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Mar. 11th, 2009 01:16 pm
I made dollar-size hotcakes yesterday and I am pretty excited about them. The problem I have with pancakes is usually that they're too big, and by the time I finish eating all or even half the portion, I feel sick. But I can eat a stack of these little pancakes! Plus they're so cute! Each one is a perfect mouthful. I did have to buy maple syrup for the first time in a long time though, and -- wow. I guess my mom always got the fake stuff when I was growing up, because I'm SURE we didn't pay that much for maple syrup (though I know prices have gone way up since then). I also made the most delicious -- even if I do say so myself -- broccoli Alfredo sauce. Last time I tried making an Alfredo, it was a clumpy, separated mess of a disaster. This time, I just followed some simple rules rather than following an exact recipe, and it was wonderful.
It's been super cold here. After the "indoor BBQ" on Sat, it snowed again, pretty heavily. It looks like December around these parts. Sigh. I got my electricity bill though, and it's not as terrible as I was fearing. Me being able to be in my kitchen without seeing my own breath = win.
So I was watching another episode of Lie to Me (guest starring David Anders!!) on Hulu when a preview for Castle came up. Color me clueless, but I had no idea that Nathan Fillion had gotten himself another show. You go, Nathan! The premise looks... ehhh. It could be really good or it could be lame and gimmicky. For his sake I hope it's the former. The pilot ep of Lie to Me is expiring soon, if it hasn't already, in case anyone's been meaning to check it out.
So the simple slow-cooker ribs was a rousing success. I've made pulled pork in a slow cooker before, from a roast, and that was good. But this was even easier. I used country-style bone-in pork ribs, and a lone beef back rib (to see if I liked one more than another). The beef back rib totally won. It was all very good, but the beef rib just was that much better. I'll definitely be making this again, with all beef ribs. Mmmm. It's odd too, because in restaurants I typically prefer baby back pork ribs over beef ribs. I guess it comes down to the "melting off the bone"-ness -- when it's like that, the beef is better; when the meat is still firm I like the pork.
It's been super cold here. After the "indoor BBQ" on Sat, it snowed again, pretty heavily. It looks like December around these parts. Sigh. I got my electricity bill though, and it's not as terrible as I was fearing. Me being able to be in my kitchen without seeing my own breath = win.
So I was watching another episode of Lie to Me (guest starring David Anders!!) on Hulu when a preview for Castle came up. Color me clueless, but I had no idea that Nathan Fillion had gotten himself another show. You go, Nathan! The premise looks... ehhh. It could be really good or it could be lame and gimmicky. For his sake I hope it's the former. The pilot ep of Lie to Me is expiring soon, if it hasn't already, in case anyone's been meaning to check it out.
So the simple slow-cooker ribs was a rousing success. I've made pulled pork in a slow cooker before, from a roast, and that was good. But this was even easier. I used country-style bone-in pork ribs, and a lone beef back rib (to see if I liked one more than another). The beef back rib totally won. It was all very good, but the beef rib just was that much better. I'll definitely be making this again, with all beef ribs. Mmmm. It's odd too, because in restaurants I typically prefer baby back pork ribs over beef ribs. I guess it comes down to the "melting off the bone"-ness -- when it's like that, the beef is better; when the meat is still firm I like the pork.
