Making Matzoh Brie
Category: Food
Aloha Friday: Lack of Caffeine
Every morning, people around the world stumble out of bed and reach for that first cup of coffee. Many folks can’t make it through the day without it. I’ll admit that there are plenty of mornings when I can hardly drag myself out of bed. I’d love to grab a cup of coffee to help me wake up, but I don’t.
For some reason, I just never got into drinking coffee. It just doesn’t appeal to me. I’ve tried tea and, while I like it, the caffeine in it just doesn’t help wake me up at all. (I usually reserve tea for days when I’m sick. Tea + Honey = Soothed Sore Throat.)
Part of me feels like I’m missing out on a part of geek culture. After all, ThinkGeek has a whole section of their site devoted to all things caffeinated. I just don’t desire coffee though. Besides, not drinking coffee means that I have an excuse to nap. (Not that I get to *use* the excuse often, but the excuse is there.)
My Aloha Friday question for today is: Do you drink coffee?
BTW, the photo above is dedicated to Anissa Mayhew who I’ve often seen posting about caffeine in the morning. If I ever get the chance to meet Anissa in person, I’m buying her a big cup of coffee!
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Aloha #131
Aloha Friday: Staying at Disney
When we go to Disney, we usually opt for the value resorts, specifically Pop Century. Sure, the rooms are smaller and they aren’t as nice as the moderate or deluxe resorts, but let’s be honest: How much time do you stay in your room? If you’re like us, your Disney World room is a place to leave early in the morning and a place to crash in at night.
Given that, we like that we can save some money on the hotel. That money can be spent on meals or some souvenirs. Besides, Pop Century is the only place that we can get this:
Yes, that’s multi-color cheesecake atop red velvet cake. It’s insanely delicious. I even replicated it a couple of times.
My Aloha Friday question for today is: Do you usually opt for a less expensive room to save money or do you prefer the move lavish rooms when you vacation?
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Aloha #130
A Mac and Cheese Quest (aka There’s No Kosher Velveeta)
JSL’s favorite food is macaroni and cheese. He would eat it for breakfast, lunch, and dinner if we allowed it. He will devour any macaroni and cheese put before him. Well, almost any. There’s one little caveat with his mac and cheese obsession: He refuses to eat macaroni and cheese I make him if it doesn’t come from a box.
If I crack open a box of Wacky Mac (about the only kosher macaroni and cheese we’ve found) and prepare that, he’ll tear into it. If a chef prepares macaroni and cheese for him at a restaurant, he’ll eat and enjoy it. But if I whip up a cheese sauce to go over pasta, he turns his nose up at the plate.
I’ve tried finding different macaroni and cheese recipes to prepare for him. I figure that if he’s going to eat this dish, the least I can do is make sure quality ingredients go into it. (Though I have tried sneaking some healthy food into it from time to time.) Unfortunately, most of the macaroni and cheese recipes seem divided into two camps: The ones that use Velveeta and the ones that use Cheddar.
The Velveeta recipes promise to taste just like the boxed macaroni and cheese. I would try these except for one small detail: We keep a kosher kitchen and Velveeta’s not kosher. In fact, even if it were, I don’t think I’d want to cook with it. It seems to go against the idea of making a macaroni and cheese dish from quality ingredients.
The cheddar recipes come out tasting nice and cheesy, but they don’t look or taste like the boxed kind and that’s a stopping point for JSL. Not for me, mind you. I prefer a good cheddar to powder cheese. JSL, however, rejects anything different and this certainly qualifies as different when compared to boxed.
I’m going to continue my quest, though. I can’t give up. One of these days, I *will* find a from-scratch recipe that steers JSL away from boxed macaroni and cheese. Just to tide us over, though, I’d better restock the boxes.
Aloha Friday: A Disney Valentine’s Treat
Before Valentine’s Day, B purchased a Valentine’s Day treat for the boys. Given their love of Disney, this treat hid a special surprise. Can you see the special hidden character?
Yes, these are Hidden Mickey Valentine’s Day cookies!
My Aloha Friday question for today is: What special Valentine’s Day treats did you have?
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Aloha #126