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  <title>Almost Autumn</title>
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    <id>tag:dreamwidth.org,2010-09-16:635169:78205</id>
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    <title>Pasta itself</title>
    <published>2026-02-08T01:32:57Z</published>
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    <content type="html">Golden ratio also applies to egg:flour for pasta, 1g egg per 1.62g flour&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Can't get it thin enough easily by hand, would be interested in trying a roller. But of all the shapes we've tried, the quickest good option is definitely ribbons.&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=rain_and_snow&amp;ditemid=78205" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/&gt; comments</content>
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    <id>tag:dreamwidth.org,2010-09-16:635169:77548</id>
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    <title>Rice Paper Roll sauce</title>
    <published>2023-01-21T02:15:25Z</published>
    <updated>2023-01-21T02:15:25Z</updated>
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    <dw:mood>sore</dw:mood>
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    <content type="html">Oyster sauce is not like hoisin sauce, and hoisin is the 'right' one for rice paper rolls. Instead I&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;3tbs peanut butter&lt;br /&gt;1tbs oyster sauce (maybe less?)&lt;br /&gt;2 tbs mirin&lt;br /&gt;bit of soy, lime juice, Worcestershire&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I'm going to actually buy hoisin, becasue turns out the mirin is 75%&amp;nbsp;sugar. Interested to taste the difference.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The only thing I have to add otherwise, is that I&amp;nbsp;poach the chicken in stock, and then cook the noodles in that pot after I&amp;nbsp;take the chicken out. I&amp;nbsp;have looked at close to 30 recipes, and none of them mentioned it. Most just say 'cooked', and lots use 'leftover chicken, bbq chicken'.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=rain_and_snow&amp;ditemid=77548" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/&gt; comments</content>
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    <id>tag:dreamwidth.org,2010-09-16:635169:77153</id>
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    <title>Potato Salad</title>
    <published>2023-01-16T08:49:44Z</published>
    <updated>2023-01-16T08:49:44Z</updated>
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    <dw:mood>stressed</dw:mood>
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    <content type="html">Max 1.5kg potatoes (the red ones are nice, the small ones &lt;span style='white-space: nowrap;'&gt;&lt;a href='https://mrsbrown.dreamwidth.org/profile'&gt;&lt;img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png' alt='[personal profile] ' width='17' height='17' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href='https://mrsbrown.dreamwidth.org/'&gt;&lt;b&gt;mrsbrown&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;planted work well too)&lt;br /&gt;12 eggs&lt;br /&gt;2 stalks spring onion&lt;br /&gt;Dill&lt;br /&gt;Mayonnaise (good, not sweet)&lt;br /&gt;Seedy mustard&lt;br /&gt;Pickles&lt;br /&gt;Red wine vinegar&lt;br /&gt;Salt&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Cut the potatoes quite small. 2cm cubes are good.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Steam them, then immediately toss with salt and red wine vinegar.&amp;nbsp; This can be difficult, I&amp;nbsp;have taken to pouring them from one mixing bowl to another several times. Don't undercook them, but 'just cooked' is good. They should taste excellent.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Boil the eggs (medhard-hard), rinse with cold water, crack the shells, and rest covered in cold water&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Finely chop the spring onions, mix with 1tbs mustard and half a cup of mayonnaise. It is nice to let this 'infuse'. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;-- you can pause here and do the rest tomorrow --&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As the eggs are cooling, so are the potatoes. Shell the eggs when you can. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mix the dressing through the potatoes gently (I&amp;nbsp;pour between bowls). Add more mayo and mustard to cover the potatoes well. There is such a thing as to much. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Quarter the eggs and finely chop the pickles (unless you are &lt;span style='white-space: nowrap;'&gt;&lt;a href='https://charlesnaismith.dreamwidth.org/profile'&gt;&lt;img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png' alt='[personal profile] ' width='17' height='17' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href='https://charlesnaismith.dreamwidth.org/'&gt;&lt;b&gt;charlesnaismith&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;and think bigger is better), mix again. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hooray, potato salad. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=rain_and_snow&amp;ditemid=77153" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/&gt; comments</content>
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    <id>tag:dreamwidth.org,2010-09-16:635169:76828</id>
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    <title>Tray Bakes</title>
    <published>2022-06-12T11:57:12Z</published>
    <updated>2022-06-12T11:57:12Z</updated>
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    <content type="html">I&amp;nbsp;hate the name, but these have been going well.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Gnocchi, brassicas + white beans or poached chicken topped with grated peccorino&lt;br /&gt;'sauce' for roasting is lemon slices and juice, olive oil, garlic, coriander seeds, mustard seeds, cumin seeds (or fennel seeds, but we like cumin)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This evening we had honey/ginger/soy salmon&lt;br /&gt;used brasscas and carrots (capsicum may have been nice too?)&lt;br /&gt;'sauce' for roasting was sesame oil, peanut oil, lemon slices and juice, soy sauce, honey, ginger, and garlic. Did the sauce in a small saucepan so the honey would 'melt'. &lt;br /&gt;The veggies (sprouts, snow peas, broccoli, carrots) could definitely have been cooked longer, while the fish only took 10 minutes. Start and leave skin up&lt;br /&gt;Served it with rice cooked in stock, and spinach, 'bowl' style&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=rain_and_snow&amp;ditemid=76828" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/&gt; comments</content>
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    <id>tag:dreamwidth.org,2010-09-16:635169:76502</id>
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    <title>Okonomiyaki</title>
    <published>2021-06-30T03:24:33Z</published>
    <updated>2021-06-30T03:24:33Z</updated>
