Day of the Dead

[magid]

Cthulhia's party Friday night was a lot of fun. More LJ (and non-LJ) friends than I could shake a stick at, as it were. I enjoyed lounging on the clouds again; they seem to foster interesting conversation. Or perhaps I am just lucky enough to have interesting friends?

The other decorations were fun, the flags (?) strung across the ceilings, the usual interesting-colored-light-pattern thing on the front porch.

Swirls of conversation, the ebb and flow of chat. Games sprouting up, Euchre in the dim light of the front porch. (Don't feel like a listing of talk with who about what sort of paragraph; suffice to say I was glad to see people and talk with them....)

I was pleased to see people eating my first attempt at Dead Bread (luckily not attempted in rainbow colors...), and got to compare notes about another recipe. Definitely a festive sort of bread, with all the butter and eggs. I was pleased to find that the orange zest and orange flower water balanced the anise in a way that made it taste good to me, rather than just licorice.
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[treacle-well.livejournal.com]

I was pleased to find that the orange zest and orange flower water balanced the anise in a way that made it taste good to me, rather than just licorice.

I took a bite of the bread before you told me there was anise in it, and I recall thinking (and saying) that it was quite tasty. I liked it. This shocks me because I avoid foods with anise in them (Italian frosted cookies? Blech!) since I dislike the licorice flavor.

So, this is just a second opinion that the combo of flavors in that bread were indeed *very* nicely balanced and compatible if it got even me liking something with anise in it