I bought new glasses last week, and today they finally arrived. Aren’t they sexy?
Yes. Yes, they are.
(Yeah, okay, they probably aren’t exactly sexy. Cute, sure. Trendy, even. But not exactly sexy. Still, I’m really excited about them.)
When I said that I would be making my most ambitious dish yet this week, I lied. Not intentionally, but it was a lie all the same.
I thought making a blackberry grunt would be difficult. A grunt is the New England variation of a cobbler, and it certainly looked at least a little challenging. It had a stewed blackberry filling and globs of dough that formed the grunt topping. However, it was actually really, really easy. Like, incredibly easy.
That’s not to say it wasn’t delicious; it was very tasty. The dough-like grunt topping had a slight tang thanks to the buttermilk, and it was great to eat a glob of the grunt with the blackberry filling. It was kind of like eating a buttermilk biscuit with blackberry jam. It was delicious; my family devoured the blackberry grunt in less than two days!
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This is by far the simplest cross stitching project I have completed, but it might just be my favorite. I love the message of “Hope Dream Wish Believe.” The dandelions look great throughout the piece; the different shapes and sizes add detail to such a simple design. The fact that the silhouette is making a wish on a dandelion looks absolutely perfect, too.
