And everything is wet. The streets here in the ‘hood have not been dry for so long that a thin and mostly invisible layer of algae has grown on the sides of the roads that don’t get trafficked. That shit is slick as ice, as I discovered on my dog walk this morning. Gotta be careful out there these days, even on the pavement.
Still off and on rain today, and we’ve got a Hash coming up. Guenter is the Hare, so I expect I’ll be fighting for my life on the muddy hills that await me.
The hardest part about making a carrot cake:
Turns out Joy didn’t get to experience my carrot cake yesterday. It took longer to bake than I anticipated, and I didn’t have time to let it cool enough so I could apply the frosting. I brought a package of Orea cookies instead, and she seemed happy with that.
After Hideaway, I visited Wet Spot and used my completed drink passport to my full advantage. Nothing tastes better than a free beer, and the half-price ones were pretty damn good as well.
Took a morning stroll out to the Jewel restaurant for breakfast.
Next up, surviving today’s Hash. I’ll tell you about it tomorrow. Maybe.
I notice that, in a lot of pics where Joy bites into something, she makes a show of baring her teeth. “Eeeee!”
So how much of that carrot cake did you make? And why was it in a pie tin? More exposed surface on the cake = more icing—the best part of a carrot cake for me!
If grating carrots is an annoyance, get a food processer. Grating is done in seconds. The only problem with a food processor is that you have to clean it, and that can be a bitch.
Omelet looks good!
Yeah, slippery surfaces are the bane of my existence. As a big guy, I’m always petrified of falling. You have my sympathies.
“food processer”
Sorry—”food processOR.”
Well, I turned on the oven, sprayed cooking oil into the pan, then poured the cake mix powder into a bowl and added two eggs, some water, and some oil. Next, I poured the grated carrots into the mix, got out the electric hand mixer, and blended all the ingredients. Poured the batter into the pan and popped it in the oven. The recipe said 30-35 minutes, but it took a little over 40 to bake properly. I used the pie tin because I thought I was going to be taking the finished cake to Hideaway with me.
Yeah, I do things the easy way; I’m no chef. I can’t think of anything grated I use other than in carrot cake, so a food processor would be a waste of money.
No falls yesterday, so I’m living a blessed life!