Todays creation comes from the resources of one food blogger and the inspiration of another. Once again, Elle of Feeding My Enthusiasms was kind enough to send me quinces. I just can't seem to get them here and I love them so. This year I got a bunch so I made two things, quince paste (which will be up sometime next week on Northwest Noshings) and quince sorbet. I had seen a lovely apple tart with cranberry sorbet over at my buddy Jen's blog and knew I had to follow suit. I already had leftover tart shells from when I made the Butterscotch Pudding Tarts, so that was a plus. Jen's apple filling was simple as well. But what to go on top? That is where the quince sorbet came into play, as well as a crème fraiche ice cream. I wanted something with a little tang to go with my tart. I must say that the whole combo taste really nice together. And if you don't want to make the tart you can make a Fall flavors float. Scoops of quince sorbet and crème fraiche ice cream with fresh … [Read more...]
Evil Hockey Doer…
See, you thought I was kidding before, but it no coincidence that Sarah Palin jinxed the Flyers. They have the worst record in the NHL (correction, they did have the worst...they are winning now that she moved on to a new team). They did finally win a game, the same day, MY player, the reason I watch the Flyers, Danny Briere, had to have surgery and is out for 3-4 weeks!!!! That is a long time in hockey folks. And now, she is spreading her doom to other teams. Friday night Palin dropped the puck, this time for the Saint Louis Blues. Who lost their goalie that night...know why? Palin. Yep, seems he tripped over the carpet that was laid out for her and her kids...and now has a hip injury. He says he doesn't blame her but I bet he has a Voodoo doll at home that looks just like her (Hopefully it wont get mixed up with Tina Fey ;) ). Really, this has got to stop. Clearly teams are being punished for having her come out. How many more teams seasons will she ruin. Sarah Barracuda … [Read more...]
The Miseducation of Peabody…
Since when did getting an education become a bad thing? In my day, you either went to a community college for 2 years and then on to a 4 year university or you went to a 4 year university....for 4 years. Now granted I took 4 ½ years, but I got two degrees during that time and I went an extra semester just so I could student teach in the Fall (I wanted to see how a teacher set up her classroom, not one that was already established). And no one looked down on your for going to the same college all 4 years. But I was listening to the radio the other day and a McDonald's commercial came on. It was making fun of Starbucks by saying now that they offer all these coffee's you no longer have to have a degree in Russian literature to drink coffee. It says that you can go back to reading gossip magazines. Umm, really? I don't feel like I need a degree in Russian literature to drink my Venti, half-caf, non-fat, sugar free cinnamon dolce, no whip (yes, I am difficult coffee orderer). Has no … [Read more...]
Brickhouse…
The night before we eloped we had to go and get our marriage license. Since in Vegas you can pretty much do that 24 hours a day, we decided to go at night in hopes of it not taking so long (many people told us it would take awhile). So we decided we would go and then eat afterwards. Yeah, it took like 5 minutes, 10 if you want to really stretch it out. There was one couple in front of us, a young couple with the man wearing a “Honk if you like Boobies” t-shirt (I sure hope it worked out for those kids ;) ) and a strange, yet cute (and very in love) goth couple. Moral of the story, if you want to get married in Vegas, go get your license at 8pm on a Saturday night. Having not made reservations anywhere as we thought it would take a few hours we wandered around from restaurant to restaurant trying to see how long the wait was. They were all a couple hours. Hmm. We figured if we had to wait, we would wait for steak (p.s. Delmonico Steakhouse in the Venetian is fabulous). I … [Read more...]
