grendelkhan (![[info]](http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} grendelkhan) wrote,@ 2007-03-17 01:25:00 |
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an ice storm, and guests.
I worked today, but it was from home. I got a call from Brian last night, telling me that, due to inclement weather, I'd be working from home. I'd thought this was a charity, but by midmorning, I realized that it was a necessity. It wasn't as bad as it had been when there was a sheet of solid slick ice atop everything, but it was pretty close. Carin when out with Caitlin, Kristy and Zack in the morning, and had planned to tour the area, but came back midday, vowing not to go out on the roads again until they were cleared. I even got off work early, because they closed down the office to make sure everyone could get home safely.
On the negative side, dinner with the folks was cancelled, so they didn't get to meet Caitlin and company. I stayed in and made vegan pancakes for dinner--they're surprisingly easy and delicious to make; the incompletely-squished banana makes for a sort of fruit-in-the-pancake effect. No wacky vegan items are needed.
Vegan PancakesThey were excellent, and I appreciated the cooking challenge.Mash banana. Add other ingredients and mix until only slightly lumpy. Grease a skillet, or use a nonstick pan. Pour pancake-sized amounts of mix into skillet; cook on medium heat. Flip when you see bubbles coming up, though beware that these don't brown quite the same as standard pancakes do. Repeat.
- 1 1/2 cups flour
- 2 cups water
- 1 banana
- 1 packet instance oatmeal, unflavored
- Half spoonful of baking powder
- Spot of grease
Carin had planned to go to New York tomorrow to see her mother, who would be doing a field trip with some of her students. Alas, all flights into New York were cancelled due to the weather. She was pretty broken up about it, and also conflicted over whether or not she should go with her sister anyway out of obligation since she already has tickets to go see Avenue Q.
The evening was spent shooting the breeze with our guests. I cooked some rice and corn with celery seed, which was well-received. (Even though it's ridiculously easy to make--seriously, that shouldn't count as cooking.) It might be considered disappointing to be stuck inside with only a few other people for company... but really, it's exactly what I'd been hoping for. Caitlin glued herself to one of my Strangers in Paradise volumes (I still haven't read the last three; maybe it gets better), btu Kristy was very, very talkative. I asked about living in the south, and do they really have Southern Baptists, and what is it like being in a place where people take Christianity so seriously.
Carin drew on her guests, too; we're almost out of gentian violent ink, but she did get some good designs done. I was going to get one, but I was last in line, any by the time she got to me, she was all drawn out. I'll get it done another time; no big.
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