There is a big arts festival going on at home right now. Today are the big (hah) annual Weiner Dog Races. Apparently, there are quite a few dachshund aficionados here in town. Who would have guessed? Supposedly there are flash mobs happening also. Yet another sign of how Glee is taking over the nation.
On an unrelated note, this weekend, unlike last weekend as previously thought, my parents and brother are out of the house. My mom was worried about food for my little sister and I so in addition to going to the grocery store and loading up on everything, she left us giftcards to go out to eat if we want. Mind you, my parents will only be gone for three days and my sister and I are both out of high school and perfectly capable of scrounging for food. I've become quite good at sustaining off eggs, cheese and tortillas for days upon end. I also know how to cook. Or if not cook, I know how to follow a recipe. So I was a little surprised by my mom's need to provide multiple sources of food for us until I thought back to my last kitchen experience. I decided to make Martha Stewart's salted caramel chocolate cupcakes. Besides making an all out mess of the kitchen, I discovered the hard way that burning sugar is disgusting. It smells horrible and can be hard to clean. Considering it took me about 3 hours to make the cupcakes and clean the kitchen, I realized that perhaps my mom wants to prevent any serious damage to the kitchen while she's gone. Maybe I should stick to watching Top Chef as opposed to trying to be on it.
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You should make Martha's Cornmeal-Blackberry Cupcakes. They're super easy and absurdly delicious. As in, my sister baked them and I ate four in a row before she caught me and hid the rest. - Manda
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