Photos by Carol Guilford
In the spring, Trader Joe’s sells delicate daffodils.
I want to share them, along with one of
my favorite poems.
DAFFODILS
I wandered lonely as a cloud
That floats on high o'er vales and hills,
When all at once I saw a crowd,
A host, of golden daffodils;
Beside the lake, beneath the trees,
Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.
Continuous as the stars that shine
And twinkle on the milky way,
They stretched in never-ending line
Along the margin of a bay:
Ten thousand saw I at a glance,
Tossing their heads in sprightly dance.
The waves beside them danced; but they
Out-did the sparkling waves in glee:
A poet could not but be gay,
In such a jocund company:
I gazed—and gazed—but little thought
What wealth the show to me had brought:
For oft, when on my couch I lie
In vacant or in pensive mood,
They flash upon that inward eye
Which is the bliss of solitude;
And then my heart with pleasure fills,
And dances with the daffodils.
EASIEST BAKED CUSTARD
From my THE DIET BOOK written after I
read every diet book published (at New York
University’s medical library) since
the first one—William Banting’s Letter on Corpulence—a low-carbo diet,
in 1856, 100 years before others popularized it. The updated e-book version of The Diet
Book includes the entire Banting pamphlet.
Easiest Baked Custard has 15 carbohydrates and 140 calories.
4 servings
You will need 4-ounce pyrex cups or ramekins. Personally, I think the ramekins are prettier but the pyrex baked better.
2 large eggs
1 ½ cups milk
¼ cup organic sugar
¼ teaspoon vanilla (buy the real deal)
1.
The easiest way is to whirl all
the ingredients in a blender. An
eggbeater will work.
2.
Fill 4-ounce pyrex cups or
ramekins with the mixture. (See
picture below)
3.
Put the custard cups into an 8X8
baking pan. Put the pan into a 325
degree oven. Pour ½ inch water into the
baking pan after it is in the oven—the chance of spillage is way
reduced.
4.
Bake for 50 minutes or until the
custard is set. Custard is done when a toothpick inserted through the center comes out clean.
Eat hot or cold.
