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Domestic

December Update

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I’ve been lax I know, almost an entire month since my last post. December has apparently been a busy month. It started with a cake for the local Astronomy Society, swiftly followed by us inviting everyone round to put up Christmas decorations and feeding them with a giant bowl of chili. We’ve been doing some […]

Random

A Creepy Short

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Alma from Rodrigo Blaas on Vimeo. Actual update coming at some point.. Been busy with things I can’t mention til after the holidays.

Domestic

Thanksgiving

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A much more leisurely trip this year we set off just after midday Wednesday to head to New Orleans for Thanksgiving. We did catch a lot of holiday traffic leaving town and then again in Houston, plus some roadworks so it took us til 11 to get there. We got a little rental car to […]

Domestic

Bread Making

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With the time and the inclination on hand this weekend DmentD and I decided to have a try at a new sourdough recipe. We started it yesterday morning, mixing the starter (good ol’ Bready) with some water and flour to create a sponge and letting it ferment for 12 hours. Then last night, when we […]

Recipes

Beef Burgers

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6lb Ground Beef 1 Onion 14 Cloves Garlic 8oz Mushrooms, processed 100g Breadcrumbs Herbs (parsley, chives, oregano) – feel in your heart 1tbsp Salt 1.5tsp Pepper 2 Egg Yields 18 x 7oz Burgers

Recipes

Curried Shepherds Pie

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500g minced beef 4 rashers (smoked) rindless streky bacon 1 onion chopped 1 carrot chopped 1 stick celery chopped 30ml (2 tbsps) korma curry paste 1 clove garlic chopped 15ml (1tbsp) plain flour 200ml (7 fl oz) chicken (veg) stock 5ml (1tsp) dried herbs de provence 120ml (8tbsp) tomato puree 100g (4oz)frozen peas 420g can […]

Recipes

Chocolate Chip Cookies

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6oz Unsalted Butter 5oz Sugar 5oz Brown Sugar 3/4tsp Salt 3oz Eggs 1tsp Vanilla 10oz AP Flour 3/4tsp Baking Soda 10oz Chocolate Chips 4oz Chopped Pecans Temperature 350F Yields 36 Cream the butter, sugars and salt together. Slowly add the eggs and vanilla, scrape down often to combine thoroughly. Add the flour and baking soda […]

Recipes

Mulled Cider

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1 Gallon Pressed Cider/Apple Juice (not from concentrate) 3 Oranges, sliced 10 Cinnamon Sticks 2tsp Ground Allspice 4tbsp Cloves 4tbsp Ground Ginger (or a piece of root, sliced) 1 cup Brown Sugar Put in a pan together and bring to a boil. Simmer for a while! Taste at intervals to check taste and add any […]

Recipes

Chicken and Mushroom Risotto

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3 Large Chicken Breasts 1lb Mushrooms 4oz Butter 1 Large Onion Garlic As Desired 20oz Arborio Rice 8oz Wine 10cups Stock 6oz Parmesan 2oz Butter Yields 4 hearty portions First sautee off the mushrooms and chicken, remove from the pan. Melt the butter in the pan and sautee the onion and garlic. Add the rice […]

Cakes, Decorating, Photos

Cakes

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Two new cakes of late, the first being the wedding cake we were working on last week. The other being the Bass I did at work.. mostly on my own but with some help on the finer points of airbrushing technique.