For the lasagna, I used Ina Garten’s turkey sausage lasagna recipe (I’m pretty sure it’s in her Barefoot Contessa cookbook, the first one – I got it off the Food Network website), and substituted Tofurkey’s italian sausage in. And upped the garlic to a tablespoon minced, because we like garlic.
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And Greg had requested a black forest cake, with a sauerkraut chocolate cake as the base, so that’s what he got, and it was pretty delicious. (The sauerkraut is really just for texture, and doesn’t add a taste to it.)
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After we had dinner, Dara and Tiffianna came over, and we played some Cheapass games: Enemy Chocolatier and Give Me the Brain. Then we went to Milltown and met up with some peeps, and Greg had some beers, and we had delicious, delicious Milltown food (their Belgian Frites; spinach, artichoke, and sundried tomato dip; and pretzels with Bier Cheese, yum). A good birthday. Oh, and when we left, Jay was a tinge too drunk to drive, so he came back to the apartment with us, and we played Egyptian Ratscrew while he sobered up, then took him back to his car.
Today, I’m reading Dead Souls, and etching. I like etching, and it can make some nifty things, but I am too impatient for it. It’s kind of a slow process. I mean, it takes maybe a day, but still. Lots of mixing and checking and mixing and checking, and then when the solution’s set up, you have to let it run for several hours and just be patient. I’m not so good at that. Because the solution is poisonous, and there’s a slight risk of electrocution (if you touch anything conducting while the power source is plugged in), the kitties are stuck in the bedroom today. Skeeter would totally rub up against one of the hanging wires and get zapped, and I can’t be having that. Anyway. That shit better come out all purty.
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