My excellent pal Sarah and I hung out on New Year’s Eve. For food choices, the menu was simple - steamed shrimp w/ salsa verde, bean & ham soup I made from the damn interminable ham from Xmas (“Holiday Hogs”) and maple bacon chocolate chip cookies. Yes, you heard that correctly and more on it in a minute.
For beverages, S brought some apple pie-flavored jet fuel and whipped cream-flavored vodka. I had some cheap rose brut sparkling wine, chocolate stout and some other choices. See, told you it was an easy menu and so nutritious!
Cookies From God
Back to the cookies which are the most amazing things I’ve eaten in a while. I got the recipe from Bitchin’ Kitchen on the Cooking Channel. Being mesmerized by them on Nadia G’s show, I decided it would be the NYE highlight. Here’s the link to recipe:
(I believe in citing and giving proper credit to sources – AS YOU ALL SHOULD!)
Milk Chocolate Chip Maple Glazed Bacon Cookies
S and I substituted dark chocolate chips because milk chocolate is lame. Make them your way, but be prepared to start looking at them like Gollum looks at the Ring – you’ll get really weird about them, I promise.
The Batman
After consuming some alcohol, snacks and The Cookies, we decided to watch “The Dark Knight Rises.” I’ve been a fan of this series and had high expectations. But feeling particularly dumb for not being able to follow it, I asked S if she was. Nope. I don’t want to give full credit to the pie and whipped cream booze because I think the movie was rather convoluted. We didn’t finish watching it.
The next day, I saw that TNT was running the second Batman movie, so I watched it to see if it would help me keep up. After that, I did finish the third, but wasn’t wild about it. Oh, and when did people start calling him “the” Batman?
It was a tolerable holiday thanks to the company and the wonder that is bacon…
Looks innocent, doesn’t it? Photo credit: Sarah: Co-conspirator
Love your comment about looking at the cookies like Gollum looks at the ring. Priceless! Happy New Year!
Thanks for taking the time to comment, Melanie. Or were you just trying to distract me from My Preciouses? Sneaky. I like it.
I’m going to have to try these. My daughter doesn’t understand vegetarians or vegans. She always says, “I can understand other meats, but who doesn’t like bacon?” Bacon lover that she is…
Hi C! I realize I don’t know your real name. Thanks for stopping by to comment – much appreciated! The cookies were as amazing as you might imagine. I think your daughter is very wise.