But first, the latest dinner experiment: pork loin, brined for 2 days (water, salt, sugar, garlic, black pepper, bay leaves). In the oven at 250, glaze with jalapeño, honey and butter. Increase temperature to 400 for the last 10 minutes ( Read more... )

So Spring Cherry tea smells better than it tastes. It doesn't taste bad, but it smells amazing, so I keep expecting it to taste better. It's green tea-based, so there's that bitterness behind the sweet-tart of the cherry that I'm gonna have to get used to ( Read more... )

What goes best with toasted pecan waffles?

Kahlua and milk, of course, duh.

I still have stuff to do today--yesterday I cleaned the kitchen and re-seasoned some of my cast iron, but I need to hit the living room and do some laundry today.

I know it's not over, but I don't intend on doing too much more today ( Read more... )

This past weekend was pretty calm. Thanksgiving was fun, aside from a little accident on the way to dinner. Some fuckers blocked me into my parking space and I had to do vehicular acrobatics to get out, resulting in ruining my mirror. And of course they showed up to move their car right after that ( Read more... )

So this weekend I went to the Pleasanton Highland Games to see a friend compete.  Apparently she did really well in the morning events, which I of course slept through.  I did manage to catch the caber tossing in the afternoon, though.  Afterwards we went to dinner at Chevy's to celebrate her birthday where I managed to forever cement myself in her ( Read more... )

( I actually did shit this weekend. )