culinary experiments and explorations

It took a little doing, and some advice from online friends (thanks sumobabe!), but I finally managed to make a reasonable (and quite tasty!) batch of peanut brittle. Third time's a charm, right? Peanut brittle is challenging to make if you don't know just what signs to watch for when preparing the ingredients, as evidenced by my two failed attempts, but once you know the trick it's pretty straightforward.

( Peanut Brittle )

I chose to add cinnamon to my attempt, being a huge fan of cinnamon, but you can experiment with other spices as well. Additionally, though peanuts are traditional, many types of nuts will work well in a brittle.

Pictures to come soon -- my camera's battery ran out of juice and is recharging.