Eat Your Heart Out, Julia Child

[bluestocking79]

Last night was Dad's birthday, so I brought over the birthday cake I made earlier in the week (pictures below, not that it's much to look at) and was prepared to help Mom make a dinner menu that we'd worked out earlier in the week, drawn from my favorite French cookbook. (Mom, too, has seen Julie & Julia, and was inspired, and so the idea sort of

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[bluestocking79]

Aww, thank you! ~beams serenely~

~adores you back~

I'll get a recipe post together; never fear. I'm tickled that you guys like the look of the cake, because I thought I was the only weirdo who liked homely, retro-chic layer cake styles. *g*

[dickgloucester]

All hail the domestic deity!

[bluestocking79]

~preens~

[dacian_goddess]

Awesome! Looks pretty and sounds so tasty. Looking forward to that recipe post! *g*

Glad your dad liked this try of yours so much. Great things happen when you're in the zone.

[bluestocking79]

Thank you very much! I'll definitely get the recipes together to post.

I was surprised but very pleased that Dad liked the cake as much as he did. He's been going on and on about my grandmother' cake for all my life, so it's gratifying to know that I not only met but exceeded his gold standard. Finally. *g*

The zone is awesome! I need to spend more time in it, clearly.

[anodracs]

Do you have the recipe for that cake? I swear, I was out of my seat and almost licking my monitor before I caught myself.
And don't look to harshly upon people with lousy knife skills. *Raises a scarred hand* My knife skills stink, too. This is even more embarrassing since I'm a culinary student.

[bluestocking79]

I do have the recipe, and I'm going to do a recipe post soon. I'm always happy to share them! More cake = more happy people in the world.

Aww, I don't look down on anybody for knife skills or lack thereof. I personally like working with my knives (yeah, I know that sounds kinky, but I can't think of a better way to phrase it), but I know all too well that even the best-trained chefs will screw up from time to time and cut themselves. It's just an occupational hazard of having your fingers around sharp blades all the time! Personally, my left index finger is actually missing part of the fingertip whorls because I once took a slice off of it, back when I was first learning how to cook.

It's just that... the way my mother holds knives is terrifying. I've tried, gently, to get her knives she's comfortable holding and demonstrate some safer techniques, but... I really do worry that someday she's going to cut something vital.

[ihkelele]

Yippie! Every woman should feel like that at least once in life (this was supposed to be a line about someone being told she's beautiful, but it's perfectly suitable to cooking The Perfect Meal IMO) - and to have your creation compared successfully to someone's Mum is most definitely Outstanding :)

Tell me, have you even had the time to taste anything in the process? Just curious: when I experienced something similar, I hadn't, but realized only afterwards. That would be why I'm inclined to believe there's more than luck to this state of grace ;) *shakes head - this is so utterly, totally OC for me!*

[bluestocking79]

Aww, thank you! You know I completely agree that every woman should have the opportunity to feel like that once... and frankly, I'd more likely believe compliments over my cooking than over my appearance. ;-)

It's funny you should ask about whether I had an opportunity to taste as I cooked, because the answer is no. I normally do season to taste, but this was one of those times where I had to use my best judgement and hope I was right. (I was, thank goodness.)

Hmm... maybe there is something more to it! Maybe it's the spirits of good cooks past. ;-)