Monday, February 22, 2010

A Passionata Flop

When I saw Passionata in my baking book, I knew one day I would make it. Little did I know it would be for my midterm this semester. Passionata has a meringue disk base, pineapple simmered in vanilla syrup and rum flavoring, and the pineapple is covered with passion fruit Bavarian cream, then those layers are repeated, surrounded by toasted coconut flakes. Its supposed to be topped with a glaze, but the glaze just did not happen. Thankfully the presentation wasn't marked off for not having a glaze because my teacher wanted us to test a short cut that didn't work. In fact, it failed miserably, which is why the top is just the Bavarian cream and pineapple. The glaze topping makes the dessert look very elegant. The pineapple, also my teachers idea, made it look worse, in my opinion.Despite the looks of it, Jacob really likes it, so at least I did something right! When he opens the fridge he says, "Dessert Stuff" in a yoda-ish slow sort of way and takes a few bites.

So there you have it. Passionata. Thank heavens I was only graded on taste.

Today I am thankful for pillows.

Wednesday, February 17, 2010

Gratefuls again!

I think today, even more than the last post I need to remember what I am grateful for. When I lived with roommates, most every night we say somethings we were grateful for during the day or just in general. I usually had a rambling list, while others were more to the point, and I still make rambling lists.

1. A refrigerator. How did people live with out them? Did they kill a cow everyday?
2. iPods. I definitely couldn't keep up my running with out them.
3. Socks.
4. People who are happy.
5. My job, when it is busy.
6. Making something delicious in class.
7. Being successful.
8. Learning new things.
9. Hulu. Its a must with no cable.
10. Dishwashers.
11. Cereal and microwaveable oatmeal.
12. Spaghetti.
13. Spaghetti.
14. Spaghetti.
15. Books that I can't stop reading.
16. Hawaii in 50 days.
17. Scriptures.
18. The sun!
19. Doctors.
20. Cookies.

Monday, February 1, 2010

Jacob- Your Local Terrorist

This week I made pinwheels, croissants and a braided loaf. They were so flaky and delicious.Last night Jacob decided it was time to get rid of some khakis he had. Big holes were starting to form in the crotch. I sewed them up and thought it looked pretty awesome considering the holes weren't on the seam and it was my first time sewing up a hole, but new wholes kept coming. Of course, Jacob had to put the pants over his head before they hit the trash. He came out singing Phantom of the Opera but he looked more like a terrorist to me. That's when he decided to start the recruiting.But decided he might be able to get more people to join his band of terrorists by posing other ways. Then he thought he might be able to make some money by doing a print ad for Sprite. After all, creating recruiting campaigns can make a terrorist pretty thirsty.