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Sunday, September 28, 2014

Sumptuousness and a Selfie



Friends and Kitties!

Sheebie here, on staycation, and I am positively luxuriating in sloth.

I've been going to bed early (I get up at 08:00 regardless of the day so for me "early to bed" means extra sleep), practicing yoga and walking every day, reading, and eating well.   My folks sent Scott and I a little folding money for our anniversary (next week) so I bought a stove top espresso maker and this thing is tits.  
It's a toss up whether I like this or french press coffee better...and rest assured I've been doing lots and lots of research!  The Keurig has been relegated to the pantry, unplugged and forlorn--we even enjoy the ritual of the coffee preparation--and the extra time is rewarded in magnitudes of taste improvement.

Naturally there has to be something to eat to offset all the caffeine, so I baked another batch of pretzel rolls.  These are delicious and soft, sweet and salty, they make great hamburger buns, sandwich bread, and toast...oh, the toast!  Scrumptious with jam.  They take about two hours from start to finish and are oh so worth it; I do a batch almost every week.

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This week May Ling tried her paw at a Sunday Selfie, and I think she did quite well!





Happy Sunday!


XX  Sheebie  XX

43 comments:

  1. I would be the size of a Buick if those pretzel buns were in my house. Mmmmmm....mmmmmm.
    Glad you are enjoying your staycation and Happy Anniversary to you both. "Hi May Ling"

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  2. Good job May Ling. Enjoy your staycation

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  3. My mom can't figure out how to get good coffee out of the Bialetti. I think she must be hopeless. She won't let me touch the coffee with my paws so I can't help her.

    Sigh.

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  4. Oh those buns look so delicious! Mike and Moe will gladly help you consume these, they love baked goods.

    We love May Ling's selfie, very professional!

    Moe
    Mindy
    Cookie
    Mike

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  5. Mirsku is cheered by May Ling's selfie!

    Äiti just bought a coffee grinder and we all dash out of the kitchen when that starts up, but she is very happy with it.

    We wish she had a staycation right now - but we are grateful for a Sunday together. Please give appropriate snuggles to all the horde and share the pretzel bun joy!

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  6. Mirsku is cheered by May Ling's selfie!

    Äiti just bought a coffee grinder and we all dash out of the kitchen when that starts up, but she is very happy with it.

    We wish she had a staycation right now - but we are grateful for a Sunday together. Please give appropriate snuggles to all the horde and share the pretzel bun joy!

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  7. Miss May-Ling, I think you give your mom an inspiration to make pretzel buns ;)
    Happy Sunday
    xox

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  8. The humans don't drink coffee, or so few that they don't have any coffee machine or grinder. They use ready-to-make soluble coffee ! Nice selfie ! Purrs

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  9. My human's boyfriend has one of those coffee makers - a tiny, one-cup version - and he loves it! My human only drinks coffee when a bunch of sugar and flavorings are added, and she does that only rarely because of the calories, so she misses out.

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  10. Great selfie May Ling.

    And I'm comin over to steal dat food!

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  11. I'm curious to know which kitties try to steal those pretzel buns! Everyone must have at least one bread eating kitty, right??
    Beautiful selfie May Ling!

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  12. Those pretzels look wonderful. And we luff May Ling's pic.

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  13. Oh dear, dad caught sight of those pretzel rolls and now he's drooling all over the laptop... and my head! (now there's a switch!!) Great looking rolls, by the way.

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  14. Mum wants to know can she come over?

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  15. What a great selfie May Ling.
    Luv Hannah and Lucy xx xx

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  16. Those pretzel buns really do look wonderful! We grind our coffee beans each day, which I think makes for better tasting coffee but that espresso maker looks very interesting. I've also never tried a French press.

    May Ling's selfie is beautiful!! I love it.

    Happy Anniversary!

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  17. Okay, help me here. TITS? Your coffee thingy is TITS?!

    I don't drink coffee (British parents, I'm addicted to tea) but Gordon has gotten terribly fussy about coffee. He now has a fancy-pants burr grinder, and an espresso machine, and he has to order himself organic fair trade shade grown monkey-friendly bird-friendly aardvark-friendly beans and blah blah blah. But I do love the SMELL of coffee!

