Last night I didn't finish my entree at the Afghan, so I asked our server (I think he is also the owner) if I could take it home. When he brought it back all wrapped up, I thought he said it would be good for lunch, "just add some rice". But when I opened the container at lunchtime (intending to eat it with a salad instead) I realized that what he had actually said was "I just added some rice". Some "delicately spiced" rice, at that. Wow! I had a very nice lunch and was so filled with good will that I decided to make [gluten free] Christmas cookies.
Small problem: the only cookie cutter I own is shaped like a bat. Howevah, I was not deterred and decided that bats are really "a lot like" angels. Some halos made from crystallized ginger, and voilà! Angels with a bat attitude. I thought the halo hanging from one ear gave my bat angels a rakish air. And what is that circle of ginger doing on the tummy, besides hiding the "super bat" logo? Well of course it's so everybody knows this bat-angel is single; it's a bat-chelor button. Ack! Someone stop me!
I have to admit that it was fun to say to my afternoon violin students, "would you care for a Christmas bat?" Heh. I think I'll have to make these every year.