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Now We’re Cooking

May 14, 2006

It has come down to this: I am a fancy cooker. Lala is the good cook — she cooks everything well. Not well-done, mind you, but done well. She knows how to make things taste good, using their natural tastes and herbs and spices and things like that.

I want to wear a fancy apron and do a little dance with the cocktail shaker. That’s the way it goes. We got a LOT of gifts for the wedding that support me in that.

Wedding gifts I’ve used in the past two days:

Cowboy print apron with pink pleats and yellow fringe.
Kitchen-Aide mixer for mixin’ brownies (from SCRATCH).
Food processor for chopping up strawberries
Red blender for mixing cream and sugar
Ice cream maker for freezing cream and said strawberries
Electric ice cream SCOOP for scooping out ice cream (did you ever? I never did).

That’s my kind of cookin’, baby. Lala made a lovely mahi-mahi and potatoes. I made caprese, with real buffalo mozzarella, basil, roma tomatoes, and olives. Lala cooked. I threw together, my lipstick matching the wine’s blush. That’s the point, y’see.

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  1. Scout says

    May 14, 2006 at 1:04 pm

    See, I knew we should have had a wedding. Think 15 years later is too late to do a re-do?

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  2. Kathy says

    May 14, 2006 at 1:05 pm

    The wedding loot is pretty nifty. Enjoy!

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  3. Rebekkah says

    May 14, 2006 at 1:24 pm

    Yum yum yum!
    I love my red blender. I was so excited when we moved into a house with red kitchen counters, to match. *swoon*

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  4. Christine says

    May 14, 2006 at 2:24 pm

    Told ya, every girl needs a cute apron! ๐Ÿ™‚
    And my cobalt kitchenaid mixer is one of the “I love it so much I’d marry it” items.
    If i wasn’t already, y’know.. married and stuff.

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  5. Inky says

    May 14, 2006 at 3:40 pm

    Everyone has their strong points. Lala can cook – you can be adorable!
    And I lurrrrvvvve my Kitchen Aid (boring white) so much that it was an issue in my divorce. And the red Craftsman roll-away big tool chest that houses all my jewelry making goods. Somethings are just important.

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  6. Ann says

    May 14, 2006 at 4:51 pm

    If ever a post needed illustrative photos…. ๐Ÿ˜‰

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  7. Precious-Stuff says

    May 15, 2006 at 6:32 am

    Lucky girl! Sounds like a nice wedding haul! And even luckier to have nabbed a good cook!

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  8. Carol says

    May 15, 2006 at 8:33 am

    Yay! The ice cream maker and scoop are in use!!!

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  9. Beth says

    May 15, 2006 at 2:23 pm

    Strawberries!!! Ooooh! Here is a breakfast that you’ll love. Whip it up for your sweetie next chance you get! Crepes…or just thin pancakes – same thing to me…spread with Nutella, then sprinkled with sliced strawberries.
    To. Die. For.

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  10. Bridget says

    May 15, 2006 at 3:53 pm

    I love this. You two are having so much fun, it puts a huge smile on my face. So beautiful.

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  11. meg says

    May 16, 2006 at 7:19 am

    Novel (as in writing) idea – lesbian romance involving gourmet food. Is that a new genre?

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  12. Teri S. says

    May 16, 2006 at 6:44 pm

    Gotta love the KitchenAid mixer and the food processor. Those are by far my favorite kitchen power tools. Oh, and don’t forget the stick blender. It purees soup faster than…well, you get the picture. And with a lot less mess than doing it in a food processor. Have fun in the kitchen!

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  13. Gabrielle says

    May 17, 2006 at 3:39 pm

    I was thinking of you this week. I was at a grocery store and saw that duartes olalliberry pie for sale in the freezer section. Aren’t you the one who’s nuts for that pie?

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  14. Krista says

    May 17, 2006 at 11:48 pm

    Mmmmm. Nothing beats real buffalo mozzarella in a salad! And, with fresh basil. Oooh.

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