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Hmmm.
Here I talk about a couple of cooking goals. In this post, I shall remind myself of them and update the list.
:-)
1) Deep frying - I feel confident now. Happy. Can come off the list now I think.
2) Shallow frying - Yup. I think this too can come off the list.
3) Pancakes/crepes etc - I'm getting very good at hotdogs and pancakes. With Pikelet batter. :-) I'll leave this one here until I know the pikelet recipe off by heart.
4) Flatbreads - No progress here. Still.
5) pastry - Bought the lard, and that's about it for now. Still have lard, but have been shallow frying with it.
6) Caramel and toffee. Have not done anything since last check in.
7) Croquembrouche... nothing yet.
8) Cake decorating - well, John and I are planning to do a cake decorating course! It will be fun! - Did the cake decorating course, happy with current skill levels. :-) Also, we now know how cake decorating courses work, and that you can join up just to make your child's wedding cake if you want, or for the company, or to learn how to do it for more than one cake. :-)
So, the new list is down to:
1) Learn Pikelet recipe
2) Flatbreads
3) Pastry
4) Caramel and Toffee.
5) Croquembouche
I printed out a copy of the christmas book I am making for Lisa and Sarah yesterday, and went through it again. I'm pretty proud of it. Plus we already have the fruit for the puddings frozen and brandied ready to go. I need to remember which recipe I was going to use now!! LOL! I also want to do placemat settings again, and this year my theme will be good old red and green. Last year was silver and purple, and I think I have learnt a few more things since last year. I'll still do the paper chains, since they bring me enormous satisfaction, plus Lisa said there are some decorations she knows how to make. We'll have a crafting session where the kids old enough to help can play too. At this point, Lisa and I imagine that we'll all get together on ICQ and chat and catch up and talk about our plans, since she went and got herself a bloody high paying job! *grin* I want go to Spotlight and check out the christmas books on crafty stuff, and see if there is something else I like. I still have last year's book which still has plenty of stuff in it I didn't use, so I shall pull it out and read it again.
I had lunch today with emma and sarah, which was lovely, and then caught up with Lyn too. I'm so very proud of how Femmeconne went, and every one who went seems to have also been touched by the experience. I had an idea for discussion: Have our lives become harder now that there's LESS rules to live by? On a side note, I sometimes worry that I have run out of conversation: Talk about Femmeconne: yup. Family: Yup. Ranting about men: Yup. Er..... :-) But I never seem to shut up, so I guess I have more to talk about after all! Oooo, Dr Who... :-)
I still have high hopes that we can start reading grant information and then tailor our activities to ensure that the main people who run Femmeconne can get paid for doing so. Once the wheels are in motion, we can actively spark other women with other projects into getting grants too.
HEE HEE HEE HEE HEEE Vinnie just had his first ever poo in the bath! Fuck it was massive!!
LOL
Anyway, I think it is time for me to hit "Update" and then switch to the couch and the laptop for my date with Jamie's Kitchen. And then maybe I'll post some more, because I am feeling loved, liked, and happy. *grin* Oh, and productive too!!
Here I talk about a couple of cooking goals. In this post, I shall remind myself of them and update the list.
:-)
1) Deep frying - I feel confident now. Happy. Can come off the list now I think.
2) Shallow frying - Yup. I think this too can come off the list.
3) Pancakes/crepes etc - I'm getting very good at hotdogs and pancakes. With Pikelet batter. :-) I'll leave this one here until I know the pikelet recipe off by heart.
4) Flatbreads - No progress here. Still.
5) pastry - Bought the lard, and that's about it for now. Still have lard, but have been shallow frying with it.
6) Caramel and toffee. Have not done anything since last check in.
7) Croquembrouche... nothing yet.
8) Cake decorating - well, John and I are planning to do a cake decorating course! It will be fun! - Did the cake decorating course, happy with current skill levels. :-) Also, we now know how cake decorating courses work, and that you can join up just to make your child's wedding cake if you want, or for the company, or to learn how to do it for more than one cake. :-)
So, the new list is down to:
1) Learn Pikelet recipe
2) Flatbreads
3) Pastry
4) Caramel and Toffee.
