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In and Safe

With Snowmagedon coming, I made it home safely.  My job is to keep the home fires burning (literally) while Himself handles stuff at work.

My footprints that I left when I arrived an hour and a half ago are already covered.  I’ve got my french toast fixins’ and the pets have food (very important because I don’t want to become a midnight snack). The Mighty Og sent a text to see if I was home and to offer shelter if I needed it.

I’ve got food, shelter, and heat and the pets are safe with me and Himself is safe at work.  The major downside is that I won’t see him probably until Thursday but each of us is doing what needs to be done.  My mind is at ease because he’s in and safe and his mind is at ease (as much as can be) because I’ve got things under control here (so far).

Maybe I’ll go bake some cookies.

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30 responses to “In and Safe”

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    Anonymous

    Sorry that you are apart. I have power. Barkley has treats. And there are 2 chili beers left.

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    Oooh. Chili beer! I made chocolate pudding with cayenne and cinnamon for breakfast. Talked to him this morning and he sounds tired–probably another 36 hours before he gets home.

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    “chocolate pudding with cayenne and cinnamon”Seriously?

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    Seriously. Good enough for the Mayans and Aztecs. I use VERY dark chocolate and the cayenne and cinnamon really enhances the flavor. Perfect served warm on a cold day.

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    Anonymous

    MidwestChick – Pudding is supposed to be a no no for my diet. But this is intriguing.

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    No pudding or no chocolate? Because you can put cayenne and cinnamon in any recipe with chocolate–like brownies and such that are thicker. Cakes, not so much.

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    I've seen the Mayan Chocolate as a selling feature for… hot chocolate, perhaps?… but perceived it as marketing nonsense, not an actual recipe. Now I know. And now I want some.

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    Anonymous

    You can make your own hot chocolate or you can put some cayenne and cinnamon in the pre-made stuff. It's really good.

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    You won me over. I'm enjoying some right now. It took a lot more cayenne than I thought it would.Thank you for pointing me to this!

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    The cayenne opens up the taste receptors on your tongue so the little chocolate molecules can climb in and have a party.

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    And party they do–I can see why the Ancient Indians combined the two. Glad you like it VI! You never know what you're going to find in a blog, do you?? :-)BTW, I've also had dark chocolate ice cream with cayenne–phenomenal!

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    I used milk chocolate, no dark available at the moment. But the dark would rock!No ice cream for me. I can get away with a hot chocolate, but as much as I love cream, my belt does not.

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    Nestle has a packaged dark hot chocolate that makes a good base for the cayenne. Dagoba has a pretty tasty mayan-type hot chocolate mix (I add more cayenne), and there's a company called Chuao that has a spicy Mayan dark chocolate bar and they also make a hot chocolate mix. Love the chocolate bar but haven't tried the hot chocolate mix.

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    MidwestChick – you are very thorough. Thank you for all of the pointers. I'll keep an eye out!

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    Another way to look at it is that I'm obsessive about my chocolate. But I'll go with thorough… 🙂

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    Sorry that you are apart. I have power. Barkley has treats. And there are 2 chili beers left.

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  17. Avatar
    Anonymous

    Oooh. Chili beer! I made chocolate pudding with cayenne and cinnamon for breakfast. Talked to him this morning and he sounds tired–probably another 36 hours before he gets home.

    Like

    Reply
  18. Avatar
    Anonymous

    “chocolate pudding with cayenne and cinnamon”Seriously?

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  19. Avatar
    Anonymous

    Seriously. Good enough for the Mayans and Aztecs. I use VERY dark chocolate and the cayenne and cinnamon really enhances the flavor. Perfect served warm on a cold day.

    Like

    Reply
  20. Avatar
    Anonymous

    MidwestChick – Pudding is supposed to be a no no for my diet. But this is intriguing.

    Like

    Reply
  21. Avatar
    Anonymous

    No pudding or no chocolate? Because you can put cayenne and cinnamon in any recipe with chocolate–like brownies and such that are thicker. Cakes, not so much.

    Like

    Reply
  22. Avatar
    Anonymous

    I've seen the Mayan Chocolate as a selling feature for… hot chocolate, perhaps?… but perceived it as marketing nonsense, not an actual recipe. Now I know. And now I want some.

    Like

    Reply
  23. Avatar
    Anonymous

    You can make your own hot chocolate or you can put some cayenne and cinnamon in the pre-made stuff. It's really good.

    Like

    Reply
  24. Avatar
    Anonymous

    You won me over. I'm enjoying some right now. It took a lot more cayenne than I thought it would.Thank you for pointing me to this!

    Like

    Reply
  25. Avatar
    Anonymous

    The cayenne opens up the taste receptors on your tongue so the little chocolate molecules can climb in and have a party.

    Like

    Reply
  26. Avatar
    Anonymous

    And party they do–I can see why the Ancient Indians combined the two. Glad you like it VI! You never know what you're going to find in a blog, do you?? :-)BTW, I've also had dark chocolate ice cream with cayenne–phenomenal!

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    Anonymous

    I used milk chocolate, no dark available at the moment. But the dark would rock!No ice cream for me. I can get away with a hot chocolate, but as much as I love cream, my belt does not.

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    Reply
  28. Avatar
    Anonymous

    Nestle has a packaged dark hot chocolate that makes a good base for the cayenne. Dagoba has a pretty tasty mayan-type hot chocolate mix (I add more cayenne), and there's a company called Chuao that has a spicy Mayan dark chocolate bar and they also make a hot chocolate mix. Love the chocolate bar but haven't tried the hot chocolate mix.

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    Anonymous

    MidwestChick – you are very thorough. Thank you for all of the pointers. I'll keep an eye out!

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    Another way to look at it is that I'm obsessive about my chocolate. But I'll go with thorough… 🙂

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