hit or miss

collection of food i make; sometimes they're either a hit or a miss, and other times they're just in between

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tried my hand a macarons a few months back. they were a huge flop.

i used this food network recipe. these were my second try at macarons (i used this tasty recipe the first time; overmixed and the batter became much too liquidy. mixed in some all-purpose flour and they became almond cookies). 

took maybe 5 hours.

i bought almond meal bc i couldn’t find finely-ground almond flour, and ground it into almond flour myself in a food processor (with added powdered sugar so the almond meal wouldn’t release too many oils). 

made a meringue out of egg whites, folded almond meal and powdered sugar in, and i think i overmixed the batter at that point. it became much too liquidy, and they spread too much when i piped them out onto parchment paper (hence the fused lopsided ones).

they rose a fair amount after baking (grew feet), but they were all hollow inside.

a miss. a huge, comically tragic, miss. i’m probably never trying macarons again. this took too much out of me.

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banana bread i made about a week ago

i used this recipe from food network. only thing i changed was the amount of sugar; i added about 1/3 cup of white granulated sugar and about 1 tablespoon of light brown sugar. 

outcome was very good, very nice banana flavor and not too sweet; extremely moist and soft as well. nice crack, good aesthetic. a hit

should probably take more pics next time. lighting makes bread look rather unappealing and rubbery.

good banan

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one of my older egg escapades

just a sunny-side-up fried egg with a slice of tomato and some pre-cut deli-style ham. was very good, although a bit messy bc of the yolk. a hit.

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an egg-in-a-hole sandwich i made today

quickly seared two thick-cut slices of ham in olive oil

cut a hole in each of two pieces of whole wheat sourdough bread and cooked them for a couple minutes in the residual oil

flipped each slice of bread over, then cracked an egg into the middle of the holes (two eggs total, one per slice of bread). cooked until about half of the white was done, then flipped each slice of bread over (along with the eggs in the middle of them)

didn’t have shredded or sliced cheese at home so i just used a triangle of “the laughing cow” garlic & herb cheese spread on one slice, allowed it to melt a bit while still in the pan

took em both out onto a cutting board and assembled; the two slices of ham on top of the cheese and the other slice of bread on top of the ham

cut it open, got some nice runny yolk

not very pretty but sure was dang delicious

was very heavy, however. could only finish about 2/3 of it in one sitting (i had it for a nice late-morning brunch).

should probably take better pics next time; take more pics of the process, maybe.

def a hit; but if you factor in presentation, then it’s just somewhere in between.

inspired by bon appétit’s “egg-in-a-hole sandwich with bacon and cheddar” recipe youtube video here written recipe here