Hi all of my Northern Hemisphere Summer swelterers!  It's colder than a brass monkey's ... *ahem* ...nose here, so these will have to wait for me, but I saw this yummy recipe/how to for a combo of flavours for ice blocks (Aussie name for popsicles, freeze pops, icy poles or ice lollies, depending on where you hail from) that had never occurred to ( Read more... )

Seeing as we're a day ahead of you and it's already Christmas Day here, I'd like to wish the ever lovely toblass a very HAPPY BIRTHDAY!  with some festive cakes!

I hope you have a wonderful birthday and a very Merry Christmas tomorrow (your time!)


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I haven't tried these (DEFINITELY not passover fare), but they may interest you if you're feeling a tad adventurous:

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I don't know if the video is going to show - having a few problems with LJ (so what else is new?) so here's the link for the video as well:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vH5tKN6f1CY

Chag Pesach Sa'may'ach (Happy Passover Holiday) ( Read more... )

The other day I had a hankering for soup - home-made soup - and so I searched the fridge and the larder for makings, and came up with this. It really was the yummiest soup I've had in ages, and so I thought that I'd share it with you all. It's one of what I call my 'garbage' soups - you just basically use what you have on hand.

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Sorry to be spamposter tonight.

If you don't have a problem with your sugar intake or your cholesterol levels, you may want to try this authentic recipe for buttered beere from 1588. Well, it's pretty authentic - they've halved the sugar content, although you can go the whole hog and go back to the original amount. The people in Tudor times loved ( Read more... )

I was just cruising around the net, and came across a recipe for Vodka Cream Pasta. I must admit, I'd never thought of vodka cream and pasta going together in a dish, and would have given it a try out of curiosity, except for two things - I have plenty of pasta, but no vodka and not being a vodka drinker, or much of a drinker at all really, and I ( Read more... )

I hope no one's followed my chocolate crackle recipe yet! I made a typo re the cocoa that I've now corrected  on the original post -

It's 3 tablespoons of cocoa, not one - sorry about that, I don't know how I missed it!

Hello my lovelies!

I come a-bothering and  a-pimping for votes on the scribe -

My drabble The Blackout has made it into the finalist's poll - so I'd be most grateful if you have a moment, to pop over, read it if you haven't yet, and, if you like it, vote for me. As always, no pressure.  ( READ & VOTE HERE )

AND NOW... CHOCOLATE CRACKLES!

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