And... somehow, I managed to stick the brie and gouda cheeses I bought for Xmas munching in the deep freezer. >_<;; Does anyone have any ideas on what to do with *frozen brie*?!? I'm trying to thaw out the gouda and see how it's doing but... ^^; I have to admit, this is a first for me. :P
But! I started the... Christmas(??) baking! Wai! Only it wasn't Xmas stuff. Boo! ^^; While out buying various groceries, we also picked up some ripe bananas for banana bread. So I've now got lots and lots of banana bread. ^^; Next up though, is the eggnog cookies a la Ysa-chan. ^___^ Those cookies were really good! Unfortunately, as I was reading through the recipe today, I discovered that they eat up eggyolks. So does Ichi-san's vanillekipferln recipe IIRC. Which means, I'm going to have an excess of whites?? I could've sworn I had something to eat up excess whites last year, but I don't remember what. So... does anyone have any suggestions for recipes that eat up eggwhites? Preferably not meringues though. ^^;
My petted cashmere has finally been balled and is slowly starting down the path to scarfdom. It's currently 6" long. ^^; Fortunately, when we weighed the ball we figure the final length of the scarf should reach 36-40"; possibly longer. It's going to be so warm and soft! ^o^ (I was sorely tempted to go back for the same yarn in a different colourway since they had 3-4 balls in a bluish colourway. Mine's in a purply tone). The pattern being done is a basic tulip lace pattern from Vogue Knitting--The Ultimate Knitting Book. The scarf will basically consist of 4 rows and 4 stitches around of garter stitch border along with 3 pattern repeats done on Crystal Palace needles (US 9... 5mm?) So far, so good. If I'm really on the ball, maybe I can finish it this weekend. Umm... we'll see. ^^;
So the baking plan this weekend will be:
- eggnog cookies x 2
- vanillekipferln x 2 <-- if I get off my butt and make some vanilla sugar soon, oh and buy almonds too
- choux a la cremes? <-- hard to say if I'll have the energy for this one. It takes all night. >_<;
Oh yeah. I suppose I should think about Xmas shopping too. Eep! ^^;
