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The public schools in my state shut down pretty early, so I've been out of work since this spring. Fortunately, I managed to file for unemployment before the big rush of applicants, and I don't have many expenses, so I'm not really worried financially. I do miss my job a little, but living with two over-60s and having an immunocompromised ( Read more... ) -
Experimental baking projects so far
Boyfriend and I are both big fans of The Great British Bakeoff, so we've started doing baking projects together.- Apple pie
- Croissants
- Sponge cake
- Angel food cake
- Egg yolk sponge cake
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A-Z of herbs and spices
A is for Allspice
B is for Bay Laurel
C is for Cinnamon
D is for Dill
E is for Epazote
F is for Fennel
G is for Ginger
H is for Horseradish
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I aten't dead.
I am, however, deep into a resurgence of years-ago's Lawrence of Arabia hyperfixation. Not sure how that happened, but there it is. I suppose one could be obsessed with worse people.
I have also, after resisting PC gaming for years on the basis of inadequate hardware, finally gotten into Diablo III of all things. My current ( Read more... ) -
Mellocreme update
Chocolate mint creams: boil the syrup a little harder, flavor with peppermint, vanilla, and butter extract, roll into small balls. Chill the balls in the fridge, when firm, dip into melted dark chocolate. Chill until chocolate shell has set. Eat.
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In honor of the season, I'm experimenting with mellocreme. (I'm not a big candy corn person, but I love those little pumpkins.) I'm starting with Alton Brown's candy corn recipe with different coloring and flavoring - for the first batch, mapleine and cinnamon. So far, it's very tasty, and the texture is delightfully smooth, but it doesn't ( Read more... ) -
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We got rain today! Proper rain, too, not just misty sprinkles. -
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It's one of those weeks that I'm grateful I live in the Pacific Northwest. Even our heat waves aren't that bad by the standards of most of the rest of the country. -
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I wonder if the reason so many specfic stories have kind of generic "fight the hoarde of unsympathetic aliens" or "have the chosen one find the McGuffin to destroy the Dark Lord" plots is that the writers in question really just wanted to play around in the world they'd created and the plot was kind of an afterthought ( Read more... ) -
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I privately think of Wilfred Owen as "the moe war poet."