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    <content type="html">Made 10&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Veggies&lt;br /&gt;Quarter cabbage, or half a small one. Purple looks good. &lt;br /&gt;2 carrots &lt;br /&gt;Spring onion would have been nice, but I&amp;nbsp;didn't have any&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Batter&lt;br /&gt;5 eggs&lt;br /&gt;1.5 tbs soy sauce&lt;br /&gt;1 cup flour&lt;br /&gt;3/4 tsp dark sesame oil&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sauce (this made more than we needed&lt;br /&gt;1 tbs tomato sauce (use less next time&lt;br /&gt;1 tbs soy sauce &lt;br /&gt;1 tsp oyster sauce (use more next time)&lt;br /&gt;1 tsp Worcestershire sauce (don't use more)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I&amp;nbsp;fried the pancakes in a fair wack of rice bran oil, drained on paper towel, used less Kewpie mayo than looked right, and less sauce too. They were good, everyone liked them.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=rain_and_snow&amp;ditemid=76502" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/&gt; comments</content>
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    <id>tag:dreamwidth.org,2010-09-16:635169:76068</id>
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    <title>Pumpkin, cauliflower, capsicum and lentil curry</title>
    <published>2020-08-02T07:06:27Z</published>
    <updated>2020-08-02T07:06:27Z</updated>
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    <content type="html">Ground coriander seeds, garam masala, and cumin in equal amounts&lt;br /&gt;Garlic and ginger in equal amounts&lt;br /&gt;Cinnamon, nutmeg and cloves for that dessert-y feel&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=rain_and_snow&amp;ditemid=76068" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/&gt; comments</content>
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    <id>tag:dreamwidth.org,2010-09-16:635169:75898</id>
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    <title>Carbonara</title>
    <published>2020-05-23T05:51:18Z</published>
    <updated>2020-05-23T05:51:18Z</updated>
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    <dw:music>Without You I'm Nothing</dw:music>
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    <content type="html">Pasta Carbonara, as inspired by Nat's What I Recon cooking show.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;4 adults(definitely halve if just cooking for 2)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;320-350g pasta (fettuccine, or spaghetti)&lt;br /&gt;4 whole eggs&lt;br /&gt;1 cup parmesean cheese (grated/shredded etc)&lt;br /&gt;4 cloves garlic (or less)&lt;br /&gt;bacon (3 long strips, or 4 standard)&lt;br /&gt;parsley&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;boil water, salt like the ocean&lt;br /&gt;meanwhile, chop bacon; parsley; &lt;br /&gt;meanwhile, cook bacon; &lt;br /&gt;meanwhile chop parsley, keep separate; crack 4 eggs into a bowl&lt;br /&gt;add parmesean to eggs, mix well. Can add pepper too. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Cook pasta. &lt;br /&gt;Turn off the frying pan once bacon is cooked and take off the heat. &lt;br /&gt;Once bacon is cooked and pasta is cooked, drain pasta. If you can, save some pasta water. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Put pasta into bacon pan, tip egg/parmesean mix on top, mix well. If the pan is too hot you'll get scrambled eggs instead of sauce. &lt;br /&gt;Add parsley. Mix well.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=rain_and_snow&amp;ditemid=75898" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/&gt; comments</content>
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    <id>tag:dreamwidth.org,2010-09-16:635169:75642</id>
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    <title>Minestrone</title>
    <published>2019-12-26T04:44:12Z</published>
    <updated>2019-12-26T04:44:12Z</updated>
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    <content type="html">Soffritto, vegetables, stock, starch.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Very fine dice (.5cm):&lt;br /&gt;2-3 onions&lt;br /&gt;4-6 carrots&lt;br /&gt;6-8 stalks of celery&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Rough dice (1.5cm):&lt;br /&gt;Seasonal veggies&lt;br /&gt;(2 zucchini, mushrooms, tomatoes)&lt;br /&gt;Potatoes (if any)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Start by chopping the onion, as above. Once the onion is chopped, add to the warmed soup pot with 3 tablespoons of olive oil and soften, then continue with the carrot and celery. Add two teaspoons of jar garlic to the onion, stir, and then add the celery and carrot. These will all then cook together for about 20 minutes. Stir occasionally while you chop the next veggies. Add more oil if you need.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Then add the seasonal veggies, and soften for about 10 minutes, stirring occasionally. If you're adding mushroom, make sure to add this first, for at least 10 minutes, then add the other veggies. Boil a full kettle.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Add two tins of chopped tomatoes (Mutti brand), two teaspoons of chicken stock powder, lots of pepper, 1 tsp mixed oregano and thyme, and cover the veggies with water. Mix. Then add another 2 inches of water. Mix. If it needs more tomato, add more tins. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Once the veggies are all well cooked (might take an additional hour), add white beans (frozen). Once thawed, add 2/3 cup small pasta (macaroni or similar). It will be ready to eat in once the pasta is cooked, in about 8-10 minutes :)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=rain_and_snow&amp;ditemid=75642" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/&gt; comments</content>
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    <id>tag:dreamwidth.org,2010-09-16:635169:75397</id>
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    <title>rain_and_snow @ 2019-07-03T23:03:00</title>
    <published>2019-07-03T13:03:14Z</published>
    <updated>2019-07-03T13:03:14Z</updated>
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    <content type="html">I've got the no knead (at all, not even a little bit) thing sorted with yeast, and nearly with sourdough. And tonight was time for fruitbread.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;IT IS SO GOOD.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;G is very against sultanas. I can't differentiate them from raisins? &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Fruit mix was mostly chopped (plump) dried apricots, then raisins. Then goji, because they were cheaper than the blueberries and cranberries, which I used in approximately equal measure.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I also used leftover porridge. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I can't imagine forgetting this, but just in case. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Cinnamon and allspice (twice what seems reasonable, at least). Do add salt. &lt;br /&gt;Rehydrate the fruit in milk.&lt;br /&gt;I used two cups of instant oats, but would be keen to try with cooked steel cut.&lt;br /&gt;The rest was 50/50 white and wholemeal. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It's cold, so I used a touch of yeast for a ~18h rise.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=rain_and_snow&amp;ditemid=75397" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/&gt; comments</content>
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    <id>tag:dreamwidth.org,2010-09-16:635169:75010</id>
