Halp! I've over-caffeinated myself!!

...I only meant to put a little taste of coffee in my Hot Cocoa, five HOURS ago.

But I think I stirred in a good bit more than that. Because I am still wide awake, and feeling buzzed. And, what's more, its effect seems to be getting stronger with time, rather than lessening... though that may simply be my impression, because I'm not as sleepy as I'd expect to be.

Anyway, when I last went shopping I bought a bag of gingersnaps. And I must tell you: the one flavor combination (that does not happen to have chocolate in it, that is) that's my favorite is "Ginger and Peanut butter" Fresh ginger juice in a peanut butter sandwhich = yummy. Peanut butter spread on gingersnaps = really yummy.

So the last time I was drifting off to sleep, I had several ideas in succession:

1. I'd love to bake a batch of peanut butter cookies, and stir diced candied ginger into the batter before baking.



2. Too bad the oven I thought was going to be usable from a wheelchair, when I was planning the house, turned out to be completely unusable (by me) after I moved in (except as storage space [and a clock]).



3. What I need is a telepathic oven, that would magically produce fresh cookies and cakes with the flavor combinations that I dream up.



4. No, what I really need is for there to be a custom baking business on the Internet, that I could order basic cookie recipes from, but then ask for "add-ons" to be stirred into the batch that I'm buying, for an extra fee:
   
   • They could have a small range of basic cookie batters: (1) Basic Butter Cookie, (2) Basic Oatmeal, (3) Basic Chocolate, (4) Basic Peanut Butter, (5) Basic Gingerbread
   
   
   • Then, there'd be a drop down menu of "extras" that they could stir into your order (of a minimum amount of X Dozen); things like: chopped nuts, hard candy bits, chocolate chips, candied or dried fruit, candied ginger, etc.
   
   
   • After all, you can order sprinkles on your ice-cream cones, and you can order sweaters from a catalog with custom monagrams, right?
   
   
   • Okay, okay. I know it's completely infeasible, as an economic model. But if there were such an Internet company, I would so use it. It would be the most-used bookmark during Gift-giving Time; I could send my friends their favorite flavor combinations!
   
   
   
5. And then, I got to thinking about how much I like my sweet things also hot and spicy, and I dreamt up a sweets gift-basket with a variety of spicy flavors: Ginger peanut butter cookies, "Aztec" flavored chocolates, Candied pecans with a dash of hot pepper or curry powder in the sugar coating. And then, maybe some "warm and gentle" spices in there, too, to balance it out a bit: cinnamon buns and maybe some carrot cake muffins. And I could give it a label, with a name like: "Yule fire."



6. And finally, I wondered why I always seem to dream these things up after the holidays are over.

*sigh.*

Sorry. I seem to be spamming your f'list page with lists.

I'll get back to normal, eventually.