dreams and schemes

of cooking, of course. victory! the oven is fixed. had i mentioned it was decalibrated? had i mentioned yet that it is fixed? there is a 19lb turkey that is begging to be in that oven. i will send an email out with details, but if you think you might like to eat some of this turkey let me know. and of course the marble and apple stuffing, the wild rice stuffing, the roasted root vegetables, the glazed carrots, spinach and bellas, cranberry-blackberry sauce, and of course a pie…

this is not only in celebration of the oven victory. we have finally ‘grown up’ and gotten some decent knives. a delicious little wustoff outlet shopping mini-spree. my favorite is the 5 in santoku. his fave is the 8 in chef’s. hmmm. in this font, the apostrophe next to that f looks like an expanded serif.

also recent is the (even more victorious) return of the lime chiffon pie. perhaps my mother’s only baking failure ever has now been redeemed. we successfully did a test run a few days back, and then i made one of my very own on saturday. it took ages, but tastes delightful and looks so very green! also i got to reassure the check out man that i did indeed have a tasty use for lime jello and condensed milk and nothing else. he was doubtful. i described it as meringue with milk instead of egg. which is in fact what it is. so there. lime!

i’m clearly loopy. perhaps it’s time for bed.