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    <title>Dahl</title>
    <published>2019-06-21T10:46:44Z</published>
    <updated>2019-06-21T10:46:44Z</updated>
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    <content type="html">Base Ingredients&lt;br /&gt;1kg red lentils&lt;br /&gt;1.5tsp dried ginger&lt;br /&gt;1 tsp dried chilli&lt;br /&gt;2.5 tsp cumin seeds&lt;br /&gt;2.5 tsp corriander seeds&lt;br /&gt;2.5 tsp mustard seeds&lt;br /&gt;1.5 tsp tumeric&lt;br /&gt;5 tsp garam masala&lt;br /&gt;.5 tsp pepper&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;(17 tsp spices)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;4-10 onions (4 really big ones)&lt;br /&gt;10 garlic cloves&lt;br /&gt;4 cans tomatoes&lt;br /&gt;2 cans coconut cream&lt;br /&gt;1L stock (or equivalent in cubes, powder)&lt;br /&gt;Spinach (1-2 boxes frozen, or whatever suits)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;pepper&lt;br /&gt;lemon juice&lt;br /&gt;mint&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;To make up a jar for 4kg&lt;br /&gt;6 tsp dried dinger&lt;br /&gt;4 tsp dried chiilli&lt;br /&gt;10 tsp cumin seeds&lt;br /&gt;10 tsp corriander seeds&lt;br /&gt;10 tsp mustard seeds&lt;br /&gt;2 tsp pepper&lt;br /&gt;(grind these)&lt;br /&gt;6 tsp tumeric&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;then 20 tsp garam masala, or&lt;br /&gt;2 tsp cloves&lt;br /&gt;2 tsp cardamom&lt;br /&gt;1 tsp star anise&lt;br /&gt;(grind these)&lt;br /&gt;3 tsp nutmeg&lt;br /&gt;2 tsp cinnamon&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=rain_and_snow&amp;ditemid=75010" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/&gt; comments</content>
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    <title>Minestrone</title>
    <published>2018-04-23T05:06:49Z</published>
    <updated>2018-04-23T05:06:49Z</updated>
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    <content type="html">Butter&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2 cups bacon roughly chopped&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2 onions&lt;br /&gt;3 tsp garlic&lt;br /&gt;4 carrots&lt;br /&gt;3/4 celery bunch&lt;br /&gt;1 zucchini&lt;br /&gt;3 cups mushrooms&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;4 tins chopped tomato (used 2 flavoured, 2 plain)&lt;br /&gt;4 tins rinsed beans (2 red, 2 white)&lt;br /&gt;1 small jar of nice passata&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Beef stock&lt;br /&gt;Pepper&lt;br /&gt;Thyme&lt;br /&gt;Oregano&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Saute butter, bacon, onion and garlic until sticking/browning, add veggies and saute more. Then add everything and slow cook on stovetop 3ish hours.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Makes about 6.5L, which for us is about 8 serves (around $5/serve in 2018 for high quality ingredients, or half that if using dried beans, cheap market veggies, a stock cube, and cage bacon)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We chopped everything except the mushroom in the food processor, which made scaling it much faster than hand chopping.&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=rain_and_snow&amp;ditemid=74765" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/&gt; comments</content>
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    <title>Mint Dahl</title>
    <published>2018-01-23T12:17:18Z</published>
    <updated>2018-01-23T12:17:18Z</updated>
    <category term="vegetarian"/>
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    <dw:music>woosssshwoossssh</dw:music>
    <dw:mood>accomplished</dw:mood>
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    <content type="html">&amp;nbsp;Makes 8-10 serves&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;500g red lentils&lt;br /&gt;3 onions&lt;br /&gt;3 large carrots&lt;br /&gt;2 tbs crushed garlic&lt;br /&gt;2 tbs crushed ginger&lt;br /&gt;800g diced tomatoes (canned)&lt;br /&gt;800g/ml coconut cream&lt;br /&gt;bunch of mint&lt;br /&gt;2 tbs cumin seeds&lt;br /&gt;2 tsp whole black pepper&lt;br /&gt;1 tbs mustard seeds&lt;br /&gt;1 star anise&lt;br /&gt;3 tbs garam masala (less if it's fresh)&lt;br /&gt;1 tbs ground corriander&lt;br /&gt;1 tbs ground cardamom&lt;br /&gt;1 tbs ground cumin&lt;br /&gt;1.5 tbs curry powder (I didn't have tumeric)&lt;br /&gt;2 large stock cubes&lt;br /&gt;1L water&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;4 tbs rice bran oil&lt;br /&gt;4 tbs butter&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Grind all the whole seeds, and add to melted butter and rice bran oil and pre-ground spices over heat.&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Cook until aromatic, then add garlic and ginger, and cook for a few minutes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Then add onion.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;While onion cooks, grate and add carrots.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;At this point I didn't have the required ingredients, so I sat the whole pot in the fridge for a few days.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Add 1L boiling water, and everything except the mint. Cook for 40-50 minutes (for me, this meant, cook for 15 minutes, then put the lid on and turn the pot off, and come back to a perfect dinner four hours later).&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Finally, chop the mint finely and stir through.&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It's really good with the Greek yogurt from Aldi.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br type="_moz" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=rain_and_snow&amp;ditemid=74547" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/&gt; comments</content>
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    <id>tag:dreamwidth.org,2010-09-16:635169:74162</id>
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    <title>Spinach and Sundried Tomato Quiche</title>
    <published>2017-10-01T09:43:58Z</published>
    <updated>2017-10-01T09:43:58Z</updated>
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    <dw:music>woosssshwoossssh</dw:music>
    <dw:mood>sore</dw:mood>
    <dw:security>public</dw:security>
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    <content type="html">&lt;p&gt;Makes 2.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;12 eggs&lt;br /&gt;400mL cream&lt;br /&gt;2 cups grated cheese&lt;br /&gt;2 sheets frozen puff pastry&lt;br /&gt;300g semi dried tomatoes&lt;br /&gt;750g chopped frozen spinach&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Oven at 220, blind bake the pastry 10-15 minutes.&lt;br /&gt;Oven at 180, bake the quiches 35 minutes. &amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=rain_and_snow&amp;ditemid=74162" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/&gt; comments</content>
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    <id>tag:dreamwidth.org,2010-09-16:635169:73573</id>
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    <title>Chocolate Chip Biscuits</title>
    <published>2016-10-23T09:08:17Z</published>
    <updated>2022-07-17T05:06:15Z</updated>
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    <category term="biscuits"/>
    <dw:security>public</dw:security>
