WARNING: To men who are thinking about getting married or who have been married a short period of time, DO NOT EVER DO THIS.
There are things that never come up in conversation between two people, even in nearly a century.
So, when Nigella Lawson made her Black Forest trifle, Stacey recorded it; so, I could check it out. She was excited and, yesterday, told me to watch, "It's only eight minutes." Yesterday, I watched Nigella make the chocolate custard with oh-so-scrumptious bittersweet chocolate melted in a makeshift double boiler (and you haven't seen anyone melt chocolate in a makeshift double boiler until you have seen Nigella Lawson do that, and then give permission to sample it) and with rich-tasting cocoa (and I must say that her pronunciation of "cohhh-cohhhh" is worth watching the clip over and over and over again). And then she adds the cherry vodka over some chocolate cake pieces and does all the other stuff with the can of black cherries, draining the liquid, adding them in to the recipe.
"What did you think?" asked Stacey.
"I don't like it," I replied, tersely.
Shocked, she said, "You love Black Forest cake."
"I hate Black Forest cake."
"What? Since when?"
"Since way before we were married. You have me confused with someone else," I replied. "Well, I do love German chocolate cake with coconut pecan frosting. And the Black Forest is in Germany. And my favorite ice cream is Breyer's cherry vanilla. That's made with black cherries. So, maybe you jumbled all that together; and it's understandable that you would think that. But I've never ordered or eaten Black Forest cake while we have known each other."
"I made you a Black Forest cupcake once, and you said you loved it."
"Really? I don't remember that. Well, I'm your husband. Part of the job, I guess."
By the way, the new chair we picked up at Arhaus Furniture today looks great. It looks really comfortable, too.
Posted by Bill at February 6, 2011 11:44 PM