*thud*

Mandatory overtime makes for a tired stryck. The end of the year is a big push in my department at work, and we're down to the wire. On top of that, we had a large group of loans drop Christmas Eve, some of which will need to have taxes paid by the end of the year. So, it's all hands on deck at work, and everybody with half a work ethic is staying late at least a little while.

On the plus side, I bought oranges this week, a really big sack. I also picked up a citrus peeler (being a plastic invention designed to save you from having to use your fingernails). anher and I have been snacking on oranges.

Little pieces of sunshine. Mmmmmmm... they're sustaining me through the tired and hungry attacks.

Adventures in cooking: Pink Slaw (sort of salmon colored, really)

Well, I have new kitchen gadgets, so of course I decided to put one of them to use! I got out the food processor to make quick work of a project I'd been meaning to do over Christmas and just never did.

So, I took half a smallish red cabbage and processed that. The food processor is scary fast! I was not prepared for the sheer speed of the slicing and dicing.

I added three carrots and a cucumber, all shredded. All of this was dumped into a bowl as the processor filled up. The only other ingredients are a glug and a half of cider vinegar and enough mayo to coat evenly.

Quite tasty! Just enough vinegar to give it that 'slaw' bite, and the tastes are just about in the right proportions. A successful test of the new machine.

I told anher it looks something like a mad scientist's salad, and he agreed. And it's all mine! Mine, I tell you! Muahahahaha!

He doesn't much like slaw.