    ANyhoo, I digress. I need to know what it means that your espresso maker is tits! :D

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  18. May Ling is gorgeous and that's a great selfie! Oh I love my coffee but I'm lazy and just do my Kurig but I do use French Roast coffee!
    Enjoy your time off!
    hugs,
    Linda

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  19. We love May Ling's selfie :)
    So pretty.
    Mom loves her coffee too.
    She finds Keurig does not give you a big enough cup so she uses Melitta filter and pours water through.
    Mom saw on FB that Keurig requires lots of cleaning(mold and slime) and she is way to lazy to guy one of those ;)
    There is one at work, but Mom does not use it as nobody cleans it!
    Those buns look so yummy!
    Purrs Georgia and Julie,
    Treasure and JJ

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  20. Yummy stuff and a great selfie, purrfect!

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  21. Stove top espresso?! I must have...

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  22. Yes you have it sorted, yummy coffee and yummy rolls. Love the selfie

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  23. May Ling you are breathtaking! Now if we can figure out how to steal some of those pretzel buns.....
    Marty and the Gang

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  24. Our mom's drooling over the pretzel buns. She's a total fail with anything that has to do with coffee beans. And where did they go for vacation? Coffee Capitol - ha! She threatened to begin calling it the Coffee Tour of SF if they didn't stop taking her to coffee shops!!!

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  25. My mouth is watering seeing those pretzel buns. I want to reach right through the screen and grab one.

    Nice selfie, May Ling!

    Island Cat Mom

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  26. The rolls look delicious! I like strong coffee and use a cafetiere which I think is what you call a French Press.That is a great selfie May Ling.
    Thank you for all the purrs sent for Flynn.

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  27. May Ling, your selfie is beautiful! Your mom's other pictures make me want to bake blueberry muffins (my favorite).

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  28. Enjoy your staycation! I'm certain all the cats are pleased to have your lap and extra scritches.

    The buns look marvelous! I'm not much for espresso, though I like my coffee strong and black it's a bit much for me.

    Love May Ling's selfie! Sasha is particularly smitten, he's on the back of my chair gazing at her lovely face right now.

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  29. May Ling, the camera loves you!! Mum says she must try a pretzel one day!!!

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  30. Enjoy the staycation!
    Hey, May Ling, you look great =)

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  31. Yummy, yummy those pretzel buns look scrumptious! Enjoy the coffee and those yummies. What a cute and sweet selfie!! Hugs and nose kisses

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  32. yum, pretzel rolls, those look awesome. Homemade bread is the BEST.

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  33. We have homemade jams (strawberry, blackberry, raspberry as well as crabapple jelly) we can bring it all over if you care to share those yummilicious pretzel rolls! We hope your Mama is loving her stay cation..sounds wonderful!

    May Ling, you look like a little doll in your selfie sweetie :)

    the critters in the cottage xo

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  34. May Ling is beauteous. We can't imagine she wouldn't be a little miffed that you posted a "selfie" of the pretzel rolls on the Blog Hop. On the other paw, Mom knew those were your rolls right away. She'd like to know if she can have the recipe so our dad can make some of these? He is the baker in the house. Thanks for joining and supporting our blog hop. XO, Lily Olivia, Mauricio, Misty May, Giulietta, Fiona, Astrid, Lisbeth and Calista Jo

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  35. Mom still hasn't figured out which one of us gets into the bread on occasion when it gets left out and we are not telling. Beautiful selfie, May Ling!

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  36. So this where everyone is! My site was down for most of the day. Seeing Mai Ling made our boys feel better.

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  37. Aaaaw May Ling be bootyful. Gweat selfie. As fur those rolls, yummy. Mommy sed she wanted sum of those. Yous show those again and mommy'll be buggin' yous fur da wecipe. Specially wiff winter comin' up. those wuld be gweat to hav on hand.

    Luv ya'

    Dezi and Lexi

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  38. the selfie is soo cute. The pretzel buns look wonderful. Would love your recipe, the one I have isn't very good too hard. Hope you have a great anniversary and enjoy your staycation.

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  39. I quit the coffee press and Keurig when I got my aeropress but I'll have to look into your thingy. My Ling did indeed take a lovely selfie.

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  40. My husband has one of those Bialetti espresso makers. He LOVES it! Glad you are enjoying your staycation. And May Ling, that is a wonderful selfie!

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Oh Boy...this is gonna be GREAT!