At least that is my new opinion on the whole “Eat Black Eyed Peas and Have Good Luck” nonsense. I was willing to forgive the pie soup because it was before I ate the black eyed peas, but yesterday I broke my coffee pot and today Matt had to go in on his day off. Doesn’t sound like we’re too lucky so far…!
Supposedly If you eat black eyed peas on New Year’s day, you will have good luck. If that is indeed the case, I should have made the peas and then the pie (which, of course, I didn’t). The peas were delicious, but the lemon meringue pie was more like soup than pie. Boo! =(
I discovered a new talent (or two) over the Christmas break. I cooked a Christmas goose, made a perfect cheesecake (no cracks!) and made a few batches of toffee. The toffee is the issue…
Someone brought in a batch of toffee to the workroom the other day and it was ridiculously good! Come to find out it is a super secret family recipe that won’t be divulged (an Internet business is ar stake!), so I’m trying to figure it out on my own.
Batch #1 kinda got burned and was entirely too thin. Dad swears it still tasted good, but I was unsatisfied.
Batch #2 tried to burn itself, but I managed to stop it from doing so. This batch was really good and everyone loved it, but it was not the same as my control sample. (Which I am pretty sure I have lost… Dad, if you find it - don’t eat it!)
The problem is there are several recipes for what I am trying to make. The Fine Cooking recipe I used for batches #1 & #2. Batch #3 will probably be from The Joy of Cooking (there are two recipes in there to try). I’m on the right track, but I think I need to add something milky, the control toffee had a more opaque look than mine did.
Well Rome wasn’t conquered in a day and life wouldn’t be nearly as much fun without the constant cooking challenges - I’ll keep you posted on the progress!
p.s. I didn’t take a photo of the fudge, but here is the cheesecake fresh out of the oven! The ones of it sliced are all on Matt’s phone… :(
So I was whipping up a cake when suddenly, my whisk broke! It gave me a bit of a start and I was a sad that my trusty whisk had finally bit the dust…
Then I remembered that I hate that whisk and I can buy a new one! Even better I recently made a list of kitchen stuff I want or will buy if what I have breaks. And sure enough, there is a balloon whisk on there! Yay!
That’s right, I am finally headed back home. Technically my plane takes off on Tuesday, but we have to be at the airport by 11pm tonight, so I’m counting that as today. It’s been a great trip, but I am certainly ready to be home. =]
No photos today, it was raining and dark for most of the day - then I took a nap. So nothing really exciting there…
p.s. Matt, the mother-load of surprises is waiting for you - in the freezer… You may have already found it, but just in case you did listen to me, it’s behind the frozen/defrosted/refrozen egg-rolls. Don’t eat them all at once!