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Monthly Archives: June 2014

Safe travels?

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Hey Boris.  I’m really sorry.  I never thought you would be kidnapped.  Guitar-napped?  I guess the proper term really would be “stolen.”  It’s been a month.  I think I should just accept it now.

But I really didn’t think it would happen.  I mean, you were always safely ensconced in your case when you weren’t with me.  And more often than not, you’d be in the trunk.

Yes, Puddul’s trunk may not have been the absolutely best housing. The massive swing in temperature really isn’t good for any instrument, but you took it in stride.  I didn’t detect any warping.  And there was such a nice space for you at the bottom of the cage.  Really, it was the perfect fit.  And you didn’t even mind when Yaris would try to use your case as a step stool.

And you sounded good in Puddul’s interior.  You kept me from going insane in the middle of the work day.  It helped knowing that if I needed to, I could spend some time with you during lunch.  And…now I can’t.  And the kids don’t have any accompaniment anymore either.  It’s going to be tough times ahead.  The blue shell is still around, but I can’t carry the blue shell around with me everywhere.  He’s much too big.

I really hope whoever kidnapped you has realized that you’re a really good companion.  Hopefully you’re travelling the world now and seeing new sights and experiencing new things and delighting kids in different parts of the world with your funny shape but great portability and nice action and warm tone in a small, enclosed space.

Hope you have a nice life, Boris.

I make! Blueberry muffin French toast edition

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I am not the biggest fan of French toast.  I have said this before.  But I’ve gone and made French toast again because I made too many muffins and I couldn’t finish them all and they were starting to get stale.  I can totally eat stale muffins, it’s not a big deal, but they kind of crumble annoyingly.  What do?  Make French toast.

And…I rather liked it.  So I have to consider what it is about French toast that I don’t like.  I think it’s because I don’t like really eggy tasting custards, things like flan and egg tarts.  And if you think about traditional French toast, the inside of the French toast is supposed to be kind of an eggy custard with cinnamon and nutmeg.  It’s almost just like an egg tart.  Gross.

But when you make French toast out of muffins or persimmon nut bread, you have some other flavor besides egg and cinnamon and/or nutmeg.  The texture seems kind of different too.  Also, I use soy milk in my batter.  Not so much because I really like soy milk (I do, but I only drink Asian fresh soy milk) but because I normally have it on hand.  It has a longer shelf life so I can keep it around longer for cereal.  It’s hard for me to finish a thing of milk.

Thus, I conclude that I like French toast but only French toast made from muffins or other quick breads and possibly with soy milk instead of normal milk.  Btw, one egg and maybe 0.5-0.75 c of soy milk with some cinnamon is enough batter for two standard muffins.