Okay , enough with that.... Well, we are in...and 91.6%(give or take a tenth of a percent) of the way set up. All in all,the move went very smoothly...until it came to cable/Internet. Craptastic Comcast has gone out of their way to prove that customer service is not something they pride themselves on. Even as I write this I do not have Internet but I am being cautiously optimistic that they are going to actually come and hook us up tomorrow(10/31)Update, they did and they cable guy was very nice. A week and a half without her food blog and without hockey on makes for a mighty cranky Peabody. Just as I thought hard and long about what would be the last thing I would make in my apartment kitchen, I had to think about what would be the first thing I would make to christen the new home kitchen. Sadly that was my husband making Bagel Bites on our second day of living here...ugh. Since this is my first house ever, I felt the need to go a bit 1950's housewife and make a bundt cake. Though I … [Read more...]
If your reading this….
If you are reading just this tiny blurb we did not get cable/internet hooked up. So I went ahead and did this short little write up. This time around, Mary of Alpineberry, challenged the Daring Bakers to make what is called a Bostini Cream Pie. Similar to the Boston Cream Pie except this one has an orange chiffon cake(which is quite tasty I might add), a custard base and chocolate sauce on top. I chose to make mine using disposable star molds(while I was going through the cleaning out mode). I was able to unmold mine because the molds were made of foil and I could just peel away. Most people made them in glass containers since it really wasn't that moldable. I'm not the biggest fan of pastry cream so I would have preferred less of that and more of cake. But all in all it made for a good dessert. Bostini Cream Pie (from Donna Scala & Kurtis Baguley of Bistro Don Giovanni and Scala's Bistro) Makes 8 generous servings INGREDIENTS: Custard 3/4 cup whole milk 2 3/4 … [Read more...]
On the move….
That's right it is finally happening....the move is on. As you can see, our beloved puppy is more the ready to get her new home. I will be internet-less for about a week so I hope to be back in time for the Daring Bakers Challenge. Don't worry, I already did it and time stamped it just in case(gosh I am such a nerd). … [Read more...]
Cleaning out the cupboards….
I have no desire to move anything over from my refrigerator and I want to move as little as possible from the pantry. My poor husband has eaten his fair share of “unique” meals in the last few weeks, especially this last one. I get many a question along the lines of “does this normally have water chestnuts in it?” No enchiladas don't normally have water chestnuts, but it gives it a nice crunch, don't ya think? I'm kidding by the way. :P I had a very stressful day yesterday...and so I needed to bake! Everything is pretty much packed up except one 8 by 8 pan and two cookie sheets. My mixers(yes, I have two) are still out though. I looked through my cupboard to see what I could use up. I had a ton of dried fruit but none of them were a full bag. I also had a little bread flour to use up. Okay, dried fruit bread it is. In this recipe I used 2 cups of bread flour and 2 cups of all-purpose...that is only because of what I had. Feel free to use either all bread or … [Read more...]
