Crepes and fishbones

[taylweaver]

Last night, M took me out for my birthday/graduation to La Creperie. The food was good; the dessert was excellent. (of course, the company was great as well...) I had sea bass, and I ate everything on my plate. Including a fishbone. Though that one took a while to swallow - it was stuck in my throat for a few rather annoying minutes. So that was also a new experience. For dessert, we both had crepes. They got my order confused, which means they managed to read my mind. Instead of peach and whipped cream, I got peach, ice cream and raspberry sauce. It was wonderful. And the peaches made my tongue tingle - like the way my tongue tingles when I drink fizzy wine. And it did the same to M's tongue, so there was something interesting about those peaches.

Anyway, it was great. But M and I both agreed it works better as a dessert place. It's much more cost-effective to eat dinner elsewhere.

And today, I auditioned to work for Kaplan - I practically swore, many years back, that I would not work there on principal. But they pay well, and I actually stand a chance of getting a job. The audition went well. A five minute how-to lesson - well, she let them go for six, and I just barely finished. Mine was on how to remember names. One person did one on how to bake a cake in a dorm. Apparently, cake mixes work in the microwave if you cook them for 30 times how long it takes to heat up bread - about 3-6 minutes, it seems, depending on the microwave.

Who knew?

One application she didn't think of: really great for when Shabbat is approaching way too quickly. I shall have to give it a try some time.

Comments

[mbarr.livejournal.com]

Reallly? They'll bake in the microwave? huh. Whatda know!

[flintknappy.livejournal.com]

Ah dorm baking. Back in chabad, I was shown that yes, you can bake a brownie mix in a sandwich maker. Very informative, especially since sandwich makers are contraband in the dorm, and it was done by the RAs' roommate.

[rymenhild.livejournal.com]

Oh, whoever listens to the rules about contraband in dorms?

I'll have to try that cake trick sometimes.

Fizzy Principles

[mysticengineer.livejournal.com]

If you actually drank carbonated beverages, you'd have another frame of reference for tounge-tingling foods. I find it amusing that you had to compare the experience to drinking an alcoholic beverage.

Re: Fizzy Principles

[taylweaver.livejournal.com]

The fiz in sparkling wine feels different than the fiz in soda or even sparkling grapejuice. I know because I don't like the way soda feels on my tongue, but sparkling wine is not a problem.