Cake failure

[featherynscale]

The King Cake failed utterly yesterday. The dough, for some reason, refused to rise. Perhaps the yeast was no good, or the house was too cold, or something. I have no idea, really. So the experiment was summarily pitched, and will not be repeated. It wouldn't rise when I wanted it to, and now I have cake performance anxiety. Sunday was sort of like that, in the lack of mojo department.
:-/

Other than that, there were four things worth journaling about this weekend, those being a visit to the synagogue on Friday, a dream of supervillainy on Saturday morning, the Nine Inch Nails show Saturday night, and starwyse's party following the show. And, in the manner of chronarchy, I'll tell you about those later.

Comments

[rougewench.livejournal.com]

It was most probably the weather. It's very difficult to get dough to rise in bitter cold weather. I had the same problem right before Xmas when trying to make povatica.


D.

[featherynscale.livejournal.com]

That's what I think, too. J. started some mead the other day that seems to be fermenting no problem, but I think that a) he heated up the wort on the stove before adding the yeast, and b) it was like 40 then.

Maybe if it warms up like it's supposed to this week I'll try it again.

[infintysquared.livejournal.com]

So you might say...

Your King cake abdicated?

[featherynscale.livejournal.com]

It was certainly incapable of fulfilling the obligations of state.
By the way, I tried to tell you yesterday that that is, IMHO, the best icon ever, but I think I was not logged in. So if you were wondering, that was me. Best. Icon. Evar.

[beccak1961.livejournal.com]

Not being a fan of King Cake I would say it's no big deal, except I know how frustrating it is to work so hard on something and waste the ingredients and then have it sit there like a lump or doorstop or something.

[triadruid.livejournal.com]

Holy Yog-Soggoth that's funny.

[infintysquared.livejournal.com]

And yet you post iconage with my other geekly obsession, higher-dimensional geometry. I think I love you.

[featherynscale.livejournal.com]

Boy-geek love, right here in my journal! My day is complete!!

*dances*

[triadruid.livejournal.com]

That was dashed cunning of me, then, since I intended to post my Hellraiser icon instead.

Kiss me, you f'ooel?

[lordkalkin.livejournal.com]

That's too bad. c'est la vie.

[featherynscale.livejournal.com]

Win some, lose some. If it warms up here shortly, I might make another go at it.

[featherynscale.livejournal.com]

A lump is exactly what it was like. A big, dense, non-rising lump. It smelled good, though.

[chronarchy.livejournal.com]

Yeah! I have a "manner"!

Wow, you made my day!

[featherynscale.livejournal.com]

At least one. One might even say you have "manners", which is more than your humble correspondent can say.

It just reminded me of you, you're often saying "I did all this stuff... more later!" :)

[chronarchy.livejournal.com]

I would call someone who said I had "manners" a damn liar and put a reward on their head.

I don't want people thinking that I'm strangly decent to be around. No, can't have that at all.

[featherynscale.livejournal.com]

Then I'm afraid you're going to have to stop being strangely decent. There's nothing for it but for you to join the rest of us in a life of debauchery, depravity and wretched excess.

[chronarchy.livejournal.com]

Well, you're certainly correct there, as apparently, I've been quoted in Britain. . . Weird:

http://chronarchy.livejournal.com/275325.html?thread=3540861

[featherynscale.livejournal.com]

See? You're internationally famous. Can depravity be far behind? No, I say! The world demands sex tapes!!

[infintysquared.livejournal.com]

Hell, I knew there was a reason "flirting with boys" makes it onto my LJ interests. Let's get it on, baby.

[infintysquared.livejournal.com]

*sigh* The world ALWAYS demands sex tapes. Porn is a high-volume commodity, y'know.