Ugh, Mom's birthday is on Sunday and her brother and brother-in-law are coming up. Tomorrow, actually but it's very last minute and I had already planned to spend tomorrow with my Dad. So I will see them on Sunday.
And she finally decided she wanted me to cook dinner. Okay then. I've been trying to get her to choose how she wanted to celebrate her birthday for weeks.
She wants shrimp pasta which is another thing I haven't cooked in long enough that I am glad it's in the Buffista cookbook just to remind me of amounts and general cooking protocol.
I suggested lavender creme brulee as well. Which I think I just messed up. But I'm not certain. The recipe makes four (I've serving four) so I either cross my fingers and hope for the best or start over. I've also only got four custard things. If I start over, I need more cream. And Xanax. But I don't want to serve disappointing brulee on Sunday.
I think my oven runs hot. I wish I'd considered this and checked earlier. Maybe picking up an emergency stash of cookies would be a good idea.
Or maybe an oven thermometer, just to check?
Closet tracks are hung. About an hour to hang both. Last week it took 3x that to figure it won't work. Now cutting doors to fit. Yay for progress.
Well definitely an oven thermometer will be key. But either the cremes (to be brûléed Sunday) worked or they didn't. I didn't have a clue there might be an issue until they had already been cooked. They look mostly okay though it shouldn't be a total disaster. The custard base with lavender tasted amazing. That should forgive a few points of less than perfect cooking.
I'm sure the creme brulee will be delicious. I suggest some emergency Xanax to go with the cookies. Thanks mom for the last-minute b-day request! That's the kind of thing my DH would do.
Speaking of last minute, we have no NYE plans. I've decided I don't have the oomph to make any, so unless something falls in our laps, sushi and family movie night it is!
I have closet doors hung!
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Still need to get some trim to cover the track, and paint. But, DOORS!!!!!
Advice please: When I cooked TJ greens in the crockpot, I somehow managed to include a piece of the bag they came in. It was unmelted, and the print was not faded, so I presume the toxins from the bag did not leach into the soup and turn it poisonous. Cause if it is not safe, that is a one dish meal I made for the next three days I would have to throw away.
I think the key is to hang out with different family factions separately rather than in one huge dysfunctional group.
Brilliant. I approve. Hope all the family stuff works out as well as possible.
Good luck with the food, Cass! And the gathering, too.
I have been away socializing all over the damn place. I saw dance friends, NC-istas (woot!), my two non-judgmental mother figures, my favorite bartender (and owner) and a passel of other folks. I ate mac and cheese, a burger, red velvet pancakes, and drank two Whipping Boys (hot cocoa with peppermint schnapps and whipped cream vodka)(did I mention the favorite bartender?). Frankie saw old friends and made new ones all over town.
It was super great to see so many people, and I wouldn't change much about it, but I am nearly hoarse from talking, and totally worn out. Thankfully, our family dinner out tonight was delightful and relaxed and involved a bottle of wine. In a bit, I have to go pack and organize, as I am leaving with much more crap than I had when I came. Yay?
Tomorrow I'm back on the road, and I get to see Ginger! Yay! She is kind enough to put Frankie and me up for the night.
I think you'd be okay Typo Boy. If you are really worried you might want to call poison control.
But, um, one year at Easter when it was just me and Mom she accidentally baked the ham with the plastic on it. It didn't melt so we just cut the plastic off and at the ham. We didn't get sick or anything from it.
