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This weekend Paul returned and we were busy.  He taped four television programs on Saturday and I went downtown with him.  We ate dinner out at a wonderful new-to-us Vietnamese restaurant, Broken Rice.  Dinner was unique, contained very fresh ingredients and was affordability priced.  I highly recommend it.

We also went to the movie Lincoln.  I was amazed that when we arrived 25 minutes prior to the movies' start all the good seats were taken.  We didn't anticipate interest would be that high, but then there's been a paucity of good movies in the last couple of months.  Going with a history major (Paul) is always intriguing, and the woman next to me wasn't sure whether the 13th Amendment would pass until it actually happened in the movie.  (Since the movie was quite clear what the amendment intended to do, I was perplexed why she wondered about its passage and still am.)  All the good things said about Daniel Day-Lewis', Sally Field's and Tommy Lee Jones' performances IMHO were true.  A thumbs up from me.  (BTW Paul spent a chunk of today reading further about some of the minor characters in the movie.  He is a true lover of history.)

I also saw my beautician on Saturday and she told me about a cookie she'd made for her family recently.  It was so intriguing I had to make a batch today to see if they are as good as she described them, and I can say they are as good as she said.  Here's my version of BB cookies:

BB Cookies
Using a basic chocolate chip cookie recipe where some of the wheat flour is replaced with oatmeal flour, these cookies require a very unique ingredient:  bacon.  Yes, those dark spots you see are bits of caramelized bacon bits.  My bacon was the batch I made at Save-On Meats last month.  That means it was less salty and not smoked; however, I believe the flavor might have been enhanced with more salt and some smokiness.  What's the other "B" you ask?--butterscotch chips.  If you want to confuse people, make a batch of these unusual cookies.  Paul was sure I added a strange nut to the cookies, and said he would never have guessed bacon.  I like them very much, but then what could possibly be wrong with sweet, salty and bacony cookies?

Check out the recipe here.  The Holidays are coming, perhaps you will want to bake a batch of BB cookies to change up your usual routine.



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