Saturday, January 16, 2010

Julie and Julia - Post Viewing

I had the girls over Wednesday to watch Julie and Julia.

The Dinner...So as usual the preparation began early. Tuesday night I was attempting to make my first ever Creme Brulee. It is one of our favorite desserts and I thought I would give it a try. I mean I had the torch and everything (thanks Hubby). My timing was perfect, I constantly stirred but never brought the liquid to a boil. I reached the most crucial point of the preparation and there was no separation (that's a good thing). It looked perfect and smelled wonderful. I say looked because as I waited and waited for the Creme Brulee to set, it never did. Instead of Creme Brulee we ended up with Creme Brulee Soup. With no time left to prepare a backup dessert, I stopped on the way home Wednesday to pick up some Skinny Cow ice cream sandwiches. On the upside, the rest of the dinner was delightful. The Mediterranean Pita's turned out perfectly and introduced me to a new sandwich topping. The pita's consisted of a pita with hummus spread over it, topped with tiny hamburgers, red onion, parsley and drizzled with olive oil. The hummus made the pita. I loved it so much that I had it on a chicken sandwich the next day (equally as good). With the pitas I served a simple Mediterranean lettuce salad. Yum-O.

The Movie...I like the book more then the movie but to be fair I usually do. However, Meryl Streep nailed the part of Julia. She immersed herself in the role as no other actress could have done. There, of course, were some disappointments from the movie. For those of you who read the book you will be able to appreciate what I am about to say. After the movie was over, we were discussing the lack of one of our favorite scenes from the book...bitch rice. How is it possible that that scene made it to the cutting room floor and the chicken meltdown made it...

The Wine...we had three delicious wines, of which, I can remember the names of none and the bottles have already made it to recycling :( We had a Zin, a Cab and a Merlot.

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