{"id":125,"date":"2009-11-28T21:43:29","date_gmt":"2009-11-29T02:43:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.knitbot.org\/blog\/2009\/11\/28\/168-hours-to-play\/"},"modified":"2009-11-28T21:43:29","modified_gmt":"2009-11-29T02:43:29","slug":"168-hours-to-play","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.knitbot.org\/blog\/2009\/11\/28\/168-hours-to-play\/","title":{"rendered":"168 hours to Play!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When looking at grey November vistas, stunning in their simple beauty&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 500px; height: 375px;\" alt=\"cliff\" src=\"http:\/\/www.knitbot.org\/BlogHTML\/2009\/Play\/IMG_1545-blog.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 500px; height: 375px;\" alt=\"horizon\" src=\"http:\/\/www.knitbot.org\/BlogHTML\/2009\/Play\/IMG_1541-blog.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>there&#8217;s only one question:&nbsp; guess who&#8217;s coming&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 500px; height: 375px;\" alt=\"look who's coming\" src=\"http:\/\/www.knitbot.org\/BlogHTML\/2009\/Play\/IMG_1532-blog.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; to dinner?<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 500px; height: 375px;\" alt=\"dinner\" src=\"http:\/\/www.knitbot.org\/BlogHTML\/2009\/Play\/IMG_1539-blog.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>And a fine dinner they were, too.<\/p>\n<p>Didn&#8217;t stop me from playing with the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.knitbot.org\/blog\/2008\/11\/28\/duck-a-la-something-or-other\/\">&#8220;Duck<br \/>a la Something or Other&#8221;<\/a> recipe &#8212; browning the cabbage and onion<br \/>before adding it to the duck in the slow cooker to braise for the last<br \/>hour.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 500px; height: 375px;\" alt=\"duck redux\" src=\"http:\/\/www.knitbot.org\/BlogHTML\/2009\/Play\/IMG_1547-blog.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>And this year&#8217;s sauce was orange and raspberry:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 500px; height: 375px;\" alt=\"duck dinner\" src=\"http:\/\/www.knitbot.org\/BlogHTML\/2009\/Play\/IMG_1553-blog.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Wanting to play with something completely different, I came across a<br \/>recipe for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.occasionsmagazine.ca\/ANBL\/en\/DrinkandFoodRecipes\/index.cfm?RecipeID=702&amp;RecipeTypeID=146&amp;issue=winter_2009\">smoked<br \/>cheddar, spinach and sundried tomato ravioli<\/a>.&nbsp; But, I thought<br \/>it would be dull to use the wonton wrappers called for &#8212; made some<br \/>fresh pasta, instead.&nbsp; And, I didn&#8217;t have a ravioli form &#8212; went<br \/>with a mini-muffin tin, instead:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 500px; height: 375px;\" alt=\"raviol - i\" src=\"http:\/\/www.knitbot.org\/BlogHTML\/2009\/Play\/IMG_1557-blog.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 500px; height: 375px;\" alt=\"ravioli\" src=\"http:\/\/www.knitbot.org\/BlogHTML\/2009\/Play\/IMG_1555-blog.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Which made yummy, if oversized, ravioli!<\/p>\n<p>And, there was pasta leftover.&nbsp; I cut the leftover pasta into<br \/>fettucini.&nbsp; Now I know why there are those nifty holes in the<br \/>backs of chairs:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 500px; height: 375px;\" alt=\"leftover pasta\" src=\"http:\/\/www.knitbot.org\/BlogHTML\/2009\/Play\/IMG_1560-blog.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>And, in more discoveries&#8230; The measuring cup lurking on the stovetop<br \/>in the duck adventure?&nbsp; Well, gelatinous.&nbsp; And, suspiciously<br \/>like &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.banlieusardises.com\/graisse-de-roti-sans-roti\">graisse<br \/>de canard<\/a>&#8220;.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 500px; height: 375px;\" alt=\"graisse de canard!\" src=\"http:\/\/www.knitbot.org\/BlogHTML\/2009\/Play\/IMG_1566-blog.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Haven&#8217;t quite found the gumption to try a slice of this on bread&#8230;<br \/>might just sort it into duck soup (still have the bones) and keep the<br \/>fat for confit.&nbsp; Who can say what the next culinary adventure will<br \/>be?&nbsp; If you could, it wouldn&#8217;t be play&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When looking at grey November vistas, stunning in their simple beauty&#8230; there&#8217;s only one question:&nbsp; guess who&#8217;s coming&#8230; &#8230; to dinner? 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