Thursday, March 1, 2012

LUK +10.

You're probably thinking, "Those can't be," but they are:
Lucky Underwear.

After a conversation in the aftermath of Johnny Wander's short, Lucky Penny, I had gotten onto the topic of Mystical Undergarments. They do exist, and these are mine. They've weathered Senior Year, countless hours of weightlifting, sweltering summer days alone as impromptu shorts (they're exceptionally long and loose), freezing short-covered snow-jogs to the post-office to deliver scones, and above all else, have insured that no harm befell me through any of it.

If I were going to stop a tank in Tienanmen Square, or finally overhaul the Legislative Branch?
These would be my back-up.

Plat du Jour.

Blueberry Scones



If you're not familiar with Scones, they're somewhere between English Muffins and Croissants. They're kind of the flavorful love-mistake of English Muffins and Croissants, actually. Biscuity triangles of flaky dough full of baked fruit.

In addition to being all of the aforementioned, they're also the official tea-time snack of haughty noblewomen. Anyone who laughs while half-covering their mouth and releasing a noise akin to "Uwahawhawhawhaw," "Fufufufufu," "Hmhmhmhmhm," or "Kyahahahaha-!" probably has a natural affinity for Scones.

Emily has never had a scone, and Shawn has exclusively had Lemon (though he also asserts that is was "fuckin' delicious.") and as such, I'd figured it's about time that I sat down and got to making some to give to them. This was my first time making them - I kind of did a test-fire after the fact. You see, any time I work with dough there's a distinct risk of me getting flour everywhere, and sometimes I don't feel like cleaning up twice and I just want to be done with it; such are the woes of baking. The blueberries I bought for this were not only twice the price of cheapskate "Blueberry-Infused Cranberries," and I only got half a cup of them, while I'm assuming I got about two cups of "Blueberry-Infused Cranberries" for my two bucks. I digress. Basically, I got all prepped-up to make some cranberry ones to see how they'd turn out and then I got skeptical of my want to clean afterwards, so I made the blueberry ones - these ones- first.

...Then it started to snow and I thought my little sister could use a warm after-school snack. I promptly buckled and made the cranberry ones, too. She liked them.

Anyways, I just used a "wing it" adaptation of This recipe to make my scones.
Give it a shot if you're a fan of British people, tea, or Scarlet from Final Fantasy VII.

Kyahahahaha-!