Bored Now
I'm bored today.
Working on my Big Bang, because I posted chapter 14 of A Lot to Live Up To, and Fridays tend to be Big Bang days. It's going slowly right now, though. It's funny- I know exactly where this scene is going, but I'm finding it harder to build the suspense. No, not so much suspense. Feeling of dread. ::must go back and read brennanspeaks's last chapter of Beyond the Line again:: I've got the outline for the whole thing, minus exactly how I'm dealing with the Opera House, but this one scene is just... Ergh.
prophetkristy requested the recipe for Chocolate Truffle Cakes. Make these with caution- they are restaurant quality good and really, really rich, and surprisingly easy.
5 tablespoons unsalted butter
1 tablespoon flour
14 ounces semisweet chocolate, chopped
2 tablespoons sugar
2 large eggs
1/4 teaspoon salt
1.) Preheat oven to 375. Butter and flour (or use Pam for baking ;) ) a standard 6-cup muffin tin. Set aside.
2.) Put chocolate, butter, and 1 tablespoon sugar in a medium heat-proof bowl set over a pan of simmering water (or a saucepan set over very low heat), whisk occasionally until smooth (if doing over direct heat, stir much more than occasionally.) Remove from heat, and let stand until cool and thickened, 3 to 5 minutes. Process eggs and remaining tablespoon sugar in a food processor until pale and doubled in volume (will work just fine with a mixer, too), about 2 minutes. Sift flour and salt into egg mixture; pulse to combine. Add chocolate mixture 1/4 cup at a time; pulse each addition until combined. (Batter will be thick.)
3.) Spoon mixture into prepared muffin tin, swirl tops with back of a spoon. Bake until the tops are springy to the touch, 18 to 20 minutes. Immediately turn out onto wire racks, reinvert, and let cool.
These are best about 20-30 minutes out of the oven, when they're still warm but you don't burn your mouth. For leftovers, wrap cakes individually in plastic wrap and refrigerate. They will feel very hard when you take them out of the fridge- microwave for 20-30 seconds and they're just perfect.
If you need a fancy dessert, these are perfect with vanilla ice cream and raspberries.
ENJOY!
And now, two memes:
Ask me my fannish Top Five [Whatevers]. Any top fives. Doesn't matter what, really! And I will answer them all in comments. (Or maybe a separate post, which is the way that a lot of people seem to be doing it.)
and in case anyone's actually interested:
I'll post the first line of my full-length fics. You choose one and comment with a drabble/ficlet starting with the same line, unrelated to the original story. Ready? Go!
(Theoretically) BSG specific:
1.) As soon as Helo's off the Raptor, Hera's running towards him, her arms outstretched and her dark curls bouncing.
2.) "Vice President Zarek, this is Lieutenant Felix Gaeta."
3.) "You don't have to do this," Helo insists.
4.) Billy gaped at Gaeta. "You're kidding, right?"
5.) One of the few things Felix had been able to save was the picture of his fathers.
6.) "Listen up!" Helo shouted over the racket. "We need a new call sign for Lieutenant Agathon!"
7..) When the news circulated that Lieutenant Dualla had killed herself forty-five minutes ago, Louis's first thought was one he would spend the rest of his life trying to forget.
8.) It was Tigh who'd gotten him out of the brig and brought him here.
9.) "You want us to WHAT?" Felix said, gaping.
10.) New Caprica was cold.
11.) "Gods bless whoever thought to bring booze on this frakking ship," Jean says, knocking back a shot.
12.) "You know she's only XO because she's sleeping with the Commander," Dee heard someone say.
13.) If there were things more tedious than listening to Captain Karl Agathon outline a military mission for the exploration of a sector of space for substances other than algae, Tom wasn't sure what they were.
(Theoretically) HP specific
14.) The Wizarding World was celebrating, and with good reason.
15.) "YOU DID WHAT?" Sirius roared.
16.) "I see…" Professor Sinti peered at the cards, "death."
17.) "So what time does Lover Boy get here?" Lily drawled, sprawling across Petunia's bed and propping herself up on her elbows.
18.) "You're not big enough. You're not old enough. You're not strong enough. You're not brave enough. You're not exciting enough." Regulus Black had heard those words over and over for fifteen years.
19.) When Sirius Black was fourteen, he told James Potter that it seemed ironic for his parents to go to church, because anyone who approved the mass genocide of Muggle-borns didn't exactly have a Christian attitude.
20.) The Sorting Ceremony went exactly like Theodore Nott thought it would.
21.) "You want to WHAT?" Professor McGonagall asked, eyes popping out of their sockets.
22.) "Padfoot, what did you get for number eighteen?"
Very non-specific
23.) "If you networked, I could send the algorithm over to you a lot easier."
24.) "Fire."
25.) The breeze was getting stiffer, ruffling through his hair.
26.) There was still a pile of papers on the desk.
27.) It's dark outside, almost as dark as space.
28.) It was a night made for storms.
29.) Dirt. Would there ever be a time in his life again when he wasn't covered in dirt?
30.) The falling of night did not make the air any cooler or any easier to breathe.
