Late Night Munchies
I missed posting last night, and almost missed today. I will make up yesterday’s. I swear.
Tonight, I procrastinated from doing homework by re-reading the Thanksgiving issues of various food magazines and making a detailed list of dishes I might want to try, for either home, Friendsgiving, or Thanksgiving with my family in Iowa. Making lists soothes my anxiety, for real. Half the time, I never even use the list for its intended organizational purpose, but I like organizing things on paper. I’ve narrowed the magazines down to a few recipes I want to make in the next month.
- The only downside to this incredible-sounding toasted corn pudding from the very last issue of Gourmet, ever, is that it calls for a corn you have to order. I don’t know if I want to commit to that. Yes, I will waver horribly on the *commitment* of buying a specialty food item. No, I don’t know why.
- Bon Appetit has cornbread with a bacon crust. Yes, we want to go there. Yes, you want to click on it.
- Then, THEN, Bon Appetit has the gall to hit me with these roasted potatoes with bacon, onions, and sage. Yes, please.
- Despite my bacony dreams, I was a vegetarian for a long time. Well, not long enough for me to not have bacon dreams. That’s probably why I’m not a vegetarian anymore. ANYWAY, I always hated Thanksgiving if there wasn’t some type of substantial main dish–or at least a super-hearty side. This butternut squash and cheddar bread pudding from Bon Appetit is exactly what I was looking for then.
- Gourmet <sniffle> also has a lemon custard pie, which sounds kind of out of the norm for Thanksgiving, but I think it would be a substantial dessert that’s still kind of light with the citrus, so fuck it. Let’s do lemon.
So there’s a good chance that several of these will be cooking in either my kitchen or my mom’s soon. I’m sure I’ll find
(On November 13th, 2009 at 8:51 am)
I was a vegetarian for a long time, too. 14 years. Okay, technically I was a junketarian because I managed to survive on junk food, like Taco Hell (nachos bell grande minus meat, anyone?).
I’ve been eating meat for about 4 years now and although I don’t eat it every day, I probably won’t be able to revert back because of cheeseburgers. And hot dogs (only the Cardinal Dogs, all others can suckit). And of course, bacon. Precious bacon.
I have never had a soy burger that I like, however, I recently tried the Boca ‘ground beef’ and it’s not bad at all….because it can be mixed with other foods.
I’m really looking forward to Thanksgiving because I’m taking a roadtrip to Kentucky to visit my aunt and uncle. However, they are both ‘watching what they eat’ so I’ve been warned that the menu may be wonky. Dammit.
(On November 14th, 2009 at 7:07 am)
As a still-vegetarian, I thank you, former-vegetarian, for thinking of my Thanksgiving trials in the midst of all that bacon fantasizing. Will definitely have to try that recipe. I love butternut squash.