kharnalbloodlust

kill em

i hat when people do that too. kick them in the sshin next time you see them and your new profile pic what is that?

good luck hope you hair doesn't fall out and post pics of the new hair

it'll be fine

I'm actually in the midst of my second or third mid-life crisis (doesn't say much for my life expectancy, does it?), and I've gone back to school to get a culinary degree.

We made a couple different kinds of custard tarts today; one was a pretty standard fresh-fruit tart, where we made the dough, put it in a tin, baked it; made the custard, pulled the crust out, smeared the custard into the crust, and topped it with fresh sliced fruit and an apricot glaze. Then we made another one, where we poached some pears in a red wine sauce, made another crust but didn't bake it, made an almond cream custardy goo, smeared that into the raw crust, then fanned the pears and put them on top and threw the whole thing into the oven to bake.

Baking's not really my thing, though. I was thinking about sticking around another semester after my program is over to get my Patisserie certification on top of my Culinary degree, so I'd be qualified to be a pastry chef, but unless I get a lot more excited about baking than I am right now, that ain't gonna happen.

As far as favorite recipes ... well, I made up a pretty good red bell pepper / bacon cream sauce last week that I'm pretty excited about. Basically, I minced up like 4 red bell peppers, an entire shallot head, and about 5 or 6 cloves of garlic, and diced some bacon, about half a normal pack's worth (easier to dice if it's frozen). Start sauteeing the bacon in a sauce pan in a little bit of oil, and once the fat is all melting out, throw in the minced vegs. Once those are getting soft, pour in some white wine (about 1.5 cups), and let that simmer down some. Then throw in a big lump of butter, let that melt, and add some heavy cream. Once that's starting to reduce pretty good, throw in a big hunk of ricotta cheese, and some ground cinnamon. Let that melt and get nice and saucy, and just before it's finished, throw in some fresh chopped parsley and basil. Voila, you have a red bell pepper cream sauce. If you want, you can reduce it down even further, blend some corn starch with a little water, and mix that in. Pull it off the heat and cool it in an ice bath, and it will get really thick, and you can use it as a fantastic ravioli or tortellini filling.

What does it take to be your friend?

Do you remember me?.......how's life?

I'm pretty jazzed about that McDonalds business, too ... but I was talking to a (big) friend of mine about it last night, and he said, "You know, though, that McD's is just going to make more money by doing this, because now, instead of spending the extra 39 cents to super-size things, people like me are just going to spend the extra dollar or whatever to get an extra order of fries."

So that made me sad. But I guess in the end, people just have to take responsibility for themselves.

good.

god.

wet hair ...*drool* the new pics are great

f.y.i., i make a great inbetweener.
of course, one of us would have to move......

whoohoo!!

hey, i can live on hope!!

How about midnight and breakfast, then right after, midnight sex...

Not a choice I'd like to make.

Good luck with the weight thingy, dont eat the bread that will help. Have a great weekend.

the french eat bread at every meal. i have yet to see many fat ass french people.

bests to you.....

Yeah, well, I mean, it's not as ironic as rain on your wedding day, or a free ride when you've already paid, but ironic nontheless.

i don't like Dr. Phil for some reason he gets under my skin. but if it is working for you then more power to ya

i would love to read more but i have the shortest attention span ever. i will read a paragraph and stop and think about it or something else for 10 minutes. it takes me a half hour to read a page. sheesh.

i can hang with the show though.