requested *both* the fudge *and* the marshamallow creme recipes, so here you go, Marshmallow Creme (I HIGHLY suggest cutting this in half. Or quartering. Because it made about five batches worth of fudge.) 2 c sugar 1 c water 3 c corn syrup (lighter in color the better) 7/8 c egg whites 1 tsp vanilla Mix sugar, water, and 2.5 c corn syrup in a sturdy pan. Cook to 245 degrees F (firm ball) and cool for 15 minutes. While it’s cooling, place egg whites and the remainint 1/2 c…
Happy anniversary!
From my mother, on the occasion of my parents’ 39th wedding anniversary, which is today: So we’re sitting around in Heuston Station, waiting an hour and a half for the next train. The bookstores there are already closed. Your father says, “Well, that’ll teach us to always bring reading material with us.” I say, “Oh, it’s not so bad. We can always talk to each other.” He says, “We have been talking. But if we had books we wouldn’t have to.” And there you have it, folks. 39 years. :)…
she cooks!
Being neither nor when it comes to cooking, I’m pleased to report my dinner of baked pork chops and an apple stuffing turned out pretty nicely. The stuffing could use onion and maybe a little more seasoning, and my pork chops turned out a little dry because I still haven’t gotten used to the damned fan-assisted ovens, but overall, pretty good. :) (See, it is noteworthy that my “cooking” icon is actually a *baking* icon, because baking is what I prefer to do. Baking pork chops, however, does not count.…
just for the record…
…I have an extremely good agent. Perhaps I need to make some fudge. (eta: …ooh. Making fudge would give me an excuse to use the new mixer. Ours died (in large part because its poor little soul was not meant to make marshmallow creme), so when Ted said, “Maybe you could pick up a new mixer,” I went and bought one of these, brought it home, assembled it on the kitchen table, and left a note: “I bought a mixer! o.o” with it. :)), and there’s nothing like marshmallow creme…
a real post
Man. There’s a house for rent over on the other side of this housing estate. It’s 4 bedrooms with two reception rooms, a quite good kitchen with a surprising number of cupboards, and a fairly wonderful, sizeable garden with a shaded sitting area. The whole of it has got the most gorgeous view (it overlooks this and this and this, for example). It’s closer to the train station, and will be closer yet when the new footpath opens up from literally twenty steps away from the front door over the…