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 :)

[sunnythirty3.livejournal.com]

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

:P

[miamadwyn.livejournal.com]

Wow, looks like a wonderful weekend!

[kizzy7.livejournal.com]

Oh my, looks delicious! What a wonderful weekend!

[kimberly-elf.livejournal.com]

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

[organic-chemist.livejournal.com]

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

[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.

[voxangelus.livejournal.com]

*SNIFFLE*

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

Sooooo much fun!!!

[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?!

[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.

[abitofadork7.livejournal.com]

I feel very hungry with all those food pics.

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

[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*

[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.