Saturday, May 14, 2011

Pancakes & Puddin'

I don't know about the rules in your household, but right now we are the Carb Capital of Auckland since winter has set in. The weather's gone right wackadoo. First with tornadoes and now with rain so ridonkulous it doesn't seem worth it to get out of one's jammy jams. As I am a part time lady of leisure I rarely have to worry about such menial difficulties as dealing with nature's cruel precipitation.

Instead, I have been filling my days with finding excuses to create more carb filled substances, preferably containing butter, sugar, and sometimes chocolate. Go ahead and live vicariously through me, don't be shy! In the last 24 hours I've managed to get knee deep in pancakes and attempted to somewhat bake a pudding. I wasn't too familiar with what a pudding exactly was since it's not a common dessert found on American menus, but this seemed insignificant. It wasn't. In fact, it led to a lot of issues concerning how the pudding should look once properly baked. Needless to say I overdid the hell out of it. Luckily there was a lot of chocolate and butter in the recipe so it still tastes nice.

As half the audience hails from a commonwealth country and the other half have Wal Mart, I will explain this dish to Team Wal Mart: a pudding is sort of like a cake that comes with its own gooey sauce. It's very delicious! You should try it if you see it on a menu some time, you will not regret it if you like food.

There are a few other things that are sort of okay about winter. You listen to different records, eat more root based vegetables, have that extra mug of Milo,* watch more films at home, spend full nights spent reading under a blanket, and we usually have a couple scented candles lit around the house at night. Here's a smattering of what I've been enjoying:

1- Hurts - 'Happiness' These Brits have come up with one of the best cold weather records ever, it simply shines at a late hour with a torrential downpour outside. If you adore Depeche Mode's 'Violator,' then get this record ASAP.

2- Carbtastic! Yes yes, we've had roasted veggies galore the past few weeks. Guilty as charged, we've started making roasted veggie sandwiches with crusty fennel foccacia and Parmesan (with a healthy dollop of pesto & aioli)

3- Fables. I generally use this comic as a recommendation to all my pals new to comics, it's epic! I recently purchased 9 soft covers off a jet setting friend so I've finally gotten down to brass tacks and have managed to reread the first odd 8 years of it during the past week. The story follows a crew of characters from traditional fairy tales (Snow White, Rose Red, Sleeping Beauty) living in contemporary New York. It's funnier and a touch sweeter than Sandman.

4- Glade Hawaiian Breeze Candles. Don't knock it. Our house smells like Pineapples, Mangoes, and Vacation.

*Yet another commonwealth commonality, it's like hot chocolate except it's billed as a 'sports drink' since it has a chunk of iron and other elements of HEALTH steeped in it.

2 comments:

Carmen! said...

Team Wal Mart!? How about Team Bald Eagle of Might, or Team We Have Pie? ;). PS--Read Rose Red yet? Soooo good!

Unknown said...

You're right, but Kiwis DO have pie, except it is meat pie. I should have written Team Fruit Pie, but that sounds a little silly.

Rose Red IS good, but the Mister Dark intro issues are The Best!