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For breakfast today I made myself a pan of sweetrolls. I had a tube of those spiral crecents from Pillsbury, so I rolled them out, spread a nice mix of dried cranberries and currants cooked in butter and sugar, then rolled them back up and set them in the freezer for half an hour. Then I sliced them, put them in a pan, and baked them. When they were done I drizzled them with a creamy icing made from milk and powdered sugar.

For dinner I had a medium rare steak with Montreal seasoning, big ol' baked potato with lots of butter and sour cream, and a mess of steamed broccoli.

Earlier today after breakfast I made a pot of caramel sauce using a buttload of brown sugar, a can of condensed milk, a half cup of butter, a half cup of regular milk, and a tiny touch of vanilla. Stuff turned out creamy and delicious.

Now I'm just sitting here waiting for my 2 small round vanilla cakes to cool enough for me to frost them. I'm gonna spread the caramel between them, then smother it on the outside with a thick, decadent heavy whipped cream with just a pinch of cinnamon in it.

As a bonus, I ended up with enough egg yolks to make 4 cups of custard which is even now cooling in my garage refridgerator.

I think I'm set for sweets this week.
 
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hard fudge, usually I see soft fudge for sale, but not hard fudge like this.
when I buy fudge, it tastes like a chocolate bar and it's too sweet, but my own fudge is soft and you can eat a lot of it before the sugar is overbearing.
I actively stir it so crystals form and make crispy sugar layers opposed to making soft bar chocolate that is stirred to a minimal.

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Had some leftover veggies and a sausage from last night's sheet pan bake, so I added an egg, shallots, and spicy furikake. Washed down with a cup of mixed juice (guava nectar, orange juice, blueberry juice)
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My mom, who loves cookbooks but hates cooking, just bought a cookbook called Mooncakes and Milk Bread which has all sorts of really tasty Chinese baked goods, I'm really excited to start experimenting with them. Hopefully I won't embarrass myself by being terrible at making steamed buns look pretty, lol.
 
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had sort of a bug up my butt for a costco rotisserie chicken, but travels ended up that I was at Local Hispanic Grocery Chain, and they had a three pound chunk of pork picnic at a bit under five bucks, so I went with that
instapotted it with various seasonings, mix of beef and chicken bouillon cubes with water for the broth
quite nice
def gonna try to keep them in mind
their beef was about the same as Aldi or sus enough looking cuts that it's not worth the slight difference, but they had some good normal prices for dead pig
 
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This is Kiwi Farms, so it's time for a pizza

Dough: yeast, water, sugar, salt, canola oil, crisco
Sauce: tomato paste, sugar, oregano, basil, rosemary, onion powder, olive oil, water
Toppings: bacon, pepperoni, onions, orange bell pepper, parmesan cheese, onion powder, salt, powdered butter
I used egg wash on the crust, and the taste was 4 out of 5. I would have said 5 stars if I had pure mozzarella cheese instead of this "pizza blend" business.

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Another of these Dutch babies, with Nutella and banana.
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It didn't go exactly as I'd hoped but was still delicious. I was hoping to caramelize the bananas a bit without turning them into mush. I might try making something like a meat pie with it next. The other option is something like a raspberry cheesecake filling.
 
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I got some gyoza dumplings to try for the first time (I'm an uncultured swine)

Had them tonight with ramen, broth, fresh green onion.

The Ramen and broth was delicious, the dumplings just ugh. So bland. "Chicken" filling, overpowering taste of sesame oil and not much else.

My search for good bao and dumplings continues.
(Or are they meant to be bland?! Surely not)
 
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frozen burger patties (walmart generic 80/20)
frozen seasoned fries (walmart generic)
pan for three burgers with lid, about a dozen or so fries in with them
cook it

spread is a mix of boring usa mayo, mushroom heavy soy sauce, hot sauce
small not-quite-slider size brioche buns from aldi, sorta hawaiian rolls so you have to split them yourself, they work really well with most of the cheap frozen patties how they shrink

slop the spread on both sides, half a slice of cheddar split up so it fits

good stuff, def scratches my Checker's Fry Lover's Burger itch
goes well with cheap beer
 
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