A New Year Begins...

...one woman's vacation dies.

Back to work today. Time to plot for the next vay-cay.

Of course, it's a Tuesday, and it feels like a Monday. So follows the bittersweet emotions that reconcile a 4 day work week versus having your internal clock on the fritz. Though one could get used to a 4 day work week again. Sadly, those days are over at my company.

I hope everyone else is having a marvelous Tuesday!

To Do List:
-Make hair appointment
-Schedule annual run-in with the stirrups and speculum
-Go to Home Depot and look into shelf pins and appropriate drill bit. (Yes, had an interesting shelving issue this weekend with the shelves over my tv.)
-Troubleshoot bedroom cable. Tivo S3 is doing great. It's the bedroom tivo that lost video.

But before all that, I should actually get dressed for work.

Stuffed Salmon in a Puff Pastry

So, here is how you make the Stuffed Salmon Recipe. For the full instructions, consult this cookbook by Jacques Pepin.

So, the first thing you want to do is make the dough. It's flour, butter, water, a little salt. I forgot to take a picture of this part. But you freeze the flour in advance, keep the unsalted butter chilled. Combine ingredients until just combined, then roll out to an 16x10 size. Fold it three ways like a letter, then roll it out again, then chill for 45 minutes, then repeat. Chill until ready to prepare the dish.

Damn, I'm miffed I didn't photograph this part. Ah well.
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