The spiderbite is healing without professional medical attention. The Good Lord saw fit to lead me to some effective home remedies and over-the-counter treatments, and I am almost mended. I bathed the situation in prayer, peroxide rinses and activated charcoal poultices, among other things like baking soda, antibiotic cream and ingesting generic benadryl and vitamin C.
We are celebrating my Mother's birthday. A good time has been had by all. I was chided for choosing a nice vanilla rum cake. It was pretty good, but the icing - not so much.
The chiding got me thinking. Which made me google a little and I found this. It's an interesting and amusing post (that relates a little to the rum-cake thing) on an interesting blog. In some Christian circles (apparently mine) it's not acceptable to even use wine or liquor for cooking and baking. Most extracts like vanilla are infused in an alcohol base. Understandably one teaspoon of vanilla extract in an entire batch of cookies or a cake wouldn't impair anyone. And though rum cakes have a smidgen more, I'm fairly sure they won't either. I don't believe it's wise for anyone to drink alcohol, let alone a Christian. But I simply don't have a problem using it occasionally in food recipes. However, I will be careful now not to offend anyone unnecessarily.
So, I'm curious: How many of you are uncomfortable with, or opposed to using alcohol in cooking?
Also, thanks for your prayers over my bite.
