What are some of your plans for Father's Day? Happy day to all the fathers in the bunch, as
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Funny; I was just going to ask this. smileys/smile.gif
Our plans were: blackberry pancakes, raspberries on the side. Capuccino. But then our clueless-about-American-traditions Slovak friend wrote last night to ask if everyone wanted to go to brunch, and J. gets no time to socialize during the week, so brunch it is! While I stay back at the ranch and play Nap Emcee. smileys/angry.gif (If M. doesn't get 2 big naps during the day, it's not pretty at night.) Yes, I'm bitter, and I'm not sure whom to blame. Mostly the Slovak friend, who likes pushing my buttons just for the heck of it. I guess I don't blame Slovak Friend--I just hate last-minute plans upending plans I've already made. (Although she was the one who told me, at her wedding dinner, "Gosh, I just loved staying in Wyoming--it was so homogenous! What America is really like! Just like Slovakia!" And then I read her the riot act for 20 minutes...at her wedding dinner. Perhaps she still--justifiably!--holds a grudge...)
Anyway, if it's me solo, tomorrow morning, as Nap Emcee, it'll be doughnuts and coffee in the park, followed by a dash back to the crib. We celebrated a little tonight and had Parmesan pork cutlets, potato salad, and salad.
Yes, I'm annoyed! If you live in the U.S. and have American friends, and do not live under a large rock, then realize that it's Father's Day tomorrow, dammit, and your American-Czech friends might have something already planned! I don't know who I'm peeved at. But I am peeved.
Also, I haven't had a chance to make any cinnamon rolls and that also makes me annoyed. BUT I AM ANNOYED. And grumpy. And tired of renting. And tired of city dirt. But that's neither here nor there.
Hope you're all having a good weekend...
Our plans were: blackberry pancakes, raspberries on the side. Capuccino. But then our clueless-about-American-traditions Slovak friend wrote last night to ask if everyone wanted to go to brunch, and J. gets no time to socialize during the week, so brunch it is! While I stay back at the ranch and play Nap Emcee. smileys/angry.gif (If M. doesn't get 2 big naps during the day, it's not pretty at night.) Yes, I'm bitter, and I'm not sure whom to blame. Mostly the Slovak friend, who likes pushing my buttons just for the heck of it. I guess I don't blame Slovak Friend--I just hate last-minute plans upending plans I've already made. (Although she was the one who told me, at her wedding dinner, "Gosh, I just loved staying in Wyoming--it was so homogenous! What America is really like! Just like Slovakia!" And then I read her the riot act for 20 minutes...at her wedding dinner. Perhaps she still--justifiably!--holds a grudge...)
Anyway, if it's me solo, tomorrow morning, as Nap Emcee, it'll be doughnuts and coffee in the park, followed by a dash back to the crib. We celebrated a little tonight and had Parmesan pork cutlets, potato salad, and salad.
Yes, I'm annoyed! If you live in the U.S. and have American friends, and do not live under a large rock, then realize that it's Father's Day tomorrow, dammit, and your American-Czech friends might have something already planned! I don't know who I'm peeved at. But I am peeved.
Also, I haven't had a chance to make any cinnamon rolls and that also makes me annoyed. BUT I AM ANNOYED. And grumpy. And tired of renting. And tired of city dirt. But that's neither here nor there.
Hope you're all having a good weekend...
melissa-dallas
Well-known member
Awww Erin. I'd be peeved too.
Oh Erin, I totally get what you are saying. I think you should come over here. It's laid back, very
non-homogenous, we celebrate both our Fathers Day and the US fathers Day (ours is in November), and all the other days we know of that is worth celebrating with food (Christmas, Hanukkah, Halloween, Thanksgiving, our 4th of July, your 4th of July........). And besides, we love kids and our dogs love kids smileys/smile.gif. And we live only a two hours flight from Prague (Do I get extra points for that?) smileys/smile.gif
non-homogenous, we celebrate both our Fathers Day and the US fathers Day (ours is in November), and all the other days we know of that is worth celebrating with food (Christmas, Hanukkah, Halloween, Thanksgiving, our 4th of July, your 4th of July........). And besides, we love kids and our dogs love kids smileys/smile.gif. And we live only a two hours flight from Prague (Do I get extra points for that?) smileys/smile.gif
We're having dinner Chez Nous. With any luck at all it won't rain and we can BBQ the steaks that
Sarah is bringing. I'll provide appetizers......hummus, fig & olive on cream cheese spread & antipasto. To go with the steaks (Bearnaise Butter) will be an Asian slaw, tomato salad and roasted asparagus. Dessert will be Orange Almond Cake garnished with whipped cream and raspberries. The cake is in the oven as I type.
Orange Almond Cake (as seen on French Food at Home II, FoodTV)
Courtesy of : Laura Calder
Yield: one 9 to 10-inch/23 to 25 cm cake (spring-form or tube pan).
Ingredients
Cake
6 eggs, separated
3/4 cup sugar
Zest of 3 oranges
1 1/2 cups almonds, ground
Syrup
Juice of 3 oranges (12 oz)
1/2 cup sugar
A glug of Grand Marnier (optional)
Directions
Cake
Heat the oven to 350°F/180°C. Grease and line the cake tin.
Separate the eggs into two bowls. Beat the yolks with the sugar and zests (3 minutes), then stir in the almonds. Beat the whites to peaks. Stir a spoonful into the yolk mixture, then fold in the rest, gently. Pour the batter into the pan and bake until set, about 45 minutes. Let cool slightly, then unmould onto a serving platter.
Syrup
Heat the juice and sugar together in a saucepan and boil five minutes. Stir in the liqueur if using. Spoon evenly over the cake, letting the syrup soak in as you go (it will absorb all of it). Serve the cake with candied orange zest on top and whipped cream on the side.
Note: Sylvia’s additions to instructions in brackets.
Sarah is bringing. I'll provide appetizers......hummus, fig & olive on cream cheese spread & antipasto. To go with the steaks (Bearnaise Butter) will be an Asian slaw, tomato salad and roasted asparagus. Dessert will be Orange Almond Cake garnished with whipped cream and raspberries. The cake is in the oven as I type.
Orange Almond Cake (as seen on French Food at Home II, FoodTV)
Courtesy of : Laura Calder
Yield: one 9 to 10-inch/23 to 25 cm cake (spring-form or tube pan).
Ingredients
Cake
6 eggs, separated
3/4 cup sugar
Zest of 3 oranges
1 1/2 cups almonds, ground
Syrup
Juice of 3 oranges (12 oz)
1/2 cup sugar
A glug of Grand Marnier (optional)
Directions
Cake
Heat the oven to 350°F/180°C. Grease and line the cake tin.
Separate the eggs into two bowls. Beat the yolks with the sugar and zests (3 minutes), then stir in the almonds. Beat the whites to peaks. Stir a spoonful into the yolk mixture, then fold in the rest, gently. Pour the batter into the pan and bake until set, about 45 minutes. Let cool slightly, then unmould onto a serving platter.
Syrup
Heat the juice and sugar together in a saucepan and boil five minutes. Stir in the liqueur if using. Spoon evenly over the cake, letting the syrup soak in as you go (it will absorb all of it). Serve the cake with candied orange zest on top and whipped cream on the side.
Note: Sylvia’s additions to instructions in brackets.
((Erin)) 'Hope you are feeling a little better now, but why would
your friend saying that Wyoming was so homogenous and just like Slovakia upset you? I must not know the story behind it.
Enjoy your and DH's first Father's Day with some champagne tonight.
)
Ironically, we used to go out to breakfast with my father on Father's Day. He loved little diners...
your friend saying that Wyoming was so homogenous and just like Slovakia upset you? I must not know the story behind it.
Enjoy your and DH's first Father's Day with some champagne tonight.
)Ironically, we used to go out to breakfast with my father on Father's Day. He loved little diners...
michael-in-phoenix
Well-known member
Thanks Dawn! We're heading for our friends home for worship and then back...
...to the house for a BBQ.
Should be fun!
Today is also the 35th anniversary of my first date with my wife!
Michael
...to the house for a BBQ.
Should be fun!
Today is also the 35th anniversary of my first date with my wife!
Michael
mariadnoca
Moderator
(((Erin)))
Deep breaths. I'm not a big fan of last minute changes either, and they are much harder with a baby.
Move cinnamon rolls up on the list and eat a big pile of them hot from the oven.
Deep breaths. I'm not a big fan of last minute changes either, and they are much harder with a baby.
Move cinnamon rolls up on the list and eat a big pile of them hot from the oven.
mariadnoca
Moderator
Ditto happy aniversary!!! That's so cool!
Sorry... The background:
At this friend's wedding dinner, she mentioned how much she loved visiting Wyoming, and how it reminded her of Slovakia (in that it was homogenous--her word for 99.99999999% white) and how, in her opinion, it was the "real" America. I tried to point out that the Western frontier, Manifest Destiny, etc., had a huge role in shaping the American conscience, but homoegeneity was not exactly one of the fundamental characteristics of the American character--that was the antithesis! It took me a couple of years to realize that Slovakians are fairly conservative people, and all she was doing was voicing what she'd grown up with.
I have a hard time learning to pick my battles... smileys/wink.gif))
At this friend's wedding dinner, she mentioned how much she loved visiting Wyoming, and how it reminded her of Slovakia (in that it was homogenous--her word for 99.99999999% white) and how, in her opinion, it was the "real" America. I tried to point out that the Western frontier, Manifest Destiny, etc., had a huge role in shaping the American conscience, but homoegeneity was not exactly one of the fundamental characteristics of the American character--that was the antithesis! It took me a couple of years to realize that Slovakians are fairly conservative people, and all she was doing was voicing what she'd grown up with.
I have a hard time learning to pick my battles... smileys/wink.gif))
barbara-in-va
Well-known member
Sylvia, thanks for posting the cake recipe, it sounds wonderful!