Did somebody say… PUFFY SLEEVE?
 
It appears that my meticulous calculations have worked! The first puffy sleeve is finished and it’s just about as perfect as I could’ve hoped for. I need to give both pieces a good ironing before I sew it in, but I’m 95% sure this pattern is a keeper. You can see how it looks on my arm here. Now I just need to knit another one and finish the thing off! Easy peasy.
And that second photo? That’s the amazing dinner the Snook cooked me tonight. (Vegetarians LOOK AWAY NOW.) It was a low-carb carnivore’s feast. Starting from the bottom, there’s a bed of mashed cauliflower surrounding a Scotch fillet steak wrapped in bacon, with fried duck’s liver on top. And what’s that funny white golf-ball-thingy? Oh, it’s truffle butter. (Seriously, I could eat a bowl of that stuff.) The sauce is a reduction of sherry and homemade veal stock, and there’s a side of green beans amandine. We washed it down with a few glasses of an excellent Australian red.
You know, so far my 30’s really don’t suck!
Marci
March 15, 2007 — 11:23 pm
Dinner looks fab, and I’m super jealous. 🙂
Staci
March 16, 2007 — 5:48 am
I LOVE the puffy sleeves. I can’t think of anything that would be more appropriate with the kitty heads.
And mashed cauliflower? I’m definitely trying that. The whole thing looks fantastic.
M-H
March 16, 2007 — 7:50 am
Those sleeves really work. But aren’t you afraid they’re a little, er, young for you? ::ducking and running::
Kris
March 16, 2007 — 7:52 am
The cauliflower is great. It’s something we came up with when we did Atkins a few years ago. We just chop it up and microwave it with a little water til it goes soft. Drain water and mash the heck out of it. (A stick blender helps.) Add salt and pepper, and maybe a bit of butter or sour cream. It has more flavor than potatoes (and it’s a tiny bit grittier), but now that we’re used to it we actually prefer it.
Kris
March 16, 2007 — 7:53 am
RUNNING, M-H? You don’t think I can catch you hobbling along these days?! 🙂
Bex
March 16, 2007 — 8:22 am
OMG – Puff sleeve heaven – you so have to write the pattern up so i can steal …umm i mean borrow the idea and use it on something too!!
And the dinner looked nice, even if you massacred 7 different animals in the making of it 😉
The Other Andrew
March 16, 2007 — 11:43 am
It’s a massacre…
Amy
March 16, 2007 — 8:15 pm
I see dead things…..
(just kidding, welcome to the 30’s)
Lara
March 17, 2007 — 12:07 am
Can we have a close up of the truffle butter?
Kris
March 17, 2007 — 12:13 am
Oh, it’s gone. 🙂 He got a jar of “truffle salsa” at DJ’s and mixed some up with butter. Not only did we eat it all, I LICKED THE BOWL CLEAN. The best part is, you only need like half a teaspoon of the stuff so we’ve still got a nearly full jar. The only problem is I can’t think of much to do with it that doesn’t require (delicious) carbs. So for now I’m just opening it periodically and taking a deep inhale. *bliss*