We survived Thanksgiving! Onto the bigger, better, prettier holiday! Bingley and I are talking about Christmas! For the past two days, all I've been playing is Christmas music and movies. I've been belting these tunes at the top of my lungs (sorry, neighbors. I'm a dick. I know), and now I have my first very own tree up in my own apartment. Okay, the tree is fake... But it's a start!!!! Like I said. Onto the better shit. The better shit means Christmas cookies. And fine. Snickerdoodles are kind of an all-year-round cookie, but I needed something festive enough, but simple to bring to my lab final tomorrow to feed all my lab buddies (Aaron, Brenda, Ryan, and Tim- that's you!). This is what I decided I needed. I promise I won't eat the whole batch before tomorrow's test. I'm not a stress eater, but these things are amazing.
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Uh. Let's talk about pie. As you may or may not know, tomorrow is Thanksgiving in the United States. In other words we celebrate our successes at colonial hegemony and eat turkey with people we aren't necessarily that fond of. Okay. I'm a Thanksgiving skeptic when it comes to the holiday itself, and although family is family.... They sure know how to get on my nerves. But then there's food. And by food, of course I mean pie. What kind of American would I be if I didn't make apple pie? Well okay I might be a dirty, rotten Commie and I might not hold all that much patriotism, but when you tell me a food can be patriotic, I'll run with it. I used Honeycrisp apples and Fuji apples for this pie. I would not feel like a loyal Minnesotan (or Gopher, since Honeycrisp apples were created at the University of Minnesota. Jeez, that UMN just gets better and better, doesn't it?). If someone had allowed me to be lazy, I would've kept the skin on those babies. You're lucky that no one allowed me to be lazy. Can I just say that this pie is perfect? It may have destroyed the bottom of my oven with the apple-y, caramel-y goodness, but even as my step mom has said: "It's totally worth it."
“Atticus–” said Jem bleakly. He turned in the doorway. “What, son?” “How could they do it, how could they?” “I don’t know, but they did it. They’ve done it before and they did it tonight and they’ll do it again and when they do it — seems that only children weep.” -- To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee Now I told you that my weekly posts were going to be part of the theme of things I'm currently digging. I'm deciding to opt out of that this week. Instead I'm going to post a variety of articles about Ferguson. If you haven't been following the news recently, on August 9th, 18 year old Michael Brown was murdered by a cop, Darren Wilson in Ferguson Missouri. Brown was unarmed.
Last night, the grand jury's verdict came out. They chose to not indict Darren Wilson for this crimes. For killing another human being, he's not even facing a trial. Protests turned violent last night. I'm not excusing violence, but I also understand why it happened. Last night, the media were treated as the criminal and not the man who pulled the trigger. This is something I will never understand. I will not hide my political views on this blog. I don't think this should be political. This is a matter of civil rights and whether or not we can have faith in our justice system. So go ahead. Read up. The Meaning of the Ferguson Riots Bad Americans Can't Stop Weeping Over This Messed Up Convenience Store It's Incredibly Rare for a Grand Jury to do What Ferguson's Just Did Here's What Happens to Police Officers Who Shoot Unarmed Black Men Ferguson: No Charges for Officer in Michael Brown's Death Full Transcript of the Grand Jury Activists Explain Why The Mike Brown Shooting is a Feminist Issue Watch Melissa Harris-Perry Interview an 11-year-old Ferguson Activist I'll post more articles as I find them. I hope you all have a peaceful Thanksgiving. My heart is broken and I am outraged. This is why we fight to make changes. I suppose I also wrote a paper for a journalism course tonight and I'll just copy and paste that shit here because I'm technologically inept. That's an actual quote from the best person in my life, my mom. I've been having a crappy week and we were texting (like we do on a daily basis. Not kidding. I need my mom texts). I was telling her about my next "I'm digging" blog post, and this was her response. So yup. She gets me. But really. Screw this week. And yes. That's a photo of my now 10 year old brother when he was about 2-3 years old. GOLDEN. GOLDEN, I TELL YOU. I need and deserve some hardcore blogging. I need to share some really cool things in hopes that it'll make me feel better.
