I was married recently and although I was the first of my friends and family and therefore had never been to a wedding before, I knew fairly well what to expect because everyone around was telling me, whether I asked or not. Despite this, there are certain things that no one tells you about getting married. These are those things. Continue reading
Author: Melissa Harrison
Eggs Everyway: How to Make Eggs Over Easy
Over easy, or as my French friend, Miss Champagne, says, “easy over”, is my husband’s favourite way to have eggs for breakfast, so as newlyweds, I’ve been making them quite a lot lately. Eggs over easy are eggs that are fried, flipped once and cooked very briefly on that side, hence the “easy,” as opposed to hard/well and the elusive medium, so that the yolks are still mostly runny. As a sunny-side-up girl, I don’t see why you would ever want to flip your egg, but when I do, I like my yolks broken.
Eggs Over Easy
Family Pressure
I’ve been married for just over a month now and the baby badgering has already begun. It was bad before with comments like “you know, you don’t have to be married to have a baby these days,” coming from all directions but as I expected, it has gotten even worse now that I am married. A family member, who, every Christmas, is socked that I’m not pregnant yet, even asked me at my wedding how much longer they were going to have to wait. It seems now that I can’t do anything out of the ordinary without getting people’s hopes up. Continue reading
Emergency Cooking Substitutions
The number one reason I need to keep a list of emergency substitutions handy in my kitchen is one part forgetfulness, just because I thought about buying an ingredient doesn’t mean I actually went out and got it, but try telling that to my memory, and one part too much cooking confidence, I’m a master of ingredient inventory, I don’t need to check, I don’t need to read the recipe before I start! Unfortunately, these personality flaws, coupled with a plethora of food allergies, cause me to frequently be left in a pinch when I’m in the middle of preparing a recipe. Although sticking to the original recipe will give you the best results, you can’t always put things on hold while you run out and procure the missing ingredient, for these sticky situations, I have compiled a comprehensive list of the most common, most agreed-upon, emergency cooking substitutions. Continue reading