Every few years I attempt a batch of Springerle cookies. I think they came out really well this time, though I'm pretty sure the anise seeds and extract I have are too old, as the flavoring isn't very strong.
Boy, did this take forever!
Bonus pic of the last few Big Jim green chiles roasting on the grill:
My first time making cinnamon rolls. I used this recipe from King Arthur Baking Company.
The recipe was easy enough to follow, but they came out a bit flat in the end, despite getting good height off the second rise. The recipe tells you to bake them on a sheet, but I think that was part of the issue with them spreading out. Next time I'll put them in a pan with walls and cram them all together and hopefully that keeps them more uniform.
2 California Wonder Bell Peppers
10 Giuseppe Mild Green Chiles
7 Big Jim Green Chiles
There's many more Bell peppers still on the plants, but I'm hoping they start turning red before the weather forces me to pick them.
Edit: Apparently the tape measure is weird? I dunno, it looks like a normal tape measure to me? I think it might seem weird because it's upside down? Here's the same pic rotated:
I'm gonna have more than I know what to do with, and that's even after losing a dozen or so to end rot.
I feel like this is taking forever. Not sure if I'll get any peppers in the end, but we'll see!
Blue line American Flag sticker/apparel, especially if it's set inside the Punisher logo.
I love my kids so much I chose not to bring them into this fucked up world.
My "Big Jim" hatch chile plant isn't looking very big yet. The Guizeppi Milds and California Wonders are doing a bit better. This was the first day I took them all outside for a few hours to start the hardening off process. I've had them inside with a fan and grow lights up until now.
I expected some flowering at this point, but it's been stupidly cold and rainy here since I planted back in late March (I'm in 6a/6b), so maybe I'm expecting too much too soon? Next week is the first week it will in theory be above 55 degrees F overnight.
I've also been battling gnats (sticky traps and mosquito dunks for the win), which is weird to me because with the fan, the top layer of soil dries out pretty quickly, but I think I have them managed now.
Tried my hand at yeasted sweet bread from the King Arthur Baking School cookbook – one plain, the other is lemon poppyseed.
They came out okay, but I think I screwed myself over by using flour that was too cold because I pulled it straight from the freezer instead of taking it out the night before. The dough got a rise, but not big enough for my liking. Not sure if I also maybe kneaded it too much, as it was really hard to get the long strips for the braids to stay long, they just kept springing back into shorter strips.
Probably won’t make this again, but I think the bread will make for some really good French toast.
(Posted this over on a Baking community as well)
Tried my hand at yeasted sweet bread from the King Arthur Baking School cookbook -- one plain, the other is lemon poppyseed.
They came out okay, but I think I screwed myself over by using flour that was too cold because I pulled it straight from the freezer instead of taking it out the night before. The dough got a rise, but not big enough for my liking. Not sure if I also maybe kneaded it too much, as it was really hard to get the long strips for the braids to stay long, they just kept springing back into shorter strips.
Probably won't make this again, but I think the bread will make for some really good French toast.
They're a bit more leggy than I think is healthy, but hopefully repotting them will help.
I never thought I would mind changing my last name when getting married until it actually happened, and I was surprisingly emotional about it. It felt like I was erasing my identity or something, a totally unexpected feeling that came out of nowhere. It was also weird to have to change my signature after having it for so many years.
We ended up getting divorced 7 years later and I reclaimed my maiden name, and needless to say, if I ever get married again, I will not be changing my last name. It was also a nightmare of paperwork to change it (both to get married and divorced), and I don't want to do that yet again.
Ladies, divorce your Republican husband while you still can.
It's awesome. Sure, I have moments in life that suck regardless, but in those moments I always think to myself "Wow, this would be even worse if I had kids."
This is what happens when you get two "LOOK AT MEEEE!" people on one stage at the same time
I live in a humid climate (especially in the summer), and if we don't refrigerate our bread and tortillas, or any baked goods, they get moldy in like 4 days.
My cursive looks like a 10yr old wrote it, which is about the last time I actually wrote in cursive
It's because the coffee makes you shit the cancer right out
Had an absolute asshole of a Lieutenant over my platoon while deployed to Iraq. We get there and they're issuing out bed linens. We're all thrilled because we're getting actual beds and not cots. This motherfucker refuses the linens because "they have flowers on them", then proceeds to demand a cot for himself. He slept in the cot in his sleeping bag instead.
He was also Mormon, attempted to proselytize every second he got, and proudly declared his virginity (he was in his late 20s at the time) when NO ONE ASKED to hear about that shit.
We had access to a BK at one of the FOBs I frequented in Iraq and although I've never been a huge fast food fan, that stuff was so good. It's a huge morale booster. I'm sure that sounds simplistic as fuck, but you really come to appreciate the little things when you're deployed.
Meanwhile, and I note this as a veteran of the Iraq war myself, 28.5% of mass shooters had a military background, but they're not coming after veterans for THEIR guns.