what quake??

I just thought I was dizzy!
I can't be the only one who missed the whole thing!

latkes (and a recipe!)

Last night we did our annual batch of latkes. Latkes are one of our family holiday traditions (it's actually a tradition that we started celebrating with ag_unicorn, thats_ms_dragon, dancing_star, and their children), but since we made some dietary changes this year, I figured I'd probably never be able to have latkes again. However in the spirit of not feeling deprived but not overdoing it, we made latkes & invited iceblink and insomnia over to help us eat them.

In addition to the standard potato latkes, we tried a new recipe: matzo meal & cottage cheese latkes. Apparently this recipe was developed by Russian emigrés. They reminded me a bit of hush puppies; maybe needed a bit more onion. I'd like to think that they were probably kinder to my blood sugar than the potato ones, but I haven't actually done the counts on the ingredients, so I could be in for a shock. It's only once a year, though, and I didn't go crazy. Besides, like ag_unicorn said last year, "I just don't think it would be the holidays without latkes. :)"

( Matzo Meal and Cottage Cheese Latkes recipe )

*groan*

I guess I should be thankful that my body waited until I had a day off before it decided to be full-blown sick.

desperately seeking Scrooge

I don't suppose anyone in my local area has a copy of A Christmas Carol, preferrably the version Patrick Stewart did for TNT?