Onto it! This is what I'm digging currently: Braided Cinnamon Bread -- I need this in my stomach immediately. How to Hack Your Own Poop -- I'm immature. Deal with it. Humans of U of M -- My wonderful University now has a page to celebrate those wonderful Gopher individuals living everyday life in maroon and gold. No I'm not bragging about my school. Why would I ever do that? Buttermilk Sorghum Apple Cobbler -- Basically anything food that screams fall/winter needs to be in my life immediately. Five Tips for The Best All-Butter Pie Crust From Scratch -- Thanksgiving is next week and that means pie. Why use store-bought when homemade is SO much better? If Die Antwoord Lyrics Were Motivational Posters -- This gives me faith in humanity. Dark Chocolate and Caramelized White Chocolate Cupcakes -- I would like to bathe in that frosting, die in it, and be cremated with it. Not joking. Honeycrisp, Sage, & Bacon Shells And Cheese -- Not only is this one of my favorite bloggers, mac and cheese is one of my favorite foods. Be my food blogger soul mate? Fox Trot Tights -- When I have a sugar daddy, my life will be an Anthropologie catalog. For now I'll just hope someone buys me these for Christmas. LOOK AT HOW CUTE THEY ARE. Damien Rice is coming to Minneapolis -- Happy Courtney. 8 year-long hiatus? It's been too long, bro. Slow Cooker Balsamic Beef + Trashed Up Beefy Mac and Cheese Burgers -- This is so wrong in all the right ways. Solange Knowles -- HAVE YOU SEEN THESE WEDDING PHOTOS YET? Solange is perfect. Beyonce is perfect. Just oh my god the Knowles are perfect. All wedding photos must be like these from now on. House of Balls -- Okay now you've seen at least 3 immature things in this blog post. This is making me laugh and I'm really excited because I'll definitely have to go to this. Why wouldn't I? Can you tell how much I love Minneapolis? Pecan Pie -- It's the one pie I won't be baking next week, but I want it and I want it now. Okay. So there are some things. I hope your week is going more smoothly than mine is. Do you remember last week when I posted my recipe for chocolate chip cookie bottomed cupcakes because I said I wasn't entirely in the mood for cookies? I lied. I wasn't in the mood for those kind of chocolate chip cookies. I'll say it. I'm a cookie snob. I've had brown butter cookies and there's just no going back. If you haven't had brown butter chocolate chip cookies, you can't understand. Brown butter adds this depth and richness in conjunction with brown sugar and chocolate, you'll pretty much die. I'm not kidding.
So I'm doing a thing that my favorite bloggers do. Yes this blog is mostly about food, but wouldn't it be cool if I force you to get to know me too?! I think this is a brilliant idea. Now I'm allowing you to finally understand just how immature I am! Yes, I do believe that kitten sticking out its tongue was completely necessary and I'm happy to have stolen it from Google. I've decided on a weekly basis I'd do a blog post to show the favorite things I'm finding in my life whether it be in the real world, or on the Internet. I hope I don't drive you too crazy! Also, at some point I might decide to pick a consistent day to make such a post.
I was trying to come up with a way to begin this blog post, then my friend (and one of my favorite baristas), Rose exclaimed "IS IT A COOKIE OR A CUPCAKE? WHAT IS THIS?" and I figured nothing else was really necessary.
The answer is, it's both and I apparently have a death wish. I had homemade cookie dough in my fridge leftover from the weekend with my best friend Chelsea. Yes. I made cookie dough with the sole purpose to consume it in dough form, rather than cookie form. Screw you, salmonella! I'll live on the edge thank you very much. But then Monday rolled around. I only have one cookie sheet and things stick to it. And I was really in the mood for cake... Luckily I remembered that at one point, my favorite food blogger had the same dilemma and had remedied it with chocolate chip cookie bottomed vanilla cupcakes. She's a genius. |
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