I have redeemed myself!

As part of our Thanksgiving day feast, I decided to make prime rib with Yorkshire pudding. For those of you not familiar with it, Yorkshire pudding is a bread that is made by baking batter in the fatty drippings of a roast. It is a unique, amazingly delicious and incredibly fattening treat! Traditionally it was made by pouring the batter directly in the roasting pan and letting it cook there, swimming in the drippings. Now it is usually made by taking a few teaspoons of drippings after the meat is done roasting and baking the bread in a small casserole dish or in a muffin pan.

This was not the first time I tried to make Yorkshire pudding. Several years ago we had prime rib for Christmas dinner and I wanted to have Yorkshore pudding with it, but all did not go as planned. The recipe calls for putting the empty baking dish in a 450 degree oven for ten minutes before you add the drippings and the batter. After my roast finished, I put my 8x8 glass baking dish in the oven to heat while I mixed the batter. When the extremely hot dish came out of the oven I put it on the stove top, added the drippings and then poured in the batter. Immediately when the cool batter hit the hot dish, the glass EXPLODED! There was glass everywhere and batter oozing all over my stove. The worst part is that you make the Yorkshire pudding very last, because it deflates quickly so you need to serve it right from the oven. So, while the rest of the meal was piping hot and everyone was ready to eat, I was scrambling to clean up shards of glass and gooey batter from my kitchen. Not fun.

Despite my history with it, I wanted to try Yorkshire pudding again this Thanksgiving. I used a metal popover pan this time rather than a glass dish and it was a great success!! Even though I am a vegitarian and refrained from having turkey or beef at dinner, I did allow myself one helping of Yorkshire pudding. It is truly one of the most delectable things I have ever had! YUM!!

Meat and Potatoes

Hello again! I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving! Ours was great, except for one minor bump.

I cooked a huge meal, but did it over the course of two days, so it was not too stressful. It all went smoothly, until I started peeling potatoes. I was not paying close enough attention and ended up slicing off a chunk of my finger! It was pretty nasty and bled A LOT. Thankfully Scott was here to help bandage me up and do most of the rest of the cooking. My hero!

I could not resist including pictures. My nail still has dried blood under it because I can't exactly scrub it yet! Despite the blood and gore, and the absence of friends and family, it was truly a wonderful Thanksgiving. And now I will have a permanent scar to help me remember it always!

He came to make a BANG!

Everett wrestled for the second time last night, and let's just say Ev left the ref plenty of time to get a cup of coffee before the next match. Once Ev threw his opponent down, that kid never got up again and Ev had him pinned in seconds! Check it out!

By the way, the accompanying music is "Don't Speak (I came to make a BANG!)" by Eagles of Death Metal. Ev liked the choice of song, except where the lyrics say, "so don't be scared" Ev felt, in this case, they should say, "so be very scared!"

Oh, Happy Day!

I won't go on an on about the election results, because I know some of you are not as happy as I am right now. Just let me say I feel like it's Christmas and Santa came last night and brought me just what I wanted, plus something special in my stocking (Rummy's resignation) just 'cause I've been such a good girl! Let's all hope this is a step in the right direction.

I don't have much wrestling news. Ev didn't get to wrestle last Thursday (again, there was no one in his weight class on the other team) and Tuesday's match got cancelled. Hopefully he will see some action when they wrestle Cupertino Middle School this Thursday.

Scott and I saw Borat last weekend and it was the funniest thing I have seen in years and years! Sacha Baron Cohen is a genius. The movie is definitely not for everyone (we did not take Everett!), but I loved it!

I am very ready for Thanksgiving and Christmas to get here! I want to decorate for Christmas now, but Scott (Scrooge) says I can't do that until after Thanksgiving. I think I am throwing myself into the Holidays because I don't want to think about the fact that we will not be seeing our family and friends this season. Unfortunately traveling is not in the budget now, but we will take a trip next year after I start working and bringing home some bacon. Then the trouble will be deciding whether to visit Memphis or Michigan first!

I miss everyone! Bye for now!

Wrestlemania!

Here is the video from Everett's wrestling match on Tuesday. They are wearing similar uniforms, but Ev is the one with short hair (I never thought I would say that!). Notice Ev starts things off with a nice body slam! He did so great!

Forgive the shakiness of the camera at times, but I got excited! Things get particularly blurry around the three minute mark, which was the only point in the match where Ev's opponent had him down. Then Ev turned into the hulk and threw the kid off! It was awesome and impossible to sit still through! I am also fond of the cool arm swing Ev does at about 3:12. Very intimidating!

For those of you unfamiliar with a video like this, just click the arrow once to start it (double clicking will take you to YouTube's site). If the video seems slow and choppy at first, pause it until it's loaded completely, and then play it. Enjoy!