Batirol, tablea, and tsokolatera – the joys of hot chocolate
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Not entirely traditional, but this IKEA jug makes an adequate tsokolatera.
Someday, I’m going to learn how to make tsokolate eh…
Not entirely traditional, but this IKEA jug makes an adequate tsokolatera.
Someday, I’m going to learn how to make tsokolate eh…
I confess: I threw a dessert party just to have an excuse to bake more
brownies.
You see, I'm a social chocolate eater. Knowing it to be one of my
weaknesses, I try not to have chocolate unless I have company. And as
9×13 pans result in a _lot_ of brownies, I absolutely must have
friends over if I'm going to even think of baking.
So I did. Dan Howard, Quinn Fung and Jedediah Smith came over. We had this absolutely
decadent dessert: freshly-baked double-chocolate brownies topped with
French vanilla ice cream and hot fudge bought especially for the occasion.
As a concession to healthy eating, we followed it with pineapple
chunks and loose-leaf green tea. (I've graduated to loose-leaf tea!
With a tea ball! Proper.)
Now _that's_ a terrific way to spend a Saturday afternoon.
Proper.
Kelly blogged about brownie sundaes. I _so_ want to have a Sundae Sunday now, complete with whipped cream and a light dusting of chocolate shavings or almond slivers or toasted rice or _something_ equally indulgent…
Life is so much better when you know how to make dessert.
Uh oh.
I now know how to bake brownies from scratch, and I can make them as moist and chocolatey as I want.
I have vanilla ice cream in the freezer.
I am so dead.
…
Hmm.
IF I promised a tray of chocolatey desserts for a potluck dinner at 7:00,
AND I have enough ingredients to bake a second batch of brownies…
Don't even think about it, Sacha. That way lies danger.
They won't mind if I try a bit of it first.
Maybe a bit more.
Hmm.
The hot chocolate at Linux Caffe (Grace
and Harbord Sts.) never fails to perk me up. Yesterday was no
exception even though it was a day particularly in need of hot
chocolate.
David (the proprietor) received a whole bunch of free books and a
number of free T-shirts from Apress. The shirts were adorable! They
read “Every time Linux boots, a penguin gets its wings.” I batted my
eyelashes at David and he very kindly let me have one. =) I'm so
hacking it.
Seneca was there, hacking away as always. Mike Fletcher was at the
same table. Ian Garmaise had briefly introduced us at the other
night's DemoCamp afterparty, but I hadn't really had a chance to
talk to him. It was great discovering mutual friends: Chris and Emily,
whom I know through tango and renaissance dancing and whom he knows
through jazz. He knows a bunch of interesting people, and I'm looking
forward to meeting them at a party at his place on Saturday. Whee!
In retrospect, it was good that I ended up over there for hot
chocolate. =) Life works out one way or another.