of things past and present
Just several days ago, i open the pages of my journal and with a flip i came to the last entry written and my goodness has it been that long already. the date was 19th november 2007 and i asked myself what have i been doing all these while; all at once the memories are back as though it happened only yesterday.
while i did make an effort to pen down the dates and along with some notes, of those days that are memorable due to some significant happening. and yes i have around 12 pretty entries to complete before the close of my internship journal episode. but as i am lazy, i've decided to write one long and winding entry covering those 12 important dates with a classy signing off.
it was quite a shock as i realised that i have a little more than halve of the journal unwritten and what am i to do with all these blank pages. when i bought this pseudo paul smith journal with a cover design so classic that it can stand the passing of time, i had planned to use all the pages. but it seems five months is a little too short for that many happenings.
unwilling to let all these pages left unwritten, i'm gonna write all my recipes in them. one a day and numerous by then. recipes attempted and tweaked. something that i can carry along on my next internship or when i am gonna live abroad. all my desserts, readily accessible with the flip of the page.
while now that august has come to an end, a beautiful one indeed with refreshing rain and warm sunshine during the past week. the tang of oranges comes to mind. claudia fleming's lemon pound cake with a twist i've decided to use those round and cheerful citrus fellows instead. then comes one of my favourite things, zesting the oranges.
at a glance the use of five eggs kinda gave me a shock as usually pound cakes only use up to four, then the jus called for in the recipe seems a little miserable and as the saying goes, do as your heart desires. i minus one egg and double the jus as i want a more flavoursome cake. and yes if there's one thing claudia should know, it's the need to be generous with the zest.
blitz the sugar and zest to bring out the tangy aroma, a generous pinch of zest for the melted butter and when everything comes together the batter is a wonderful thing of oranges. i spooned them into muffin liners and once baked, what gorgeous fellers they are, and surprisingly soft and fluffy too.
while i did make an effort to pen down the dates and along with some notes, of those days that are memorable due to some significant happening. and yes i have around 12 pretty entries to complete before the close of my internship journal episode. but as i am lazy, i've decided to write one long and winding entry covering those 12 important dates with a classy signing off.
it was quite a shock as i realised that i have a little more than halve of the journal unwritten and what am i to do with all these blank pages. when i bought this pseudo paul smith journal with a cover design so classic that it can stand the passing of time, i had planned to use all the pages. but it seems five months is a little too short for that many happenings.
unwilling to let all these pages left unwritten, i'm gonna write all my recipes in them. one a day and numerous by then. recipes attempted and tweaked. something that i can carry along on my next internship or when i am gonna live abroad. all my desserts, readily accessible with the flip of the page.
while now that august has come to an end, a beautiful one indeed with refreshing rain and warm sunshine during the past week. the tang of oranges comes to mind. claudia fleming's lemon pound cake with a twist i've decided to use those round and cheerful citrus fellows instead. then comes one of my favourite things, zesting the oranges.
at a glance the use of five eggs kinda gave me a shock as usually pound cakes only use up to four, then the jus called for in the recipe seems a little miserable and as the saying goes, do as your heart desires. i minus one egg and double the jus as i want a more flavoursome cake. and yes if there's one thing claudia should know, it's the need to be generous with the zest.
blitz the sugar and zest to bring out the tangy aroma, a generous pinch of zest for the melted butter and when everything comes together the batter is a wonderful thing of oranges. i spooned them into muffin liners and once baked, what gorgeous fellers they are, and surprisingly soft and fluffy too.
posted by Ian at 10:45 PM
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