{"id":667,"date":"2010-05-24T20:35:18","date_gmt":"2010-05-25T01:35:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sherlonya.net\/blog\/?p=667"},"modified":"2010-05-24T20:35:18","modified_gmt":"2010-05-25T01:35:18","slug":"and-who-thought-this-was-a-good-idea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sherlonya.net\/blog\/2010\/05\/and-who-thought-this-was-a-good-idea\/","title":{"rendered":"And who thought this was a good idea"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-667 gallery-columns-4 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/sherlonya.net\/blog\/2010\/05\/and-who-thought-this-was-a-good-idea\/dscn1161\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sherlonya.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/DSCN1161.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" 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srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sherlonya.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/DSCN1181.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sherlonya.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/DSCN1181.jpg?zoom=2&amp;resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sherlonya.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/DSCN1181.jpg?zoom=3&amp;resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" style=\"width:100%;height:75%;max-width:3648px;\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>I was taking stock of my goals and see which ones still look reasonable. The one that I am thinking (obsessing?) about right now is my goal to try 100 new recipes. This is one that I would be most proud of if I could accomplish it. But I am a wee bit behind. So, I decided to take matters into my own time and have sort of a marathon cooking session. That said, it&#8217;s not like I am just cooking things just for the heck of it, which was never the intention of the goal. The goal is intended to keep me trying new things.<\/p>\n<p>But what is a marathon cooking? 7 recipes this weekend. Well, maybe that&#8217;s more like a 10k.<\/p>\n<p>1\u00a0.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.honeyandjam.com\/2009\/11\/banana-bread-yeasted-waffles.html\" target=\"_blank\">Banana \u00a0Bread Yeasted Waffles<\/a> 2. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bonappetit.com\/recipes\/2009\/09\/the_best_bloody_mary\" target=\"_blank\">Bloody Mary<\/a> 3. Liver and Onions 4. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.seriouseats.com\/recipes\/2010\/05\/buffalo-chicken-dip-recipe.html\" target=\"_blank\">Buffalo Chicken Dip<\/a> 5. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.101cookbooks.com\/archives\/a-tasty-frittata-recipe.html\">A Tasty Fritatta<\/a> 6. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.honeyandjam.com\/2010\/05\/lemon-buttermilk-rhubarb-bundt-cake.html\" target=\"_blank\">Rhubarb Buttermilk Cake<\/a> 7. <a href=\"https:\/\/myhusbandcooks.wordpress.com\/2008\/11\/18\/onion-marmalade-sweet-savory-sticky\/\" target=\"_blank\">Onion Marmalade<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>If you think that the Bloody Mary recipe is stretching it, take a look at it. It involved a lot of chopping, some boiling, some pureeing, etc. This was not a case of mixing and mixing alone.<\/p>\n<p>I would NOT make the Buffalo Chicken Dip again. I would definitely make the Rhubarb Buttermilk Cake again, only I would make sure I baked it long enough. I would make the onion marmalade over and over and over again.<\/p>\n<p>But, now I&#8217;m back on schedule. I just have to try 2 new recipes a week to meet my goal!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I was taking stock of my goals and see which ones still look reasonable. The one that I am thinking (obsessing?) about right now is my goal to try 100 new recipes. This is one that I would be most proud of if I could accomplish it. But I am a wee bit behind. So,&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/sherlonya.net\/blog\/2010\/05\/and-who-thought-this-was-a-good-idea\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">And who thought this was a good idea<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[13],"tags":[67],"class_list":["post-667","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cooking","tag-31-goals","entry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p33KTw-aL","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":618,"url":"https:\/\/sherlonya.net\/blog\/2010\/03\/goal-16\/","url_meta":{"origin":667,"position":0},"title":"Goal 16","author":"sherlonya","date":"March 29, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"The recipe goal. 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