I don’t know about you, but where did the past week go? Apparently, the lazy hazy days of summer are past, because each day just got busier and busier. Maybe when school begins, things will seem back to normal. You can probably tell, from my lack of recipes being put on the ole blog, that I have not been cooking very much this summer. I would love to blame it on the heat, but something tells me that I have gotten just a little lazy (well, it is the “lazy” days of summer, right?) Anyway, the magnet on the fridge reminds me daily that reservations really are my favorite thing to make. Randy should have never bought me that magnet. A story this week, just has to be told. I was holding a small ladies luncheon this past Tues for 6 ladies, one of which is one of my best friends. She told us that she had a great story for us, so as we began to fill our plates, she opened up with this. “Sweet friends, I think I am totally losing it. I went to bake some muffins for Ron on Friday and when I went to turn on the oven to 350 degrees, I stood there and after punching in 350, the oven didn’t turn on. I reentered the 350 and start and it still didn’t come on. I was ready to call the serviceman to come check out the oven, but thought to myself, “this oven is brand new, not even a year old, it shouldn’t be broken, so before I call anyone, let me get the manual out to see if there is a “troubleshooting” section that I could read to see what I should do if the oven won’t come on. Well, low and behold, I read the paragraph about how to begin the baking process and there it was, in black and white, you have to push “Bake” before you push start. It had been so long since I had cooked anything, I had forgotten how to operate my stove.” We all began to laugh at her, but the truth is, when I think about it, I haven’t been doing too much of that lately either.
When is the fall air going to come in and we can all go out and buy our pumpkins and light our pumpkin scented candles and peel those apples for apple cake and cobbler and start sitting down with a cup of hot tea before turning in for the night. I don’t know about you, but I am more than ready for the fall, crisp air to come in. That first “northern” to be forecast, when you open your windows and feel the coolness of the air, actually thinking about what night you might need to turn on the fireplace. I am a “cold weather” person. It energizes me, makes me feel like I could just cook and bake until my feet won’t hold me up any longer. Summertime is nice for swimming, but give me the cold air and fall leaves anytime. So much cozier to curl up reading a book, with a hot peach cobbler than a cold lemonade.
By the way, I have seperated the recipes according to chicken or beef and am working on seperating the cakes/desserts. It will make it quicker to find the recipe you are looking for.
Chocolate Castles 