More photos
Stencilled 'PRIVATE' on a post (I was in a font type of mood, I think this was during one of my 'madly downloading fonts' phases)
Periodic table artwork near my flat (this seems to change every year or so - I need to get some more photos)
Homemade seashell chocolate halves (I filled them with marzipan)
Also homemade peanut butter cups
Necklace in a Jewellery shop in Covent Garden which is called... *pause for me to look it up* ...Satya (they 'celebrate the adventures of lives lived fearlessly', apparently)
Roof window...somewhere (the trouble with having a gap in between taking and posting these things is that I forget where the heck I've been...)
Ah, hang on, the roof window might well be Finsbury Pizza Express where I went with L from work after we saw Avengers. HA!
Incidentally, recipe for peanut butter cups as everyone loves them (from a UK site):
325g milk chocolate (dark and white also work well)
260g smooth peanut butter
1/4 tsp salt
60g icing sugar
(NB I have seen US recipes advising the same amount of sugar as PB which I always find too sweet - I usually go for a quater - a third of the weight of PB)
Mix sugar, PB and salt in a bowl and put in the fridge for about half an hour - this isn't essential but will make it easier to handle.
Melt some of the chocolate in a glass bowl on top of a saucepan (with simmering water). Spread chocolate in to cups (I get cheap silicone ones from the pound shop), put in fridge to set.
When chocolate is set, take PB and split into small amounts to put in chocolate cups. Obviously you can decide for yourself what PB-to-chocolate ratio you want ;). Put back in fridge.
Melt more of the chocolate as the lid to the cup and pour on top. Put back in the fridge to set.
A lot of this recipe is trial and error and personal preference. I usually try to have some spare chocolate around (and I usually get the 30p bars from Aldi as it doesn't need to be high-class!) in case I use more than I originally intended (this happens every time).
Gosh I wish I had some right now.
PRIVATE
Periodic table
Seashell chocs
Peanut butter cup
Necklace
Roof window, somewhere in London
This entry was originally posted at http://hestia8.dreamwidth.org/33109.html.
Periodic table artwork near my flat (this seems to change every year or so - I need to get some more photos)
Homemade seashell chocolate halves (I filled them with marzipan)
Also homemade peanut butter cups
Necklace in a Jewellery shop in Covent Garden which is called... *pause for me to look it up* ...Satya (they 'celebrate the adventures of lives lived fearlessly', apparently)
Roof window...somewhere (the trouble with having a gap in between taking and posting these things is that I forget where the heck I've been...)
Ah, hang on, the roof window might well be Finsbury Pizza Express where I went with L from work after we saw Avengers. HA!
Incidentally, recipe for peanut butter cups as everyone loves them (from a UK site):
325g milk chocolate (dark and white also work well)
260g smooth peanut butter
1/4 tsp salt
60g icing sugar
(NB I have seen US recipes advising the same amount of sugar as PB which I always find too sweet - I usually go for a quater - a third of the weight of PB)
Mix sugar, PB and salt in a bowl and put in the fridge for about half an hour - this isn't essential but will make it easier to handle.
Melt some of the chocolate in a glass bowl on top of a saucepan (with simmering water). Spread chocolate in to cups (I get cheap silicone ones from the pound shop), put in fridge to set.
When chocolate is set, take PB and split into small amounts to put in chocolate cups. Obviously you can decide for yourself what PB-to-chocolate ratio you want ;). Put back in fridge.
Melt more of the chocolate as the lid to the cup and pour on top. Put back in the fridge to set.
A lot of this recipe is trial and error and personal preference. I usually try to have some spare chocolate around (and I usually get the 30p bars from Aldi as it doesn't need to be high-class!) in case I use more than I originally intended (this happens every time).
Gosh I wish I had some right now.
PRIVATE
Periodic table
Seashell chocs
Peanut butter cup
Necklace
Roof window, somewhere in London
This entry was originally posted at http://hestia8.dreamwidth.org/33109.html.