Working on my Big Bang, because I posted chapter 14 of A Lot to Live Up To, and Fridays tend to be Big Bang days. It's going slowly right now, though. It's funny- I know exactly where this scene is going, but I'm finding it harder to build the suspense. No, not so much suspense. Feeling of dread. ::must go back and read brennanspeaks's last chapter of Beyond the Line again:: I've got the outline for the whole thing, minus exactly how I'm dealing with the Opera House, but this one scene is just... Ergh.
prophetkristy requested the recipe for Chocolate Truffle Cakes. Make these with caution- they are restaurant quality good and really, really rich, and surprisingly easy.
5 tablespoons unsalted butter
1 tablespoon flour
14 ounces semisweet chocolate, chopped
2 tablespoons sugar
2 large eggs
1/4 teaspoon salt
1.) Preheat oven to 375. Butter and flour (or use Pam for baking ;) ) a standard 6-cup muffin tin. Set aside.
2.) Put chocolate, butter, and 1 tablespoon sugar in a medium heat-proof bowl set over a pan of simmering water (or a saucepan set over very low heat), whisk occasionally until smooth (if doing over direct heat, stir much more than occasionally.) Remove from heat, and let stand until cool and thickened, 3 to 5 minutes. Process eggs and remaining tablespoon sugar in a food processor until pale and doubled in volume (will work just fine with a mixer, too), about 2 minutes. Sift flour and salt into egg mixture; pulse to combine. Add chocolate mixture 1/4 cup at a time; pulse each addition until combined. (Batter will be thick.)
3.) Spoon mixture into prepared muffin tin, swirl tops with back of a spoon. Bake until the tops are springy to the touch, 18 to 20 minutes. Immediately turn out onto wire racks, reinvert, and let cool.
These are best about 20-30 minutes out of the oven, when they're still warm but you don't burn your mouth. For leftovers, wrap cakes individually in plastic wrap and refrigerate. They will feel very hard when you take them out of the fridge- microwave for 20-30 seconds and they're just perfect.
If you need a fancy dessert, these are perfect with vanilla ice cream and raspberries.
ENJOY!
And now, two memes:
Ask me my fannish Top Five [Whatevers]. Any top fives. Doesn't matter what, really! And I will answer them all in comments. (Or maybe a separate post, which is the way that a lot of people seem to be doing it.)
and in case anyone's actually interested:
I'll post the first line of my full-length fics. You choose one and comment with a drabble/ficlet starting with the same line, unrelated to the original story. Ready? Go!
(Theoretically) BSG specific:
1.) As soon as Helo's off the Raptor, Hera's running towards him, her arms outstretched and her dark curls bouncing.
2.) "Vice President Zarek, this is Lieutenant Felix Gaeta."
3.) "You don't have to do this," Helo insists.
4.) Billy gaped at Gaeta. "You're kidding, right?"
5.) One of the few things Felix had been able to save was the picture of his fathers.
6.) "Listen up!" Helo shouted over the racket. "We need a new call sign for Lieutenant Agathon!"
7..) When the news circulated that Lieutenant Dualla had killed herself forty-five minutes ago, Louis's first thought was one he would spend the rest of his life trying to forget.
8.) It was Tigh who'd gotten him out of the brig and brought him here.
9.) "You want us to WHAT?" Felix said, gaping.
10.) New Caprica was cold.
11.) "Gods bless whoever thought to bring booze on this frakking ship," Jean says, knocking back a shot.
12.) "You know she's only XO because she's sleeping with the Commander," Dee heard someone say.
13.) If there were things more tedious than listening to Captain Karl Agathon outline a military mission for the exploration of a sector of space for substances other than algae, Tom wasn't sure what they were.
(Theoretically) HP specific
14.) The Wizarding World was celebrating, and with good reason.
15.) "YOU DID WHAT?" Sirius roared.
16.) "I see…" Professor Sinti peered at the cards, "death."
17.) "So what time does Lover Boy get here?" Lily drawled, sprawling across Petunia's bed and propping herself up on her elbows.
18.) "You're not big enough. You're not old enough. You're not strong enough. You're not brave enough. You're not exciting enough." Regulus Black had heard those words over and over for fifteen years.
19.) When Sirius Black was fourteen, he told James Potter that it seemed ironic for his parents to go to church, because anyone who approved the mass genocide of Muggle-borns didn't exactly have a Christian attitude.
20.) The Sorting Ceremony went exactly like Theodore Nott thought it would.
21.) "You want to WHAT?" Professor McGonagall asked, eyes popping out of their sockets.
22.) "Padfoot, what did you get for number eighteen?"
Very non-specific
23.) "If you networked, I could send the algorithm over to you a lot easier."
24.) "Fire."
25.) The breeze was getting stiffer, ruffling through his hair.
26.) There was still a pile of papers on the desk.
27.) It's dark outside, almost as dark as space.
28.) It was a night made for storms.
29.) Dirt. Would there ever be a time in his life again when he wasn't covered in dirt?
30.) The falling of night did not make the air any cooler or any easier to breathe.