#51 - things I learned from Arta - it is never too early in the day or ice cream / you can never make too much apple crisp

I've been craving apple crisp a lot these days.  Anyone who knows me will  know I think about food a lot, so not surpising really. I really love apple crisp.  It reminds me of my childhood.  I can't put my finger on a specific memory... just a general remembrance of the smell, and eating it while it was hot out of the oven, either with a little cream drizzled on it or if you were lucky, a big scoop of ice cream.

Roughly cut apples, can you see the slight sprinkle of cinnamon,
sugar and lemon juice?

 

I made apple crisp this morning and called Arta to let her know.  She said, "I hope you'll be having it with a scoop of vanilla ice cream."  I had not problem complying with that suggestion.

I always make 1.5 times the topping recipe.

 

It also brought back to me a very fond memory of asking for waffles with ice cream for my birthday breakfast.  I know I got to spend more than a few birthday breakfasts sitting in my bed with waffles and ice cream.

Crisp indeed.

But back to apple crisp.  One fall when I was home on maternity leave, we went apple picking as we always do.  So  many apple orchard in the Ottawa and Montreal areas. I think I ate only apple crisp for 3 meals a day for about a week.  I didn't once think that might be an odd thing to do.  I'm pretty sure I never heard Arta say, you can't have seconds (as long as everyone who wanted firsts had had a chance).

Today's breakfast was the best breakfast ever.  And yes, I did have two bowls.