July 8th

Today is Emily’s birthday, I have an angel food cake baking in the oven.  Angel food cake always takes longer to cook than the recipe says.  It’s ten minutes past the recommended time already, but the cake is still jiggly.  I figure it will be another 10 to 15 minutes more, which will bring the grand total of cooking minutes up to 55-60 min.  The recipe said 30-35.

So, to all of you cookers out there, use your common sense when it comes to cooking.  If the recipe says one thing, but the chicken is still pouring blood, or the cake is jiggly, or the cookies are uncooked and doughy...throw that baby back in the oven for a little bit longer.  Every oven cooks differently.

Anyway, I bought some fresh organic strawberries and will cut them up to serve on top with freshly whipped cream that I’ll sweeten with a little bit of powdered sugar and a dollop of vanilla. 

David dragged himself out of bed early and caught the 8 o’clock ferry, so he should be arriving at any minute.

After the cake, we will go birthday shopping, because Emily has grown, and since I am no longer a part of her day to day, I have no idea what she wants or needs.

And then, to top it all off, dinner!  Where seafood will be enthusiastically consumed, and we will order whatever we want, and eat it, and order some more.  And we’ll toast Will, so that he will be at our birthday celebration in spirit.

And I will think about my friend in the hospital, because it’s his birthday too.  And I send him good wishes and healing thoughts and hope that there are many more birthdays to come.  And hope that he is surrounded right now, by the people closest to him and that they bring him joy and comfort and give him the best possible care.

Posted by Meg Tilly on Tuesday, July 08, 2008 in Chewing the Fat

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