we were opening stockings.... I don't remember now what, if anything, I traded with her for the chocolate, though... ;)
Something she prized, like celery sticks?
Probably other candy... she liked other sweet things just fine, just not
the chocolate... :)
What poor taste! Though Goetze's caramel candies
might tempt one to get rid of a few pieces of chocolate.
They'd do okay, but the professional function of earplugs
generally is to take out the harmful high frequencies.
Ah, true...
Last night I was happy to have my jet-engine-quality
earplugs, as we had numerous lightning strikes on the
property. Adam, staying in the Blatchford cabin, said
he had a strike right by the building. The deep bass
doesn't get filtered out, but that's as much felt as
heard anyway. It's the highs that hurt, and these
plugs took pretty good care of them.
That's good... :)
Under these circumstances, I would have preferred a
total deafener, but I doubt these exist.
As popular culture is way outside my field of
expertise, I must defer to anyone who has a
plausible hypothesis.
If we think of it, we can ask at the house... Lydia, or Bonnie (next
older sibling to Alex), might remember details.... ;)
It would be interesting to know the origin of
the name (as applied to pet animals).
About what I figured... :)
Lydia says that it's the name of a character in a
fantasy novel, but she couldn't recall on the spot
which novel.
It was okay, but the chef has weird flights of
fancy that don't quite work, such as mushroom-
tarragon soup and mushroom-tarragon ravioli.
This one was a little acrid and didn't taste
Asian, just strange, and two different
thicknesses of noodle meant dueling textures,
in this case mushy vs. extremely mushy. Last
night's prime rib with twice-baked potatoes,
the kind of thing he would make on his regular
gig, cooking for the Antarctic research station,
was much more successful.
Yes, I think the prime rib with twice-baked potatoes would be more
welcome... ;)
'twas. A bit of saltiness on the crust as usual,
nothing unmanageable. It was almost rare enough, too.
Gingersnap cookies
categories: Swedish, Ethiopian, celebrity, New York, dessert
yield: 1 batch
1/2 c light brown sugar
1 c sugar
1/2 lb unsalted butter
1 egg
1/3 c molasses
2 ts powdered ginger
1/2 ts powdered cardamom
1/2 ts powdered cloves
2 ts baking soda
1/2 ts salt
1/2 ts white pepper
2 1/4 c flour
1 c coarsely chopped candied orange peel
Preheat oven to 350F.
In a medium bowl, cream together the brown sugar,
1/2 c white sugar, and the butter until light and
fluffy. Add the egg and molasses, and incorporate
well. Sift together the dry ingredients and add
to the creamed mixture. Mix well, then gently
fold in the candied orange peel. Place dough in
the refrigerator until chilled. Shape dough into
1" balls, dip the top half of the cookie in the
remaining sugar, coating them well. Place 2" apart
on a greased cookie sheet. Bake for 7 min or until
golden brown. Use a spatula to remove the cookies
from the sheet and let cool.
Marcus Samuelsson, Aquavit, NYC
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