![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
omnia_mutanturI cooked like mad yesterday and loved it. I got a little cranky around the pie-crust time, the new solidstateatroomtemperaturebutnothydrogenated fat for the pie crust turned out to be a lot dried than either butter or Crisco, so the pie crust consistency wasn't quite right, but none of the consumers had any issue with it. Strangely enough, my favorite part of the meal was probably the simplest, a syrup made of simmering water, cider, brown sugar, cinnamon and a little butter together.
The menu read as follows.
Tofurkey and Tofurkey gravy (these are the only things that came pre-made)
Stuffing, made from sourdough bread, cider, garlic, onions, celery, chestnuts and various herbs.
Mashed potatoes, with a head of roasted garlic and a bunch of parm mixed in.
Sweet potatoes, mashed, with balsamic vinegar and sour cream mixed in.
Balsamic green beans with almonds
Cranberry sauce
Apple curry soup.
Baked mac'n'cheese
Pulan (a rice with stuff dish)
Raita
Chutney, apple and onion
Mulled cider
Raspberry pie
Apple pie
Chocolate cheesecake pie.
all but the pies were only for the two of us, so now i've got a fridge full of leftovers (all of which besides the tofurkey I expect to happily dine upon). i've felt weird all this week, and i'm not sure why. I want
to be writing more than i am, even though i've been trying to keep up on my email correspondence, i haven't found the space inside my head to post to lj the things i want to post, and I've had curious, positive conversations about the past and the future with curious and good people, and been superprickly about stupid things that i barely even dare mention to Light, even though he's told me he won't think any less of me for being a bitch. i've bought one small box of holiday cards, taken in by the sheer cuteness and allowing myself a crazy catlady moment, and I've started buying light's presents, but i'm completely stumped on any ideas for extended family presents, which is a bit of a shock, since i usually glory in buying Mech and Media so many more things than they could ever want. i need to find a novelty cookbook for Media and Saint, past occasions have gotten them both a Jello cookbook and an Elvis cookbook, and traditions like that are fun. I want to buy Mech some sort of motorcycle-related thing, but he's being annoying unacquisitory. Maybe I'll just spend some time sitting down with some catalogs this weekend.
We're not headed to the museum this weekend, mostly i think because there wasn't going to be an opportunity to see light's friend (though I think maybe i get to call him mine as well now) and i'm a little worried that there won't be an easy way for light to see his friends once his job changes and i'm not sure how to facilitate that, or if i even can, but also in part because this week involves live music shows on both Tuesday and Thursday, and because i don't like to travel on holiday weekends.
i just lost a big chunk of a post about the ways in which i'm social or not social, which for some reason feels particularly meaningful (the losing of it, not the writing itself) and startlingly disheartening. maybe they'll come back, maybe they won't. i'm still feeling a little bit sad and neurotic and incapable of pursuing the people i want to see/talk to any further/farther (I've had a nightmare about the fact i can't remember the different between those two words) than i've pursued them. and while i think i'm getting better at valuing the good things, i'm still better at seeing the places in which i'm lacking.
in other news, i'm about to finish my 100th book. i think i might need to spend some time contemplating the fact that i only consider a goal achievable when i've actually achieved it, and the rest of the time i labor under the assumption of inevitable failure. but not today. today will be tea and gilmore girls and hiding from black friday and maybe either finishing watching Home for the Holidays, or our netflixed Kinsey or another episode of Neverwhere. I'm going to try and see the harry potter movie this weekend (though i also want to see jarhead, rent, ice harvest, P&P and maybe even Zathura) and go to my favorite exroommate's party, and maybe even buy the rest of my christmas cards, and check and see if Home Depot has drip pans and burner rings (though their website indicates not so much).
The menu read as follows.
Tofurkey and Tofurkey gravy (these are the only things that came pre-made)
Stuffing, made from sourdough bread, cider, garlic, onions, celery, chestnuts and various herbs.
Mashed potatoes, with a head of roasted garlic and a bunch of parm mixed in.
Sweet potatoes, mashed, with balsamic vinegar and sour cream mixed in.
Balsamic green beans with almonds
Cranberry sauce
Apple curry soup.
Baked mac'n'cheese
Pulan (a rice with stuff dish)
Raita
Chutney, apple and onion
Mulled cider
Raspberry pie
Apple pie
Chocolate cheesecake pie.
all but the pies were only for the two of us, so now i've got a fridge full of leftovers (all of which besides the tofurkey I expect to happily dine upon). i've felt weird all this week, and i'm not sure why. I want
to be writing more than i am, even though i've been trying to keep up on my email correspondence, i haven't found the space inside my head to post to lj the things i want to post, and I've had curious, positive conversations about the past and the future with curious and good people, and been superprickly about stupid things that i barely even dare mention to Light, even though he's told me he won't think any less of me for being a bitch. i've bought one small box of holiday cards, taken in by the sheer cuteness and allowing myself a crazy catlady moment, and I've started buying light's presents, but i'm completely stumped on any ideas for extended family presents, which is a bit of a shock, since i usually glory in buying Mech and Media so many more things than they could ever want. i need to find a novelty cookbook for Media and Saint, past occasions have gotten them both a Jello cookbook and an Elvis cookbook, and traditions like that are fun. I want to buy Mech some sort of motorcycle-related thing, but he's being annoying unacquisitory. Maybe I'll just spend some time sitting down with some catalogs this weekend.
We're not headed to the museum this weekend, mostly i think because there wasn't going to be an opportunity to see light's friend (though I think maybe i get to call him mine as well now) and i'm a little worried that there won't be an easy way for light to see his friends once his job changes and i'm not sure how to facilitate that, or if i even can, but also in part because this week involves live music shows on both Tuesday and Thursday, and because i don't like to travel on holiday weekends.
i just lost a big chunk of a post about the ways in which i'm social or not social, which for some reason feels particularly meaningful (the losing of it, not the writing itself) and startlingly disheartening. maybe they'll come back, maybe they won't. i'm still feeling a little bit sad and neurotic and incapable of pursuing the people i want to see/talk to any further/farther (I've had a nightmare about the fact i can't remember the different between those two words) than i've pursued them. and while i think i'm getting better at valuing the good things, i'm still better at seeing the places in which i'm lacking.
in other news, i'm about to finish my 100th book. i think i might need to spend some time contemplating the fact that i only consider a goal achievable when i've actually achieved it, and the rest of the time i labor under the assumption of inevitable failure. but not today. today will be tea and gilmore girls and hiding from black friday and maybe either finishing watching Home for the Holidays, or our netflixed Kinsey or another episode of Neverwhere. I'm going to try and see the harry potter movie this weekend (though i also want to see jarhead, rent, ice harvest, P&P and maybe even Zathura) and go to my favorite exroommate's party, and maybe even buy the rest of my christmas cards, and check and see if Home Depot has drip pans and burner rings (though their website indicates not so much).
