Alma's Meal Deal #FoodPicFriday

It's been a long while since we picked up food from Alma's Family Restaurant in Elmvale, but we recently stopped in for their burger and fries meal deal. The burger is tasty and the fries satisfy. On this occasion the pickles that were served on my burger were thick and tangy. Really, really, good. This meal deal always reminds me of eating food at the Fair.

Twitterversary

I got an email from Twitter this morning wishing me a Happy Twitterversary.

I didn't really start using it actively until March and I'm happy for all the friends I have made on there. A year later and I'm still pretty into it. Lots of fun and things to see and opinions to share in 140 characters or less.

If you have been thinking about joining, go for it! Then we could have the same Twitterversary!

@myadorableblog stats at 1 year:
Tweets:  2101 (and counting)

Following: 434

Followers: 326

Time spent on there daily: hours and hours and hours...

Peanut Brittle Pie

Sometimes I make a baking choice based on the ingredients I have on hand. Last week I had a pie shell and corn syrup and casually asked Google what I could make. I then spent an hour surfing through recipes (so much fun!) and finally decided on Southern Peanut Butter Pie.

The recipe is pretty similar to a pecan pie (but with peanuts) and there is some peanut butter mixed in it as well. 

It is a simple recipe: beat together corn syrup, peanut butter, sugar, salt, and eggs. Fold in peanuts and pour into a pie shell.

The recipe said to bake at 375°F for 40 - 50 minutes, and by 20 minutes in it was already really browned. If I was to try this recipe again, I would probably start it on a lower temperature. The pie was really wobbly at 40 minutes, so I turned it down to 325°F and kept cooking, checking every five minutes. I overcooked it, I'm sure, but at least it set.

This pie ended up tasting a lot like peanut brittle. The first bite almost tastes a little too peanutty, but then it kinda evens out for the rest of the slice. Not sure if I would make this one again, but for the next few days I will enjoy it.

Giant Unexpected Cupcakes #FoodPicFriday

One of our neighbours is a retired baker, and over the weekend she sent over some cupcakes for us to enjoy. They were big. They were marble. There was so much thick, beautiful, chocolate icing, that it was impossible to eat without getting chocolate on my face. Absolutely fantastic.

Breaking Blog...

Well this is where a blog would go, if I hadn't started marathoning season one of Breaking Bad.

I'm sick with a cold, and sometimes the right cure is watching an excessive amount of a single TV show. Once, while sick with the flu, I watched a record 23 episodes of Golden Girls. In a row.

I'd only ever seen a handful of Breaking Bad eps, and John has repeatedly suggested I watch it from the beginning...and thanks to this cold, now I finally am.

I'd write more, but the couch and the tv are calling my name...