Quote of the day:

The difference between stupidity and genius is that genius has its limits.
—Albert Einstein

I thought that starting an hour and a half before I wanted to eat should give me plenty of time to make the recipe, but oh no. I never seem to make allowances for my lack of counter space and my general ineptitude in the kitchen.

But I did have all the ingredients. Yukon gold potatoes, Camembert cheese, thick cut bacon, onion, fresh thyme, garlic, white wine, heavy cr— Actually I didn’t have heavy cream. I’m always buying it for a recipe, using a half a cup, and then letting the rest go to waste. I discovered that simply adding a little melted butter to milk is a decent substitute, and I always have those on hand.

So I steamed the potatoes— 

—and chopped the bacon and cooked it till it was crisp. Actually, I kept stirring it constantly rather than occasionally so it took longer to turn crisp.

Added the onion to the bacon pan and let it begin to brown. Then the thyme and garlic, and eventually the wine and milk/butter.

Tossed the potatoes in to coat them and layered the potatoes and bacon into a casserole, and then topped that with the cheese.

Then popped it into a 400° F oven for 20 minutes.

Somehow I thought the rind of the cheese would melt as well, because it did when they made it on TV.

In any case, it was delicious, even if it didn’t look as good as it did on the TV screen.