Terrible Weather (but also truffles) (and blessed yule)

[mistressofmuses]

Temperature dropped 37° in an hour out by the airport, and it felt about the same over here. Yuck! I don't like it!


It's only -2 right now, and the windchill is only-20.

It's snowing now, and sticking more than I would have expected... except the cold came on very quickly, so there probably was enough residual heat to help the snow stick. I'm definitely dreading the commute in the morning - it already looks pretty bad.

Got to work this morning and the power was out... well... halfway out. Apparently half of the whole complex is wired to one part of the grid and half is wired to another. Our lights and the outlets in the back room worked, but everything else was down. Similar issues in all the other businesses, with a random assortment of things working vs. not. The power didn't come on until roughly 3:30, so I basically had nothing to do for five+ hours.

Better today than tomorrow - I don't think we'd be okay for five+ hours without heat tomorrow.

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But yesterday was Truffle Tuesday! For the last several years, I have NOT made truffles, because they are a pain to make, but this year I decided to do it. They're Kahlua truffles, so basically chocolate ganache + Kahlua + some espresso. (They really mostly just taste like chocolate, even though I doubled the amount of Kahlua and of the espresso powder that it called for, but oh well, they're delicious.)



They were just as much of a pain as I remembered, especially at the end where the chocolate was getting too melty, but they at least came out well!

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Right now all I want to do is go to sleep and pretend it ISN'T snowing more and more heavily, but I really should bake something else. And today WOULD be appropriate for yule log cookies!

I hope this is a wonderful and safe Yule for everyone. Time to get through the longest (and definitely coldest) night.

Comments

[scarlipswolfwife]

You need to remind them at work what happens when they piss off a horror fan in that much snow:

[mistressofmuses]

In Colorado, even!

And no kidding, haha.

[scarlipswolfwife]

Exactly my point in using that gif! :D

[olivermoss]

Half to one grid and half to another? That is... weird. Weird, but useful! You aren't fully dependent on just one!

Ooh, truffles. Those look awesome.

[mistressofmuses]

Right? That's super weird and shoddy and not a thing I've ever encountered before... but it was quite convenient! We were able to use an extension cord to power the classroom stuff so that wasn't a nightmare... and at least we had lights, if nothing else.

And thank you! The truffles did turn out very tasty!

[galadhir]

Those truffles look and sound amazing!

We had the -2 (feels like -20) last week, and I can absolutely recommend fleece dungarees, or failing that wrapping yourself in a fleece blanket with a hot water bottle on your lap. But I guess with no power you can't even make hot water. Crossing my fingers that your power stays on from now!

Have a blessed Yule!

[mistressofmuses]

Thank you! They turned out quite well!

Ugh, yeah, this cold seems to be hitting EVERYONE. International misery! Definitely lots of fleece blankets at home, where (knock on wood) we have not lost power yet. Also lots of cuddling my dog under the blankets, haha.

Thank you!

[umadoshi]

*shivers*

The truffles look great! ^_^ I'm glad you were able to get them done.

[mistressofmuses]

Definite shivering! I'm grateful for warm blankets.

And thank you! I'm glad, too - they turned out well enough to justify the effort!

[spikedluv]

The truffles look delish!

[mistressofmuses]

Thank you!