Thursday #27 - Getaway Vacation

[RICHARD]

Originally posted by slick


Did you at least get any recognition at work today???

YES!!!
quite a few people recognized the fact that I'm the guy that works in the office down the hall and we don't talk to him.....

[Tubby & Peanut's Mom]

Originally posted by zippy-kat
(saw it in a bridal magazine)

My question: Why is Zippy reading bridal magazines??!??! Come on Zip, inquiring minds want to know!

Does that glass have jets like a jacuzzi? If so

<leans back and lets bubbles come up to chin>
So Lynn, this Baileys is wonderful! And how are things with you lately....
<looks over edge of glass and sees others looking on enviously from their airline seats>
Sorry guys, this glass only fits two loosely or 3 snuggly, so you'll all just have to wait your turn.

Richard, this is an awesome Concorde you've rented. Who was to know they had a champagne glass jacuzzi on board!

[slick]

So in honour of your birthday Richard, I've invited a very special guest. Everyone, please welcome Nigella Lawson!!!!

**applaud** ** applaud**

Nigella: "Thank you Slick. Richard, I understand that I was part of your fantasy perfect mate and I'm very flattered so I agreed to make this lovely cake in honour of your special day."

**leans down and gives Richard and kiss and hands him the cake**

"On days when I want the warmth of the hearth rather than the hurly burly of the city streets I stay in and read cookery books, and this recipe comes from just the sort of book that gives most succour, Classic Home Desserts by Richard Sax. The cake itself (which was the pudding I made for last New Year's Eve dinner) is as richly, rewardingly sustaining: a melting, dark flourless chocolate base, the sort that sinks damply on cooling; the fallen centre is then cloudily filled with softly whipped cream, and sprinkled with cocoa powder. As Richard Sax says 'intensity, then relief, in each bite'."

CHOCOLATE CLOUD CAKE


Ingredients:

250g dark chocolate minimum 70% cocoa solids
125g unsalted butter, softened
6 eggs: 2 whole, 4 separated
175g caster sugar: 75g in the cake, 100g in whites
2 tbspns Cointreau (optional)
grated zest of an orange (optional)
23cm springform cake tin
Cream topping:

500ml double cream
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 tbspn Cointreau (optional)
half tsp unsweetened cocoa powder for sprinkling
Instructions:

Preheat the oven to 180C/gas mark 4.

Line the bottom of a 23cm Springform cake tin with baking parchment. Melt the chocolate either in a double boiler or a microwave, and then let the butter melt in the warm chocolate.

Beat the 2 whole eggs and 4 egg yolks with 75g caster sugar, then gently add the chocolate mixture, the Cointreau and orange zest.

In another bowl, whisk the 4 egg whites until foamy, then gradually add the 100g of sugar and whisk until the whites are holding their shape but not too stiff. Lighten the chocolate mixture with a dollop of egg whites, and then fold in the rest of the whites. Pour into the prepared tin and bake for about 35 to 40 minutes or until the cake is risen and cracked and the centre is no longer wobbly. Cool the cake in it's tin on a wire rack; the middle will sink as it cools.

When you are ready to eat, place the still tin-bound cake on a cake stand or plate for serving and carefully remove the cake from its tin. Don't worry about cracks or rough edges: it's the crater look we're going for here. Whip the cream until soft and then add the vanilla and Cointreau and continue whisking until the cream is firm but not stiff. Fill the crater of the cake with the whipped cream, easing it out gently towards the edges of the cake, and dust the top lightly with cocoa powder pushed through a tea-strainer.

Serves 8-12

"Everyone, come 'round and literally "grab" yourself a piece of intense pleasure."

[Tubby & Peanut's Mom]

Originally posted by slick
"Everyone, come 'round and literally "grab" yourself a piece of intense pleasure."

Ummm....guess I'll get out of the Jacuzzi......

[RICHARD]

Originally posted by slick
So in honour of your birthday Richard, I've invited a very special guest. Everyone, please welcome Nigella Lawson!!!!

lolololol.....

oh man, I HAVE NOT LAUGHED THAT HARD IN A LONG TIME. *heart be still* man oh man, THAT WAS FUNNY!!!


