Birthday Presents!

[callistra]

I finally spent my birthday money! Yay me!

As pretty much all of you know, my life has revolved a lot around food lately. :-) So anyway, I thought I'd go to Myers and grab some metal cookie cutters, and also some silpat sheets, and if I had enough left over, I'd grab the rather nice colander I saw. I saw all this last week when we went for lunch with the girls, so I had a reasonable idea of what was there.

However the metal cookie cutters were very cute, but I want to do vol-au-vents, and they did not have the round scone cutters that I wanted. And were only $10 for a set... And then I saw it. The Monstrosity. I thought to myself: Well, it's my thirtieth birthday. It should be something magnificent. It should be something stunning. And it should be something which is almost COMPLETELY useless. I felt mildly guilty afterwards, for about a minute. Which is impressive for me - usually I put things back regardless of how much I desperately need them.

But... BEHOLD! MY PET MONSTROSITY!

Anyway, I'm off to hug it while I have a nap. I'm reasonably sure this cold thing is almost kicked already, which is good cos usually a cold or flu puts me on my back for a whole week, pus two weeks recovery time. My Metropolis Monstrosity! It's almost Cthulhu-esque.... or perhaps more Hellraiser.... eat the cake the right way to get a gateway to hell...?

Comments

[shrydar.livejournal.com]

Wow - that's awesome!

You could attempt some pretty horrifying jellies with that too, if the solution was strong enough to hold the shape.

That reminds me of the somewhat lethal traffic-light jelly Jeanette made for a party a few years back; the red contained vodka, the green rum, and the yellow tequila. mmm, tequila.

[callistra.livejournal.com]

I might need to experiment with agar-agar to get that sort of strength. Could be good for a giggle!
:-)

[tiberius-n.livejournal.com]

I was definately thinking gibbous and squamous when looking at that cake pan. Does it have a tentacle pattern on the inside ?

[callistra.livejournal.com]

No, but I wonder if this one has mini Jesuses on Crosses in the middle...

http://goldaskitchen.com/merchant.ihtml?id=51&pid=8126&step=4

[tiberius-n.livejournal.com]

I was hoping for nuns mayself mmmm nuns with a light dusting of icing sugar.

[meljane.livejournal.com]

That Bundform Cake Pan is way weird , the catherdral is pretty weird as well .

[caitlen.livejournal.com]

BWHAHAHAH! A BUNT TIN!!!

Tis truly a monstrosity!

do you love it? :D

still pregnant, huh :)

[callistra.livejournal.com]

*love* *love* *love*

I didn't get to sleep with it - John came home instead!!

And yes, still pregnant! I'm gonna have to take this chastity belt off soon I think...

[lonewolf23.livejournal.com]

FFS, you were meant to pop while Izz and I were on Rotto! Hurry up! ;)

[callistra.livejournal.com]

I can't find the key!!!

[tikiwanderer.livejournal.com]

That's not a monstrosity, it's a NECESSITY. Your fingers must have slipped on the keyboard. -grin-

But then, I grew up with a Deutsch grandmother who came from a strong tradition of klatchen (sp?) and morning teas with the ladies...

[livelurker.livejournal.com]

IIRC, there are some pretty awesome cake tins at The Essential Ingredient in Subiaco if you're ever over that way. But then, that might be a bad idea if you want to restrict your spending :)

[callistra.livejournal.com]

I need to check out some other cake shops. There's one in maddington but I'm still not talking to it yet.
:-)

[babalon-93.livejournal.com]

cool tin. looks to me like it's straight from Gotham City :)

[leahcim.livejournal.com]

Whoah, that's not a cake tin, that's a Combine Citadel (http://www.half-life.com/screenshot6.html)! :P