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November 14, 2004
s'mores, s'mores! when it's just too cold to camp
today we drove home from richmond, virginia (home to patience & company) after a wonderful whirlwind weekend of marathon fun. my husband dave ran his first big 26.2 mile race and we had a great time celebrating his big accomplishment.
our big accomplishment is that lots of friends and family everywhere from the blogosphere to real life have been buying up these zines. we couldn't be more happy or more grateful. we hope it doesn't stop! we celebrated by cutting and rubber cementing 100 more little cards together for the covers. woohoo! only 400 more to go! and it only took five hours. are we crazy or what?
in the middle of our cutting and pasting extravaganza we took a break to make s'mores over the open fire. well, maybe that's overstating things a bit. okay, okay, so it wasn't exactly the open fire. but why start forest fires in the backyard when you can just burn a red hot burner on the stove instead? i was very happy when pache suggested we make the stove top campfire central.
here's the impromptu soulsisters s'mores recipe for the fire-phobic, fireplace-less, or hopelessly housebound camper. works like a charm, is much more exciting (and space saving) than these oh-so trendy things & your kids will think you rock for being so dangerous.
ingredients: the regular (we buy the cheapy storebrand marshmallows though we do fantasize about the handcut marshmallows here, graham crackers of any variety and nothing but hershey's)
directions: turn the burner on high and wait for it to heat up nice and hot. put your marshmallow on a fork (or stick if you want to feel especially authentic) and roast slowly to gooey perfection. while you're toasting, place brick of chocolate on graham cracker and sit next to the burner, rotating occasionally. the heat from the burner will slightly melt the chocolate, making for the best s'more ever. place your toasted marshmallow on the chocolate and top with another graham cracker. yummy!
it was the perfect pick-me-up for two tired soulsisters in desperate need of naps.
Posted by Jen at November 14, 2004 09:59 PMComments
mountain pies anyone?
Posted by: pache at November 15, 2004 01:45 PMJen,
I know we haven't met, I am dating Adam Cleaveland, but he recieved his "Zine" today, which I read cover to cover, I was laughing outloud and reading it to him and also crying at the touching stories you included. I am going to buy them as gifts for friends and my mom! I hope you two are successful with this thing, it is so inspiring to see people realizing their dreams!! You are both wonderful writers. Your language is fresh and bubble while also conveying your deep spiritual convictions. I loved the bio's at the end! I hope we can meet sometime. Way to go!!
Katie
Posted by: Katie Lewis at November 16, 2004 05:20 PMPost a comment