So, what have I been up to, you ask?

[eleneariel]

Of course I'll be happy to tell you. I've been candying grapefruit peel - a delicacy surprisingly more delicious than it sounds - and watching Remington Steele; cooking my last halloween pumpkin and trying laraemily's Coke Blak recipe (yum!); boxing up items from my LJ Sale and drinking Holy Chocolate ("every sip blessed!")

And I'm only two days into a four day weekend.

Comments

[moredetails.livejournal.com]

The grapefruit peel intrigues me! Can you take pictures or tell us the recipe (or both!)? :)

[eattheolives.livejournal.com]

Gladly! Look for a post about it this afternoon. :)

[jennymae.livejournal.com]

You know, I think I've had candied orange peels before. I think Clara's brother made it when I was at their house. I can't remember if I liked it or not though... Well, let me know how you like it!

What is Coke Blak? And that Holy Chocolate sounds SO good!!!

Somewhat off topic: Have you ever had made fondue? I've always been intrigued by it and so bought a fondue cookbook that was on sale (for $5 ;-)), so now I want to try it...but I don't have any of the fondue stuff. Anyway, if you've had it/made it, I'd be interested in hearing about it--you always have interesting food-related stories. :-D

[eattheolives.livejournal.com]

The real Coke Blak has been discontinued -- boo! -- but it was a coffee-flavored Coca-Cola, basically. Lara found a recipe you can make that tastes almost like it, so that makes me really happy. I was so sad when I couldn't find it in stores any more.

Fondue: never actually made it myself, but I'm sure I've even some somewhere. I don't think that you have to have a real fondue pot or anything. As long as you melt the cheese slowly in a thick pot on low heat, I think that would keep it from burning or curdling or anything, right? If you experiment with it, let me know. Anything with cheese makes me hungry. :)

[jennymae.livejournal.com]

Ewwww. Coffee-flavored coke sounds nasty. LOL I don't like coffee though.... But for your sake, I'm sorry you can't find it anymore. :-(

Well, I got a fondue set for Christmas (we had Christmas on Friday)! So guess what I"ll be trying! :-D I'm thinking about trying it on Easter Sunday for "Easter dinner" because we just had a big dinner (Christmas)...so it's a bit too soon to have another ham, et al.

You totally need to come visit me so we can try all sorts of exotic stuff. :-D

[eattheolives.livejournal.com]

Oh wow, how fun! Let me know how it works for you. :)

[ladyrita.livejournal.com]

Ok, so I totally believe that Hot Chocolate is good, but....*snork*

I've thought about candying peels before, but I always think of the peels as coated in wax and junk. Though I'm not an organic person, I wouldn't really want to try it without wax-free oranges.

[eattheolives.livejournal.com]

Yes, I rather snorked my way through that cup of chocolate. :D It was tasty, though!

I always make sure to scrub the fruit really well and/or use that fruit wash stuff. I think that's supposed to take off the wax? I'm rather wishing I still had access to all the perfectly natural and fresh fruit we had in Florida...