That is exactly how I've made regular homemade fries so assumed it would work on the sweets. Good to know!
Bummer on the rain but what a nice use of the day. I really like the butterfly quilt but have issues with cherry pie (very un-american of me I know). Since I jumped in on oh, page 75 or so, what is the coffee issue?
Issues with cherry pie? Why? And no, I don't think it's un-american; unless you have issue with apple pie as well.
I live in Melbourne. It's a city that takes its coffee consumption very seriously. Very. seriously.
We have coffee shops that roast their own beans (Arabica, of course; not Robusta) on site so that we, the serious coffee consumers, have the freshest roast available.
And then there is the entire science behind how to extract the coffee out of the bean. (Serious. science.)
Cold extract, percolated, pressure extraction, press.....using machines, using gravity, using steam......the exact pressure and water temperature to extract the coffee. (University. level. chemistry. equipment.)
And then the crema on top. (Mysterious. science!)
Then the temperature that you heat milk up; and how much froth to add depending on the style of coffee. (A. complete. science. in. it's. own. right.)
Ah Yes. We take our coffee consumption very seriously.
Then we go to the US. Nescrape.
I posted about the not-coffee in an early post. Seems like the Brits on this thread also know what I mean.
What a shame that the weather had turned. The museum is what we lovingly refer to as an attic in the UK: a lot of different exhibits that have nothing in common squeezed into a small space. I loved the quilts though.
The tree carvings are really neat and the cherry pie looks yummy.
Corinna
After all that heat, sunshine and blue sky, it was nice to see the rain.
Yes. You've hit the nail on the head. Attic is the perfect description for that museum.
Another great couple of days. Glad you got to see more mountain glow, and that you were able to take advantage of the rainy day. It's always wise to have indoor plans as a back up
I'm really glad that we got the rain when we were in Pagosa. Can you imagine if we had that rain out in Arizona? All those outdoor excursions and hikes that I wouldn't have been able to fully enjoy. YIKES!
Pagosa Springs, looks like a lovely place.
We did cross the divide back in August when we were in Colorado, and I kept thinking, "How did they get up here through the brush and landscape and create this road." there was a first person!
The bison looks wonderful, we also had Bison while we were in CO, and loved it, I wish I could get more here and at the prices we were getting it there in CO.
The quilts were lovely, reminds me of my grandmother, she made one or two every year!
The pie looks yummy, I could go for a piece right now!
Which road did you use to cross the Continental Divide?
Is bison expensive? I really didn't get a chance to ask Y about the cost.
Do you have any quilts from your grandmother? I always think that's a nice thing to have as a memory of the women in the family.
As I was reading along, I kept thinking that the DIS ate another one of my posts, but now I see that it showed up after your update. I'm now all caught up again.
Nice use of a rainy day so far. I'm jealous, we need one of those here badly. The museum looked cute, all those interesting old items.
I guess I'm unamerican too, I'm not a fan of cherry pie. Apple, strawberry, pumpkin....just not cherry. What was the person doing out riding their Harley in the rain?
Interesting about the arborglyphs...looking forward to the rest of the day. Oh yeah love the sign about the unattended kids!
If it weren't for the rain, I don't think we would have gone to the museum. But that's the way it falls when on the road, right? Who knows what the weather will do....and then you just deal with it and do stuff that is appropriate.
I don't know what that person was doing riding the Harley in the rain. And it was cold as well. Really cold!
Love the stuff in the museum as it reminds me of my mom and all the stuff she use to collect and sale. I so appreciate the work that goes into those quilts as DH's grandmothers and a close friend of my mom's made many quilts for us.
Seems like a few of us on this thread like looking at quilts!
That Chuck Wagon Quilt looks amazing!
Had to giggle at your DS and my DH does that every once in a while and I laugh at him! Guess it never leaves the system entirely.
That Cherry pie looks delicious! I love anything with cherries. In fact, a couple of days ago I made Cherry Kuchen bars and they were fabulous!
Nooooooo! Say it isn't so. *sigh* I'm just going to have to seek forgiveness from DS' future partner.
I love anything Cherry as well. Do you have a recipe for the Cherry Kuchen?
