Jun. 9th, 2004

evile: (clutter)

  • Jun. 9, 2004

     

    *sigh* I am still waiting on my car lease co. to send me a letter
    saying we're square and they're done torturing me. I don't think they
    will.

    Since sending them a big ol' chunk o' $$ has left me with less
    disposable income for the month than I'm used to, I'm feeling poor.
    (I'm NOT!!!)

    Since I feel poor, I want to spend a lot of money on STUFF.
    chinese shoes on ebay & or chinadirect.com
    real absinthe from that czech guy's website
    Of course, I need an absinthe glass & spoon to go with it
    and while I'm on Ebay, there's that copy of Transforming Fabric that
    I bookmarked & want to buy sometime
    and devalifewear.com still beckons...

    Since I refuse to buy STUFF when I don't need anything & ought to
    hang on to my $, seems I'm always hungry.

    It's hard to fight the urge to spend $. It's hard to fight the urge
    to overeat.

    You'd think that understanding intellectually these cause & effect
    things would make them go away, or at least make them easier to
    control. But it doesn't, not really.

    That's one of the things Onyxlynxx & I talked about at dinner last night.
    That was very cool & nice, BTW. Onyxlynxx is one smart cookie. She's been
    through a lot in life & come out with some very hard-won wisdom. I
    like her a lot.

evile: (hedgehog1)

    Jun. 9, 2004

     

    Summer Solstice 2004 Menu

    Sangria
    Midsummer Ale Bread
    with French butter, flower honey & assorted jams/jellies
    (rose, cherry, etc)
    Bejeweled Green Beans
    Elderflower Chicken
    Fresh Fruit salad
    ===========

    Jen's Sangria recipe:

    Dissolve a couple tablespoons of fine granulated sugar in a mix of
    fresh lemon & lime juice (one or two of each depending on size).
    toss into the container of your choice;

    Add 2 bottles of plonk, the crappier the better* - I do it with a
    watery viogner and a merlot that tastes like green olives, both are
    improved immensely;

    Pour in some pulpless OJ of middling to good quality (Tropicana Pure
    Premium does it just fine), just until the wane changes color/looks
    opaque. The color should be something approximating really lurid
    berry-flavored bubblegum.

    Slosh in some Grand Marnier or Cointreau - not tons, but enough to
    give it a kick.

    Ditto for some vodka that is good enough to drink straight but not so
    good that you'd 'waste' it in Sangria.

    Serve with thin slices of orange, lemons, limes.
    -------

    Midsummer Ale Bread

    For 3 loaves:

    3 Cups self rising flour
    2 tablespoons sugar
    12 oz ale
    1/2 cup butter, melted.

    Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Mix flour & sugar. Stir with a wooden
    spoon.
    In increments, blend in Ale. Transfer batter into 3 6 x 3 inch loaf
    pans
    and drizzle butter over the top. Bake for 50 minutes.
    --------

    Bejeweled Green Beans

    1 c fresh haricots verts/fresh green beans
    1/2 c olive oil
    1/3 c white vinegar
    1/3 c dry white wine
    1 bay leaf, crumbled
    2 cloves garlic, minced
    dash of hot pepper sauce
    1/2 tsp minced fresh dill
    1/2 tsp minced fresh thyme
    salt & pepper
    chopped parsley, for garnish

    Rinse beans, snap off ends.
    in large saucepan, heat oil. Add beans, vinegar, wine, bay leaf,
    garlic, hot pepper sauce, dill & thyme. Season w/ salt & pepper.
    Add just enough water to cover. Bring to boil very slowly.
    Decrease heat & simmer covered until beans are crisp-tender,
    about 12-14 min. (increase cooking time by 5 min for regular
    green beans) Remove from heat. Taste the liquid for seasoning
    and adjust. To serve, strain the beans & sprinkle with chopped
    parsley. Leave the beans in liquid if you need to refrigerate.
    ===

    Elder Flower Chicken

    2 lb boneless chicken breast

    sauce:
    3/4 c. fresh elder flower heads
    salt
    4 egg yolks
    1/8 tsp ground ginger
    Almond milk

    place chicken in a pot, with salted water to cover. poach chicken,
    simmering until cooked, approx. 35 min. strain broth & reserve 2 c.
    to make the almond milk. Set chicken aside

    To make sauce, strip flower heads from the stems, grind elder flowers
    and salt to season. Combine flowers and almond milk in saucepan. Beat
    egg yolks and mix them into the almond milk mixture. Stir sauce over
    fairly low heat until it thickens (avoid boiling) add ginger.

    Skin chicken pieces, cover with sauce to serve.

    Almond Milk:
    1 1/3 c. ground almonds
    2 c water or broth

    bring water to mild boil. turn off heat. add almonds, let steep for
    10 minutes. cover a widemouthed pitcher with cheesecloth. Carefully
    pour half the almond mixture over cloth, straining milk & catching
    the almonds.

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