I only really like maple flavor in actual maple syrup. And when I'm in Canada, in those maple-leaf shaped creme sandwich cookies. (Which I'm sure you *can* get outside of Canada, but to me they're A Canada Thing.)
Holy balls it's cold outside. I had the brilliant-at-the-time idea that I'd go ice skating on the new rink in Prospect Park while the cleaners were here (kids are at daycare), except it's ten below freezing and no sun. (Midwesterners and New Englanders, stop laughing.) 25 minutes of skating and I couldn't feel my toes anymore, so I quit and came home. I did bike 6 miles around the park though, so that's something. Unfortunately the cleaners are still here which always makes me feel terribly awkward.
If I remember right, I deliberately did not do the black-eyed peas and cabbage thing last NYD and then had a pretty good year. So.
I discovered maple cream a few years ago. It was like gaining sight.
The colder it is, the more friction ice skates generate (as they rely on melting a thin layer of ice under the skates to reduce friction).
Is that noticeable at -10?
I'm not a big fan of black-eyed-peas or cabbage, so I'm pretending it's Chinese New Year and having noodles with roast pork. (They're not Chinese noodles because I couldn't get my ass down to the Chinatown supermarket, but they're fresh linguine which is pretty close. And that reminds me, as soon as the cleaners leave I need to marinate that pork.)
Is that noticeable at -10?
Not to me, but I'm not a very good skater. (Plus, rental skates are never properly sharpened, so they generate extra friction regardless.)
Podiatrist seen, and showed me on the Xray just how many pieces my middle big toe bone (he used a fancy science term for it) had shattered into. The good news is that it was all broken in the middle, which means that the tricky between-bone places (another sciency term) was all OK, which means there probably won't be any long-term consequences like arthritis, and it should heal cleanly.
Also bad news: it will take 4-6 weeks to be fully healed.
Also-also bad news: No clutching with my left foot for most of that, so I won't be able to use my car. I am looking into Zipcar, which has several nearby parking spaces so that I'll be able to go grocery shopping and so on.
The Japanese version is sweet black beans. Which the so hates, so he used to swallow one like a pill every year to keep my grandmother happy.
Yikes, Theo! Well, the good news is pretty good, all things considered. I hope Zipcar works out for you.
Ooh, I have the ingredients for roast pork, I think.
I have maple bacon in my freezer with which I will make bacon fudge for tomorrow's Sherlock viewing.
