Squeefest Day 2 Evening and Day 3

[lady_karelia]

The day continued with shopping, mostly to bedbathandbeyond and then


If you'd like to be cheesed out, read on. The wooden board in the centre of the pic: from left to right: mature manchego, port salut, brie (all bought cheeses). Open jar in front: feta (home-made). Wooden board to the right, from left to right: Very Immature Manchego (home-made) and Chilean Artisan cheese (bought), the name of which I've forgotten. Crackers, various salt jars, various water bottles, and computers also abound.


Manchego in the making: the curd is just starting to separate from the whey.


Cheesemaking, ghetto style: the cheese is beneath the pot of whey to press some more whey out.


The cheese after the initial pressing of approximately six pounds of weight.


pyjamapants was baking and awarded voxangelus the lick of the whisk because she yelled loudest when PJ asked who loved her most.


I didn't help or yell, but oh, my, that dough was yummy!


pyjamapants looking deservedly accomplished and smug showing off her creation.


Chai cake. It. Was. Divine.

We all went to the chat last night and Imperioed a lot of chatters to drabble. organic_chemist as usual did a splendid job of listing all the drabbles, which you can read here.




Cheesye Fondue


Artisan bread, celery sticks, cheese, good company... What more can one ask for?


"Now, now, cheese. You will comply!"


Stirring the cauldron...


Cheese fondue evidently wasn't enough, so we added chocolate fondue to the menu, which voxangelus very skillfully prepared.


Chocolate-covered grape, strawberry, pretzel, apple, angel cake, pineapple, marshmallows, and short-bread.


Vox and SW69 chilling out on the sofa while...


... PJ had passed out from all the baking duties.

Then, there was a near-tearful good-bye to SW69 and Vox, and I won't think about tomorrow for now.

Comments

[sbrande.livejournal.com]

Ah you guys are so lucky.

Loves to you all, Sonia :)

[lady-karelia.livejournal.com]

I agree. And I'm all sad tonight. The apartment is soooooooo empty. :(

[sunnythirty3.livejournal.com]

Oh, what a night. Middle Febr'y 2009
Everybody had a real good time
Cheese and fondue, what a sight!

:P

[lady-karelia.livejournal.com]

Heh, I like that! :P

[miamadwyn.livejournal.com]

Wow, looks like a wonderful weekend!

[lady-karelia.livejournal.com]

It truly was. Much laughter, much cheese, much chocolate, fantastic company, what more can one ask for... Shame time flew by so fast, though. :(

[kizzy7.livejournal.com]

Oh my, looks delicious! What a wonderful weekend!

[lady-karelia.livejournal.com]

It was. :) I don't remember an occasion when I constantly ate more than I should have...

[kimberly-elf.livejournal.com]

The food and company look fabulous! You all seem to be having a wonderful time. ::cheers::

[lady-karelia.livejournal.com]

It was a great weekend! And I'm feeling all alone tonight, lol.

[organic-chemist.livejournal.com]

Looks like you had a smashing time! Thanks for sharing the pictures ...

[lady-karelia.livejournal.com]

We did. There is a universal need for a repeat, and maybe more will join us next time. *looks hopeful*

[notsosaintly.livejournal.com]

So is Squeefest something you came up with yourself? (Am late on the uptake, gradually rediscovering the online world after two major RL projects.)

Looks like fun. Looks like I'd like to ditch good ol' (cough) Los Angeles and move somewhere more south-easternly.

[lady-karelia.livejournal.com]

I think it was hogwarts_91 who came up with the term when some of us met at her place in Austin in December, and we all liked it, so keep using it. :p

Yes, I think you should move closer. LA is such shaky ground anyway.

[voxangelus.livejournal.com]

*SNIFFLE*

Not the best thing to read at the airport whilst waiting for your flight :(

Sooooo much fun!!!

[lady-karelia.livejournal.com]

I am one sad karelia tonight. :(

But it was great fun, and I'm so happy that you joined us!!!

[hogwarts-91.livejournal.com]

There's just something so naughty about the sound of underage cheese. Is it wrong to be aroused by such terms?!

[kittylefish.livejournal.com]

err - we determined, if loving underage cheese is wrong, we don't wanna be right ...

[lady-karelia.livejournal.com]

What do you mean "wrong"? If it's that good, it can't be wrong in the least! LOL

[apisa-b.livejournal.com]

Mmmmh... All those food looks really yummy.

And I thought I'd get to see the Pajama Pans with the flowers on the bottom.

[lady-karelia.livejournal.com]

I looked through my pics, and there is none. :(( Must Imperio her to come here again so I can take a pic of that!

[abitofadork7.livejournal.com]

I feel very hungry with all those food pics.

I'm glad you guys had such an awesome time. XD

[lady-karelia.livejournal.com]

Funny, I didn't feel hungry at all today. I think I'm still stuffed from all the cheese and chocolate... LOL

[abitofadork7.livejournal.com]

You must be. That WAS a lot of food...

[pyjamapants.livejournal.com]

Whew! Made it to Nashville... you ladies wore me out!

Who knew that laughing nearly constantly for 4 days could be so exhausting!

*hugs*

[lady-karelia.livejournal.com]

It was all the demands of the underage cheese I think, not us!

Glad you made it back okay. SW has got home safely, too.

Four days have NEVER been this short!

[stefdarlin.livejournal.com]

Awwww, lol, how can PJ sleep like that? It looks like y'all had a fabulous time. Thank you so much for more picspam, so those of us who couldn't attend could do some more living vicariously through you. Tee hee!

The cake and all the fondue looks very yummy. I have never had Chai cake before, but I believe I have the link to the recipe, so I think there may be some Chai cake in my near future. =o)

Btw, Saturday Night Chat was a blast, even if I never caught up to Vox, lol.

[lady-karelia.livejournal.com]

She might have posed and fooled me. With her, you never know. :P

I absolutely recommend that chai cake! I'm not a cake person, and I loved it.

I think we all enjoyed Saturday night chat. I heard rumours that some continued until past 6am... I gave up around 4.30. :)