The Funniest Word

[clarentine]

I suspect that any time I might be asked to name what I think is the funniest word in the English language, I'm likely to come up with a different candidate. Today's comes courtesy of Best Life magazine:

"Then you have [name redacted, poor guy], a Southern gent raised to be discrete and diligent."

Hee! That almost balanced my annoyance at having to deal with a morning busload of chatty Cathys.

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This being Wednesday, and Wednesdays being when Louisiana Flair, a local Cajun restaurant, offers beignets on their menu, I'm planning an excursion before getting down to work. I made orange syrup this weekend that I think will go exquisitely well with the beignets and brought some in today to share.

That's what the Clever Girls and Boys need to invent next: a scratch-n-sniff device you attach to your computer. Then you could share, too!

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Yes, I'm still plowing through the tail end of Break. It may break me before we're done. Every once in a while I get a tantalizing hint that the book might have sneaked something really cool in amongst those 483 pages. I can only hope I can find those places, pull back the dross that covers them, and polish them so they can be at their best and most compelling.

Well, I can hope.

Comments

[mnfaure.livejournal.com]

I have such a hard time with "discreet" and "discrete." I try to think of silly things like, Be discreet in the street, to help me, but I always have to double check myself. :-<

[clarentine]

Ah, but this one went through not only the author but the editor of the snooty magazine, too! Louis Vuitton, Calvin Klein...discrete. Ha!

[mnfaure.livejournal.com]

Tes, that does tend to make things worse, doesn't it? *g*

[lotusice.livejournal.com]

My brain stopped working at 'beignets.'

Oh, *whine*.

[clarentine]

You *so* need that Scratch-n-Sniff, let me tell you. The orange syrup was even better with them than I had imagined.

Orange Syrup [and Raspberries]:
3 cups fresh orange juice
1/2 cup granulated sugar
1 tablespoon grated orange peel
2 tablespoons unsalted butter
1/2 teaspoon almond extract
1 cup fresh raspberries and blueberries, well rinsed and dried [I omitted these]
Combine the juice, sugar, and orange peel in a medium saucepan over medium-high heat. Bring to a boil, stirring to dissolve the sugar. Reduce the heat to a low boil and cook to a thick syrup, and reduced by half, about 15 minutes. [I should have reduced mine longer, as it is still rather thin.] Add the butter and almond extract and whisk to combine. [Add berries and] remove from the heat. Let cool slightly before serving with pancakes.

Store remainder, if there is any, in the fridge, and reheat to re-combine the butter.

[mnfaure.livejournal.com]

Oh yum. I'll have to try this!

[clarentine]

Superbo!