Chipotle "Sauce"

Al! You're so amazing! and creative. I love that you wrote your own screwtape letter...though Chris said it was almost like adding to the cannon of Scripture. (what a dweedle.)

You're so right, though, to examine the subtleties behind our criticisms or 'assessments'. That's something I've become more aware of myself recently. A friend of mine is having a really difficult time (and has been for several months), and I've noticed a simultaneous growing intensity in her critiques of others. As a mutual friend said, 'Don't criticize me because you're unhappy.' That's made me think about what's behind my own critiques and criticisms of others: what's going on inside of me that has led me to interpret others negatively? BUT that still leaves us with the problem that you bring up, Al: the subtle tweaking we make of our criticisms that turns them into something seemingly more benign. Oh, the necessity of prayer! Sometimes we can't even discern our own selves.... :)

So Al made an awesome little intro at the beginning of her post about shedding the 'pressure' to be witty and insightful, etc. She then went on to write a post that packed spiritual punch (mmmm...punch!) concisely and eloquently. It's my turn to post now, and I'm wondering if it's okay to just write about the delicious black bean quesadillas we made from the Flying Biscuit cookbook!! I guess it's too late :)

Here are some shots of our big adventure (obviously, 'adventure' is a relative term...we're such homebodies):

And the chipotle sauce actually tastes like it does at the Biscuit! Oh, and here is what I realized: it's mayonnaise. it's chipotle mayonnaise. Chris had tasted the sauce from the restaurant and really liked it, so he was excited to make it at home. In my head I thought, Uh oh...I bet this sauce has mayonnaise in it, and Chris hates mayonnaise. As I made it--blending the peppers with an egg yoke and lots and lots and lots of oil, it occurred to me that, really, I was making mayonnaise....it wasn't just an ingredient; it was the thing itself. Who knew people could make mayonnaise??!!!

In closing, I was just looking at the list of posts we have (you know, behind the scenes stuff--we've a lot to learn), and there were four. There was the first one (Introducing...), Al's First Ever Blog Post, and now this one, but there was another little post stuck between the very first and second posts which simply said, "Well, hello fogies. This is Al." I clicked the expand arrow to see the rest, but that was it. :) Thanks, Al.