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Survived the week away, got home fine apart from one ten minute complete stop delay halfway over the mountains. The EDS conference was excellent, all family and friend interactions were pleasant and drama free, and I ran into an old high school friend I hadn't seen in probably 13 years and reconnected with her, so that was amazing and random and ( Read more... )

I had an absolutely AWESOME dream night before last that I knew, even while mostly asleep, would make a fantastic fic. So I forced myself to wake up and make a couple of notes, enough that I'd remember the rough idea so that I could write it when I woke up. The notes I did make are kind of laughable, but I did remember the basic concept when I woke ( Read more... )

Ugh, sort of a useless day. Only got dinner made because there was salad and cooked rice already in the fridge, so the only thing that needed doing was cooking the fish and making the dressing.

I did make pumpkin muffins, though, and they were delicious. Next time, I'll put the pie stuff in the middle, though, not on top, because it's just kind of ( Read more... )

And so, jam, the finale! I didn't take picture of the stirring and testing for set, because, as jam-makers know, that moment you choose to be inattentive is the moment the jam turns on youBut here is one pre-cooking shot, one obligatory jar shot, and a big picture of the recipe in the book I use. It should be large enough that you can click through ( Read more... )

Had it with this 30C+ bullshit! Seriously, I have shit to do that I cannot achieve when it's this warm.

That said, I have done some prep.

( Jam, in utero. )

I've been experimenting with making my own bread again. Bread making was something that was an integral part of my childhood. It certainly wasn't an every-week thing, but semi-regularly my mother would bring out her high-sided large loaf tins, open up the carefully sealed bins we kept bulk quantities of flour in, and make a quantity of dough that ( Read more... )

Well, a season, if not the season ( Read more... )

A lot of you will have seen that first ingredient and put your yuck face on. Yeah, that one. But I want you to try and forget about the beet, because it's a stealth ingredient. A ninja ingredient, that is invisible to the taste buds, but makes these brownies infinitely more awesome ( Read more... )

Having had a glut of pears, quinces and apples over the last few months, I can speak from experience - you get a bit tired of the standard mix of complimentary seasonings. Cinnamon, vanilla, and the like get a bit boring ( Read more... )