(no subject)

[naomikritzer]

A big old thumbs down to "Vegan Rella," a soy-based cheese substitute. I'd passed on the various alternatives to cheese on the assumption that they would be a waste of money, but after hearing various people insist that Vegan Rella was pretty good, I thought I'd give it a try. Bleah. It was weirdly chalky, with a crumbly texture that might have been a bastard third cousin to feta, but was nothing like mozzarella. I actually like feta, but it lacked feta's sharp-sour taste. In fact, it lacked taste, period. It's possible that if I melted it I might like it a bit better, but I'm very doubtful. Fortunately, Molly likes it fine ("It tastes like Cheerios!") so we'll just feed it to her, and maybe to Kiera, who naturally has had no experience whatsoever with real cheese and thus will be approaching the stuff with no preconceptions.

Also on the trip to the Co-op today, I bought more Earth Balance spread, which is excellent, and which I used to make frosting for Molly's cupcakes and birthday cake. Molly's birthday is tomorrow; she's turning four. She's taking cupcakes in to preschool and we're having a small cake to go with her birthday dinner, which incidentally is going to be EXACTLY the same thing Kiera had, as per Molly's request. We're going to bake yet another cake for her party on Sunday. Yes, we are drowning in cake. Yes, if we ever have another child, I am going to try for a spring birthday, rather than a fall birthday. I can't believe I have children with birthdays two days apart.

Today, incidentally, is Hermione Granger's birthday. Happy birthday to her, and to all other fictional characters with birthdays on September 19th.