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| Compared to yesterday, this smells like heaven. |
So how do you get the awful smell of burned hard-boiled eggs out of, literally, the entire house? The answer is lots of window fans and something else in the oven to stink up the joint.
I bought The Jerusalem Cookbook awhile back but had not tried any of the recipes until recently, when I saw it featured on another blog I read. So now we are living like biblical kings and eating some unbelievably delicious, healthy and, thankfully, highly odorous food. Yes, the hard-boiled egg smell is gradually being replaced with that of broiled onions and red peppers, feta cheese, and pastry. Yum.
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| Absolutely delicious: red pepper, onion, feta and egg galettes |
It's also feels good to get back into the kitchen and cook again, proving to myself that I don't necessarily destroy things on a regular basis in there. Sometimes you can really use a victory, and The Jerusalem Cookbook is allowing me to have sequential successes, dinner after dinner. In related news, today and tomorrow is the holiday of Purim, a very silly and fun day filled with comedy, drinking and great food. And so tomorrow I will be making some special cookies to honor the event.
Hopefully they will also smell wonderful and I can put the whole egg-burning episode behind me. The chickens are laying again and so soon we will have a dozen eggs in the fridge, proving that you screw something up and life goes on regardless. Eventually you get back at least some of what was lost.
I take a fair amount of comfort in that, and in comfort food as well, in whatever culture happens to be serving it.
Those look absolutely delicious! Beautiful too.
ReplyDeleteI used to make Hamantaschen when my children were little. Poppyseed was my favorite. My husband is Jewish, so we celebrated both Jewish and Christian holidays. I remember going to a few Purim festivals. The kids looked so cute in their costumes.
I love Purim too, Molly. It's just so much fun. The Hamentashen came out beautifully, I made apricot and ollalieberry since that was what I had on hand, and they are so yummy! I think it's great when families get to celebrate two faith traditions, so much better than having to choose one and then miss out on the other.
DeleteI had to look up ollalieberry - I never heard of it. But it sounds delicious. I love berries and eat them year round. I prefer fresh, but frozen will do in the off seasons.
DeleteThose look so good!! I'll look into that cookbook.
ReplyDeleteSo right about sometimes needing a victory after being beaten down a little. All kitchens have accidents!