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    <content type="html">Because I always find myself looking for a recipe.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;150g butter&lt;br /&gt;3/4 cup sugar (brown if available) (110g brown)&lt;br /&gt;1 cup nut meal (100g)&lt;br /&gt;3/4 cup plain flour&lt;br /&gt;1.5 tsp baking powder&lt;br /&gt;2 eggs&lt;br /&gt;200g chocolate chips&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;1/2 cup+ nuts (walnuts or pecans?)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Cream the butter and sugar for 3 minutes. &lt;br /&gt;Add the egg and vanilla, and cream for another 7 minutes.&lt;br /&gt;Barely mix in the flour and other ingredients.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Oven at 180, cook for about 14 minutes.&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=rain_and_snow&amp;ditemid=73573" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/&gt; comments</content>
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    <id>tag:dreamwidth.org,2010-09-16:635169:73280</id>
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    <title>rain_and_snow @ 2016-09-05T00:03:00</title>
    <published>2016-09-04T14:06:47Z</published>
    <updated>2016-09-04T14:06:47Z</updated>
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    <dw:security>public</dw:security>
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    <content type="html">Inspired by mont_joye, (and the cheap good strawberries available months earlier than I'm used to) made jam this evening.&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;600g strawberries&lt;br /&gt;400g sugar&lt;br /&gt;~80-100ml lime juice&lt;br /&gt;1tsp jamsetta&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I'm not used to needing to use extra pectin, but I wasn't getting a set at all. Worried it'll be too solid - will see tomorrow.&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br type="_moz" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=rain_and_snow&amp;ditemid=73280" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/&gt; comments</content>
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    <id>tag:dreamwidth.org,2010-09-16:635169:72946</id>
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    <title>Florentines, approx.</title>
    <published>2016-02-11T12:29:36Z</published>
    <updated>2016-02-11T12:29:36Z</updated>
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    <dw:music>HIM: Wings of a Butterfly</dw:music>
    <dw:mood>exhausted</dw:mood>
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    <content type="html">Oven at 180oC&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;90g butter&lt;br /&gt;3/4 cup sugar (I&amp;nbsp;think we eventually did half this)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- melt in double boiler, stir until well combined. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;120g currants&lt;br /&gt;90g cranberries&lt;br /&gt;90g figs (~7)&lt;br /&gt;120g slivered almonds (inclined to think we doubled this)&lt;br /&gt;40g pecans (think we doubled this too - probably 100g)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Chop cranberries and figs (~ currant sized), mix fruit and nuts all together, and toss with&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2tbs of flour (30g)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Take pan off heat, stir in&lt;br /&gt;pinch of salt&lt;br /&gt;2 tbsp double cream&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Stir all together, make into little biscuits, or a slice, or whatever seems to work. USE&amp;nbsp;SILICON&amp;nbsp;BAKING&amp;nbsp;MATS. The sugar/butter combination forms a penetrating, potent cement in conjunction with baking paper. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Aldi 40% 200g block + 2 x 70-80% 100g blocks seems to be the right ratio of chocolate (1:1). &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Trying to have a kid put on further hold since the ectopic in November; did our karyotyping bloodtests today. + 6 weeks.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=rain_and_snow&amp;ditemid=72946" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/&gt; comments</content>
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    <title>rain_and_snow @ 2015-04-29T21:48:00</title>
    <published>2015-04-29T12:17:57Z</published>
    <updated>2015-04-29T12:23:00Z</updated>
    <category term="new year"/>
    <dw:music>Exit Wounds, Placebo.</dw:music>
    <dw:mood>tired</dw:mood>
    <dw:security>public</dw:security>
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    <content type="html">&amp;nbsp;I&amp;nbsp;never thought I'd make it to 25. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I&amp;nbsp;did fill in the 2014 in review at the end of 2014 - I&amp;nbsp;think I&amp;nbsp;was in Budapest at the time, and it was approximately Christmas. It didn't post, though, so I'll try again, but for 'partway through 2015'. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:black;"&gt;1. What did you do in 2014 that you'd never done before?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;br /&gt;Traveled alone. Spent lots of time with myself, out and about. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="background:white;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:black;"&gt;2. Did you keep your New Year's resolutions, and will you make more for next year?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt; &lt;br /&gt;Certainly didn't manage to leave the house each day. Aiming to play piano more now it's arrived. Daily is the goal, but weekly is realistic. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="background:white;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:black;"&gt;3. Did anyone close to you give birth?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;br /&gt;Yes. That was difficult. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="background:white;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:black;"&gt;4. Did anyone close to you die?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt; &lt;br /&gt;Nanna H still feels recent, but the two year anniversary is on Mothers Day this year. That's also the one year miscarriage anniversary, so at least my absolute reluctance to go makes some logical sense. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:black;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="background:white;"&gt;5. What would you like to have in 2015 that you lacked in 2014?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt; &lt;br /&gt;As last year, an addition to our family. More of a routine would be nice too. I&amp;nbsp;was getting one going before Festival, but my sleep and energy patterns have changed now, and I&amp;nbsp;haven't caught up to what works yet.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="background:white;"&gt;6. What date from 2014 will remain etched upon your memory, and why? &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Days, rather than dates. Losses, learning I&amp;nbsp;was pregnant, mum's cancer, meeting dad's new partner. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="background:white;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:black;"&gt;7. What was your biggest achievement of the year?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt; &lt;br /&gt;Traveling. I&amp;nbsp;got from Berlin to Krakow on my own, with my own bag, and I&amp;nbsp;felt capable. That was pretty awesome. I&amp;nbsp;started just trusting things would work out - I&amp;nbsp;had bought an emergency KitKat as dinner, and just hoped things in Krakow would fall into place. Turns out they did, and G was wondering if I&amp;nbsp;was still the same person. