Monday, October 11, 2010

Cake contest, WE TV.....

I put 4 of my cakes on the WE TV cake contest.  Others have to vote on them.  Well, I was just looking at my scores, and they weren't too high.  Then I looked at the ratings of other very nice cakes and they were about the same as mine.  I went back in and rated all the cakes higher.  Not mine, but all the others I could look at in a short amount of time.  It's not that we want to win.  It's just that you would like your cakes to be rated for the hard work we put into them.  Anyway, there are many cake decorators that do a beautiful job on their cakes.  I think the independent cake maker is more inventive and will do more to make your cake look special.  I know how much work we put into them!

Monday, October 4, 2010

"You cut the turkey without me?....

In the movie,  "Avalon", the most memorable line is, "You cut the turkey without me?", Lou Jacobi sputters, as he walks in and sees everyone at the table. "You cut the turkey without me?" he repeats.
 
"Avalon", was written  and directed by Barry Levinson. He wove parts of his own life into the Baltimore-based story of a family founded by immigrant grandfather, (beautifully played by Armin Müller-Stahl). In Avalon, Lou Jacobi, as a permanently irked relative, who, arriving late for the Thanksgiving meal, bursts in the door just as the family has given up waiting . Filled with indignation, Jacobi barks, “What?! You cut the turkey? You cut the turkey without me?”
From that day on, the brothers never spoke to each other.   We wonder why something like the cutting of the turkey can cause such a reaction.  Maybe the holiday was so significant to this family of immigrants, that the cutting of the main attraction, the turkey, before everyone was there, was perceived as disrespectful. Maybe there was a series of things that bugged this irate brother and this was the pinnacle that put him over the top. To the cutters of the turkey, it was not a big deal.  But it was a big deal and the brothers never spoke again.
Sometimes in families, this can happen.  It's difficult to understand why family relationships dissolve over actions that the offended finds impossible to overlook, or somehow, to forgive and forget.  I can understand the irked relative's reaction.  Sometimes you say, "enough is enough".
Maybe some of you would like to see this movie. 

Friday, October 1, 2010

I haven't been here in a few days.  Busy with lots of things.  Also, since I've resumed my relationship with FaceBook, I've been spending too much time on it.  My videos on YouTube are doing good.  I love doing them.  I have alot more to learn about the process.  But my recipes are popular with family, friends and others.  Now I just have to figure out how to put a title at the beginning of the video. 
 I probably should invest in this book!