BOOJUM! - Bustling and Baking

 - and Biscuit-Basing
     In anticipation of returning to work as per usual Friday, I have been busy this evening, for is not Conrad a creature of his word?
     Yes he is.  So, since Manisha had selected Pumpkin Cheesecake weeks ago when there were no pumpkins, I had to saw the top of our giant vegetable purchase, then use an ice-cream scoop to remove the pith and seeds, then scrape the flesh out with a metal spoon.
     I shall have to puree some 150g of the flesh tomorrow, since I haven't got enough cream cheese to make the cheesecake part.  I did make the biscuit base, however, whilst watching "Masterclass" - an offspring of the Great British Bake-Off where the judges show you how to make the recipes they chose.
     So!  Tomorrow I do the cheesecake.
     Meanwhile tonight I've got a load of bread dough proving.  No, I shall not abandon the bread to cook unloved and unwatched in the oven!

Burnt bread or meteorite?  Only you can decide!

Yes, Free-Form Rock
     Not long ago, Darling Daughter came into the kitchen, where I was playing "Close To The Edge" by Yes.
     "Why are you listening to free-form rock?" she asked.  Conrad blustered a bit about how it's a classic album from the Seventies.
     She did strike a chord*, though.  I've always felt Yes were closer to jazz than that hideous label bandied about back in the day "ethereal quasi-classical".
     Conrad.  Who's been about a bit.  And who still can't make sense of Jon Anderson's lyrics.

It looks great.  What is it?

You May Be Wondering ...
     How come BOOJUM! is still here, after the imminent assault by the Cuddly Piranhas two nights ago.
     The remains of the Cuddly Piranhas:

Filleted fish

 Help arrived at the last minute - the defecting messenger-mice decided that life at the  BOOJUM! mansion was infinitely preferable to life in the wild - smelly, dirty and no Wi-Fi - and returned just in time to annihilate the feral fish.

Mess not with mutant monster messenger-mice.

 Right, off to babysit bread!

Tomorrow - Audubon's Guide to the Vampire Fowl of North America

* Sorry, couldn't resist the pun.