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An overview of my latest encaustic on ceramic works. Encaustic on ceramics, it's also known as room-temerature glaze. ;)
Even though I didn't go to bed until about 3:30am on Saturday night, I woke
up at 6:30 on Sunday morning so I could be ready to go to breakfast with
Yoshi, YoshiDad, and YoshiMom in the morning. We ended up at The Griddle
Cafe, where I'd never been before.
I'm not usually a coffee drinker, but the week's worth of major sleep
deprivation (worse than usual) caught up with me. I liked how their coffee
is served via French press!
Speaking of coffee, I got called out by a client on Friday after completing
an early morning conference call/presentation I'd made. "No more coffee for
you!" he teased. (He says I'm way too perky and am going way too fast for
these early morning calls, knowing that I'm 3 hours behind on the West
Coast.) The funny thing is that I hadn't even HAD coffee prior to any of
the calls I'd made with him. "Ok, no coffee this weekend," I promised,
totally intending to keep it. Who knew I was going to need coffee to stay
awake on a Sunday (versus during the week after all those sleepness
nights)?!
(I had attempted to moblog this while waiting for our breakfast to be served
but then something happened to my phone and everything I had pecked out
disappeared... doh!)
oh hai. I am not dead (yet) and I am keeping up with my 365. May even get around to posting sometime today.
Today is a day that I am taking for myself. It's been a long week with my hubby out of town, but today it is beautiful out.I've taken the day off. Danced around the May Pole with my kids. Enjoyed a little brunch. I just woke from a little nap, am going to get a pedi, and do a little shopping. Maybe a little gardening. Maybe more photography.
I feel pretty happy right now. May have a lot to do with not being at work.
hmmmmm...
I soaked some dried lentils overnight, then cooked them with lardons and a vegetable bouillon cube. Then I fried up some corn bread. Into my bowl I put lentils, corn bread, chopped fresh tomato, chopped fresh onion, and a couple of jalapeno slices. Delicious!
This corn bread is the basis for Mama's chicken dressing - for many, the great American comfort food!
Complete Your Cookware Set with this Griddle From Farberware. Great for Stovetop Use it s made of aluminum and ha s a nonstick coating for easy cleanup.
Check it out the Farberware 11" Square Griddle 12029
Another advantae I've found doing meat on this griddle, vs. cooking on a charcoal grill. As you can see, the thermapen is giving me accurate readings...when checking meat doneness on a charcoal grill, at least the way I cook on my Weber, I could never check meat temps while the meat is directly over the charcoal, but I can with this griddle. On the charcoal grill, if I would try looking at the meat temp while the meat was on top of the coals, the readings of the Thermapen would be also include temps at the surface of the grill. I'm not seeing that with this flat top griddle, instead, I'm getting true meat temperature readings. Did I mention how much I love this griddle?
For posterity, so we know what not to order next time we're at The Griddle Cafe for brunch, as we slowly work our way through the entire menu: Fiesta Scramble and Omelette Pomodoro.
Flat griddle seared rib eye steak; cooked Sous Vide in experimental home bath. Very little gray / brown selvage and mostly perfect medium rare chunk.
Preparation on both sides: kosher salt, pepper, riced garlic, butter, rosemary sprig. Tightly wrapped in cling wrap. Placed in zip top freezer bag and squish out as much air as possible.
See the experimental rig here: {www.flickr.com/photos/yelltide/14806005135/in/photostream/}
Searing was 2 minutes per side. Griddle was pre-heated in oven at 500°, then transferred to stove top full on burner. Instant read thermometer allowed me to pull the steak at 131° F. A five minute rest produced a temperature of 139° F.
Cut it with a fork.