Some Weekend Things...

GR&DF yes, the cake was a big hit - I am so happy that all I got back was an empty plate. Heaven only knows - that is the last thing I need sitting around the house - a delicious pineapple cake - or just about any cake needs not to be sitting around the house!!

For the weekend I had set some things in my mind to accomplish and although pretty easy to accomplish as a group - I have to almost make a list so as not to forget anything. One of the things I wanted to do last weekend was to try and make those Madeleine cookies - I found the recipe and thought - "I can do this." But, last weekend came and went and not a cookie was made. This weekend was quite a different story.

I should do this chronologically - shouldn't I - On Saturday we did the estate sales and thrift shops. I did find a few things.... here is a snap -


From left to right - a large cup and saucer with "Mom" in gilt for Rico's Mom - she has wanted a largish cup for a long time and this will certainly fit the bill. Then I found this little English Ironstone platter with this great border, a slim Christmas cookbook, a bone china commemorative Charles and Diana Wedding cup, and a very early copy of Mastering French Cooking (I had a copy but I think someone borrowed it and it never came home). We stopped for lunch at Kitaro - which has now become a fav stop for sushi for we three - my lunch -

I had a Rock and Roll roll and a 49'er roll and some gyoza - it really hit the spot!! Walking back to the car we passed a shop and look what they had out front....

The first local cherries of the season - if the boxes are to be believed they are from Stockton - which is in the San Joaquin Valley. I love me some cherries and if they are really coming in I just might have to make some cherry preserves!!!!

After I got home from our early day adventures I got a wild hair and wanted to get crafty. A while back I found at some house sale I bought some nice, but bland, 32ct linen.

These are the three pieces ..... I had sweet Vonna's super instructions for making some fabulous "aged" linen - her soak and bake method works a treat!!! So I got together some old coffee leftover from the morning and made some more - I also made some strong tea. After throwing caution to the wind I took each piece of linen and turned them into these......



I couldn't be happier with the way they turned out and will never buy aged linen again -this was so easy I have no idea what I was so afraid of - or why I was hesitant. I guess since I hate to even cut into a beautiful piece of linen it was kind of hard to submerge it in a black cauldron of the unknown, but the results where super!!! Thank you dear Vonna!!!

Now Sunday morning came and I needed to get the cookie dough started as it had to sit in the refrigerator for a "few hours" before I could use it . So I got up and got things together...

and then put the finished dough in the fridge...

and it was off to breakfast - and a quick visit to the farmers market...



Looking east towards Alamo Square - the large apartment building was where we used to live about 10 years ago - the corner on the 3rd floor.

After we got home I threw myself into making these cookies - I reread the directions and can pretty well figure things out!! Here is the last fill of the cookie pan - you have to well grease these suckers and there is still a bit of sticking -


the recipe made about 3 1/2 dozen cookies....

Although not all of them are picture perfect they are pretty tasty and I sent a bunch to work with Rico - so I will here about them this afternoon. They are much better than any of the packaged one I have gotten - and I have tried lots of them!!

I think that pretty much wraps up the weekend!! I do thank you for stopping by and for all you kind comments about Fridays post!!! Do come again!!

Take care,
edgar