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– Prosaic – can not be imagined and can be recognized as dull and unexciting. missing beauty of poetry

–” These chips might have even been produced in the former world, in the time before the plague, when people gathered in sports stadiums, filled concert halls, touched one another’s faces, high-fived, passed around bottles and joints and phones and cash.”

–If I was assigned an essay like this I would write it about a chocolate cake because it always cheers me up anytime.

Slowly separate eggs in two different bowls making sure not to get the egg yolk and egg white mixed up 

Not even a little bit 

Getting sugar and flour ready ohh also the vanilla extracts, and salt 

Make sure to whisk the flour and put it on the side

I’m going, to be honest with you as soon as I turn on my KitchenAid it gives me migraines 

But what can I do I want my homemade chocolate cake 

Allowing the mixer to beat the egg white as it starts to rise to add the sugar slowly 

As they mix together I add a pinch of salt and a teaspoon of vanilla extract

Slowly I added the egg yolk for it all to mix together 

At this point, the room is getting hotter from the oven as my migraine keeps getting worse

Finally, I turn off the mixer and add the flour and start to mix from the bottom to top 

Trying to keep the same movement so that it can rise beautifully 

Allowing it to cook for 35minuts to 40 minutes 

Checking it with a toothpick to see if it comes out clean if it does it finally done

Soft caramel Russian buttercream for the inside just taste absolutely delicious with some walnuts on top

Before I forget I did add some coffee to the top of my sponge to keep it moist before putting the cream

Now the fun part starts decorating the outside as I desire 

Sure chocolate cake itself is grate but putting in that extra time to decorate as I desire makes it even better 

Taking out the boxes under my kitchen table to decorate my cake 

Before I forget I need to have a crumb coat so that I can have a smooth cake with no crumbs peaking out 

I love using choosing  a cake scraper with a wave design 

Next, I heat up my scraper under hot water and go over the cake again to get a shiny smooth layer with no air bubbles 

Using my offset spatula I slowly smooth out the top making it as even as possible 

Putting the cake in the freezer I melt my chocolate ganache with some heavy cream 

Putting the ganache in a piping bag and letting it cool down 

Taking my cake back from the fridge I slowly drip the ganache around the cake holding a piping bag a little longer for a longer drip and less for a shorter drip 

After finishing I put that back in the fridge and start tempering some chocolate 

Annoying but gives the cake such a pretty look 

To temper, I melt some chocolate and then add little by little to get my need tempter according to that type of chocolate im using 

After that I let my tempered school cool off for a few minutes so it doesn’t melt off of my strawberries 

 Finally dipping in my strawberries and letting them set 

Taking out my cake from the fridge and putting the chocolate covered strawberries on top with some melted ganache so it doesn’t fall off

Finally time for some pictures and time to cut

Migrant Workers in Restaurants

Immigrant foods in America

Food Diversity

One word that I had to look up was “silhouette” which means a dark outline of something or someone with a bright background.

One sentence that stood out to me was “That fall, I spent a lot of time sitting outside on the log pile at dusk smoking hand-rolled cigarettes in my canvas jacket, watching the garden decay, and thinking about death and the inherent beauty of the cycle of life.”

One question I have is “what type of relationship she has with her father?”

Since I can remember every spring whether it was at our home or at my grandparent’s we would make Sumalak in Navruz. Navruz is a traditional celebration that represents a new year, a new beginning, it’s celebrated on March 21 through March 22. We also set up a huge table with freshly picked fruits from the farmer’s market as a wish that our tables will be full in the upcoming year. Sumalak is made of germinated wheat and takes a whole night to cook. The sweet smell that used to be around the house as it made its way to each room would lead its way back to the pot where a lot of the time I would find my family singing and dancing, while each of us got to stir the pot. While stir it is common to make a wish and that it’s most likely to come true. For us Tajiks, it is really common that one person from the neighborhood makes the Sumalak at their homes in a huge pot, and everyone else helps out. Later when it cooked we would give it to our neighbors and family that wasn’t able to be there.