Coffee

[ducks4you]

OK, I will get Back to you on This recipe for S'mores Pie.
Going through my DVR "America's Test Kitchen" shows, and they make this "S'mores Pie". It's Almost the same as This recipe:

Easy S'mores Pie

This gooey, chocolatey, easy s'mores pie combines the flavors of summertime's favorite treat into one irresistible pie.

prettysimplesweet.com

except there is a first chocolate layer, Then the 2nd ganache chocolate layer.
I am a pie maker and I Can make this one.
They said that the first chocolate layer uses bittersweet chocolate and tastes like a brownie.
The 2nd layer uses milk chocolate.
They also said that marshmallows are really meringue, uses Same method of double boiler and use my KitchenAid bowl. I don't own a blowtorch, but I Do own an oven that has a broiler.
ANYWAY, I thought that visions of sugarplums, (read that, "chocolate"), could dance through your head while you eat This with your morning coffee.

 

[digitS']

Okay, I'm kidding.

@flowerbug says waking up to noises at 3:30 isn't how he intended to start his day.

I woke up at 4 AM. Noise or no noise won't be the cause ... altho I do remember waking up to an earthquake not all that many years ago . One thing, maintaining a "not before 4 hours after rising" rule for my first cup of coffee means that I look forward to that and early rising has a payoff .

Steve, nearly 8 AM !

 

[ducks4you]

I LOVE the idea of switching to orange juice. A morning mimosa is ... Nice?

28 Champagne Brunch Cocktails to Toast to the Weekend | DineWithDrinks

Elevate your Sunday brunch game with our list of 28 delicious and bubbly Champagne cocktails. Cheers to the weekend!

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I agree. You may NEED a shot of vodka to get the brain going.

 

[flowerbug]

...
Steve, nearly 8 AM !

i've managed to squeeze two naps in already today... so i think i've recovered. still am not sure what is going on with this noise but at least i know it is not coming from anything under the house so i'm fine for now. it isn't the furnace, the well pressure tank or the sump pump or any of the plumbing leaking.

 

[digitS']

still am not sure what is going on with this noise

Water heater?

 

[flowerbug]

Water heater?

not that either. it could be something in the neighborhood, at times i do get noises from neighbors a half mile (to the north) away that are amplified by my wall just enough that i notice them. he's into music and has a small studio by his house and when they are out there jamming i can get some of that here.

it could also be a burner from someone drying grain in a silo, or a generator cycling on and off, it's just faint and non-directional enough that i can't pick it up when i stick my head out the patio door... but the wall on my room is a resonance antenna i guess. we'll see, perhaps some day i can actually pin it down.

and if not, i can just pin it down to, "hearing things!"