So it’s been a not too bad Sunday, schedule wise. The theme has been using up cocktail party leftovers. Started last night, with a pasta using the rest of the bag of Costco asparagus (“responsibly grown” – I hope so – the local’s nowhere near, it’s been so cold, and the organic shipped in [...]
Here’s are my ticket stubs from our Friday, Saturday & Sunday movies. I think maybe last year I shot them with a tripod so the text would look better – hmm, maybe not <grin>. Anyways, Friday was Korean gangsters, “The Nameless Gangster”. It wasn’t like the Korean jewel thieves movie we saw at TIFF, [...]
Today’s the no-fun time change, when we lose an hour, and, even though it may be staying lighter later in the evening, it’s darker in the morning. To make it even better, it’s a dreary, rainy, wet day – all the snow is melting and the basement is leaking in three places. I should feel [...]
With all my cooking assignments? The potato rolls turned into a potato focaccia, mostly white but with a little rye flour. Good for toast and sandwiches. I made the pork pies – got 12 little pies, and meant to photograph them yesterday while it was light – that went the way of all good intentions. [...]
Yesterday the Farmer’s market was so gorgeous – it made you want to buy everything and start squirreling away stuff for winter. There’re still some summer crops like melon and tomatoes and corn, and fresh second growths of the herbs and greens that were looking wilted in the heat just a week ago. And the [...]
I’ve got the house to myself this weekend – Mark & Ethan & Abby went to Lollapalooza, but my distance students’ week long orientation starts Monday, and I didn’t think I could take the time – not to mention getting back to Madison at like 2:00 a.m. Monday. Al (& Emma) was here last night, [...]
We had potatoes for breakfast again today. Then we went to see Rossini’s Cinderella, staged in 1930s Hollywood – so Cinderella and the ugly stepsisters were trying to parts in a movie. Snacked on some party leftovers, and now it’s time for dessert – maybe trifle, or I still really want rhubarb bars and vanilla [...]
Today for breakfast I made a “Taste of Madison” breakfast strata – hot, spicey, cheese bread, and two flavors of cheese from the farmers’ market, basil and sweet onion from my CSA box, Usinger’s bacon (actually purchased at Costco, but made in Milwaukee.) We ate it with hot sauce and fruit.
Pumpkin scones are a little hard to do, compared to other scones that are basically just a biscuit, because of the pumpkin. It throws off the flour : fat : liquid ratio, if you use fresh puree – and I’ve often assumed that commercial bakeries use dehydrated pumpkin flakes, something like the mix & eat [...]