I like cooking because I like activities in which I can make constant improvements and refinements. “Make it better!” and “Fit it!” seem to be my driving forces.
Yesterday, I made smoked paprika almonds to take along for breaks (in a little cardboard packet I’ve made, of course), and in the evening I made chocolate frozen yogurt with the ice cream maker Craig gave me for my birthday. It turns out home-made ice cream tends to freeze solid; the trick is the fat content (or cups and cups of sugar, which I’m not going to use), so I’ve been playing with thickeners, but yogurt did the trick, being fatty enough to not just turn into sweet ice!
Meanwhile, I’ve got two craft shows coming up in the next couple of months, so I’ll have material for “Show-and-Tell” here on the blog soon. Two thoughts:
- How am I about being in “craft” fairs? There’s some snobbery about the difference between hobbies and arts, and crafting blurs those. I guess why it jangles my nerves a little is that I like making things that are useful, not just cute or decorative. But, hey, what’s wrong with beautiful things?
- If anyone finds this website, it’s for the book-stuff, so I don’t know if it adds dimension or if it’s just annoying when I go off-topic.
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