A post not about cats, but cooking

[highlyeccentric]

Last night, I attempted to make Arthurian fudge cookies. Two-thirds of the batch I cooked last night, and they melted in the oven and turned into a passable if very thin brownie slice. (K, I have a packet for you in payment for finding the recipe...)
The rest of the batch I refrigerated over night, and they stayed in cookie shape, but burnt on the bottom before their tops went shiny and cracked as per the recipe. Sigh. The refrigerated dough had the texture of ice-cream, however, and was positively delicious in its own right. (ed: actually a few of the cookies survied and they look crap but taste awesome. munch munch munch.)

Yesterday I went to the shop to buy milk and was assaulted by my inner carnivore, resulting in the purchase of topside fillets. I suspect I'm a little iron defficient- I bought some spinnach as well, and despite the fact that it tastes completely gross, I munched on raw spinnach leaves with great relish all the way home. Om nom nom.
I attempted to make Topside Cordon Bleu (instead of veal or chicken). Which would've been an odd taste combination anyway, except that the cheese melted right out of the middle, and I accidentally crumbed it in cornflour instead of breadcrumbs, not knowing my way around Awesome's pantry as well as I know my mother's. On the other hand, I concocted absolutely stunning potatoes in garlic and chive butter.

On a more successful note, I had my Wife out to dinner and fed her Spinnach and Ricotta Aglotti, and impressed her immensely with my ability to make white sauce without a recipe. She says she knew she was onto a good thing when she married me.

Oh, and on an entirely unrelated note, you should all go and watch this short and humourous clip about medieval music.

Comments

[kayloulee.livejournal.com]

Awesome. But!

Whhyy are you tempting me with delicious descriptions when I have to eat college 'food'?

Hey, did I give you my molasses cookie recipe? I got it off someone on the internet (best way!) last year when copperbadge hosted a cookbook compilation thread. They are DELICIOUS but the problem is that the recipe needs a lot more flour than it says it does in order to be cookie consistency instead of cake batter consistency.

[kayloulee.livejournal.com]

I am an idiot who mixes up her code: it was copperbadge what I meant to say.

[highlyeccentric.livejournal.com]

bleh, I didn't even notice.

[kayloulee.livejournal.com]

I noticed it in the second I posted it but it was too late to do anything about it.


Hmmm, this has been the first instance that I've ever wanted the 'edit comment' ability.

[highlyeccentric.livejournal.com]

would you forgive me if I brought you fudge slice thing? or should I earn your forgiveness by dragging you out here and feeding you?

No, you didn't. But it sounds like fun!

[kayloulee.livejournal.com]

I shall email you the recipe!

[tranquillita.livejournal.com]

Buy and eat baby spinach instead. I've recently learned that there isn't as much iron in spinach as most people think - it's high in oxalates, which inhibit our absorption of iron. I'm fairly sure there's less in baby spinach.

Also, baby spinach is a great salad leaf. Baby spinach + small pieces of roasted pumpkin + kalamata olives + feta = heaven. Seriously. Especially if the feta has been sitting in olive oil, garlic, sumac and oregano for a few hours.


What can I say? I love my food...

[highlyeccentric.livejournal.com]

...

obviously you do! That's a lotta knowledge there. Me, i'd never SEEN a spinnach until yesterday.

[tranquillita.livejournal.com]

Live in a vegan household and you're pretty much guaranteed to start looking up foods containing iron that don't come from animals... *sadface*

My inner carnivore gets restless. Also very very sad.

[highlyeccentric.livejournal.com]

your household is vegan?
no wonder you spend so much time at Benjamin's house :P

[tranquillita.livejournal.com]

Predominantly vegan. My sister still eats dairy.

This is why I love buying a whole roast chicken and taking all the meat off it in my kitchen, then keeping it in the fridge for the week (chicken, avocado and cheese sammiches for lunch, yummy!) - just to see the look on their faces.

I'm terrible. Hehehe.

[highlyeccentric.livejournal.com]

tasty tasty animal flesh!