tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5849582603417784442024-03-18T20:55:25.841-07:00The Thoroughly Modern BakerThe Thoroughly Modern Bakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00326947156757331754noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-584958260341778444.post-31290134768188252272010-04-08T17:14:00.001-07:002010-04-08T17:14:21.331-07:00The Fruits of My Labor<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Ok, so making frosting is horribly hard work. But, when you step back and admire what you can do with it, you realize it's all worth it!</span><br />
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</i></span></div>The Thoroughly Modern Bakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00326947156757331754noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-584958260341778444.post-69585760006665079012010-04-01T22:27:00.006-07:002010-04-10T19:32:38.842-07:00I NEED A NEW KITCHEN!!<div style="font: 16.0px 'Times New Roman'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 27.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">Tonight I learned 2 things: </span><br />
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</div><div style="font: 16.0px 'Times New Roman'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 27.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">I have a whole new sense of respect for pastry chefs, cake decorators . . . Actually, I have I have a whole new sense of respect for anyone who has ever attempted to make the “Wilton” icings. </span></div><div style="font: 16.0px 'Times New Roman'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 27.0px;">Here I was ready to take on the world with my little hand-held mixer and . . . it kicked my butt, I mean it literally kicked my butt. Lets just say there was no Wii Fitting for me tonight. </div><div style="font: 16.0px 'Times New Roman'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 27.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">With frosting ingredient strewn throughout my tiny apartment kitchen I finally finished the frosting from hell.</span></div><div></div>The Thoroughly Modern Bakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00326947156757331754noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-584958260341778444.post-46154511938795620862010-03-12T17:22:00.010-07:002010-03-12T23:30:45.281-07:00The Pioneer Woman<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 16px;">I'm sure all of you reading this are already big fans of <a href="http://thepioneerwoman.com/"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">The Pioneer Woman</span></a>, but I have just recently started exploring her blog and I must say, She's Amazing! She always seems to find the good in life, and I think that is what we all wish we could do. Maybe this is why people are so captivated by her, or it could be that she takes cooking with butter to a whole new level. Admit it, Butter is every woman's secret pleasure. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
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</span></div>The Thoroughly Modern Bakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00326947156757331754noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-584958260341778444.post-89207158261604634722010-02-28T09:10:00.034-07:002010-03-12T23:54:28.781-07:00Everything My Mother Taught Me . . . continued<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;"><div style="color: #df2413; font: 16.0px Times; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><b>** CAUTION ** </b></span></div><div style="color: #df2413; font: 16.0px Times; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 19.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"></span></div><div style="font: 16.0px Times; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><b>Please note that before you read the following post I Love My Mommy Dearly. She is my best friend and no matter what harebrained idea she comes up with, I will always love her. </b></span></div><div style="font: 16.0px Times; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 19.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"></span></div><div style="font: 16.0px Times; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">Ok, so I was taking a look at my post "Everything My Mother Taught Me" and Mommy I love you, but what were you thinking! I think a better title for that post would be Everything My Mother Taught Me . . .</span> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">And How Normal People Do Things.</span></div><div style="font: 16.0px Times; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 19.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"></span></div><div style="font: 16.0px Times; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">So, in continuance with my previous post I have added a little extra to each thing my mother taught me. (<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">i.e. </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">How Normal People Do Things</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">)</span></div><div style="font: 16.0px Times; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 19.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"></span></div><div style="font: 16.0px Times; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><b>Let's Recap Here:</b> </span></div><div style="font: 16.0px Times; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 19.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"></span></div><div style="font: 16.0px Times; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">1.) If a recipe calls for orange juice and you don't have any, Blue Curacao is an excellent alternative - - Blue Curacao is not an excellent alternative. While it might get people tipsy enough that they don’t really care what they are eating, the truth is, this alternative turns your cake bright blue. I’ll give my mom credit in the fact that she did ice the outside of her cake so that you couldn’t tell what color the cake was, but when someone cut in to it, well lets just say they were they were the only person that cut in to it. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">Now, what a normal person would have done is put on some mascara, batted their eyes, and made their significant other go out and pick them up some orange juice.</span></div><div style="font: 16.0px Times; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 19.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"></span></div><div style="font: 16.0px Times; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">2.) Never run over dead animals in the street because you never know when someone may force you to lick your tires - - Don’t even get me started here! The scary thing is every time I’m driving and I see an animal asleep in the road I always think of this. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">Normal people simply go around the animal and think “Oh that poor animal.”</span></div><div style="font: 16.0px Times; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 19.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"></span></div><div style="font: 16.0px Times; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">And 3.) When in doubt pour on the <i>Southern Charm - - </i>Thank You Mommy!! Now this little piece of advice is something that has saved my hiney a many a times. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">Alright, you've got to admit it, she’s right on this one.</span><br />
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</div><div style="font: 16.0px Times; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; text-decoration: underline;"><b>A Little Bit of Background:</b></span></div><div style="font: 16.0px Times; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 19.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"></span></div><div style="font: 16.0px Times; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">Growing up both of my parents owned their own businesses so the majority of our home cooked meals were either made in a microwave or they came in a take out container. However, there were times when my mother would set her sites on making us a real homemade meal. While her heart was in the right place, the ingredients never seemed to be. She is The Queen of Experimental Cooking. (We'll come back to this later . . .)</span></div><div style="font: 16.0px Times; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 19.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"></span></div><div style="font: 16.0px Times; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; text-decoration: underline;"><b>My Goal:</b></span></div><div style="font: 16.0px Times; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 19.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"></span></div><div style="font: 16.0px 'Times New Roman'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">I have set off on a culinary adventure in search of what it takes to become a great cook. Although I was not initially blessed with this talent I will do whatever it takes to achieve this goal. (Well, almost anything) With high spirits and this cute new Jessie Steele apron I purchased online, I will forge uncharted waters in an attempt to change my “Frequent Diners Club” future.</span></div><div style="font: 16.0px Times; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 19.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"></span></div><div style="font: 16.0px 'Times New Roman'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="font: normal normal normal 16px/normal Times; letter-spacing: 0px;"><b>And To This I Say . . . </b></span><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><b>Welcome To The World of Cooking Shelbygirl!</b></span></div><div style="font: 16.0px 'Times New Roman'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 18.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"></span></div><div style="font: 16.0px Times; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 19.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"></span></div><div style="font: 16.0px Times; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">So, to wrap things up on my first blogging session, here's a couple of things my mother taught me:</span></div><div style="font: 16.0px Times; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 19.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"></span></div><div style="font: 16.0px Times; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">1.) If a recipe calls for orange juice and you don't have any, Blue Curacao is an excellent alternative</span></div><div style="font: 16.0px Times; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 19.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"></span></div><div style="font: 16.0px Times; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">2.) Never run over dead animals in the street because you never know when someone may force you to lick your tires</span></div><div style="font: 16.0px Times; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 19.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"></span></div><div style="font: 16.0px Times; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">And 3.) When in doubt pour on the <i>Southern Charm</i></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times; font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;"><i><br />
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