Monday, November 23, 2009

Sunday Drive: Meander and Follow Directions

We awoke to joyous sunshine yesterday morn and desperate to suck in every ray we left the house with no agenda other than to get out.

On a country road we passed an auto body specializing in British makes and I met this spritely fellow.



He had definitely seen better days but at least he wasn't alone. The shop was closed so I helped myself taking pictures.

Nearby we gleaned a few apples.

I had grand plans for our apples and wanted to try out my newest library find so I decided to have my hand at tarte tatin, the famously French caramel apple tart. FAILURE. The recipe called for cooking the sugar to a dark caramel. Apparently I took the caramel a shade too far for while my tart looked appetizing, it tasted simultaneously sweet and cloyingly bitter, faintly fruity and very reminiscent of Robitussin. Sadly, I scraped the insipid topping off into a heap and replaced it with a slather of homemade huckleberry jam. The rescued dessert wasn't going win any blue ribbons but she was buttery and wholesome and in the end I was happy.

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