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="background:white;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:black;"&gt;8. What was your biggest failure?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style="color:black;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A lack of faith in myself.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="background:white;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:black;"&gt;9. Did you suffer illness or injury?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt; &lt;br /&gt;LOL. I&amp;nbsp;have that diagnosis I&amp;nbsp;was after last year, though, and several others to go with it. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="background:white;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:black;"&gt;10. What was the best thing you bought?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style="color:black;"&gt; &lt;br /&gt;Other than flights? I&amp;nbsp;got a nice ring from Gdansk, and that chair on Monday!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="background:white;"&gt;11. Where did most of your money go?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt; &lt;br /&gt;Rent, medical expenses, travel. Also food. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="background:white;"&gt;12. What did you get really, really, really excited about?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt; &lt;br /&gt;I&amp;nbsp;was really excited about Festival 2015, the weather put a bit of a damper on that. It also took us a few days for some members of the campsite to 'realise' we were camping there, but once we'd all worked out who was who it was quite nice &lt;br /&gt;The Bialowiezia forest and the Vienna cemetery were some of my highlights of the trip. I&amp;nbsp;saw snow fall from the sky. I&amp;nbsp;saw different kinds of snow fall from the sky. I&amp;nbsp;understood that some snow was good for making snowmen, and some was not. SNOW. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="background:white;"&gt;13. What song(s) will always remind you of 2014?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Teen Idle - Mariana and the Diamonds; There She Goes - The La's; Sights (especially the Andy C remix)&amp;nbsp;- London Grammar; The Hanging Tree (from Mockingjay (Hunger Games)?); Take Me to Church - Hozier; OneDirection - 18 and Live While We're Young; Taylor Swift - Shake it Off and Blank Space; Riptide - Vance Joy. Radioactive - Imagine Dragons.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Music is one of the things I&amp;nbsp;feel like I&amp;nbsp;was missing in 2014, and I've really been making up for that over the last 9 months or so. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="background:white;"&gt;14. Compared to this time last year, you are:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;More cautious. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="background:white;"&gt;15. What do you wish you'd done more of?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;br /&gt;Handwriting/calligraphy, being outdoors, interesting cooking. Identical to last year.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="background:white;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:black;"&gt;16. What do you wish you'd done less of?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Flopping in front of the internet, rather than a notebook. Identical to last year.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="background:white;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:black;"&gt;17. What was your greatest musical discovery?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mariana and the Diamonds. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="background:white;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:black;"&gt;18. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nothing I can think of. Possibly nothing, actually. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:black;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="background:white;"&gt;19. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt; &lt;br /&gt;It would be really nice to have a social work-y job. I&amp;nbsp;guess that's why I've picked up the volunteering this year. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="background:white;"&gt;20. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2013?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Still Nana clothes. I&amp;nbsp;did buy some new ones online while I&amp;nbsp;was away, though. Trying to go back to the black a bit, but I&amp;nbsp;mostly got purple.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="background:white;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:black;"&gt;21. What kept you sane?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;Distance, and G.&lt;span style="color:black;"&gt; As last year. Also, going away. I've not been seriously depressed (except after work, like clockwork) since we got back from Europe, so that really helped too. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="background:white;"&gt;2. What political issue stirred you the most?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt; &lt;br /&gt;. Head in sand. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="background:white;"&gt;23. Who did you miss?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mum. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="background:white;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:black;"&gt;24. Who was the best new person(s) you met?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;  &lt;br /&gt;The couchsurfers who stayed with us here, and who hosted me/us while we were away (one of them was even the same person, and that was so good). &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;25&lt;span style="background:white;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:black;"&gt;. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2014:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style="background:white;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:black;"&gt;Often, I actually can. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="background:white;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:black;"&gt;I&amp;nbsp;have lots of feelings, and that's okay. Sometimes they are even predictable. Sometimes predictable things alleviate them too. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="background:white;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:black;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=rain_and_snow&amp;ditemid=71835" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/&gt; comments</content>
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    <title>rain_and_snow @ 2014-01-06T23:49:00</title>
    <published>2014-01-06T13:29:03Z</published>
    <updated>2014-01-06T13:29:03Z</updated>
    <category term="new year"/>
    <dw:music>Meteora</dw:music>
    <dw:mood>tired</dw:mood>
    <dw:security>public</dw:security>
