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Lazing On A Sunny Afternoon

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All my cooking was done for the day, I had nothing else to do and it was a beautiful day. So I pulled the hammock out of it’s hibernation and went and had a laze in the sun. That’s all! Just felt like sharing!

Domestic, Photos, Random

Catch Up

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Life has been plodding along, in the way that it does. We’ve been busy with CC amongst other things. We’re onto our 5th brew now.. well 4th beer and 1 mead.. it’s still a long way off but I can’t wait for the mead to be done. It’s all such an interesting process, I’m persuading […]

Recipes

Pasta Alla Carbonara

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6oz Pancetta, cut into batons 1tbsp Extra Virgin Olive Oil Salt and Pepper to taste 1lb Pasta, something long and thin – spaghetti or fettuccine come to mind 8oz Frozen Peas 6oz Grated Parmesan, or parmesan/pecorino mix 2 Eggs 1 Yolk 1oz Heavy Cream (optional) Yields 4 decent sized portions Heat the olive oil in […]

Domestic, Random

In Like A Lion, Out Like A Lamb

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March has been an interesting month, we’ve been run off our feet.. in a good way. Since I’m posting more over on Curious Confections most of the interesting stuff we’ve been up to has been written up over there. Techmunch was a fantastic day. I learnt plenty, that I’m trying to gradually put into practice. […]

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Neglect

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I home a lot now, and I’m still not finding time to post here, how very careless of me! I have been working on turning the Curious Confections blog into an up and running food blog, talking about what we’ve made, what we’re doing and what we’re eating..Have you visited the site recently, you should […]

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Snow!

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In Austin, in February.. It’s obscene! But fun *grins* makes me happy I’m home to have fun in it. Thankfully DmentD and I had seen the forecast so we got some cheap sheets from Goodwill to cover some of the garden with, bringing what we could inside. It’s mostly melted now. The rest of today […]

Recipes

Caramel Pudding

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16oz Milk 3tbsp Cornstarch 1tsp Vanilla 1/8tsp Salt 113g Sugar Yields 4 Ramekins Whisk 4oz milk with cornstarch, vanilla and salt until smooth. Set aside. In a pan combine the sugar with enough water to form ‘wet sand’ cook to a deep caramel. Heat up the rest of the milk and gradually whisk into the […]

Recipes

Sourdough – “San Francisco” Style

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1/2 cup Cold Liquid Starter 16oz Water 900g Bread Flour 1.5tsp Salt Yield 2x 2lb Loaves Oven Temperature 375F Mix the starter with 150g flour and 4oz water. Proof for 12 hours at room temperature (68-72F) Add 150g flour and 4oz water and mix. Proof for 8 hours at room temperature. This is the fully […]

Domestic, Photos

Familial Visit

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The last week in January saw my family braving the transatlantic flights to come and visit us here. Well, technically they flew the week prior and spent time in Florida having a good time. Deciding to drive from Florida to Austin we went to meet them in NOLA to spend the weekend there, letting my […]

Cooking, Desserts, Domestic, Photos

It’s 2010 Already

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I’m sure someone promised me a hover car, or something along those lines, by now! I figured it was about time I got round to uploading photos and letting people know how the holidays went. I took far less photos this year, why take photos of decorations that I took photos of last year! We […]