Archive for October, 2006
Tuesday, October 31st, 2006
Well, it is in my house. Halloween passed like any other day really, except Mom caved in an bought bags of the much-talked-about-lately-in-my-house M&Ms.The difference, I think, between being a child and adult on Halloween is that you're at a point where you can just buy candy when you want ...
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Sunday, October 29th, 2006
After dinner I whipped up a small bowl of syrup made from boiling sugar, brown sugar and water, until thick and carmelized, but not to the extent that hard balls form when dropped into cold water.Then I cut up the pumpkin from yesterday.The reason why you should steam at a ...
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Saturday, October 28th, 2006
Courtesy of Apple Fest at NYU, I came home the other night with a pumpkin in my gym bag. Why? Well, because I spent the walk to and from math class carrying it in my hands like a baby, and that felt silly after a while. Hence, gym bag.What do ...
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Tuesday, October 24th, 2006
Eat carbs: Your brain will love you. :D
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Sunday, October 22nd, 2006
Yes, so before Mom's potluck high was over, she made a Polish dish she had at the potluck mentioned in the previous entry.I couldn't hide my excitement, so I ran to tell Eugene about it. And then Viktor.
Lo and behold, they knew exactly what I was talking about and were ...
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Sunday, October 22nd, 2006
Mom decided to embark on a mini culinary experiment and I'm her number one guinea pig, though this may be more by default than by choice. What can I do when I'm the only mouth she has to feed since Dad is out during meetings and my brother's upstate?Mom had ...
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Saturday, October 21st, 2006
Yes. Fudge-- the crossroads of sugar and chocolate chemistry. But of course, I did no such thing as to make it by heating, dissolving and recrystallizing sugar. Oh no. Rather, I tempered chocolate while melting marshmallows with butter in a small pot...all while not-so-secretly (to myself) not knowing what I ...
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Sunday, October 15th, 2006
Ian, I 'm scared.
Why? Of what?What is my genoise won't rise again?Well what went wrong last time?I enumerated the possibilities and told all to Ian. This was followed by a new plan of attack. The bain marie.What resulted? Super volumized eggs when they were beaten. Really, a few more minutes ...
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