Jennifer is a TikTok addict much like she remains loyal to FeceBook. Personally, I find TikTok to be another steaming pile of shit filled with confessionals (don’t care), murder-mystery storytelling wannabes (don’t care) and my favorite thing to hate on, assholes in makeup lip synching to movie scenes. Wow. I guess working at Hot Topic just isn’t fulfilling enough for some Mall Goths. There’s more stomach-turning narcissistic behavior I won’t go into but I think the best description of TikTok is this, it’s YouTube mostly for people too lazy and too stupid in the attention-span department.
There is a ray of sunshine through all the kitten rescue dramas and finally somebody posted a recipe I took to as per the photo above. I too enjoy breakfast from Starbucks, McDonald’s and Burger King. However, it’s just as pricey when I just ponied up a lot for my fancy, schmancy, pain-in-the ass iced latte. Then Jennifer found this movie. Here’s another element of TikTok that blows, you can’t pause nor rewind. If you missed something, you have to refresh unless you think letting it play endlessly is faster.
The originator was pretty close. I had no luck with a “square” brownie pan. I used a donut pan. The eggs still needed longer to cook than stated. I lack an air fryer for bacon but I think Canadian bacon is a better choice (Egg McMuffin!). HEB carries Boar’s Head, which is the best for smoked gouda. My first batch of ciabatta bread went moldy so Costco to the rescue. I made a dozen. A couple were given to my friend/podcast producer Kathy, several to Jennifer to eat at her job and the rest for me. I’m still awaiting their input. My immediate thoughts, the ciabatta from Costco is leathery and the ratio of bread to the goodies is off. The cheese needs to be thicker too, a good amount escapes in reheating and “burns up” on the plate. Next round, change out ciabatta for croissants, English muffins or find less industrialized ciabatta along with thicker cheese.
This tilapia dish was an impulse buy with an easy recipe from random recipe sites on the Internet. I’m grateful my pizza-cooking plate could handle this. I had to substitute lime for lemon yet it didn’t matter. I gave one filet to my neighbor Cristina and I got a good review. The other three stayed with me. Had one for lunch after I wolfed down a wedge salad. Glad to know this reheated in the microwave well. Next step, try to squeeze this in again when Jennifer lets me make dinner for us.