Time is especially funny this time of year. Two weeks ago Christmas was barely over – and it was still 2012.
Barely a month ago – Dec. 14 – it was the day before the cookie party, and my life was quite different. Rather than slaving over a hot computer, trying to compose meaningful exercises and educational experiences for library school students, I was slaving over a hot stove – in my kitchen late at night, composing sweets & savories to tempt party guests.
So I suppose I can be forgiven for allowing time to pass by since I last wrote.
It’s been back to work, getting ready for the semester that’s starts Jan. 22.
I’ve had a couple of cooking fiascos – the roasted pumpkin pie last Sunday – it went in the garbage Thursday. Yesterday I made a version of a Food 52 hot bacon dressing slaw. I only made a half batch – split the egg, and gave the extra half to the cat – and instead of napa cabbage, I used a wedge of purple cabbage that had been in the vegetable bin for quite some time, supplemented with a chunk of green cabbage from the giant head that came in my last CSA box in December. I chopped the cabbage in the food processor, and that made it kind of mushy. The purple cabbage made it kind of an alarming color. Otherwise it tasted pretty good.
I think I’ll make pizza pockets for the Packer game tomorrow – with any luck they’ll come out a little better.
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