TAN#200: BicenTANial Bliss! (Page 14)

What he said.  The phylo is usually the roughest part because of how you have to handle it and how delicate it is, though chopping the nuts is a pain in the butt, too.  It's better if you don't use a food processor to chop the nuts because doing so causes the nuts to release more oils which makes a heavier baklava, but chopping them by hand just isn't happening on a week night.

It's tedious, but soooo worth it.  The syrup usually takes about 30 minutes to make. The nut mix takes about the same (unless chopping by hand). Assembling and cutting it all is usually about 2 hours - or, at least it feels that way.  Then, it's about an hour in the oven, pour the syrup over the fresh from the oven  stuffs and let it sit at room temp for 8 hours (i.e. during sleepy time).

Any dish that calls for 3/4 lb of butter is sent by the Gods and must be made at least once a year.

what is there to ponder!?!

Are you pondering what I'm pondering?

Happy Thursday, TAN.... here is a rabbit having a spa day.

Hi TAN - it's going to be a multiple coffee day.  That is all. 

i think today is a margarita after work day :-D

I am not drinking for a few weeks. Oy.

other days i have beer or wine.

duh.

says the girl who was off posting in tri talk about how we are adults and can make responsible drinking decisions ;-)

Hahaha well played! I never said *I* was the model of responsible drinking

Last night wasn't bad, just 3 strawberry mango mojitos. Last night of partying with golf pros and NASCAR drivers. Thank goodness. My liver hurts.

MMmmmm... margaritas! 

I wonder if I can convince Whizzz that we should have a margarita (or two?) the night before our sprint race on Sunday?  If not, then I'm sure we'll just stick with the usual - wine. 

My server/website woes may finally be coming to an end.

I had found a new hosting facility only to have the server be D.O.A. when they went to power it up.  It was dead in such a bad way that I decided to just have them ship it home to me, and it just arrived at the office this morning.  Upon opening it, it appears that someone dropped the damn thing (or had at one point decided to open it with a hammer).  Metal pieces broken off, printed circuit board bent (and they aren't made to be flexible), and plastic hard drive connectors just flat out broken.

Fortunately, I found a replacement part and am having it overnighted.. and I have a shiny new datacenter here in Cleveland that I can drive it to to get it back online instead of shipping it back to Chicago.  Bad, bad Chicago.

Nice!  Going anywhere or doing anything fun?