In which she rambles quite a lot
The unholy fascination with tea continues. I bought myself an electric kettle, because you know I:
1) need something else on my counter
2) need yet another gadget, and
3) need something else that does just one damn thing.
I wanted a regular, on the stove kettle but neither grocery store I went to had one.
Please forgive me for any typos. The puppy chewed through the last keyboard cable and I’m on a new keyboard that sucks. I’m fixing to order a new one. I hate mushy keyboards. I liked the really clackety ones that had the tactile “click” when you pressed a key, but the problem was that they were really loud. Not the thing when you’re trying to soothe a baby, a puppy, or a husband to sleep.
Luckily I was not one of the ones who had their name a social secirity number stolen from UT’s computer system last week, but turns out a friend of mine did. Wonder what weird things are going to show up on his credit report.
Today was just the prettiest day outside. About 72 degrees, not a cloud in the sky. Such a nice change from the unusual cold and ice we had recently. I cleaned off the table on the screened in porch and set the kids up with some Play-Doh while I sat in a rocking chair and quilted. I’ve got my nephew’s quilt about 2/3 done, which would normally be good news except I started it six months ago and it needs to be done by the first week in April. Crystal ball points to many sore fingers in the immediate future.
Hopefully the kids will sleep tonight so I can get an early start tomorrow morning and head over to the farmer’s market.
Last but not least. The trick to excellent mashed potatoes is adding more butter than you think humanly possible. A stick per 2.5 pounds. Trust me on this, it’s really worth it. Cooks Illustrated agrees.
*burp*
March 8th, 2003 at 8:22 am
I agree with the butter and potatoes. Ditto with the tea! I even have a “brown Betty” teapot (the British kind). I like the ritual of boing the water and pouring it into the pot, then setting up a spot to have tea and a snack. I even made scones recently. 🙂
March 8th, 2003 at 10:54 am
how odd that you had that link to the ut data theft posted…i was going to search for that site today to see if i had been on the list and thankfully, i was not!
and on the potatoes…yes, you MUST put a lot of butter. i almost feel my cholesterol rising as i make them…and the salt and pepper required…holy cow. but, i LOVE me some mashed potatoes. mmmm 🙂
March 8th, 2003 at 2:39 pm
thanks for posting the ut link. you should forward it to kenn, too. i’m not on the list, though i wasn’t too nervous since i wasn’t ever a student. i did go to their employment center for job hunting though and filled out a bunch of forms, so.
with the taters, i mix sour cream into mine. it makes them yum and you can’t taste it. also, d. fries bacon bits first, then puts them in with some of the bacon grease. and of course leaves the skins in, too. YUM.