Attention What are you doing at the moment? 2024-25

[Franco Verum]

Resting between tasks.

Made dough for pecan tassies this morning, then ran errands, and got home and baked a salmon filet. Did two loads of laundry.

Repaired a favorite belt that was cracking where the hole most used is, but cracking only on the back side. So, I cut some iron-on patch and applied it and cut holes for the tong. Maybe added another year to the life of it.

Going out in a few to bring in houseplants before the low tonight in the low 20's. I have a delicate fern, a crossandra, a turmeric, and some colocasias I need to dig out and let dry in the garage.

Will take another break and then make tarts. Using the tassie dough for other tarts, includig raspberry, apple, and pear.

I didn't even know a tassie existed.

 

[Franco Verum]

Eating chicharrones with guacamole and watching a YouTube about a U-boat that claimed they saw a sea monster during the war. Cryptids are a thing with me.

 

[NotHardUp1]

I didn't even know a tassie existed.

Tassies are a favorite pastry at wedding receptions, and all sorts of soirees. They are essentially a pecan pie in a tart, yet not as overloaded with sweetness, chiefly because the ratio of filling to pastry has been greatly changed, with half the tart now being pastry. It cures the most egregious fault of pecan pie. And Southerners love pecan pie like no others.

I'm choosing that pastry because I don't want to fool with liners for the mini muffin tin, and will use my mini tart pans that have lift-out bottoms. I have at least a dozen and they make such nice fluted edges.