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    <content type="html">&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:black;"&gt;1. What did you do in 2013 that you'd never done before?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;br /&gt;Moved into my/our own place, made pickles, lots of public speaking (willingly, too), made a terrarium.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="background:white;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:black;"&gt;2. Did you keep your New Year's resolutions, and will you make more for next year?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt; &lt;br /&gt;I&amp;nbsp;don't usually do resolutions. Last year I&amp;nbsp;was trying to do one nice thing for myself each day (at least), and didn't manage that. This year I&amp;nbsp;hope to leave the house at least once each day. Maybe 50% success rate so far?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="background:white;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:black;"&gt;3. Did anyone close to you give birth?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;br /&gt;Nope. I&amp;nbsp;guess that's a relief, in some ways. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="background:white;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:black;"&gt;4. Did anyone close to you die?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt; &lt;br /&gt;Nanna H.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:black;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="background:white;"&gt;5. What would you like to have in 2014 that you lacked in 2013?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt; &lt;br /&gt;An addition to our family; a diagnosis.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="background:white;"&gt;6. What date from 2013 will remain etched upon your memory, and why? &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nothing too specific this year. 24, 26th November and 9th December from last year. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="background:white;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:black;"&gt;7. What was your biggest achievement of the year?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt; &lt;br /&gt;Hard to decide between making this place liveable before we moved in, getting it to a pleasant state, or getting a job. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="background:white;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:black;"&gt;8. What was your biggest failure?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style="color:black;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Not managing to do something nice for myself each day.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="background:white;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:black;"&gt;9. Did you suffer illness or injury?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt; &lt;br /&gt;Nothing different to usual (tired and sore). Diagnosed with Vitamin D deficiency; no apparent thyroid problems; possible genetic issue, but I&amp;nbsp;don't have the results from that test yet. My sister tested positive at the end of 2013 though.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="background:white;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:black;"&gt;10. What was the best thing you bought?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style="color:black;"&gt; &lt;br /&gt;Laptop&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="background:white;"&gt;11. Where did most of your money go?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt; &lt;br /&gt;Rent/bills, food, clothes. Nothing particularly exciting beyond dresses and bras that fit.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="background:white;"&gt;12. What did you get really, really, really excited about?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt; &lt;br /&gt;Bra fitting! Going on holidays! Pickles! BEING&amp;nbsp;FINISHED&amp;nbsp;WITH&amp;nbsp;MY&amp;nbsp;DEGREE&amp;nbsp;OFFICIALLY!!1!eleventy!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="background:white;"&gt;13. What song(s) will always remind you of 2013?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Cups -&amp;nbsp;Anna Kendrick (When I'm Gone); Royals - Lorde; Miley Cyrus generally - Jolene, Wrecking Ball, We Can't Stop; Blurred Lines by Robin Thicke; Lana Dey Rey generally, especially Summertime Sadness, Bel Air, and Young and Beautiful. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="background:white;"&gt;14. Compared to this time last year, you are:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="background:white;"&gt;15. What do you wish you'd done more of?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;br /&gt;Handwriting/calligraphy, being outdoors, interesting cooking.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="background:white;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:black;"&gt;16. What do you wish you'd done less of?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Flopping in front of the internet, rather than a notebook.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="background:white;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:black;"&gt;17. What was your greatest musical discovery?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nothing this year, really. Getting more into Lana Dey Rey and Tom Dickins. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="background:white;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:black;"&gt;18. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;23. Nothing I can think of. Dinner with my mother, sister, and G at her local Japanese restaurant.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:black;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="background:white;"&gt;19. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt; &lt;br /&gt;Being on speaking terms with my father? Knowing what on earth was going on there would be good. Seeing friends. Leaving the house. Maybe even leaving the house to see friends. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="background:white;"&gt;20. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2013?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Clothes. On. Nana-clothes. Probably because I&amp;nbsp;got a bunch of Nanna's clothes from her in the first six months of the year. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="background:white;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:black;"&gt;21. What kept you sane?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;Distance, and G.&lt;span style="color:black;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="background:white;"&gt;2. What political issue stirred you the most?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt; &lt;br /&gt;The election, conservatives, and people who decided Abbott was better than the alternative. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="background:white;"&gt;23. Who did you miss?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Friends.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="background:white;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:black;"&gt;24. Who was the best new person(s) you met?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;  &lt;br /&gt;The WordPress community. They're pretty cool.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;25&lt;span style="background:white;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:black;"&gt;. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2013:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style="background:white;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:black;"&gt;I&amp;nbsp;got much better at working out what I had the energy for, and scheduling around it. I&amp;nbsp;also learned that I can pull on future spoons if they are really necessary. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="background:white;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:black;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=rain_and_snow&amp;ditemid=71206" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/&gt; comments</content>
