I did indeed get more cooking done today, including a second Yerushalmi kugel. (There's a bar mitzva this week and the rabbi is making his monthly visit.) One of the things I made was pareve vanilla ice cream, which taught me that my food processor can indeed whip cream! I mean, it has a fluted plastic disk that claims to be able to whip stuff, but I've never actually tried it before. I must say, I'm quite impressed. I am also impressed by how good this artificial mess tasted after I added real home-made vanilla extract. (Let's just say that the artificial vanilla extract in this country is slightly less yummy than the artificial stuff in the US. It is also considerably more expensive, even compared to the 8-oz bottle for a dollar at CVS, but especially compared to the gallon for about $5 at Restaurant Depot. And goodness knows I'm not shelling out money for the real stuff, so making my own it was. And it works!)
Even with the storm I really had to cook up today, I managed to de-mold BSM's room before I picked him up for daycare. Long story short, we just realized that running the humidifier in his room to counter his heater's dryness has caused mold to sprout on the walls and ceiling. Arg! So I got out some ratty PJ's, a bucket of bleach water, a scrubby, and a ladder, and scrubbed down his walls and ceiling. Seriously. Thank G-d, the stuff came off without a fight, though bleach water creepily dripped into my armpit more than once. Also, with the relatively mild weather, open window, and smell of bleach, I was really transported to the month before Pesach. Again, things have a refreshing novelty when done out of season.
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