Hello! I have been so busy running back and forth between house and apartment that I have been pretty inactive here.
This past week, though, I have been living in the kitchen at the house. Tuesday was Mr. A's birthday, which required a special dinner, which I delivered. The birthday cake was molten skillet brownies. At 6 pm, Mr. A: I can't possibly eat a whole one! At 6:15, see below. (These are tiny skillets, what was he thinking?)
Wednesday I had to wait for dishwasher repair guy so I dove in to a first-for-me baking project: potica. See that lovely spiral? Yeah, I did not achieve that. A former sister-in-law (whose mother was the potica champion) confirmed that the spiral takes practice.
Thursday I started soaking dried fruits in rum for fruitcake-making.
Saturday I spent the entire afternoon seasoning my new carbon-steel wok and baking those fruitcakes. I'll send both to my little bro and his wife, who usually only get one and then must hoard what they can because everyone in their family loves fruitcake. This year they can be generous.
Sunday I set up my outdoor fry station on the covered porch and settled in to fry potato latkes while Mr. A set up our Christmas tree. We celebrate everything.
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