alteredzed | Just Going to Be

Memes today.

1. Do you cook regularly or does someone else cook for you?
I do some cooking, but not like I used to. Thing Two has taken over the bulk of the actual cooking these days.

2. Which are you better at making: sweet or savory foods?
I used to be excellent at both, but am out of practice. Probably best at savoury now.

3. If you had to work as a chef in a restaurant of your choice, which restaurant would best complement your current culinary skills?
Gah! I would hate, hate, hate to work in a restaurant. If I had to, probably a soup/sandwich shop as that’s what I seem to specialize in.

4. What is a cooking tip that you know, but other people generally aren’t aware of?
Huh, this one is hard. I know what I know, but not sure what others know. Guess the best tip is that it’s okay to deviate from a recipe and to experiment. Some of our most frequently made dishes are either totally made up or have deviated from the original recipe so much they aren’t recognizable.

5. Do you have a recipe you would like to share?
This one is a staple for us at Christmas. We didn’t get to have it this year because we could not find coloured marshmallows. It’s just not the same with plain ones.

Confetti:

1/2 cup peanut butter (smooth)
1/4 cup margarine (or butter, but we’ve always used margarine)
6 oz / 28.35g butterscotch, semi-sweet OR milk chocolate chips
1 bag of coloured mini marshmallows (size available may vary, see note at end)

1. Melt the peanut butter and margarine together in a large pot (you need to allow room for the marshmallows) Use medium low to low heat.
2. Add whichever flavour of chips you’ve chosen. Stir until all have melted.
3. Remove from heat and let cool. Do not refrigerate at this point. It needs to be cool enough the marshmallows won’t melt, but not so cool the mixture hardens. If the mixture has begun to set, warm it up again slightly.
4. While this is cooling, line a 9 x 9in pan with wax paper.
5. Add marshmallows and stir to coat.
6. Pack into prepared pan and refrigerate. Cut when set.

Makes 36 squares

Note: This is an older recipe and the size of bags of marshmallows has changed since. We now only find 400g / 14.11oz bags and a whole bag is too much, so we use about 3/4 of the bag. We mix in a little over half and then add more a bit at a time until everything is coated well.

Question of The Day:

January 26 - International Customs Day - have you ever been stopped at Customs when travelling?

Once, when we were small and the family took long driving trips. We were stopped by US customs for an inspection, but upon seeing the mess 3 kids had made of the back of the station wagon we were in (back before seat belt laws) they changed their minds and waved us on.

Zed

P.S. High for today is +5C / 41F and we hit that by about 1pm. Could possibly go higher, but it's getting cloudy, so maybe not.