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I am on vacation! Until next Wednesday! And there is no one else in the house till then as well!

I am terribly excited.

Also, it is the summer solstice! (For northerly folk - happy Yule, denizens of the southern hemisphere!) Which I will be celebrating in two ways: 1) by singing and dancing and making a lot of exciting food and generally celebrating throughout the day, and 2) by sitting on my back porch and watching the sunset, much like I sit on the back porch and watch the sunrise at Yule. (Because while summer is nice and important and all, I don't actually like it much - it is bright and hot and I don't enjoy those things. So I see no reason that I should also celebrate the fact that after today, the days start getting shorter again.)

Happy Solstice, everybody!

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Today, I am Cooking All The Things.

This morning, I made a Buttered Toast and Jam Pudding, which looks gorgeous. And, right now, I am making Honeyed Chicken Handpies.

Sometimes, I worry about the fact that 90% of all the savory dishes I can make are basically fancy variations on the theme of sandwich. Seriously, I can make excellent bao, bierocks, empanadas, and at least three kinds of meat pie. All of which are basically "meat inside a crust, sometimes with vegetables".

And then I think about the fact that, basically, I eat a lot of sandwiches anyway, so if I can fancy them up and occasionally impress people with them, that is all to the good.




ETA - Okay, I've now properly tasted the pie filling, rather than just smelling it.

You guys. You should make the Honeyed Chicken Pies.