No, you can't eat my puppy!
It's been a busy couple days around the house. Wednesday took the puppy and I to dad's house where we cooked a nice entree of Chicken Saltimbocca (pounded chicken cutlets with a prosciutto, spinach, and parmesan filling) with what I call "Stoplight Salad" (Romaine with chickpeas, avocado, roasted peppers, and pomegranate). Dad and Jane loved both of the offerings, which meant a lot to me. I also scored a 7" Santoku knife and a high quality mandolin which we used to make potato chips and fries later on in the evening. (Having worked at a KFC early in his life, Dad is pretty good w/ frying things)
Christmas Day brought with it an almost interminable stream of food-related swag for me (and R) to open. Take a look at what we ended up with when all was said and done:
Current Haul:
14 Speed Food Processor
Wooden Spoons (because, IMO, you can never have too many wooden spoons)
Coffeemaker (helpful when culinary school starts at 6:30 AM)
Blender (with smoothie spout)
Iced Tea Machine (ok, ok, ok... we bought this for ourselves)
Apple Corer
Apple peeler/slicer/corer wunderkind thingie from Pampered Chef
Shaker (which will get heavy use come New Year's)
Mini-mixer (w/ quasi-suggestive mini-attachments)
Green Bags (for meat, veggies, & bread)
Monogrammed-Sandstone Coasters
Peeling Paws (abrasive ove-gloves that peel potatoes for you)
And..
a smelly stone, some metal thing that looks like a ped-egg and take the fish and garlic smell out of your pots and pants
and ya' wanna know the best part. I still have 1 more Christmas left to go: the Xmas to end all Xmases at my maternal grandmother's in Chicago. Knowing their predilection for spoiling the nephews and grandkids... I'm sure I'll be updating this post at a later date. I'll also try to demo some of the more *ahem* unusual products I received.
but, despite all this wond'rous food swag. The best present I got this Christmas, was a cute little bugger who tends to snuggle up in my armpits right before he (or I) go to sleep. Seriously, how cute is he?
Labels: Fat Kids and Culinary Arts, Holidays
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