Merry Christmas all
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petroniaWe watched the Doctor Who Christmas special... from two years ago, shut up we're getting there. XD;; ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
helvetius, your discs are the holiday gift that keeps on giving. Now that sororial unit is off we may make it through the fourth season by decade's end, and then I can actually READ SERIES DISCUSSIONS ON THE INTERNETS oh joy oh wonders, oh no wait there's more to download isn't there. orz
The s3 ending arc before that, which was kind of \o_O/. And then I had to imdb to figure out where I'd seen the dude before (sororial unit didn't know, normally with UK TV she's like "oh that one's been in Harry Potter, she played whatserface in season one of Rome, and I think I saw the other on Buzzcocks"). EDIT - re this thread, I'm still waiting for my onsen special dammit.
Holiday foodery roundup, because I know I will be looking for it next year: cake pan gingerbread thing from a Nigella Lawson recipe, swapping fresh ginger for galangal because... well, galangal tastes more like gingerbread, or is it just me? The test batch was subtle on it anyway, tomorrow morning's will contain two teaspoons (grated ginger is a productivity bottleneck when one doesn't own a grater). Sprinkled liberally on top with chopped cranberries and demerara sugar before baking, and confectionary sugar after. Tomorrow I will attempt Nigella's actual frosting with err Sicilian lemon soda in lieu of lemon juice what could possibly go wrong. It also rose higher/cakeier than I'd imagined, so maybe a tad more syrup and cut the oven time to 40 minutes from 45. If any of this sounds potentially disastrous to more experienced bakers let me know. XD;
No matter what stuffing recipe I use, I always end up changing it because I don't like celery, and I'm not hugely fond of savory stuff with apples and nuts in, and frankly I can do without rosemary too. So it's just six cups of bread cubes, a packet of bacon, two onions, and enoki mushrooms, and only two tsp of powdered sage and half a bottle of beer save it from turning into a differently-structured Quebecois-style pizza. Maybe next year I'll put the apples and nuts back in.
I also bought, get this, stuff for making mince pies? XD;;; It'sincandescens talking about it every year, I've gone around the bend.
Lauren, Cindy, your card and postcard arrived (several days ago, I've been neglectful XD;). Thank you! ♥
helvetius, your discs are the holiday gift that keeps on giving. Now that sororial unit is off we may make it through the fourth season by decade's end, and then I can actually READ SERIES DISCUSSIONS ON THE INTERNETS oh joy oh wonders, oh no wait there's more to download isn't there. orzThe s3 ending arc before that, which was kind of \o_O/. And then I had to imdb to figure out where I'd seen the dude before (sororial unit didn't know, normally with UK TV she's like "oh that one's been in Harry Potter, she played whatserface in season one of Rome, and I think I saw the other on Buzzcocks"). EDIT - re this thread, I'm still waiting for my onsen special dammit.
Holiday foodery roundup, because I know I will be looking for it next year: cake pan gingerbread thing from a Nigella Lawson recipe, swapping fresh ginger for galangal because... well, galangal tastes more like gingerbread, or is it just me? The test batch was subtle on it anyway, tomorrow morning's will contain two teaspoons (grated ginger is a productivity bottleneck when one doesn't own a grater). Sprinkled liberally on top with chopped cranberries and demerara sugar before baking, and confectionary sugar after. Tomorrow I will attempt Nigella's actual frosting with err Sicilian lemon soda in lieu of lemon juice what could possibly go wrong. It also rose higher/cakeier than I'd imagined, so maybe a tad more syrup and cut the oven time to 40 minutes from 45. If any of this sounds potentially disastrous to more experienced bakers let me know. XD;
No matter what stuffing recipe I use, I always end up changing it because I don't like celery, and I'm not hugely fond of savory stuff with apples and nuts in, and frankly I can do without rosemary too. So it's just six cups of bread cubes, a packet of bacon, two onions, and enoki mushrooms, and only two tsp of powdered sage and half a bottle of beer save it from turning into a differently-structured Quebecois-style pizza. Maybe next year I'll put the apples and nuts back in.
I also bought, get this, stuff for making mince pies? XD;;; It's
incandescens talking about it every year, I've gone around the bend.Lauren, Cindy, your card and postcard arrived (several days ago, I've been neglectful XD;). Thank you! ♥
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