Happy New Year!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
2021 is finally here, and damn if it ain\u2019t start off with a bang.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Anyway, I choose today\u2019s title as sort of a tribute to Alex Trebek\u2019s last week on Jeopardy. I wasn\u2019t exactly a Trebek fan. I actually thought he could be kinda rude, but I didn\u2019t not like the guy either, and I can\u2019t imagine anyone else as a host of that show \u2013 he\u2019s all I\u2019ve ever known. Anyway, on Jeopardy when they have a category that has a bunch of different answers from different topics, they call that category potpourri, and that\u2019s what this post is going to be \u2013 potpourri.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
First up, about those brown butter rice crispy treats I mentioned in my last post. I couldn\u2019t wait \u2018til New Year\u2019s Eve, I made them right after my last post. I was so excited to taste all this flavor they said the brown butter would add. Well, I don\u2019t know if I was doing it wrong or what, but I couldn\u2019t taste the difference between a brown butter rice crispy treat and a regular rice crispy treat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Everyone I watched on YouTube was saying that it adds a nutty, caramelly, almost toffee like flavor, and um, that would be a no. I even made sure to get those brown bits at the bottom that video after video proclaimed, \u201cthat\u2019s where all the flavor is.\u201d But again, no.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Now I will admit it did smell a tad bit caramelly when I mixed the brown butter with the marshmallows, but I didn\u2019t smell that when I was browning the butter, furthermore, I definitely didn\u2019t taste it once I made the treats.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Like I said, of course there is the possibility that I did it wrong, but what I think really happened is some famous chef came up with this idea that brown butter is supposed to be awesome, and then everyone else just jumped in the bandwagon and agreed, even though they too couldn\u2019t taste the difference. I\u2019ll try it again to be sure. That\u2019ll have to wait after I finish the Daniel Fast though.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In other news, the Georgia runoff is complete and yielded two new Democratic senators, which with VP-Elect Kamala Harris having the tie-breaking vote, gives the dems the majority. I\u2019m neither a Democrat nor a Republican, I am a concerned American, and I will vote and have voted from people in both parties. In particular, I\u2019m not a fan of how it seems that so many black people are practically in the bag for Democrats, even though over the years it\u2019s yielded little to no results. I actually go into a Twitter argument about this this some, soon after Kamala Harris was picked. Black people were arguing with me saying how much dems have done for blacks and that they would do more if it weren\u2019t for Mitch McConnell. Well now Mitch McConnell is going to be the minority leader and dems have the majority in the house, the senate, and they have the presidency. Let\u2019s see what happens \u2013 hopefully progress and good things, but\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Then there was the storming of the Capitol today. What a crazy scene. I was glued to the TV all day. I couldn\u2019t stop watching. It\u2019s amazing that this whole thing wasn\u2019t stopped before it got that far. It\u2019s amazing that so many people could storm the Capitol of all places, and not get tear-gassed or hit with rubber bullets. But then again, they were white, so I\u2019m not surprised, but amazed nonetheless.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Finally, I\u2019ve been working on a script and I\u2019m going to submit it to a contest, and the deadline\u2019s quickly approaching.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Whew, that was a lot, and for now that\u2019s it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Happy New Year! 2021 is finally here, and damn if it ain\u2019t start off with a bang. Anyway, I choose today\u2019s title as sort of a tribute to Alex Trebek\u2019s last week on Jeopardy. I wasn\u2019t exactly a Trebek fan….<\/p>\n