of being a Spartan Warrior? Apparently, anyone who has eaten their food: It is no wonder that Spartans are the bravest men in the world, for anyone in his right mind would prefer to die ten thousand times rather than [live as miserably as this.]” Editorial question:Continue reading “Mark & Max – III”
