42.75362% - Major Music Nerd

This is me. I scored well, not too high, definitely not too low. I think I'm pretty happy with this. But I wish I could have scored a little higher . . . I do know several people (in person) who would most likely get the highest level on this one.


The Music Nerd Test

bu bai!

Off to see RotK! Woohoo!

too much chocolate, not enough milk

No, that's not my review of the movie. I enjoyed it. I think it was done exactly as it should have been made, given the time restraints and all that. I can understand what was cut from the original novels and what was left in and what was altered to fit the medium. Adapting a novel to the screen seems to be an art, not unlike translating between languages or transcribing a piece of music from one instrument to another (say piano to guitar). It's a fine art and has to be carefully done to be done properly.

It hasn't been altered in the sense of the Nick Hornby novels that have seen big screen releases, but it's been altered nonetheless. I think I'll get ahold of the extended editions and watch those (one of these days, at least).

But about this hot chocolate I made. I make my hot chocolate from scratch and the recipe is never the same from one time to the other. Sometimes it's ingredients I have or am lacking, others it's my mood, and still others it's because I've simply forgotten the recipe I used the previous times and have to come up with it on my own based upon my understanding of cooking skills (this is now what I do for bread pudding, by the way. I do it all on the fly. Never ask for a recipe from me, whatever I tell you, it's not what I made for you in the first place). This time, I think I added too much chocolate and not enough milk. Usually, I use a bit of heavy cream to make the recipe a bit creamier, but I was out. I added a little more orange liqueur than I planned also. Again, measuring by eye and just pouring on in is definitely not for the novice chef. Still though, it's quite tasty. It has that quality of a little chocolate truffle with the orange liqueur on the inside to make it all the more wonderful. It's also bitter enough that I don't feel like I'm drinking a candy bar. It gets caught a little in the back of my throat, which when it comes to a nice chocolate, it's a sensation I love.

So all in all, it's not bad, just a little thick, also based upon the feeling in my head, I didn't cook out the alcohol like I considered. So there's that to contend with too.

Speaking of recipes though, someone I know has been working on a recipe for Lembas, the restorative, travel bread of the Elves of Middle Earth. The recipes are curious, but for some reason, don't seem to be it. I got bored last night and started considering my own. I read around, nothing seemed to reasonably fit. From what I know of Tolkien's life and what I can tell from the Hobbit, it's most likely that Lembas was a very good tasting Hardtack, so I've been wondering if that's more it. It seems to be what Peter Jackson and company came up with in the movies.

I'll let everyone know what I come up with. But it's sounding like I'll come up with some sort of hard honey flavoured biscuit or thick cracker.

By the way, when you let it cool, my hot chocolate thickens up to a mess. Think about a thick, cooled fudge sauce.