Friday, December 7, 2007

Update: Cardamom is not your friend.

I just pulled the pumpkin bread out of the oven--the hot water isn't nearly hot enough for my bath, which I like at scalding temperatures to counteract the effing freezing bathroom brought on by the Israeli winter and total lack of insulation in Jerusalem apartment buildings--and point is, I over-cardamom-ized. It's nice, but it's got a slightly dirty/ soapy aftertaste that the chocolate isn't canceling out like it should.

Maybe it has something to do with the fact that I never measure, owing to a total lack of supplies beyond a 2-cup liquid measurement doo-hickey and a spatula, newly purchased last week. I once had a lovely, well-stocked kosher kitchen, with a food processor! and yet now I'm so used to eyeballing that mistakes like hyperspicy dessert breads don't usually happen. Ah well, I'll just pimp it like it was s'posed to be that way, y'all.

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