Weekend accomplishments: Velveeta fudge edition
Saturday I got in the shower right after breakfast, then headed out for my haircut, with a quick detour to Lagniappe Records because there was time. I was having a mad craving for any kind of iced coffee--I read recently that Louisiana drinks the most iced coffee of any state in the US--so I went to Community Coffee and got an iced mocha, and also a ham and swiss croissant because it was now about 1:30. Community is a Louisiana brand (roasted in Baton Rouge) and it's what I grew up drinking in California because Mom would have her parents ship her huge 5-pound bags of beans and we'd keep them in the freezer. In Louisiana they also have a chain of coffee shops, basically just like Starbucks except it's local.
At home I did some planner stuff, then vacuumed the downstairs rugs (the cleaning crew mopped all the tiles and shampoo'd Mom and Phil's bedroom carpet, but I don't think they vacuumed; probably Mom told them not to waste time on that). I watched Fantasmas before supper, Davd made a delicious roasted chicken with potatoes and onions. After supper I had planned to watch Problemista, but I saw HBO had The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (the English-language, Craig/Mara version) and for some reason really felt like watching that instead. I don't have a preferred version of that movie, I like the original Swedish version, too. (Fun fact, Joel Kinnaman has small parts in both versions.)
I finished my little paintings.
Sunday I made waffles and bacon for breakfast, changed/washed the bed sheets, and made fudge. My new ice cube trays were delivered; I got some of the trays that make small ice balls the size of a marble. I wish the trays were bigger or the set came with more of them, because they're so tiny. I guess I'll buy some more. I like a *lot* of ice in my water bottle, like basically I fill the entire thing with ice and only then put in the water. That way I can have cold water all evening, and even if I wake up in the middle of the night and I'm thirsty it will still be cold. I made tomato sandwiches for lunch and I didn't really have any dinner prep so I got a lot of reading done, finishing yet another re-read of The Man From the Train.
Dinner was kinda boring; as mentioned I had planned to make fried green tomatoes, but Rouse's didn't have any. So I had to plan a whole new meal on the fly. I knew we had a few packages of chicken drumsticks in the freezer, so I bought a marinade packet, and a bagged salad, and a potato-cheese casserole in the deli.
However, I was still able to make my Velveeta fudge.
Turns out the secret ingredient is 2 pounds of powdered sugar. There's a ghost of a cheese flavor in the finished product, but it's very faint and reads as just a slight tanginess. Kind of like the cream cheese in a cheesecake. I guess that's why this particular midcentury monstrosity is still kicking around, while others like hotdogs in Jello and bananas hollandaise... are not. Except for TikTokers making them "ironically" for content.
At home I did some planner stuff, then vacuumed the downstairs rugs (the cleaning crew mopped all the tiles and shampoo'd Mom and Phil's bedroom carpet, but I don't think they vacuumed; probably Mom told them not to waste time on that). I watched Fantasmas before supper, Davd made a delicious roasted chicken with potatoes and onions. After supper I had planned to watch Problemista, but I saw HBO had The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (the English-language, Craig/Mara version) and for some reason really felt like watching that instead. I don't have a preferred version of that movie, I like the original Swedish version, too. (Fun fact, Joel Kinnaman has small parts in both versions.)
I finished my little paintings.
Sunday I made waffles and bacon for breakfast, changed/washed the bed sheets, and made fudge. My new ice cube trays were delivered; I got some of the trays that make small ice balls the size of a marble. I wish the trays were bigger or the set came with more of them, because they're so tiny. I guess I'll buy some more. I like a *lot* of ice in my water bottle, like basically I fill the entire thing with ice and only then put in the water. That way I can have cold water all evening, and even if I wake up in the middle of the night and I'm thirsty it will still be cold. I made tomato sandwiches for lunch and I didn't really have any dinner prep so I got a lot of reading done, finishing yet another re-read of The Man From the Train.
Dinner was kinda boring; as mentioned I had planned to make fried green tomatoes, but Rouse's didn't have any. So I had to plan a whole new meal on the fly. I knew we had a few packages of chicken drumsticks in the freezer, so I bought a marinade packet, and a bagged salad, and a potato-cheese casserole in the deli.
However, I was still able to make my Velveeta fudge.
Turns out the secret ingredient is 2 pounds of powdered sugar. There's a ghost of a cheese flavor in the finished product, but it's very faint and reads as just a slight tanginess. Kind of like the cream cheese in a cheesecake. I guess that's why this particular midcentury monstrosity is still kicking around, while others like hotdogs in Jello and bananas hollandaise... are not. Except for TikTokers making them "ironically" for content.