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cjsmith ([personal profile] cjsmith) wrote2006-11-22 09:00 pm

Success! Cheese used up!

Woohoo! Use Up the Cheese Day was a success, at least in the sense that all the cheese is gone. (Well, almost all. There's a thin layer on the bottom of my larger fondue pot. The under-pot warmer was a little overzealous, though, so that layer doesn't taste as good any more.)

It's a lot more work when I'm the only one working on it. Last time someone else volunteered to chop bread and apples. Today I was on my feet from about 4 until everyone left for the hockey game, and then I got to carry all the cooking gear to my car.

Now that I'm home and I've rested a bit, I get to clean it all.

Then maybe I can make a pie. It wouldn't be Thanksgiving without pumpkin pie. Mmmmmmmmpie. I'll just need a way to carry it to Oxnard.

Oh yeah, and laundry, and packing. Ooo, and I just thought of a GREAT gift for someone I'll see there, if only I can pull it off in time.

Our CEO at work says I'm high-energy. HA! He should have met me three years ago. THAT was high-energy.

[identity profile] rampling.livejournal.com 2006-11-23 10:42 am (UTC)(link)
Cheeeeeeeeeeeese!!!

[identity profile] lkeele.livejournal.com 2006-11-23 10:56 am (UTC)(link)
Oh man, I miss your fondue!

[identity profile] just-cyd.livejournal.com 2006-11-23 03:27 pm (UTC)(link)
YAYAYAY for cheese fondue! and using up the cheese!

good luck with you pie. and finding ways to stay off your feet!

[identity profile] datagoddess.livejournal.com 2006-11-24 05:24 pm (UTC)(link)
Mmmmmm, cheese fondue!!

I think I need to get baking pumpkin pies. The frozen one Mom "baked" yesterday wasn't good enough - I need one made from scratch!

[identity profile] cjsmith.livejournal.com 2006-11-24 06:57 pm (UTC)(link)
MUST HAVE homemade pumpkin pies! I don't know why, but they are way way better than stuff from restaurants or from the frozen food aisle. There are few things I get picky about, food-wise, but pumpkin pies are on the list. MMMMMMMPIE!

[identity profile] jupiter29.livejournal.com 2006-12-01 07:19 pm (UTC)(link)
Woohoo! Use Up the Cheese Day was a success, at least in the sense that all the cheese is gone.

Well, based on the name, that does seem like a fairly important sense. It failed in the sense that all the cheese did not lead to world peace?? ;)

On a side (but no less important) note: Cheese! Yum...

[identity profile] cjsmith.livejournal.com 2006-12-04 09:35 pm (UTC)(link)
Yes indeed, that was a fairly important sense! I think by the end people were tired of it, but THAT'S NOT THE POINT. It's GONE; that's the point. ;)

[identity profile] jupiter29.livejournal.com 2006-12-04 09:58 pm (UTC)(link)
You had too much cheese? That seems so hard to imagine! :)

[identity profile] cjsmith.livejournal.com 2006-12-05 02:43 am (UTC)(link)
Naw, I was just too full to continue. Everyone else was sufficiently tired of cheese that they wanted a different theme for the next week's social gathering. :-)