The Unwritten Rule, and my choice to rage against it



I know I’m going against the unwritten rule that blog postings should be fairly short and sweet, but I figure, what the hey?  Since I’m pretty much just doing this for my own benefit, it doesn’t matter, right?   Although, once I’ve muddled thru the “getting to know me” phase and setup of this blog idea’s pathway, I expect my updates to become quite a bit briefer, and probably accompanied by far more photos, such as these:

Baked Cinnamon Apple Bread Pudding with Panettone

Curried Red Lentil Soup



Pain au Chocolat and Croissant

Panettone French Toast



Tarte au Citron

 

          The biggest and most time consuming portion of this project is that I need to decide what trail to follow.  Should I cook one recipe per meal, per day, a variety of salads one week, or soup and protein one day, alternate chicken with other proteins, or basically, how do I wish to start?  I just need to keep it real and remind myself that this isn’t written in stone, so if the pathway I begin  upon doesn’t seem to be satisfying, I possess the ability to simply change the track I’m on, and how I’m tackling my venture.  There IS no fail, unless I simply just DON’T even begin!

SO many options, my head’s swimming, just like my inability to finally throw a wine-tasting party, because I can’t decide which way to go with the layout – 5 different whites OR reds, 3 of each, one varietal from a region (or from various regions of the world), various vintages from 1 specific winery, etc.  Serve finger foods WITH the wine, or after tasting.  The options are nearly limitless – argh!

Initially I thought about just rolling 3 dice each day to choose the book I’ve assigned that number to, then rolling again to decide on the recipe page.  But, that would make it difficult to know if I have those ingredients on hand, wouldn’t it, so I should perhaps do this once per week and write a shopping list for one specialized trip that week.

          What about “the month of all things …” meat, veggies, grains, desserts, breakfast, breads, etc.?  Nah, probably at most I could visualize pursuing “the week of”. 

          Once I’ve been underway for a few months, I may simply ask for suggestions/requests from those who have any of these books, or who just want a recipe tested for a certain ingredient.  How about a spinning wheel with the categories of Breads/Pizza, Cakes/Cupcakes/Muffins, Cookies, Baking (other – sweet OR savory), Breakfast/Brunch, Ice Cream, Desserts, Chocolate, Wine, Amuse-Bouche/Appetizers, Asian, Italian (Pasta, Risotto), Mexican, Famous Chefs/Pros, Meats (Chicken, Pork, and Beef), Seafood, Soups, Vegetarian/Healthy/Salads, Misc., Casseroles/Slow Cookers, and Beverages/Smoothies?

                    Well, I’m definitely thinking at least one recipe/week needs to be healthy in some manner, whether total vegetarian or just minimally meat based, accompanied by a cleansing grain of some variety.    And, for every “famous chef” recipe, there should be a counterpart based on some good, old-fashioned down-home vittles. 

          I could choose my favorite recipe of the week, and then nominate one for the month, ending the year with the best of each category, and best book overall.  I believe I may be starting this adventure within the categories of Amuse-Bouche, Appetizers, and Soups/Salads.  Light bites. 

                    Last week I dropped by my local library and checked out a couple of books on blogging, so I’ve spent some time this past week jotting down notes of interest, mostly from glancing thru the Blogging for Dummies book.  Nothing truly of real interest until I hit Chapter 4, but who knows?  You always have to get a quarter of the way into most how-to books to start gleaning actual info, don’t you?

          Well, it’s very rough, but as you may see, beginning March 1^st, I went ahead and posted my first 2 entries to kuku4cookbooks.blogspot.com, including a photo of one shelf that houses my Alton Brown books, amongst others. 

Kinda jazzed about this!  Hope you’ve enjoyed those few photos of foods I’ve placed above, just to whet your appetite for more.

I shall continue with this blog, assuming there is someone out there who might draw their attention to and find some curiosity when reading of my project.  While I am not considering this project for anyone else’s involvement, admittedly it would be fun to have someone follow along with this while I’m accomplishing what I’m setting out to finish.

By the next posting, my goal is to have chosen the first set of recipes to start my journey out upon.  Ciao for today, and thanks for reading!