5) Croquembouche
I printed out a copy of the christmas book I am making for Lisa and Sarah yesterday, and went through it again. I'm pretty proud of it. Plus we already have the fruit for the puddings frozen and brandied ready to go. I need to remember which recipe I was going to use now!! LOL! I also want to do placemat settings again, and this year my theme will be good old red and green. Last year was silver and purple, and I think I have learnt a few more things since last year. I'll still do the paper chains, since they bring me enormous satisfaction, plus Lisa said there are some decorations she knows how to make. We'll have a crafting session where the kids old enough to help can play too. At this point, Lisa and I imagine that we'll all get together on ICQ and chat and catch up and talk about our plans, since she went and got herself a bloody high paying job! *grin* I want go to Spotlight and check out the christmas books on crafty stuff, and see if there is something else I like. I still have last year's book which still has plenty of stuff in it I didn't use, so I shall pull it out and read it again.
I had lunch today with emma and sarah, which was lovely, and then caught up with Lyn too. I'm so very proud of how Femmeconne went, and every one who went seems to have also been touched by the experience. I had an idea for discussion: Have our lives become harder now that there's LESS rules to live by? On a side note, I sometimes worry that I have run out of conversation: Talk about Femmeconne: yup. Family: Yup. Ranting about men: Yup. Er..... :-) But I never seem to shut up, so I guess I have more to talk about after all! Oooo, Dr Who... :-)
I still have high hopes that we can start reading grant information and then tailor our activities to ensure that the main people who run Femmeconne can get paid for doing so. Once the wheels are in motion, we can actively spark other women with other projects into getting grants too.
HEE HEE HEE HEE HEEE Vinnie just had his first ever poo in the bath! Fuck it was massive!!
LOL
Anyway, I think it is time for me to hit "Update" and then switch to the couch and the laptop for my date with Jamie's Kitchen. And then maybe I'll post some more, because I am feeling loved, liked, and happy. *grin* Oh, and productive too!!
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Date: 2006-09-21 12:35 pm (UTC)From:no subject
Date: 2006-09-21 01:51 pm (UTC)From:No wonder he was quiet for so long before hand.
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Date: 2006-09-21 06:49 pm (UTC)From:Super easy caramel sauce recipe, ready?
put 1 c sugar in a Large Pot -- at least two litres, preferably three.
Turn the heat on high and stir frequently while you wait for the sugar to melt. When it melts it will be significantly hotter than boiling water, so be careful.
As soon as the sugar melts, put in one stick (that's 1/2 cup) of butter and stir until it melts.
As soon as the butter melts, take the pan off the heat. As it is, you have caramel in the pan. For caramel sauce, add 1/4 to 1/2 cup of milk (1/2 makes a pretty soft sauce, 1/4 slightly less so). Be warned that this creates an exothermic reaction and the sauce will bubble the fuck up -- thus the use of the v large pan. Stir until the milk is well incorporated, let it cool a little, and you're good to go.
Made that last week to have with ginger cake. You can change the flavour profile a little bit by adding spices or whatever -- mine had some cinnamon, allspice, clove, salt, and vanilla in it. It was fantastic.
I was thinking about trying to tackle croissants this weekend. *fears*
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Date: 2006-09-21 11:19 pm (UTC)From:Someone one in food porn posted that they were easy but just time consuming I think it was.
Ta for the caramel recipe! I just need to play now!
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Date: 2006-09-22 03:01 am (UTC)From:I have made croissants once (in my teens). Time consuming, but not too bad, but then I rolled them _really_ neatly... _really_ tightly, and fixed them well... limited their ability to expand:-( I seem to recall they tasted pretty fabulous, but then, with all that butter they'd be hard pressed not to:-)
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Date: 2006-09-21 09:36 pm (UTC)From:no subject
Date: 2006-09-21 11:19 pm (UTC)From::-)
I like lists.
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Date: 2006-09-22 02:46 am (UTC)From:no subject
Date: 2006-09-22 04:31 am (UTC)From:I really, really, really, really, REAlly enjoyed last year, where I was organized and had a plan.
:-)
I might post this year's plan.
:-)
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Date: 2006-09-22 05:05 am (UTC)From: