We Ate!
Posted on | February 15, 2010 | 4 Comments
For V-Day, we ate. This is how Fancyhats and I celebrate holidays — we eat Fancypants foods. And then I wake up feeling incredibly guilty and 50 pounds overweight. I would like to unprogram whatever stray wire is in my brain that makes me feel like I’ve gained 50 pounds in the middle of the night. I know we’ve talked about that here. About the feeling that we will wake up and need gastric bypass surgery.
I do not need gastric bypass surgery.
I don’t.
I DON’T.
Despite this:
From Fancyhats’s email to me with this picture attached:
“Hanger steak with chimichurri
Stir fried veggies
Sauteed chard w/ balsamic vinegar
Garnished with love”
That’s also a Fancypants bottle of wine in Oregon Pinot glasses. These glasses are specially designed for Oregon Pinots. I only know this because Fancyhats has informed me of this several times. He’s particular that way.
We like sitting next to each other for dinner. I read somewhere that sitting next to your date for dinner is ridiculous. We also like eating at the bar when we go to restaurants. If you haven’t done this, I highly recommend it. It’s like dinner theater, but different.
And then…AND THEN…this happened:
I’ve decided that I want to be an ice cream pro. I want to be known for my fantastic ice creams. And just dream up wonderful ice cream combos. I want to be some sort of Willy Wonka of ice cream except I’ll keep the factory all to myself because everyone knows children ruin things (See Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Last Chapter, The Glass Elevator).
This is my third batch of ice cream. It’s Chocolate Velvet Ice Cream. I used regular Hershey’s Unsweetened Cocoa Powder and Scharffenberger 65% chocolate. We cut up some 85% dark chocolate bits to throw in too.
OMG it was the best ice cream I’ve ever tasted. So silky and so much chocolate. I think it kept me up last night.
Fancyhats gilded the lily, as it were, by adding some homemade whipped cream to the top.
It was Willy Wonka level ice cream.
My next batch is going to be vanilla with candied pecans, I think. That sounds good. And then I’d like to venture into some sort of lemon, blood orange ice cream situation.
Leave your ice cream flavor suggestions in comments, but please note I will not be making any sort of basil ice cream or lavender ice cream because I think those flavors are just silly.
And, for Valentine’s Day, Fancyhats got me MICHAEL BUCHINO!
This is a limited edition screen print by my friend (and Entertainment for People poster designer) Buchino.
And Fancyhats had it framed. Fancyhats has a rule that only original art or numbered art goes on the walls. (See, particular.) I have three signed pieces of art and the rest of my walls are decorated with posters from our events. What? We have awesome event posters.
I love that poster. Don’t you? It’s totally Portland. Rain – check. Hoodie – check. Beard – check. I love the blues and the way Portland is written. Love it. I’m not saying you should order one, because Fancyhats as expressly forbidden me from promoting the poster because he doesn’t want everyone having one, but it’s so cute! (Again, particular.)
So this one will go up in the living room. I thought about having it in my bedroom, but I just don’t know if I want to wake up every morning and have my first thought be of Buchino.
(I stole this picture from Buchino’s Etsy site. I have no idea who to credit for this picture. Someone leave a comment and I’ll correct it. Pic by Nancy Buchino!)
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February 15th, 2010 @ 9:37 am
Nancy Buchino, my sister, took the photo. I added the rain.
So glad you like the print. Fancyhats was super excited to get this for you.
February 15th, 2010 @ 10:43 am
WHee! Food! Ice Cream! Wine! Accidentally touching your lovelies leg during dinner. Sigh.
Strawberry. I want to see how decadent you can make strawberry ice cream.
February 17th, 2010 @ 11:58 am
My friend Ceceley made chocolate ice cream with bourbon, butterscotch chips, and walnuts in it.
To. Die. For.
It was perhaps not a good idea to eat it on top of drinking copius amounts of wine, but whatever. It was Thanksgiving.
February 26th, 2010 @ 10:50 am
If you ever need someone to taste-test your ice cream, I solemnly vow to offer myself to you at no charge!
Oh, and you know that feeling of 50 pound weight gain? Ignore it. It’ll go away. It’s just gut inflammation.