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Thoughts on Food
Oct. 8th, 2005 08:05 pmA while ago, I posted my wish list of cooking skills to be worked on:
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1) Deep frying - OK, made tempura the other day and I was happy with that. Now, I just need to practice!
2) Shallow frying - did that too! (Thanks Alton!) and it worked!
3) Pancakes/crepes etc - yep, happy with my latest forays there too.
4) Flatbreads - No progress here.
5) pastry - Bought the lard, and that's about it for now.
6) Caramel and toffee. Done a couple of times now, feeling a lot more confident.
7) Croquembrouche... nothing yet.
8) Cake decorating - well, John and I are planning to do a cake decorating course! It will be fun!
Today is the first day in about a month I have had a few hours away from sprog. It would have been slightly better if I had not had two nights of bad sleep before it, but hey, grab what you can with both hands. We went and looked at food porn. I like cooking shops. And then, we went and had lunch at carousel food hall. And then we went and saw the Wallace and Grommet movie. I like the bunnies in the BV2000 or whatever it was called. The calm floating was tres cool. :-)
To refresh your memory if you like, click Here!
1) Deep frying - OK, made tempura the other day and I was happy with that. Now, I just need to practice!
2) Shallow frying - did that too! (Thanks Alton!) and it worked!
3) Pancakes/crepes etc - yep, happy with my latest forays there too.
4) Flatbreads - No progress here.
5) pastry - Bought the lard, and that's about it for now.
6) Caramel and toffee. Done a couple of times now, feeling a lot more confident.
7) Croquembrouche... nothing yet.
8) Cake decorating - well, John and I are planning to do a cake decorating course! It will be fun!
Today is the first day in about a month I have had a few hours away from sprog. It would have been slightly better if I had not had two nights of bad sleep before it, but hey, grab what you can with both hands. We went and looked at food porn. I like cooking shops. And then, we went and had lunch at carousel food hall. And then we went and saw the Wallace and Grommet movie. I like the bunnies in the BV2000 or whatever it was called. The calm floating was tres cool. :-)
