Oh, man, HELLO WEEKEND! Mr. S got home late last night and filled me in on tales of the BFF and her husband - he's on a project 40 miles from them in Ann Arbor. They went out for dinner the night before and lunch yesterday on his way to the airport. And no, I'm not jealous. *sigh* It sucks that she and I will most likely never live close to each other again. She is anti-city, and I like to be close enough to have all of the benefits of a city. Plus, I don't know that I'd ever leave Texas. *waves flag*
SPEAKING OF: if you aren't watching Friday Night Lights, you are missing a fantastic show. Even if you aren't into football, you can appreciate the human interest, the lack of broadly drawn characterizations (no, really! Complex characters!) Check out my previous post for screencaps *cough* and a link in the post before can hook you up with the ep. Lemme know if it no longer works. I'm on a mission to make sure they get a contract beyond their 13 episodes! The music is another level of awesome: if you're itching in your seat towards the end with pent up energy, that's why. The best way for me to describe what living in a small (possibly dying) town can feel like is the movie "The Last Picture Show," a film in my top 10. There's a restlessness and need to GET OUT that the film captures, and I think it's there in FNL, too. WATCH IT! Tuesday nights at 8/7. NBC.
So... SPN is hooking me. I don't think I'm interested in fic. I just like watching it, so far. The Office still pleases me, and there were seeds planted that I'm intrigued by. I'll leave it at that to spare me the need for a cut-tag. Because now is time for RECIPE! I'm baking a Texas Sheet Cake in honor of The Boy returning from camp today - missed the little trouble maker - and how do we celebrate or show our love in my family? With delectable treats, that's how.
This can be made quickly and easily. Be sure to put the frosting on right when you pull the cake out - when it's all hot, the frosting seeps into the cake and makes it SO MOIST. Also, use a 10x15 JELLY ROLL PAN. Anything smaller and it won't turn out in the center. Seriously. And not in the good goopy way. Like, undone frustration.
Texas Sheet Cake
1/4 C cocoa
1 C margarine or butter
2 C water
2 C flour
2 beaten eggs
1/2 C buttermilk
1 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. vanilla
Frosting (below)
Preheat oven to 400 F. Grease and flour 10x15x1 pan. (Use cocoa to flour if you don't like white specks on the bottom) In medium saucepan, bring cocoa, margarine (or butter) and water to a boil, stirring CONTSTANTLY, over medium heat. In a large bowl, stir together the sugar and flour. Pour the cocoa mixture over and blend well. Add the eggs, buttermilk, baking soda and vanilla. Spread evenly in the pan and bake for 20 minutes. When the cake is done, immediately pour the frosting over and spread evenly.
Frosting
In medium saucepan, bring to a boil 1/2 C margarine, 1/4 C cocoa and 6 TBSP of milk. Add 1 pound powdered sugar, 1 tsp. vanilla, and 1 C chopped pecans.
You could substitute the pecans with toffee bits. Oh god. You can also add a tsp. of cinnamon to the batter for a Mexican Chocolate flair.
Mr. S went on my 10 mile training walk this morning and he's passed out on the sofa. Heh. *is strong, yo* HAVE FANTASTIC WEEKENDS!!
SPEAKING OF: if you aren't watching Friday Night Lights, you are missing a fantastic show. Even if you aren't into football, you can appreciate the human interest, the lack of broadly drawn characterizations (no, really! Complex characters!) Check out my previous post for screencaps *cough* and a link in the post before can hook you up with the ep. Lemme know if it no longer works. I'm on a mission to make sure they get a contract beyond their 13 episodes! The music is another level of awesome: if you're itching in your seat towards the end with pent up energy, that's why. The best way for me to describe what living in a small (possibly dying) town can feel like is the movie "The Last Picture Show," a film in my top 10. There's a restlessness and need to GET OUT that the film captures, and I think it's there in FNL, too. WATCH IT! Tuesday nights at 8/7. NBC.
So... SPN is hooking me. I don't think I'm interested in fic. I just like watching it, so far. The Office still pleases me, and there were seeds planted that I'm intrigued by. I'll leave it at that to spare me the need for a cut-tag. Because now is time for RECIPE! I'm baking a Texas Sheet Cake in honor of The Boy returning from camp today - missed the little trouble maker - and how do we celebrate or show our love in my family? With delectable treats, that's how.
This can be made quickly and easily. Be sure to put the frosting on right when you pull the cake out - when it's all hot, the frosting seeps into the cake and makes it SO MOIST. Also, use a 10x15 JELLY ROLL PAN. Anything smaller and it won't turn out in the center. Seriously. And not in the good goopy way. Like, undone frustration.
Texas Sheet Cake
1/4 C cocoa
1 C margarine or butter
2 C water
2 C flour
2 beaten eggs
1/2 C buttermilk
1 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. vanilla
Frosting (below)
Preheat oven to 400 F. Grease and flour 10x15x1 pan. (Use cocoa to flour if you don't like white specks on the bottom) In medium saucepan, bring cocoa, margarine (or butter) and water to a boil, stirring CONTSTANTLY, over medium heat. In a large bowl, stir together the sugar and flour. Pour the cocoa mixture over and blend well. Add the eggs, buttermilk, baking soda and vanilla. Spread evenly in the pan and bake for 20 minutes. When the cake is done, immediately pour the frosting over and spread evenly.
