A seething mass of turgid drama.

This week's Resolution Recipe: Counterfeit Cream.
( Medieval cookery manuscripts have many recipes for food that looks like other food. That was part of the entertainment. )

This week's Resolution Recipe: Tamal de Cazuela (Mexican Tamal Casserole).
"An equally delicious, quicker alternative to tamales. This may be lesser-known than the Americanized Tamale Pie."
( This is not as much work as it seems. It does, however, create more dirty dishes than it seems. )

This week's Resolution Recipe: Salmon and Soy Cakes.
"When you have lemons, make lemonade. When you have cooked salmon, make salmon cakes."
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This week's Resolution Recipe: Pepperocini Pot Roast... For Science!
"This is my take on Mississipi pot roast. The pepperocini season the meat, and their brine adds a little bit of vinegar tang."
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This week's Resolution Recipe: Mortadella Cookies.
Medieval mortadella sausage is 1) not emulsified; 2) does not contain pistachios. But this is a thoroughly modern cookie recipe that (spoilers!) looks quite like its target. Pics on FB in the Saluminati group if you're interested.
( Lengthy instructions, but surprisingly quick and easy )

This week's Resolution Recipe: Tunisian Orange-Almond Cake.
"Breadcrumbs, used in place of flour, give this Tunisian-style cake a delightful texture."
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I've been fighting a cold (and losing). Not major, but a dry cough and now some congestion. Last night I took cough syrup, and when I woke myself up with a bout of coughing, the wife persuaded me to take an additional half dose since it had clearly worn off. This meant that I was slow getting up - which I knew was likely to be the case, but was probably a good tradeoff for not sitting up in bed coughing for a few hours.

Anyway, I moved slowly enough that I actually missed the backup bus that gets me into the office slightly early instead of significantly early. (shrug) Then I discovered that the wife had borrowed my transit card and not put it back. One upside to missing that bus: I had plenty of time to walk the block back to the house and get the card.

In other news, a couple years ago I bought a single malt advent calendar. It was great fun and I even bought a bottle of one afterwards. I didn't repeat last year but I did this year, and apparently that was a mistake -- I am still enjoying the 1 oz bottles, but I have fallen a week behind with the cold and general malaise and I may not go back to it until January. This goes in the file of "do not repeat unless/until you are genuinely excited about it".

This week's Resolution Recipe: Seupa Vapellenentse (Savoy Cabbage Soup.)
"Like French onion soup went skiing in the Alps and came back heartier."
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Ten points for correctly placing the post title.

This week's Resolution Recipe: Steamed Clams in Black Bean Sauce.
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This week's Resolution Recipe: Kefta Tagine (Moroccan Meatball Stew).
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