And the wild dogs in the mountains to the north of us come down

[sovay]

There were coyotes yipping and howling somewhere outside the house last night. Not dogs; or at least I have never heard a dog make that thin, almost whinnying keen before. I will be curious to hear if they return tonight. I expect I will still be awake.

From the sublime to the sugar-laden: for Thanksgiving, Burdick's is selling little chocolate turkeys with sliced almond tails. The dark ones are filled with clementine ganache, the milk with pecan, bourbon, and chestnut. I framed this one in its natural habitat, which was apparently on top of Georgette Heyer's The Toll-Gate (1954). It did not survive long. Fortunately, I memorialized it first.



Most of today was spent with gaudior and rushthatspeaks and an absolutely ridiculous recipe for Baileys brownies which I believe originated with tamnonlinear. My blood sugar might not forgive me until the end of the week, but I was impressed. And the conversation was even better.

I should know more obscene Greek verbs.

Comments

[ap-aelfwine.livejournal.com]

Not dogs; or at least I have never heard a dog make that thin, almost whinnying keen before.

Agreed. That definitely sounds like coyote. They're not uncommon in these parts--I'd say that, while I don't hear them every night (and I've never noticed a pattern as to which nights they're vocal and which nights they're not) I do hear them pretty frequently, and every so often I see them crossing the road, looking like skinny grey German shepherds but moving with a purposefulness that's most undoggy.

I will be curious to hear if they return tonight. I expect I will still be awake.

I hope you find some sleep tonight, but I am curious to hear if you might hear them again tonight.

The turkey looks very cute, and, more importantly, sounds delicious. Thank you for preserving a photograph of this obviously endangered species.

Glad you had both impressive brownies and conversation which surpassed even them. I wish you many more.

I should know more obscene Greek verbs.

You know more of them than I do. That said, I hope you can learn some more soon.

[sovay]

Thank you for preserving a photograph of this obviously endangered species.

And growing rarer by the day . . .

[ap-aelfwine.livejournal.com]

And growing rarer by the day . . .

As a general rule I'm sympathetic to endangered species and their survival, but in this case my only regret is that I can only vicariously participate in the act of driving them into extinction.

[asakiyume.livejournal.com]

wakanomori would/will appreciate your instinct to memorialize before consuming.

I envy you hearing the coyotes. They're all around here, but I've never heard them calling.

[sovay]

I envy you hearing the coyotes. They're all around here, but I've never heard them calling.

I didn't think we had any in this area. I am glad to have them.

[tamnonlinear.livejournal.com]

I don't think I'm responsible for the Bailey's brownies. I have mint, orange, and raspberry varieties of the brownies of doom, and I know a good recipe for Bailey's mini cheesecakes, but I haven't attempted Bailey's brownies yet. They sound fabulous though, so I'd love to know the recipe.

[sovay]

I have mint, orange, and raspberry varieties of the brownies of doom, and I know a good recipe for Bailey's mini cheesecakes, but I haven't attempted Bailey's brownies yet.

It was this recipe with Baileys substituted for the crème de menthe. And although I had to leave before the frosting and ganache stages, the brownies all on their own were demented and delicious. So, thank you.

[tamnonlinear.livejournal.com]

Thank you! I'm glad you tested Bailey's and find it works. I've wanted to try that for a while but hadn't done so yet (also under recent discussion was espresso variety).

[rushthatspeaks.livejournal.com]

It turns out that Bailey's really, really works. I wound up using Ghirardelli milk baking chocolate as well as 60% dark, because I thought the dark might not jive so well with the Bailey's flavor-- it turns out that a bag of white chips and a bag of milk chips thrown in as chips, a bar of dark melted into the batter, and a milk ganache is Precisely Correct.

Thank you so much for the recipe!

[clarionj.livejournal.com]

Bailey brownies, chocolate turkeys, and a coyote serenade. What a rich evening!

[sovay]

What a rich evening!

It was pretty nice!

[cucumberseed.livejournal.com]

They like to prowl the area around my house. There are geese down at the pond that never leave. They must be pretty tasty.

[sovay]

There are geese down at the pond that never leave. They must be pretty tasty.

There's a reservoir behind the house where Canada geese and swans lay over on their migratory flights; I suspect it is no longer quite as inhabited as it was two nights ago.

[strange-selkie.livejournal.com]

Do you want the cot, the air mattress, or the bed made of bed?

[sovay]

Do you want the cot, the air mattress, or the bed made of bed?

Whichever of the latter two is the least trouble?

Thank you.

[leahbobet.livejournal.com]

I appreciate how the turkey has been arranged for ritual killing and consumption. *g*

[sovay]

I appreciate how the turkey has been arranged for ritual killing and consumption.

Presentation is very important in cases like these!