T&P,
Just don't smack your head in the roof when you climb out, o.k.?

I think the 'intense pleasure' refers to the cake.... we are, after all "in the clouds"..

Come on everyone,

We can make it to Fiji for dinner!!!


Everyone is soooooo quiet.......what's the matter?

Would anyone object if I had another peck on the cheek from Ms. Lawson???

[Logan]

Gotta watch that language, Richard!!! I think I'm much more comfortable with BM standing for Bloody Mary than the alternative (and I'm not talking about Big Mac )

[catland]

Sorry I've been so quiet. I've actually had to use my laptop here on the plane to get some work done. I'll try to be more fun.

Let's not get to Fiji too soon, its on the other side of the international date line and your birthday will be over. Can you ask the pilot to make a stop over at the cook islands or in French Polynesia? It's only lunchtime there.

Lunchtime? - time for another round of drinks.

[slick]

Originally posted by RICHARD
[B]lolololol.....oh man, I HAVE NOT LAUGHED THAT HARD IN A LONG TIME. *heart be still* man oh man, THAT WAS FUNNY!!![B]

Better close your office door, Richard. People will think you are actually having fun at work

Would anyone object if I had another peck on the cheek from Ms. Lawson???

Nigella, it's up to you.

"Why of course Richard. Here, let me just ever-so-gently get that chocolate off your chin....."

[iceyshiver21]

oh...man oh man..did i see a recipe??? YUM!!!! lol..hello thursday folks! Sorry i havnt been here for a few weeks but....i for some unknown reason couldnt post?! oh well..its fixed now I was umm..naughty today...i didnt feel like going to school...and about 9/10's of the school were already gone...instead my friend austin picked me up and put me in our friend kels freezer...I thought it was rather humorus...lol

lol nice present Rich!

[babolaypo65]

Enjoy your present RICHARD!

[zippy-kat]

Originally posted by Tubby & Peanut's Mom
My question: Why is Zippy reading bridal magazines??!??! Come on Zip, inquiring minds want to know!

You would like to know, wouldn't you? Guess what?! I'm not telling! lol


Actually, I was 'babysitting' my friend's floral shop while she bussed flowers from a funeral parlor to the gravesite. They have a bridal consultation/wedding planner type service so that's where the books/magazines came from.

Shoulda left ya in suspense, it was more exciting! lol

[RICHARD]

Originally posted by iceyshiver21
..instead my friend austin picked me up and put me in our friend kels freezer...I thought it was rather humorus...lol

lol nice present Rich!

THANKS!!!

I know that look!
I have eaten 'budget gourmet' before now THAT'S an oxymoron!

Zip,
Shoot!
I already had a gift picked out!!!
The Polynesian Wedding ceremony attracts more and more foreigners
especially Americans and Japanese. (A famous example among others: Dustin
Hoffman's wedding in 1995).
Indeed, Tahiti and her Islands offer an ideal setting for the most beautiful and
memorable event in one's life.
Organized with a lot of taste by many major hotels of Polynesia, this wedding
has in general no legal*, nor religious worth.
In most cases, it takes place during a honeymoon, or to give a special meaning
to a love relationship or to renew vows for an anniversary.
Couples have the choice between an ancient royal ceremony or a more
traditional occidental one.


Babo,

I sure will! Nigella and cake....life is good!

Thanks Slick,

Yes I am having fun!!


Catland...

French Poly......

I have the hankering for seafood....


Pilot, could you make a left turn here???


DONE!!!!!

[slick]

Originally posted by RICHARD

I have the hankering for seafood....Pilot, could you make a left turn here???

Ok, let's head on out to MOFF's place. These lobsters are getting "snappy".

Lobster tails with garlic butter all around.

[RICHARD]

Originally posted by slick
Ok, let's head on out to MOFF's place. These lobsters are getting "snappy".

Lobster tails with garlic butter all around.

OH MAN....

Not THAT much of a left turn!!!!
we still have to get to NZ!!!

LOL, I think that part of the trip will begin when we get back to the states..

Sorry MOFF,
Good things are always saved for last!!

[slick]

OK. What the he** do I know. I'm just a Canucklehead. I don't know nothing about no geography.......

Can I get a DOTD please??