[Otto's note: This blog owes Daisy a lot; the ideas and suggestions about the dishes mostly come from her. And the debt will only grow folks, here is her first of hopefully many entries.]
Welcome to Daisy’s first-ever blog entry! I have been picking Otto’s head to post a dessert recipe that I really really love for some time, and he said: “Why don’t you write it?” Well, I can think of many reasons not to write: I am not as good a writer, I have not baked the dessert (Otto did!!) and I am not a cook, not a talented cook like Otto, but not even a modest cook. I love spending time with Otto in the kitchen, but I talk the talk, and he walks the walk… well, this is the perfect division of labor in our world. Anyway, it turns out Otto’s blog is much more structured than I thought: He says he has to have a theme to write a blog on, because this blog is not about recipes, it’s about food but also about life, about so many other things…. In my opinion, you don’t have to have a theme to write about this particular dessert, you just have to have a sweet tooth!!!! And, I have lots of it in me!!! Dessert is the most important part of a meal for me. Even though I enjoy appetizers, and soups, and salads, and entrees very much, I always always always look forward to seeing the dessert menu at the restaurants… I go to some restaurants just for their desserts. What can I do? Dessert is the most important part of a meal... So, here it comes: Meyer Lemon – Blackberry Bread Pudding!!!!!!
We were looking for a bread pudding recipe for our Christmas dinner. We are holiday people, we identify all holidays with good food, so we celebrate as many holidays as possible, let it be religious, secular, national, international, doesn’t matter. No wonder, Thanksgiving (the most food-focused holiday of all!) is our favorite holiday. So, holiday means good food, and Christmas was a good opportunity to hone Otto’s skills in making bread pudding. We started with asking around for recipes, and our generous friends shared quite a few recipes with us, and I, Daisy the ultimate Googler, also googled for recipes online. Out of about 10-12 recipes, I chose Iron Chef Bobby Flay’s Meyer Lemon Blackberry Bread Pudding.
Here is the recipe:
Bobby Flay obviously explains the recipe much better than I could, so I would just tell you to follow his instructions and you’ll be just fine…. Oops, maybe not! Ok, now I talked to Otto and he sent a message. Apparently, Bobby Flay is not as iron chef as he should be, and he misses a point in the recipe. When Bobby tells you to slowly whisk the warm milk into the eggs and add vanilla, he forgets to tell you that you also have to add the meyer lemon juice at that time. Do not forget the meyer lemon juice, people, it adds a lot!
This is such a yummy dessert that, if you try it, I am sure, you will love it, and send a message to Otto saying that you loved it, and he will regret that it was not him that blogged about the breadpudding ha ha ha. Bon Appetit!
Now that I have warmed up, stay tuned for my next blog! Yeah, next blog, but probably it will not be about a certain recipe. As I mentioned earlier, and as you (the followers of this blog) have already found out, I am not a cook. In contrast to Otto, who grew up watching what her mom did in the kitchen, I grew up going into the kitchen only to get something from the refrigerator. I never wanted to find out what my mom was doing in the kitchen. But even my mom did not want to spend much time in the kitchen; she came from work at about 7pm, and got into the kitchen because she had to feed us, and did quick things (but we never ever ate fast food, or junk food, or lean cuisine, thank you, mom!!) and we ended up eating in front of the TV watching some TV series on our one-channel TV. So, I don’t have that natural love for cooking in my genes, and my strengths lay elsewhere: I love thinking about what to eat for dinner, which restaurant to go, I love spending time in the kitchen helping Otto, taking photos of his dishes, and I am very much into the thing that is the best company to food: Wine! Wine. I’ll blog about wine. I’ll think of some way to blog about wine. After all… tomorrow is another day.
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