I tried to squeeze way too much in the way of holiday baking into my evening at home yesterday. Went to bed late and got up extra early to finish doing up the packages for my workmates. Before I knew it, it was time to head to work and I was still trying to clean up the breakfast dishes... So my living room went untidied this morning, and I cursed myself as I stumbled over something walking into my dark apartment this evening. I've gotten used to clean floors very quickly!
Instead of hurtling myself right on into my new mission on Sunday, I think I'm going to continue with these early morning chores for another week - effective tomorrow. Make sure I take the time to really get them down before adding anything new. I've got to kick Ms. Night Owl out of this nest. And be careful not to overextend myself during this busy holiday season.
On a brighter note, my breakfast menu felt positively luxurious this morning:
Grapefruit Half
Prepared Cereal
This is the first time ready-to-eat cereal has been on the menu. No boiling, no stirring - just add milk and enjoy! The menus in this cookbook often suggest Prepared Cereal as an alternative for warm weather, but it only pops up once in awhile during the winter. Cold weather = hot cereal. I found some Shredded Wheat at the grocery store. The old fashioned kind that comes in paper packets. Three "biscuits" to a packet.
My mom served Grapefruit Halves all the time when I was growing up. I remember my sisters and I sprinkling our grapefruit with sugar and then trying to dig out the segments with our spoons without squirting ourselves in the eye with pulp. It was a talent, let me tell you. And you had to have just the right spoon - something with a nice thin edge. Too bad I could figure out how to cut a grapefruit crosswise this morning. I actually ended up with grapefruit quarters!
4 comments:
My mother used to serve grapefruit halves as well, tho she painstakingly pre-cut EACH section, put a glace' cherry in the middle and we had to use the right spoon of course. WE actually had grapefruit spoons. I wish I had them now, they were adorable. Little silver spoons with a deep bowl and serated edges (not that we needed the edges cux of the pre cutting!) my father used to put SALT on his, he said it made it taste sweeter. Never sure if it were true or just to tease.
I've seen references to grapefruit spoons, and now I'm reminded just how useful they'd be. I saw a little gizmo at Target today that is supposed to make grapefruit segment removal easy, but I couldn't see it closely enough through all the packaging to figure out exactly how it worked.
Oh, I already commented on this in ur latest blog, about the grapefruit knife. So, they still make new ones. I think they are worth the effort if ur gonna have grapefruit.
I agree. I'd rather spend a little more time preparing the grapefruit then having to spot clean the tablecloth afterward.
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