http://www.meggomyeggo.com/inabox I write here when I feel like writing and sharing something. There is not much of a theme happening, it is mostly mundane, but there might be something to enjoy. If you don't mind excessive dot-dot-dotting, please read away. Sun, 17 Aug 2008 23:12:11 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en On July 7th Eric emailed me this blog post detailing an experiment in mixing two delicious things: bacon and chocolate chip cookies. In the subject line he asked, "wanna bake some cookies?". Yes, of course I did. Various summer going-ons delayed our cookie date but yesterday we finally got the ... http://www.meggomyeggo.com/inabox/2008/08/17/in-the-kitchen-with-meg-and-eric-bacon-chocolate-chip-cookies/ This summer we've continuously have had visitors on our kitchen window. Both inside and out. Yesterday it was this guy: For a sense of his size, he was a bit longer than a wasp. I don't know what he is but he didn't mind his photograph being taken. I spent a ... http://www.meggomyeggo.com/inabox/2008/08/17/unidentified-kitchen-friend/ On Sunday I hiked up Alouette Mountain in Golden Ears Provincial Park. I made the mistake of thinking that since it was sunny and clear in Vancouver, it would be the same 50km away from Vancouver and on a mountain no less. Ha. Luckily I was with some generous people who ... http://www.meggomyeggo.com/inabox/2008/08/13/alouette-mountain-hike/ I was just outside to see if I could catch a glimpse of any the Perseids meteors. I didn't go very far from my home but waited in a spot where a relatively large number of stars were visible in the clear sky. I waited until my neck got sore ... http://www.meggomyeggo.com/inabox/2008/08/12/lets-just-do-summer/ Not much to be said here. Raspberries and cream, whipped cream. The perfect compliment to raspberry tartness. Raspberries and cream day is like a finishing nod to the raspberry season so it's a little sad. I've eaten pints and pints of berries and cherries in the past few months and will ... http://www.meggomyeggo.com/inabox/2008/08/07/happy-raspberries-and-cream-day/ Having recently celebrated ice cream soda day, I wasn't really up for a root beer float even with leftover root beer and ice cream at my disposal. To be honest, I don't really like soda/pop hence think floats are kind of a waste of ice cream. Maybe that's what A&W ... http://www.meggomyeggo.com/inabox/2008/08/06/happy-root-beer-float-day/ Good morning! It's a happy day indeed - it's waffle day! Some waffle facts: Waffles date back to the middle ages when thin, crisp cakes were baked between two iron plates connected together with a hinge and imprinted with a design, sometimes the waffle grid we know today. Eggo had/has a 65% ... http://www.meggomyeggo.com/inabox/2008/08/05/happy-waffle-day/ Chocolate chip day celebrated with one of my favourite varieties of chocolate chip baking: The banana chocolate chip muffin. The ones at this café were missing the bananas it seems. So get this - chocolate chips were not produced until 1939. Can you imagine it? So much history with no chocolate ... http://www.meggomyeggo.com/inabox/2008/08/04/happy-chocolate-chip-day/ A summer icon but odd looking without the seeds. Summary of my seedless watermelon production googling: A chemical called colchicine is used to double the number of chromosomes of a normal watermelon. If colchicine were used on us, we would probably die but the watermelons are cool with it. It ... http://www.meggomyeggo.com/inabox/2008/08/03/happy-watermelon-day/ My fortune cookie fortune today: A MAN WITH BROWN EYES HAS A SURPRISE FOR YOU http://www.meggomyeggo.com/inabox/2008/08/03/creepy-and-intriguing-at-the-same-time/