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[averygoodun42]

Today is Babe's first birthday! I made zucchini bread for a cake, got candles and prezzies, and all the good stuff! Should be fun (for us adults, anyway).


Warning for language in the journal...


Snape's Journal


Jan 1, 1998

What the fuck? I can't even scratch out previous entries? I can't even correct the spelling? Damn!

Well, as proven by this bloody nuisance of a journal's last entry, I obviously wasn't myself last night. Not only did I get pissed, I got pissed with Potter. What inspired me to do so, I have no idea. What I did while pissed, I have no idea. I have a feeling the potion brewing is to blame. That and the sleep deprivation of the last seven years. I mean seven weeks.

I vaguely remember drinking with Potter, but beyond that... I hope I didn't do anything to embarrass myself, although I have a sinking suspicion that I did. I should know better than to drink around anyone.

I wonder if Bella still has those photos...

I think brewing a memory draught is in order.

***

Oh Hell.

I apologized to Potter.

Might as well kill myself now.

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Comments

[beletseri.livejournal.com]

Happy birthday Babe!! That Zucchini bread sounds delicious!!

[averygoodun.livejournal.com]

Thanks from Babe. Here's the recipe, if you want it. (It is very, very good, and quite easy.)


zucchini 1/4 tsp. cinnamon
1 lemon pinch allspice
1 cup wheat flour 3/4 cup brown sugar
1 cup all-purpose flour 1 egg
2 tsp. baking powder 1/2 cup milk
1/2 tsp. baking soda 1/2 cup veg. oil
1/2 tsp. salt 1/2 cup chopped nuts (optional)

preheat oven to 350 F. Grease loaf pan.
Grate zucchini, then wring all the moisture (you can) out. Measure 1 1/2 cups. Grate lemon and juice.

Measure all dry ingredients in large bowl.
Beat eggs, milk, oil and 2 T. juice. Make well in dry ingredients, and add liquid. Add nuts immediately. Stir with fork until moist. Batter will be thick.

Bake 55-60 minutes, then cool 5-10 min, before turning out onto a rack to cool thoroughly. Best when wrapped up and chilled for 1-2 days.


Note: This recipe is pretty foolproof. I forgot the lemon to peel, so I used a touch more juice (from concentrate). I didn't add any nuts. (I've added the zucchini in with the dry ingredients one time, and in with the nuts another, as well as adding a bit more than called for zucchini.) I doubled it. I stirred it with an electric mixer. I baked it in a 9x13 glass pan (for 40 minutes). It came out beautifully (although I would recommend flouring the pan if baked that way... a bit stuck to the bottom). The hardest part of the whole process is squeezing the moisture out of the zucchini (but that's what husbands are for).

[beletseri.livejournal.com]

Awesome! Thanks for that recipe -- I love to cook, and my husband loves zucchini bread, I can't wait to make it!

By the way -- Snape's diary is just too much fun!

[averygoodun.livejournal.com]

You are welcome! And thanks.