A pound of butter, a quart of milk, and a carton of eggs

[jaunthie]

If you recognized the reference above, bonus points for you. ;-)

Seriously, though: normally, a pound of butter and a carton of eggs last a long, long time in my house. It usually takes quite some time for fisherbear and I to get through either, to the point where it's convenient to both of us that most stores now sell eggs in 6-egg half-cartons, and you can often find butter available by the stick (although since butter freezes well, we usually just buy a 4-pack). However, this weekend saw An Incredible Lot of Baking and Cooking, courtesy of a birthday party, a barbeque, and the latest episode of the Working Women's Tea. Between the birthday cake (triple-layer chocolate cake with chocolate-chocolate chip cream cheese filling and vanilla buttercream icing), the Welsh Rabbit (which holds up beautifully in a fondue pot, btw), the Zinger cookies (for the bbq, where according to fisherbear they went over very well with some people and freaked other people out), the scones, and the tea cakes, I went through about a pound of butter and a carton of eggs - and a pint of heavy cream, about half a quart of whole milk, a pint of 2%, and some half-and-half (for the birthday coffee). Not to mention the sugar, flour, fruit, veggies, etcetera... Lots of cooking this weekend. And lots of leftovers to figure out what to do with. For the record, here's what I wound up making and serving at/for the three events, since if I don't write it down, I'll probably not believe it later:

For sunkrux's birthday party:

• Welsh Rabbit (and yes, apparently the rabbits in Wales are made of cheese, since that's mostly what Welsh Rabbit is)


• assorted cut veggies, for eating and/or dipping into said Welsh Rabbit


• baguette slices, also for dipping into the Welsh Rabbit


• cut fruit (not for dipping in the Welsh Rabbit, what kind of sickos do you think we are?)


• some Zingers (made for fisherbear to take to the BBQ, but we had lots


• birthday cake, as descibed above, decorated with roses from my garden

For fisherbear to take to the BBQ (scheduled at the same time as sunkrux's party):

• Zingers (a cookie recipe I invented that involves habenero powder, among other things; they're cookies that bite back)

For the Working Women's Tea (being tea, lots of small-serving courses):

• assorted cut veggies


• fruit salad


• green salad and edible flowers (all from my garden; the spinach is about done though, must replant)


• beef barley vegetable soup


• chicken-and-almond-salad sandwiches


• scones, cream, and rose-petal jam


• Zingers (yeah, so I bake once, serve 3 times, sue me)


• Persian tea cakes (essentially lemon-cardamom cupcakes that you top with rose-petal jam and whipped cream)

Yikes. Even though I was careful about how much I actually ate of all of that, just reading all that makes me feel like I've gained pounds. Still, it's good to know I can still cook up a storm when I need to.

Comments

[sunkrux.livejournal.com]

You know...that cake is YUMMY...I mean it WAS yummy. I just finished off the last piece I took home this morning for breakfast. :) Thanks again for all they nummy nibblie bits and for hosting the small party. I'm shocked that people would plan parties on MY birthday weekend. ;) LOL Sorry you had to miss the BBQ. :( But I'm glad I got to share my birthday with you, missM and hmB. :)

Let me just add....those Welsh Rabbits sure did taste nummy! ;)