Movies watched lately (repeats mostly):
Fried Green Tomatoes (I always cry)
GI Jane (it was weird - all on at the same time, Demi and Tom: GI Jane, Jerry Maguire, A Few Good Men)
Untouchables
Galaxyquest
Sunday, February 11, 2007
Okay, anybody who knows me well knows that I love food. No really. Not just *any* food, *good* food. Sumptuous, delectable, tasty food. Even if it's healthy! When I decide to finally leave my safe haven and actually *gasp* take a trip somewhere, where and what I eat is a major component of any travel arrangements. I love to go to amazing restaurants in different places. To me that is sightseeing at its best (or is that tasteseeing or sighttasting?). Any type of food (except liver, tripe or other organ meats no thank you). So imagine my dismay when I found out this little restaurant exists in Toronto and I was just there in October (and I may never be back as that's as much as I liked Toronto):
ah but read further and it *just* opened, so I am saved :)
Anyhoo, it inspired me to try my hand at my own Valentine cupcakes. Especially since I baked NOTHING for Christmas. What??? you say - no really, NOTHING. I was not inspired, not interested in doing anything for Christmas.....(I really think I should just fall off the face of the earth during the entire month of December) On the other hand, we could have a couple of rounds of Hallowe'en and I'd be happy happy happy....
So I tried some lemon cupcakes and did the kiddie thing by adding those rainbow non pareil candy to the batter - what a freakin' mess. Took that lovely yellow batter and made a massacre out of it...no harm, still tastes wonderful... albeit there are crunchy candy bits on the bottom that I will have to explain to anyone who decides to try one (heh heh if they last that long). The lemon frosting was a bit more difficult (it's been awhile since I made icing). I thought it was stiff enough, but alas, collapsed under pressure, so no lovely designs. But I had fun buying Necco wafer-type hearts and Jelly Bellies for decoration. Yum. Maybe enough left over to take for work? Hmf. No promises, no way. ;-) I LOVE lemons.....after chocolate:
The choco ones of course are fab-oh. I made a good effort with the icing - heated butter, choc chips, and whipping cream together to melt the chips, whipped up and up and added icing sugar until REALLY dry. Lo and behold. It held its shape. Go figure. Give me a gold star... duh. heh heh. The spikey ones are my favorite, but I did them last in case I didn't have enough icing. They were delicious. Gone. Hubby brought home a maple latte just at the right time for us to each have a spikey. The others have decorations of mini-chips, valentine hearts, mini Hershey's kisses (oh these are trouble - a whole bag of mini hersheys kisses buh) and the buttery type of jelly bellies that I could pick out of the assorted group I bought (you know, things that go good with chocolate: peanut butter, caramel, butter).
So much for the cleansing diet I did last month....time for another!!!
Happy Valentine's Day Everyone! XOXOX
Coleen
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