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    <id>tag:dreamwidth.org,2010-09-16:635169:71007</id>
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    <title>Graduating</title>
    <published>2013-09-11T23:08:47Z</published>
    <updated>2013-09-11T23:08:47Z</updated>
    <category term="uni"/>
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    <dw:music>the rain</dw:music>
    <dw:mood>impressed</dw:mood>
    <dw:security>public</dw:security>
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    <content type="html">I&amp;nbsp;found out yesterday that I would be graduating with first class honours. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It seems noteworthy that this is the first time I&amp;nbsp;have felt more than satisfied with my academic performance. It is also the first time that there was literally no higher award I&amp;nbsp;could get in a particular course of study. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Properly realising that my standards might be a little high has been a bit weird - I've always considered that I've done 'well enough', but never actually 'well'. My high school results were 'well enough' to get in to the course I wanted, I've done 'well enough' in classes/music. Even last week going through some of my old school assignments and test results, I would look at the results and see only the marks that were missing, or the 'Very Good' rather than 'Excellent', which was exactly how I&amp;nbsp;saw them at the time. I&amp;nbsp;was always able to explain away any musical success (scholarships, orchestras, solos and so on) by considering that I was playing an unusual instrument, rather than because I had any skill with it. My family celebrated scholarships as successes, but of course S got hers for year 7, and it was for year 11 that I&amp;nbsp;got mine, which was always a bit painful.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In contrast to my past experiences, though, it was really nice to think &amp;quot;heck yes, I&amp;nbsp;want to celebrate &lt;em&gt;tonight&lt;/em&gt;&amp;quot;. So we went out for dessert at Koko Black after G had finished teaching. It was tasty, and I was pretty pleased with myself. Hooray!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=rain_and_snow&amp;ditemid=71007" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/&gt; comments</content>
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    <id>tag:dreamwidth.org,2010-09-16:635169:69966</id>
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    <title>rain_and_snow @ 2012-08-11T09:39:00</title>
    <published>2012-08-11T00:05:04Z</published>
    <updated>2012-08-11T00:05:04Z</updated>
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    <dw:security>public</dw:security>
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    <content type="html">I&amp;nbsp;gave Zombies Run a go today.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I&amp;nbsp;only went for twenty minutes, and walked more than I&amp;nbsp;ran. I&amp;nbsp;think my feet have blisters anyway!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I&amp;nbsp;was amused by the song selection on shuffle - your first wave of Zombies? Mama (We're All Gonna Die).&lt;br /&gt;Followed by I'm (Not) Okay. &lt;br /&gt;Then for searching the hospital, Helena by the Misfits, which is entirely about cutting people up, and also love.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It was to the point that I wondered if the app knew the songs already, which really just comments on the voiceover, I&amp;nbsp;suppose. The radio operator sounds like Alistair from Dragon Age Origins, which was a bit creepy, really.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=rain_and_snow&amp;ditemid=69966" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/&gt; comments</content>
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    <id>tag:dreamwidth.org,2010-09-16:635169:69555</id>
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    <title>rain_and_snow @ 2012-05-14T23:30:00</title>
    <published>2012-05-14T13:53:42Z</published>
    <updated>2012-05-14T13:53:42Z</updated>
    <dw:security>public</dw:security>
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    <content type="html">&amp;nbsp;Knitting a &lt;em&gt;secret thing&lt;/em&gt; for the birthday on Friday.&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Cast on x + 30&lt;br /&gt;Knit 1&lt;br /&gt;Purl 1&lt;br /&gt;Cast off 30&lt;br /&gt;Knit 1&amp;nbsp;Purl 1&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;Knit 1&amp;nbsp;Purl 1&lt;br /&gt;Knit 1&amp;nbsp;Purl 1&lt;br /&gt;Purl 1&amp;nbsp;Knit 1&lt;br /&gt;Purl 1 Knit 1&lt;br /&gt;(Knit 1 Purl 1)etc...&lt;br /&gt;reduce knit row by 3, at cast-off end&lt;br /&gt;reduce purl row by 3, at cast off-end&lt;br /&gt;reduce knit row by 2, at cast-off end&lt;br /&gt;reduce purl row by 2, at cast off end&lt;br /&gt;reduce knit row by 2, at cast-off end&lt;br /&gt;*reduce purl row by 1, at cast off end&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;at this stage, knit from the tail (cast-off end), and purl back towards it. &amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=rain_and_snow&amp;ditemid=69555" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/&gt; comments</content>
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    <id>tag:dreamwidth.org,2010-09-16:635169:69352</id>
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    <title>Links and Lime Sorbet</title>
    <published>2012-01-02T11:41:06Z</published>
    <updated>2012-01-02T11:41:06Z</updated>
    <category term="links"/>
    <category term="mobiles"/>
    <category term="social justice"/>
    <category term="same sex marriage"/>
    <category term="recipe"/>
    <category term="ice-cream"/>
    <category term="shopping"/>
    <dw:mood>hot</dw:mood>
    <dw:security>public</dw:security>
