Unbirthday

Today may or may not be my birthday.

I haven’t decided yet.

I’m not generally known to be the most gracious about these things, but at the moment I’m not in my usual habit of finding the mossiest rock to crawl under and hide for the day.  I may even leave my cell phone on and the landline plugged in.  Progress.

My usual loathing of birthdays isn’t some vainglorious mourning of the passing of youth, an emo-esque reflection of the inevitable decay of age, or any such self-indulgent dribble (I save THAT for this blog).  Believe it or not, I don’t like attention.  Particularly unwarranted.  It was my mother that did all the work, so generally if accolades are to be handed out I think she should be getting the lionesses share of them.  Does this mean she gets a card from me on my birthday?  Hell no.  I don’t do cards.

Also this wasn’t some sort of spontaneous revelation at a ridiculously petty age (like say, 19) that I had gotten “old”.  I dreaded the birthday parties of my childhood equally, even though I wasn’t necessarily in possession of the tools to identify the “why”.

My “why” is somewhat clearer, and so is the realization that there’s a certain amount of “suck it up, princess” that goes a long way in these matters.

So, in true birthday fashion, I’m taking liberties today because it’s convenient to do so.  There’s no full-on new recipe being shared today, but rather a simple premise, and a callback to an earlier post.

My friend Tony had mentioned going to a potluck dinner and taking along…wait for it… ganache covered Rice Krispie treats!  Have you ever?!  I hadn’t.  Although I haven’t yet made them, it hardly seems a stretch of the imagination that they’ll be nothing short of orgasmic and coma-inducing.

If you don’t know how to make Rice Krispie treats (*tsk tsk tsk*), the first thing you want to do is go out and buy a box of the cereal, and a bag of marshmallows, and then follow the recipe that’s on the cereal box.

Now, I recommend you go here and scroll down for the ganache recipe.  

A few options are before you at this point.

You could:

a)    place cut squares of krispie treats on a cooling rack and drizzle them lightly with the ganache.

b)   Dip one end of squares into the ganache for more coverage

c)    Before cutting the squares, pour the ganache over the top, creating an ‘icing’ layer (not sure how well this one would stick, but I just like having three options)

As I said, I haven’t made these yet, but I do plan on making them for a few friends who are coming over on the weekend.  There was no point in making up a batch and having them just hanging out for a few days.  They are to be my treat on the weekend, not my guilt through the week.

I haven’t decided on the Drizzle, Dip, or Dump option, yet, but there will be photos to follow, so you'll find out which path was taken.

Just as my Mom is deserving of the credit for my birthday, it’s fair to say that Tony is to credit for introducing me to these.  So, Happy Unbirthday to the three of us!