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Sat, Dec 22, 2007

Yule 2007

Posted at 10:13 pm MST to Miscellaneous

The stollen came out well and was very popular at Nanette's party. I took some ginger-snaps and pizzelles along to Nanette's, too, which was useful since she has been too busy to bake. Galen had made a buche de noel with meringe mushrooms on it, which was delicious.

Nanette. Me. Galen. Jan. Linda. Lori. Marti. Nanette's husband and her four daughters were in and out.

There is light from a nearly full moon shining on the snow and lighting up the hills to the west.

Tomorrow will be another baking day: the new sourdough starter arrived this morning and I am breeding the culture up to full potency. It should be ready by then. There is something neat about starting a new strain of sourdough at Yule, though the symbolic resonances were unintentional.

It was nice to have an audience for my cooking. I think I really like the process more than eating the food. It's a geek thing.

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