EclectEcon

Superb Béarnaise Sauce

I know this isn't "made-from-scratch" Béarnaise sauce, but I supplement the package enough that I think it's worth posting here.

The package mix is McCormick Gourmet Béarnaise sauce:

Here are the instructions:

But I don't follow the instructions exactly. Here's what I do instead:

• Melt a bit less than 1/2 cup (one stick minus about half an inch) of butter in a medium or small-ish sauce pan.
• Remove from heat.
• Stir in the package of mix and 1 3/4 cups of half and half. No foolin'!  Use that much half and half. Seriously. It thickens a lot as you cook it.
  
• Bring to a boil (or near boil). Keep stirring and keep stirring.
• Reduce the heat and simmer for about 3 minutes. Keep stirring and keep stirring to get the melted butter well-mixed in.
• Stir in more half and half if it's too thick.
• Keeps well in the refrigerator for days and days and days and days.

 

Was Yesterday the Day?

I have no idea where or how or why this appeared in my calendar.

Spark.com's death test predicted in March 2002 that I would die on March 24, 2021, probably from cancer or heart disease.

Obviously I must have put it there, but I don't remember anything about it. I tried to find the Spark.com website that may have made this prediction to see what it would say or how it might revise the forecast, but it looks as if that address is now a dating site!

 

[Note: just in case the test is right, I'm writing this a few days early and setting it up to post on March 25, 2021.]

 

[Further note: to the best of my knowledge, I don't have cancer; and while I have had some minor heart issues at times, they have seemed pretty minor. And I don't seem to have Covid-19.].

 

Coincidentally, below is a photo of me dancing on our grave marker, taken three years ago yesterday when my son, nephew, foster nephew had a "strategic planning session" at the grave marker.

 

 

I know it's silly, but seeing that prediction on my calendar actually bothered me all day.