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stoutfellow) wrote2019-11-29 08:37 pm
stoutfellow) wrote2019-11-29 08:37 pm
Feast, or Something Like It
The peanut soup was tasty in its first helping, and the Law of Casseroles has worked its magic in the subsequent bowlsful.
The cheesecake - well, I used a different recipe than last time. It is good, but I've had - I've *made* - better.
I wasn't able to make the brown bread. There's a special flour for it; the recipe suggested a substitute, made of equal parts white flour, corn meal, and rye flour. The last was my downfall; Schnucks didn't have it. I intend to try again over the holidays, even if I have to order the flour. (I also needed a deep-dish baking pan. The vessel containing the dough is to be set in a pan of boiling water, the pan itself sitting in the 300F oven. I had no such pan.)
In any event, the meal was more than satisfactory. Over the weekend I'll get back to business - getting my finances in order and grading the last DiffEq quiz. Seven class sessions, at least two of which will be reviews, and then it's finals week.
:stretches and yawns hugely:
The cheesecake - well, I used a different recipe than last time. It is good, but I've had - I've *made* - better.
I wasn't able to make the brown bread. There's a special flour for it; the recipe suggested a substitute, made of equal parts white flour, corn meal, and rye flour. The last was my downfall; Schnucks didn't have it. I intend to try again over the holidays, even if I have to order the flour. (I also needed a deep-dish baking pan. The vessel containing the dough is to be set in a pan of boiling water, the pan itself sitting in the 300F oven. I had no such pan.)
In any event, the meal was more than satisfactory. Over the weekend I'll get back to business - getting my finances in order and grading the last DiffEq quiz. Seven class sessions, at least two of which will be reviews, and then it's finals week.
:stretches and yawns hugely: