[Sca-cooks] Storms and Cooking (was: Cake Sotelties)

[Sue Clemenger]

Happy Birthday, Helen/Katarina! ;o)
--maire, wondering what "Russian Cream" is....

----- Original Message -----
From: "Helen Schultz" <helen.schultz at comcast.net>
To: "Cooks within the SCA" <sca-cooks at ansteorra.org>
Sent: Thursday, December 08, 2005 9:11 PM
Subject: [Sca-cooks] Storms and Cooking (was: Cake Sotelties)


> Central and North Central Indiana just got hit by the storm, several
inches
> of snow!!  It is heading Kiri's (we met briefly at the MK Cooks Symposium
> last weekend) direction for tomorrow (or maybe even later tonight)... ugly
> stuff.  I heard a passenger plane skidded off the runway at Chicago, that
> was nasty.
>
> I am always alone here, and rarely do much full cooking (I love my
> microwave).  However, I will be cooking a good sized feast on Saturday for
> my friends to celebrate the beginning of my 59th year (that was actually
> today <grin>).  I'll be making a salmon wrapped in pastry, rice pilaf, and
> roasted winter vegetables, as well as Russian Cream and an Apricot Tart
from
> Tuscany.  My best friend is bringing the cake (I asked for carrot cake)
> which will be made in the castle bundt pan.  I'm looking forward to it
with
> relish... as I love to cook, but can't make myself do it for just myself.
>
> Anyone who has to go out on the roads tonight, please drive slowly and
> carefully... those roads are slick!!
>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> Meisterin Katarina Helene von Schönborn, OL
> Shire of Narrental (Peru, Indiana)  http://narrental.home.comcast.net
> Middle Kingdom
> http://meisterin.katarina.home.comcast.net