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Joy of Cooking
Jan. 19th, 2009 08:39 pmThere are times when I personify Kaoru to Wolf's Kenshin. Srsly. He can make ANY sauce taste good. I'm lucky if I can do it half the time. Poppyseed gravy, no problem. Shepherd's pie gravy? Well, steak doesn't a good base make and I didn't have hamburger, so I made a rue and then used red wine and water to thin it out, added salt, pepper, rosemary, parsley, garlic and ginger.
Yeah, the ginger was a mistake, but without it the gravy tasted sweet, not savory like I wanted. Kevin, after dinner, recommended the caraway seeds or mustard seeds. WTF?
My herb/spice rack is sadly lacking in the good stuff. I lust after Janny's AeroGarden.
I have not, thankfully, lost my baking skills. While I doubt I will ever see a 9x11 cake come out of my oven level, not caved in the center, at least it baked properly, after much fiddling with the stove. That thing has a 10 degree range and requires careful tweaking of the oven dial to get that range around where I want. And I didn't forget all of the basic butter frosting recipe of my maternal unit's, just the milk. ^_^;
Ah well, at least it came out the way it's supposed to taste and I have leftovers for crackers, an absolute MUST when making frosting. IDK's cake is chocolate with yellow frosting and a lot of green sprinkles to kindof-sortof look like a football field. Cause, y'know, the Steelers are going to The Game and we've gotta represent. It's for the children. His birthday's tomorrow. Inauguration baby. Lucky me.
Yeah, the ginger was a mistake, but without it the gravy tasted sweet, not savory like I wanted. Kevin, after dinner, recommended the caraway seeds or mustard seeds. WTF?
My herb/spice rack is sadly lacking in the good stuff. I lust after Janny's AeroGarden.
I have not, thankfully, lost my baking skills. While I doubt I will ever see a 9x11 cake come out of my oven level, not caved in the center, at least it baked properly, after much fiddling with the stove. That thing has a 10 degree range and requires careful tweaking of the oven dial to get that range around where I want. And I didn't forget all of the basic butter frosting recipe of my maternal unit's, just the milk. ^_^;
Ah well, at least it came out the way it's supposed to taste and I have leftovers for crackers, an absolute MUST when making frosting. IDK's cake is chocolate with yellow frosting and a lot of green sprinkles to kindof-sortof look like a football field. Cause, y'know, the Steelers are going to The Game and we've gotta represent. It's for the children. His birthday's tomorrow. Inauguration baby. Lucky me.
