Oct. 25th, 2008
saturday, mock T prep continues
Oct. 25th, 2008 01:41 pmThe only thing I really needed to do today was pick up a turkey. I'm feeling a little lazy this morning so getting my butt out the door required more effort than it should have. But I went to Greenwood Market and am now the proud owner of a 12 pounder. I meant to take a picture of Greenwood Market, since I spend half of my life there, it seems. But I forgot.
Last night was unfortunately the scene of some cooking mayhem. Jeff's hard work at curd-making yielded a perfectly textured curd that lacked any cranberry flavor. And Jeff has taken to calling it the 'turd curd' because of its bizarrely brown color. This is sort of the reality of being a cooking enthusiast. Sometimes, things just aren't going to work out. In a similar fashion, the pumpkin cheesecake I made turned out beautifully, except the water bath leaked through my double-wrapped heavy foil and into the springform pan. I'm feeling stubborn about tossing it out, yet totally unwilling to serve a soggy crust'd cheesecake, so I'm going to try to be inventive. I've flipped the cake, cut off the soggy crust (the cheesecake itself tastes great), and am going to redo the crust, and flip the cake back onto it. Cheating? Yes. I know. And it won't be as perfect as if the crust didn't soggify. But I hate waste, and the top part tastes perfectly good.
All I really need to do today is fix the cheesecake and make the cranberry apple pie. Oh, and the mini quiches.
I'm really excited to have everyone over, but I have to admit that I wish we were doing it over the actual holiday. Because ultimately, it's not a holiday, it's a regular Sunday and it just feels different--though I'm so grateful we can still do it in some form. I know it wasn't going to work out for either Sarah/Em or myself this year (and quite possibly next year, too), but it's a tradition I've really loved and looked forward to each year, and I'm a little sad.
But, I will get over that pretty fast. It'll be so nice to see everyone!
Now to summon the will to make pie crust. Why is pie crust such a total pain in the ass?
Last night was unfortunately the scene of some cooking mayhem. Jeff's hard work at curd-making yielded a perfectly textured curd that lacked any cranberry flavor. And Jeff has taken to calling it the 'turd curd' because of its bizarrely brown color. This is sort of the reality of being a cooking enthusiast. Sometimes, things just aren't going to work out. In a similar fashion, the pumpkin cheesecake I made turned out beautifully, except the water bath leaked through my double-wrapped heavy foil and into the springform pan. I'm feeling stubborn about tossing it out, yet totally unwilling to serve a soggy crust'd cheesecake, so I'm going to try to be inventive. I've flipped the cake, cut off the soggy crust (the cheesecake itself tastes great), and am going to redo the crust, and flip the cake back onto it. Cheating? Yes. I know. And it won't be as perfect as if the crust didn't soggify. But I hate waste, and the top part tastes perfectly good.
All I really need to do today is fix the cheesecake and make the cranberry apple pie. Oh, and the mini quiches.
I'm really excited to have everyone over, but I have to admit that I wish we were doing it over the actual holiday. Because ultimately, it's not a holiday, it's a regular Sunday and it just feels different--though I'm so grateful we can still do it in some form. I know it wasn't going to work out for either Sarah/Em or myself this year (and quite possibly next year, too), but it's a tradition I've really loved and looked forward to each year, and I'm a little sad.
But, I will get over that pretty fast. It'll be so nice to see everyone!
Now to summon the will to make pie crust. Why is pie crust such a total pain in the ass?
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