Happier things
Dec. 11th, 2008 09:30 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
rhienellethAccording to the forecast, we're going to have some snow this weekend. :D Must remember to go stock up on some things at the grocery store, in case I can't get down the hill for a couple of days.
I made fudge last night.* As always, it turned out perfectly, smoooooooth and rich. I have the simplest, best fudge recipe ever. My Mom, who used to complain about her fudge always drying and cracking, now uses this recipe and it turns out perfectly every time. It's from Ghirardelli chocolate, so really, not too surprising:
San Francisco Fudge
* 2 1/4 C Semi-Sweet Chocolate Chips
* 14 ounce can sweetened condensed milk
* 1 C miniature marshmallows
* 1 1/2 tsp vanilla
* 1 C chopped walnuts (optional)
Melt everything in a pan together until rich and smooth, then pour it into whatever dish you want it to harden in.
I never add the nuts, as I'm allergic to walnuts, and my entire family has the same sensitivity. Trust me, this is delicious!
And in one last happy bit of news, I have received a most unexpected and fantastic Christmas gift:
That, my friends, is a serger. Not just ANY serger, a Janome (Very Good Brand) with differential feed and auto-threading loopers. I don't even know what I'm saying, but I'm SO EXCITED. And also intimidated. Sergers are...well, complicated looking, and kind of scary. But OMG, they edge things and sew them together at the same time. They gather and make ruffles and do all sorts of fantastic things easily and so much more quickly than a sewing machine can. I mean, I'll still need my sewing machine for topstitching stuff, for sure. This doesn't replace my Pfaff. It merely supplements it in the best possible way, taking over some of the heavier duty tasks the Pfaff isn't really meant for. This could take my costume making time and cut it in half easily, maybe even more! I have to know everything about everything, so I've looked this baby up six ways to Sunday - it retailed for $999, but recently has been clearanced out for as low as under $298 as the newer model takes the floor. Now, I contributed exactly $98 to this, so I'm basically getting a machine that I have yet to read a bad review on, one that will last me ten years, minimum, for less than $100. Merry Christmas to me!
I don't actually have it yet. I don't think i'm getting until Christmas day, actually. But this is still so exciting! And also kind of scary. I've never used a serger before. i have no idea what I'm doing. But hey, I was like that with sewing before I got my Pfaff Hobby, so who am I to be put off by such a small thing?
Anyone out there have a serger? Thoughts? Opinions? Advice??
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machineplay, you were right. Fudge - or otherwise copious amounts of sugar - is an excellent cure for depression, however fleeting.)
I made fudge last night.* As always, it turned out perfectly, smoooooooth and rich. I have the simplest, best fudge recipe ever. My Mom, who used to complain about her fudge always drying and cracking, now uses this recipe and it turns out perfectly every time. It's from Ghirardelli chocolate, so really, not too surprising:
San Francisco Fudge
* 2 1/4 C Semi-Sweet Chocolate Chips
* 14 ounce can sweetened condensed milk
* 1 C miniature marshmallows
* 1 1/2 tsp vanilla
* 1 C chopped walnuts (optional)
Melt everything in a pan together until rich and smooth, then pour it into whatever dish you want it to harden in.
I never add the nuts, as I'm allergic to walnuts, and my entire family has the same sensitivity. Trust me, this is delicious!
And in one last happy bit of news, I have received a most unexpected and fantastic Christmas gift:
That, my friends, is a serger. Not just ANY serger, a Janome (Very Good Brand) with differential feed and auto-threading loopers. I don't even know what I'm saying, but I'm SO EXCITED. And also intimidated. Sergers are...well, complicated looking, and kind of scary. But OMG, they edge things and sew them together at the same time. They gather and make ruffles and do all sorts of fantastic things easily and so much more quickly than a sewing machine can. I mean, I'll still need my sewing machine for topstitching stuff, for sure. This doesn't replace my Pfaff. It merely supplements it in the best possible way, taking over some of the heavier duty tasks the Pfaff isn't really meant for. This could take my costume making time and cut it in half easily, maybe even more! I have to know everything about everything, so I've looked this baby up six ways to Sunday - it retailed for $999, but recently has been clearanced out for as low as under $298 as the newer model takes the floor. Now, I contributed exactly $98 to this, so I'm basically getting a machine that I have yet to read a bad review on, one that will last me ten years, minimum, for less than $100. Merry Christmas to me!
I don't actually have it yet. I don't think i'm getting until Christmas day, actually. But this is still so exciting! And also kind of scary. I've never used a serger before. i have no idea what I'm doing. But hey, I was like that with sewing before I got my Pfaff Hobby, so who am I to be put off by such a small thing?
Anyone out there have a serger? Thoughts? Opinions? Advice??
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machineplay, you were right. Fudge - or otherwise copious amounts of sugar - is an excellent cure for depression, however fleeting.)