Frosting
In medium saucepan, bring to a boil 1/2 C margarine, 1/4 C cocoa and 6 TBSP of milk. Add 1 pound powdered sugar, 1 tsp. vanilla, and 1 C chopped pecans.
You could substitute the pecans with toffee bits. Oh god. You can also add a tsp. of cinnamon to the batter for a Mexican Chocolate flair.
Mr. S went on my 10 mile training walk this morning and he's passed out on the sofa. Heh. *is strong, yo* HAVE FANTASTIC WEEKENDS!!
- Spock is::
excited
'Oos dis bint, then?
stoney321- Laura Stone
- Hey, Don't Judge Me
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Ha! Mr. S. passed out. You are strongerer than anyone! ... As a non-running sort of person, I'll just have to stick to shots of vodka when trying to get a man unconscious. :D
I fully support getting men drunk and having your way with them. Starting with painting their toenails and shaving their balls. What?
IT IS DELICIOUS. To the point of me writing in all caps. Even you icon is anticipating the goodness!! :D
I had Texas Sheet Cake for my birthday every year for 15 years.
And seriously? No? The show is v v compelling for that very reason. But, I've got a few more years on the other side, so I can appreciate your reluctance. I GUESS. ;)
I...don't really like chocolate cake that much. But I'm baking one today because it's my BFF's birthday. I'll take a picture of it, because it's one snazzy cake (it's from a recipe from a book I got from the best bakery in Fredricksburg).
If I hadn't been in band, the whole football thing would've felt a little more removed, but as is it feels like all that drama is still yesterday. However, we actually weren't quite a stereotypical Texan school about football, because my school was mostly immigrants. But the ones who did play football...man.
Mr. S was in Drum Corps, so he was very involved in the whole thing. What did you play?
Whoa! Drum Corps is the awesomest awesome! Dude, we would sit for hours and just watch old tapes of Drum Corps competitions. We were so dorky.
I played clarinet. I kinda sucked, but I was really really good at yelling at people and keeping them in line. That part was fun.
It ate my life, completely. The only thing I think of when I think of highschool is football games.
Haha. WHO'S THE WINNER NOW? I don't think he "got" how hard this was going to be. I reminded him when we got back that I have to do twice that distance. Every day. :) (I'm hoping to get flowers the last day. *leaves notes lying about*)
SEE YOU TONIGHT, but WHEN AND WHERE??
WE ARE MEETING AT DAD'S AT 5:30, okay? You and Chris wanna ride with us? You good? He is sofa king wee todd it.
Or, R tard.
I will be filled with tales of camp soon, I'm sure. I drove out there yesterday to drop off his 'jamas (jeez, mom!) and it's SO COOL. It was built specifically for our school district for science learning. AWESOME.
And right - ditto on the "at least SOMEONE gets to visit." But then, I really can't complain. All of the frequent flyer miles he gets enable me to do a lot of traveling, so I'll just quit whining now. :D
ONE WEEK!!
Well, I'm his spouse, so he just buys tickets for me in my name. I don't know if Ron's parents aren't able to do that for their children? It's AA miles, so I wonder if they have a different protocol from, say, United or Continental? I'll ask the husband...
Are they vampire football players? Do they fly? Are there zombies? Can they bend space and time? ::waves off gooberhead sports television:: If they ain't supernatural, I ain't interested.
(Plus, having grown up in the south, I have a deep and abiding hatred for football. Really.)
Really? They just overwhelmed you with the sport, huh? Now, I tend to not like the Uber Fans. You know juuuuuuust what I'm talking about. But man, we go to the high school games here in our little town and it's so much fun. But sure - there are some idiots into the game, and that can turn you off, yeah.
(Also, the Sunday before Thanksgiving, or the Friday or Saturday AFTER Thanksgiving. You and Chris gonna be around?)
:D
ANd yeah, you know JUST what it's like back in NM. Oooh, I made a small quibble note in one of my earlier posts about how if this was outside of Midland and Odessa (towards El Paso) there would be HISPANIC GIRLS on the cheer team. I mean, come on. They did a great job with everything else, however.
Toffee -or- pecans? Why not both? (Ow, my teeth hurt.)
If you want a twist on that Mexican chocolate flair, add cinnamon and 0.5-1.0 tsp of cayenne pepper. It sounds insane, but it works. You can do the same for drinking chocolate, especially in the winter!
(Alas, I'm rarely home in the evenings, so I miss out on so much TV! Maybe I'll succumb to the Bittorrent and watch on computer.)
And frankly, both of you deserve a slice of cake after a 10 mile walk. :)
ANd seriously: that show is so wonderful. It could have been inspired by Larry McMurtry. It's got "The Last Picture Show" feel, you know? Good stuff. Not all straightforward "praise football!" but how towns exist when football is king and there's naught else to do.
If you ever think you may be interested in some really good Wincest or J2-I have some very good recs:D
That cake sounds fabulous.
THE CAKE IS SO GROOD, ZOMG. Eat eat eat it!!