The torch was passed off to Helen of Tartelette(not Troy)...and the parade of cheesecake was gone and is soon to become the parade of mousse. That's right, this installment of Hay, Hay it's Donna Day is mousse...any type you would like. Since Donna is simple flavored woman that is what I tried to stick with. If you are not familiar with the whole HHDD extravaganza head on over to Barb's (the founder of HHDD) website, winos and foodies. I was a little torn on this one. Part of me wanted to do a more traditional mousse and the other part of me wanted to get creative. So I just did both...because two types of mousse is always better than one! I was not at all creative with the chocolate mousse, the only deviation from the recipe was to add Kahlua. This makes for a nice thick mousse that sets up nicely. I used the bittersweet chocolate instead of the semisweet. Now my other mousse is a different story. Inspired by my over zealous cheese purchase, where I left the cheese store with 9 … [Read more...]
What’s the Story, Morning Glory?
This weekend could have affectionately been referred to as Cuss-Fest 2007. For not one but BOTH of my teams decided to piss me off and lose. I have officially decided that quiche is the wrong food and ditched that. Now, I'm not surprised my Flames lost. They are after all playing the Detroit Red Wings, who, as much as I hate to admit, are pretty darn good. I hate the Red Wings(more than any team in the NHL...I even have a Detroit sucks jersey and a t-shirt that reads If Detroit's so great...go back!) for a list of many reasons. But the biggest reasons why I hate Detroit is the bandwagon fans. I can't stand bandwagon fans!!!! And there are a lot of them. If you are reading this saying oh, I'm not a bandwagon fan and I love the Red Wings...then quick, without looking it up on the Internet, name me 7 players off the Detroit team(exactly...shut up, you are a bandwagon fan). The true fans are the tortured ones like my poor friend Ivonne, who suffers the curse of being a Leafs fan which is … [Read more...]
