Morning after the morning after...
I ponder as to why I would possibly come into work this morning. There was absolutely nobody on the roads. BART (our friendly transit system) was empty (except a few regular indigents that must rent seats by the week – as they have set up makeshift tents on the train and nobody seems to care).
The panhandling from the station to my office was surprisingly light this morning. I received a request for “spare change”, “loose change” and a “quarter”, plus the obligatory offer of oral cavity to genitalia that I receive twice a week from some crazy old black woman that wears plastic garbage bags as shoes. Other then that – it was unusually quiet.
I have received messages (both voice mail and email) from a handful of staff members that are sick and won’t be in today. This combined with those that requested leave between Christmas and New-Years is going to make my department a little light this week. Oh well – it’s the holidays (a perfect attitude, if I do say so myself).
I made something new this year – a Chocolate Ganache cake (Ganache is that really chocolaty creamy stuff inside chocolate truffles). I usually make truffles for the holidays, but dipping the Ganache into perfect (it’s never perfect damnit) balls, was too much trouble this year. So I made a cake and filled the sucker with Ganache (thanks go out to this Betty Crocker Cake Pan)… wow. It was fantastic. I enjoy cooking tremendously, and the holidays are my opportunity to really go wild. For example – I’ve been doing a Turducken for about eight-years (way before they became popular). If you are unfamiliar with a Turducken – there are plenty of websites that describe (and even sell) one. Ah – but be warned when getting recipes over the web…
I was drawn into a website that presented a recipe for “Reindeer Sandwiches” for kids… I checked it out and they do not contain reindeer (very upsetting). We all know that Reindeer (or American Caribou) is a finely grained meat and resembles veal or antelope in flavor and texture. And with only 127 Calories per raw100g (25.04% from fat – so cooking this medium to medium well does wonders) it’s the perfect holiday treat.
- Time for coffee.
The panhandling from the station to my office was surprisingly light this morning. I received a request for “spare change”, “loose change” and a “quarter”, plus the obligatory offer of oral cavity to genitalia that I receive twice a week from some crazy old black woman that wears plastic garbage bags as shoes. Other then that – it was unusually quiet.
I have received messages (both voice mail and email) from a handful of staff members that are sick and won’t be in today. This combined with those that requested leave between Christmas and New-Years is going to make my department a little light this week. Oh well – it’s the holidays (a perfect attitude, if I do say so myself).
I made something new this year – a Chocolate Ganache cake (Ganache is that really chocolaty creamy stuff inside chocolate truffles). I usually make truffles for the holidays, but dipping the Ganache into perfect (it’s never perfect damnit) balls, was too much trouble this year. So I made a cake and filled the sucker with Ganache (thanks go out to this Betty Crocker Cake Pan)… wow. It was fantastic. I enjoy cooking tremendously, and the holidays are my opportunity to really go wild. For example – I’ve been doing a Turducken for about eight-years (way before they became popular). If you are unfamiliar with a Turducken – there are plenty of websites that describe (and even sell) one. Ah – but be warned when getting recipes over the web…
I was drawn into a website that presented a recipe for “Reindeer Sandwiches” for kids… I checked it out and they do not contain reindeer (very upsetting). We all know that Reindeer (or American Caribou) is a finely grained meat and resembles veal or antelope in flavor and texture. And with only 127 Calories per raw100g (25.04% from fat – so cooking this medium to medium well does wonders) it’s the perfect holiday treat.
- Time for coffee.
posted by Survival Cookies at 7:33 AM
2 Comments:
I'll send you a postcard. ;)
Hey, I have that same B/C pan - It's really cool! I dunno Cookie person, the part about the obligatory offer of oral cavity to genitalia really perked my ears up!
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