Adam's Day of Culinary Adventures

[yendi]

So, after waking up, I was overcome with the urge to reorganize the cookbooks, moving the books to the low and long shelf unit in the kitchen, instead of the top two shelves of the baker's rack. This was very important, as the top shelf has no sides, which means that any attempt to read The Joy of Cooking will result in books falling.

While reorganizing, I found the issue of Everyday Living with the recipe for chocolate gingerbread that I'd wanted to make (and that I knew shadesong wanted to try). Amazingly enough, although we had semi-, milk, and unsweetened chocolate in the house, we were somehow missing bittersweet. So I made a trip to Kroger, then started to mix stuff. Opened the bag of flour, and ick. The flour had gone stale. So, two trips to Kroger for one recipe.

The recipe itself went fine. Except that it involved stirring molasses and flour. My thumb is still cramped from the stirring. Otherwise, it went fine.

After, I took the lazy route for lunch, and zapped the filet of salmon I had in the microwave, using some orange juice and salt and pepper. Was yummy.

I then got the urge to make my Douglas Adams Three Bean Salad (so named because it uses five kinds of beans, of course). Only, our vinegar has somehow vanished (well, the balsamic is still there, but not the white vinegar). So yes, a third trip to Kroger.

As I was finishing, Anexstacy called, and asked if I wanted to accompany her and thebaronofmspg as they hit Bed, Bath, and Beyond and other assorted stores. Since I'd been vowing to finally get a measuring plunger like my hero uses, I said yes, of course. They swung by, and we hit about five stores (including Target and the Dekalb Farmer's Market). Much fun was had, and I equipped our kitchen nicely. We not only have a plunger, but we also have a nice immersion blender. some mango croissants, two small birthday gifts for jet_li_wannabe, and other assorted necessities.

'twas a good day, food-wise. I cam home and ate a croissant and some dill hummus for dinner, and watched a kick-ass Futurama.

Comments

[aussie-nyc.livejournal.com]

That's great. But you just need to wake up.