Last night was one of those days during the middle of the week when I needed my chocolate and cooking fix..... thankfully I make death by chocolate brownies, so both needs can be met in one fell swoop. The musical selection was a little more difficult to decide on, however. One of my housemates was studying in the kitchen, which meant any sort of angry loud music (naturally my first choice) was out. I tried working to Bach for a second, but wasn't feeling it, so I settled on the melodies of Gillian Welch, which of course proved to be the perfect choice. There really is something about cooking and baking to music inspired by a sort of melancholia that just does the heart good and makes a certain sense, especially if you are in that frame of mind to begin with. This is also why cooking to jazz (Miles Davis "Knida Blue" and anything by any of the song birds) works perfectly too.
They didn't turn out quite as good as they normally do.... a little too gooey in the middle, like I didn't cook them long enough, despite the testing tooth pick coming out clean. I am thinking the funk I have been lately may have something to do with it, like I am not as in tune with my culinary creations as I usually am.... who knows. But they still turned out pretty damn good. At least my housemates think so.... I came down stairs this morning to the whole pan almost gone..... Really glad I decided chow down on some last night.
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