Monday, April 19, 2021

26 December 2020

 German Apple Pancakes (Spoonfuls of Germany)


Whisk together:

2 eggs

180g milk

pinch salt

125g flour

55g seltzer water

1 tsp vanilla

Peel & slice apples [1 Granny Smith] 1/8" thick. Fry in butter until softened & coloured (sprinkle with cinnamon-sugar, also).


25 December 2020

 Cheesy Crackers (Smitten Kitchen)

6oz sharp cheddar, grated (Pride)

57g butter

65g whole wheat flour 

31g ap flour

1/4tsp kosher salt

1/8tsp onion powder


Whizz til ball forms. Roll out and bake 350°F 10-12 minutes.


Definitely more Cheez-It than goldfish.


Tuesday, April 13, 2021

Sigma Force Series Order

 1. Sandstorm, 2004

2. Map of Bones, 2005

3. Black Order, 2006

4. The Judas Strain, 2007

5. The Last Oracle, 2008

6. The Doomsday Key, 2009

7. The Devil Colony, 2011

8. Blood Line 2012

9. The Eye of God, 2013

10. The 6th Extinction, 2015

11. The Bone Labyrinth, 2015

12. The Seventh Plague, 2016

13. The Demon Crown, 2018

14. Crucible, 2019

15. The Last Odyssey, 2020

16. Kingdom of Bones, 2021

Monday, March 8, 2021

Harry Bosch reading order

 The Black Echo (1992)

The Black Ice (1993)

The Concrete Blonde (1994)

The Last Coyote (1995)

The Poet (1996, JM, RW)

Trunk Music (1997)

Blood Work (1998, TM)

Angels Flight (1999)

Void Moon (2000, CB)

A Darkness More Than Night (2001, TM)

City of Bones (2002)

Lost Light (2003)

The Narrows (2004, JM, RW, TM)

The Closers (2005)

The Lincoln Lawyer (2005, MH)

Echo Park (2006, RW)

The Overlook (2007, RW)

The Brass Verdict (2008, MH)

The Scarecrow (2009, JM, RW)

9 Dragons (2009)

The Reversal (2010, MH)

The Fifth Witness (2011, MH)

The Drop (2011)

The Black Box (2012)

The Gods of Guilt (2013, MH)

The Burning Room (2014)

The Crossing (2015)

The Wrong Side of Goodbye (2016)

The Late Show (2017, RB)

Two Kinds of Truth (2017)

Dark Sacred Night (2018, RB)

The Night Fire (2019, RB)

Fair Warning (2020, JM)

The Law of Innocence (2020, MH

The Dark Hours (2021, RB)


24 December 2020

 Baked Knoephla

1 egg

1/2tsp salt

1/2c milk

1 1/4c flour (must have been heaping)

Make the knoephla, boil with 3-4 potatoes.


Brown 1/2c diced onion and 1# bacon cut into 1" pieces. Drain, and tip into 9x13, pour 1 pint cream* over all. Top with browned bread crumbs. Bake at 350°F for an hour.


*Used half of a 22oz container of cottage cheese stirred in, and a scant cup of cream poured over. Baked 30 minutes.


11 December 2020

 Valhalla Brownies (Scandilicious)


Soak for an hour and drain:

100g dried sour cherries

3T kirsch

2T lemon juice


Melt together:

125g butter

200g dark chocolate (bunny)

20g cocoa (Special Dark)


Whisk together:

3 eggs

110g sugar

110g powdered sugar

1tsp vanilla.

Whisk in chocolate. Stir in 150g flour. Stir in cherries (and a handful of sliced almonds). Bake at 350°F 20 minutes.

6 December 2020

 Gougeres (Ratio)

300g egg (in shell)

300g water

150g flour

150g butter

cheddar


Needed another small egg.