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    <content type="html">&lt;em&gt;This&amp;nbsp;yields&amp;nbsp;more than a standard takeaway container - which I think is 750mL. So I'm guessing it would make closer to 800 or 850mL. When I made it, I found it a little &lt;strong&gt;too &lt;/strong&gt;strong - I might use more water next time, or at least less peel! (My housemates thought it was good, though?). This is how I actually made it, based on &lt;a href="http://www.eatingcleveland.com/2008/05/20/lime-sorbet-recipe-easy-and-refreshing/"&gt;this recipe&lt;/a&gt;. Well, a 'fixed' version - the first try resulted in cold lime cordial, rather than sorbet - leading to the conclusion the core was not cold enough.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2 cups water&lt;br /&gt;2 cups sugar&lt;br /&gt;1 cup lime juice&lt;br /&gt;Juice of 1 lime&lt;br /&gt;Zest of one lime&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Cool the core of ice-cream maker for at least18h beforehand, on coldest freezer setting.&lt;br /&gt;On the stove, dissolve sugar into water&lt;br /&gt;Stir in the zest, and boil, then take off the heat.&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Stir in the lime juice, and refrigerate (at least one hour, we did overnight).&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Use ice-cream maker to make sorbet (or do it manually).&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This defrosts very quickly, so store quickly, and eat quickly!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Links (from a while back)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;About Carrier IQ:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://networkedblogs.com/qRilW"&gt;http://networkedblogs.com/qRilW&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;... and how to test if you have it. Something I should do now. &lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=17612559&amp;amp;postcount=110"&gt;http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=17612559&amp;amp;postcount=110&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://gaychristiansurvivors.com/"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;http://gaychristiansurvivors.com/&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://joemygod.blogspot.com/2011/10/marriage-according-to-bible.html"&gt;http://joemygod.blogspot.com/2011/10/marriage-according-to-bible.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br type="_moz" /&gt;Image of different relationships as presented in the Bible.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=rain_and_snow&amp;ditemid=69352" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/&gt; comments</content>
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  <entry>
    <id>tag:dreamwidth.org,2010-09-16:635169:68655</id>
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    <title>So I read the comments.</title>
    <published>2011-09-17T14:30:00Z</published>
    <updated>2011-09-17T14:30:00Z</updated>
    <category term="social justice"/>
    <dw:music>G grumpy at the gambeson being too small. (How do you even spell that?)</dw:music>
    <dw:security>public</dw:security>
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    <content type="html">I read the comments on &lt;a href="http://www.hugoschwyzer.net/2010/07/09/words-are-not-fists-on-male-strategies-to-defuse-feminist-anger/"&gt;this piece&lt;/a&gt;. It was totally worthwhile. One of the OPs responses was this:&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small; "&gt;&amp;quot;Uh, Lucy? Conscription is gone from the USA. Haven&amp;rsquo;t had a draft in nearly 40 years. That&amp;rsquo;s a classic men&amp;rsquo;s rights activist red herring, undercutting the other points. And the &amp;ldquo;women and children first&amp;rdquo; policy is one of chivalry designed by men, not women.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;p style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; font-style: inherit; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.625em; margin-left: 0px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; "&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small; "&gt;And it is men who devised the social rules that leave men choosing suicide, when men are victims of violence, it is almost always at the hands of other men, and men who generally run the economy that has left so many men unemployed and under-employed. If it&amp;rsquo;s misandry, it&amp;rsquo;s misandry that&amp;rsquo;s internalized by men and not foisted on them by women. The suffering is real. But the cause wears a male face.&amp;quot;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;And reading &lt;a href="http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2011/09/09/nancy-upton-on-her-american-apparel-plus-size-photo-spoof.html"&gt;My Big, Fat Photo Spoof&lt;/a&gt; was great.&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Oh, and Portal is free on Steam until the 20th. Of course, I got it, and it doesn't work with my computer. I told it to try anyway, with the amusing results including rotating the display on my screen (and the functioning of the mouse) sideways.&amp;nbsp;&lt;br type="_moz" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=rain_and_snow&amp;ditemid=68655" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/&gt; comments</content>
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    <id>tag:dreamwidth.org,2010-09-16:635169:68507</id>
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    <title>rain_and_snow @ 2011-09-04T22:50:00</title>
    <published>2011-09-04T12:55:48Z</published>
    <updated>2011-09-04T12:55:48Z</updated>
    <category term="family"/>
    <dw:mood>sad</dw:mood>
    <dw:security>public</dw:security>
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    <content type="html">&amp;nbsp;Wow.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;How can my parents be so well meaning, and so&amp;nbsp;incredibly&amp;nbsp;hurtful at the same time.&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here are some wonderful eggs from our hens!!!11!one! ... why didn't you make a cake?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;No, you didn't do anything wrong, we just made this decision without talking to you at all, completely overlooking everything you try and do. Sorry if we offended you!&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;No, you only count as part of this family sometimes. Like when you look after our dogs.&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;No, your illness does not bear talking about, nor being taken as seriously as your sister's. Look, you're doing things! Also, my mother might blame herself, as she has depression too. Oh, we didn't mention it when we were trying to figure out if it was genetic? Whoops!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;No, it's totally okay to scream at you on the phone, &amp;quot;WHY ARE YOU SO LATE&amp;quot;. See point above about sometimes counting, and making effort.&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Seriously wondering if it would be better if I just didn't see them for a very long time.&amp;nbsp;&lt;br type="_moz" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=rain_and_snow&amp;ditemid=68507" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/&gt; comments</content>
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    <title>Another!</title>
    <published>2011-08-30T21:59:24Z</published>
    <updated>2011-08-30T22:03:27Z</updated>
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    <dw:music>tweet tweet twet tweet</dw:music>
    <dw:security>public</dw:security>
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    <content type="html">Well, it is a video, but I liked it too.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://youtu.be/nrNkNBjBR3o"&gt;http://youtu.be/nrNkNBjBR3o&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Well, I couldn't work out how to make it embed. :(&lt;br type="_moz" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=rain_and_snow&amp;ditemid=68177" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/&gt; comments</content>
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