Operation Break-My-Jaw: Day 31 - Apple Crisp through the Wire

Saturday, September 17, 2011

Day 31 - Apple Crisp through the Wire

One month ago I was lying in a recovery room at this hour, constantly wiping my oozing nose and watching Hot in Cleveland around 3am, feeling inevitably alone, and numb. As for today my only complaint is the numbness in my right nostril and chin which is starting to become annoying. That and not being able to sneeze legitimately. Minor complaints for significant surgery, so all is well.

I drove for the first time in 30 days today when driving the fam to the apple orchard. Dad was worried I had forgotten how to operate a vehicle, but I think I passed the test of completing the 4 mile route to and from the farm. After picking apples, I came home and made a scrumptious apple crisp. I was a little timid to use the apple wedge slicer because it really asks a lot of your body in-terms of force exerted. I kind of felt my jaw yelp but it was probably good exercise and I only had to use it six times for my six apples.

See, these are the faces of total enjoyment. Yippee.

On another note, farm-stand donuts are probably the only donuts I eat because the ones I like have maple frosting and chopped nuts on them. They are my favorite, so I insisted mom and dad eat that variety only when in a state of complete euphoria and to thoroughly enjoy it as much as I would. They complied (see photo above). I would've blended it, but nuts supposedly don't blend well. So, I blended up a plain maple donut and chocolate chip cookie and now I feel like a porker from washing it down with an 8oz glass of milk. It worked out though and I wasn't completely deprived. In any case, I'll be back at the farm-stand come October to get my pumpkin, and yes, more donuts.

Admiring my apple creation before some is tossed into the blender later.

Apple, apple crisp and Cooking with Apples cookbook.

I'm getting a bit of tooth sensitivity today (hot and cold) which I'm surprised I haven't gotten sooner. Other jaw people had complained at the beginning about this, so I think I will be okay. Jaw pain is mild today, daily massage aids sufficiently in decreasing pain, and my elastics are causing much less hell as they are getting stretched out each day that passes. About one and a half more weeks (if everything goes well) until I'm de-banded, at least for the daytime hours. That is the day I will be yelling out a big hell-yeah to all the greatest foods in the world. Hell yeah!

I just whipped some apple crisp, mint chocolate ice cream and cold milk together in the blender. The result was not bad at all and the consistency was good too. I debated making two apple crisps, one for now and I'd freeze one for later, but I thought nah, too much work. It's still fun to cook although I can't eat (the normal way), but I'll possibly enjoy my cooking ability more-so in a few short weeks.

Check out this country singer bellowing out lyrics with her jaws wired shut. Neat-o.