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January 21, 2008
the good, the bad, the sprouty
Paula's chicken was very good. The recipe was a little bit fussy, but the chicken was lovely and tender. The one problem with it was that the skin never got properly browned. However, the stuffing was delicious. And the Brussels sprouts. My god, the sprouts. Once again, Alice hits it out of the park. I made her Brussels sprouts gratin, and I am here to say I've never had better sprouts ANYWHERE. They were enough to make you weep.
For dessert we each had one of Marion Cunningham's "Chocolate Enough Cupcakes" from the Fannie Farmer Baking Book. I was a little suspicious of the recipe, which called for combining the egg and the flour and the sugar all at once and beating it, then adding the butter and scant four ounces of semisweet chocolate. Anyway, they turned out great. They were nice and chocolatey, but in a semisweet kind of way. The crust on top was a lovely crystalline layer of chocolatey sugary goodness, and the cake itself was nice and dense without being a brownie. Yum yum yum.
Comments
Is it good enough to convince me I like Brussels sprouts when normally I think they taste like 3-day-old used cat litter? Good enough to convince a sprouts non-believer?
Posted by: BigAlice at January 21, 2008 1:36 PM
The sprouts were truly amazing. I'm already a sprouts believer, but I think they could bring a non-believer around.
Posted by: Nathan at January 21, 2008 8:23 PM
With the exception of the sprouts love, I really do think I'm going to have to come live with you guys. And eat all the food.
Posted by: grace at January 22, 2008 8:07 AM
Your knitting blog is turning into a foodie blog. Not that I mind.
Posted by: Bob at January 24, 2008 7:30 PM