Recent content by Quadlex

I've made two, one each Consephovent, a holiday my freinds and I made up to celebrate together in lieu of Christmas, which is spent with our family. The theme of the holiday is Consumption (We were making fun of the fact that we all worked in Retail and people came to the shops in the hundreds...

(NB: [Aussie] Biscuit = [American] Cookie) A friend of mine at work is up the duff and she goes on maternity leave on Christmas Eve. Since I started here I've bought baked goods in occasionally and she's always been one of my biggest fans, and she's a great mate so I'd like to do something...

My family have been invited to a birthday on my Nan's wedding, but due to the small size of the wedding, Nan and I are not going. So I'm going to hold a lunch for her and her friends, as a gift for her. Now, Nan is 89, and being an 89 year old woman growing up in Australia means she's...

I've got a co-worker whose birthday celebration is on friday, and I'ma make him a cake to save us from the horror of supermarket confection. He's Indian, and I've noticed in the past that we have very different tastes. So I was subtley asking him what desserts he liks, like halwa, barfi...

My mother bought me a slow cooker for christmas, which is great because that's exactly what I wanted. The only problem was she bought me a 5.5L model, and I don't have a 5.5L Stomach:P I've got very little freezer space and I only cook for myself most nights, so I don't really want to prepare...

Wow, all these suggestions sound really good. I'll copy the stews and sauces to a file and try them another time. At the moment my freezers are both full so I'm looking at making a duxelle... I figure that's the smallest volume I can put the 'shrooms in. Then I just need something to put the...

I was organized! Well planned! Exercising Dicipline! I made a meal plan. It wasn't fiddly, but it was full of delicious things. I went to the store to buy the required goods, to find they were out of flat mushrooms, tuna in springwater, and mince (Seriously, what supermarket runs out of...

My boyfriend came shopping with me yesturday, and he wanted a Watermelon. So we bought one, and I cut it in half and quartered a piece and he ate the quarter. And now I have 3/4 of a watermelon in my fridge, taking up space, wrapped in plastic, that is *certain* to go off before I use it...

Today I went grocery shopping, and my store had a sale on Pork Forequarter roasts, $4.99 for 1Kg of pig. So naturally I bought one. But, the problem is I'm only cooking for one. I've got 1.2Kg of pork for a single person. Not only that, but I'm on a diet, and so I want to do something that's...

No, spun sugar sounded like far too much effort. So the Pashmak will have to do. It's Chocolate flavoured, my partner's favourite. Bortrytis Semillion is a *very* sweet white wine, produced from grapes infected with the Bortrytis virus (The name means "Noble Rot"). It's very complex, very...

Well, the profiteroles worked well. The first batch was too light, the second batch mis-shapen, but all in all I've got enough to work with. Tomorrow I'll fill them and assemble (Thinking Bailies Irish Cream, Bortrytis Semillion, and coffee flavoured pastry cream) and decorate with Pashmak and...

It is my 2 year anniversary with my boyfriend today, and since he lives an hour away in another city where he just launched a financial services product (That rocks... If you're an Aussie and have super send me a PM and I'll give you more details, you may find it very interesting), we've decided...

Ron W.: I've got to do some tests... The cooker I have is cheap and seems badly insulated. I'm going to fill it with water and see how long after heating until the temperature drops. As for the link, while I appreciate it, I'm in Australia... For some reason, Slow Cookers over here don't...

keltin: I did a year of a Microelectronic Engineering degree, then changed to Software Engineering. And indeed, I got a kick out of the dimmer switch... I should've thought of that:P I've already got a 2400W-rated power timer. I'm thinking of power cycling that on and off every interval (15...

I've not been as busy as I usually am on DC. Now, I'm sure none of you really noticed, but I figured it was polite to let you know why. Live's gotten a bit busier lately, because I went and... graduated. I'm now Quadlex, Bachelor of Engineering. *{Bows}* I also have a full time job with a...