REDRUM

When I saw this, I immediately thought about using it on my blog as an “excuse” for my being so quiet on my blog of late! Whose murder, you wonder? If I told you, and it’s yours, then it wouldn’t be a surprise, would it?

I’ve started organizing what feels like a hoard of recipes that I want to try and then possibly share. I even purchased a quart each of cultured buttermilk (they were out-of-stock of uncultured buttermilk, I guess?) and a quart of heavy whipping cream, after choosing recipes that required one or the other. I’ve got a stock now of cans of sweetened condensed milk and a few cans of evaporated milk.

I have a fair share of savory recipes in my hoard, but for the first time ever, I have an equal amount of sweet recipes. I’m more interested in attempting – and tasting! – them right now.

Also for the first time ever, I had a recipe failure! Egad! It was a 3-ingredient 5-minute fudge. Unfortunately, the fudge never completely set up solidly, even after putting it in the freezer for more than 24 hours! (Hmmm, I guess I could say that I murdered that recipe!)

I also tried a recipe called Amish Cinnamon Bread. It came out like it was supposed to, but I was not at all impressed with the finished product. I was thinking that it might be similar to a pound cake, but I was totally wrong! It was not sweet in any way and my two taste-testers both said that it was very dry. I also tried a recipe called Cream Cheese Cookies and, except for the sprinkling of powdered sugar on the top, it had a vague taste of cream cheese and nothing else! I deemed them so horrible that I didn’t even pass any to my taste testers.

I hope to soon be finished with planning this murder so I can start typing up the tried-and-true recipes to share!

And, if you have even a hint that you might be the person on whom I commit murder, best stay away from me…all this time in my kitchen, where the sharp knives are kept…just sayin’…