Tonight’s dinner featured Kevin making me a burger with melted cheddar, tomato; I added Divina’s caramelized onion jam, which I’ve been wanting to try. It was pleasant, though the jam is quite mild and sweet. It’s no seeni sambol, is what I’m saying. But still nice. I’m kind of wondering if I could turn it […]
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Grape hyacinths buds and blooms (not the stems / leaves) are edible — standard hyacinths are not. They have a very light flavor, but the real fun is in the color — purple on its own, but with the addition of lemon juice, a delightful pink. 1 to 2 oz. Hendrick’s Lunar Gin 1/2 oz.
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I’m hoping to have some time this weekend to gather redbud blossoms to make syrup for the treat boxes; we’ll see how it goes. There’s probably only a little time left before the blossoms start falling…
(makes 24 muffins, or 48 mini muffins) You can skip the redbud blossoms in this riff on classic morning glory muffins, and it’ll still be delicious. But they do add a lovely note — redbud blossoms taste a little like fresh peas, sweetly vegetal, which you’d think might be an odd thing to put in
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I could get used to this. It’s from a Hello, Fresh meal kit, so it was somewhat prepped for her, but basically she did it all, and added the avocado on her own. She’s been taking a culinary arts class as an elective at her high school, and it’s given her a lot more confidence
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30 seconds of passionfruit marshmallows whipping. (Whip it good.) 30 seconds of marshmallows whipping (near the end of the process, just before adding the vanilla).
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From a few nights ago — 30 seconds of marshmallows bubbling.
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The jaggery milk toffee experiment came out well, whew! It has been dutifully packed up all pretty (along with an order of passionfruit marshmallows, an order of freshly-roasted curry powder, and a copy of Feast) for its intended recipient. I would’ve been sad if I’d ruined a whole batch of milk toffee by daring to
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