Easter crown bread was both easy and surprisingly impressive — Kavi was impressed, and one of the little kids asked me how I made it, and I got to say “Magic.” Very tasty slathered with Irish butter. The eggs were dyed raw, and they cook through while the bread is baking. If you haven’t made […]
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Last stage of the trifle o’doom. Yes, having learned that not cooling your custard sauce and pouring it over jello will melt the jello, I said what the heck, I’ll do it AGAIN with the orange jello layer. So everything is very swirly, and even though the whipped cream + berries on the top makes
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I tried it last time with passionfruit curd, and that was too rich and thick for trifle, in my opinion. (A thin layer of curd might’ve been all right, but I had much too much.) Instead, I went back to my usual plan, to make custard, but I was out of the Bird’s custard powder
Oh, am annoyed with myself. This trifle started out so well, but then it went terribly awry. These are from the first stages, when it was still full of hope and promise… Kiwi, blackberry, lime jello, ladyfingers, sherry.
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This post is not for any vegetarians / vegans. … … … … … It turns out that if I impulse-buy an entire frozen lamb at Costco ($5.29 / lb), I AM capable of cutting it into small enough pieces that I can fit it in the chest freezer + fridge. Even if I only
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I had a very intense 5-day work sequence, with two nights of terrible sleep in there, and am super-tired today, so am mostly spending the day with my computer on the couch. I have watched two episodes of Grey’s Anatomy, and am now watching two episodes of Good Karma Hospital, and am rejuvenating nicely, thank
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Made a passion fruit curd trifle last night. It was very pretty, but I want to tweak the recipe some — it came out a little too sweet overall for my tastes. Less sugar in the curd, I think, and maybe make the orange jello with some lime juice instead of some of the water
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Getting ready for last night’s party. Keeping cheese and crackers on hand, with homemade marshmallows to pull out of the freezer, makes it easy…
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It was such a rush finishing up the winter Patreon boxes before I left for ICFA, I didn’t get to posting the final photos. I love how this theme came out, “Narnia in Love”. They boxes went pretty well, but I made one mistake — I should have double-bagged the soap and bath salts in
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Watching Bridgerton this morning — caught up on episode one of the second season, about to watch episode two. Am quite enjoying the Sharma women — they’re both delightful so far. I want to be friends with Kate! Few pics from the last coule of days — progress on a fingerless mitt, although I’ve now
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