Some things! And photos!
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frith_in_thornsWhite Collar has eaten my braaaain. And the fandom for it is awesome. I'm still writing plotless h/c, but I like plotless h/c.
Girlfriend is coming up to stay tomorrow! This will be lovely (esp. since the house is emptying) and we can wander around Oxford and pretend next term is a long time away. And possibly find better places for dates than the zoology department cafe (although they sell hot drinks in mugs for 30p, which definitely makes up for its other shortcomings).
On that note, I asked her what she'd like me to cook for her, and she said aubergines. Does anyone know any good recipies which involve aubergines (and hopefully don't make them come out too slimy)?
I also used the four days glued to my computer watching WC to finish my crochet project of DOOM, aka the blanket I've been making since May. Or was making from May until the end of August, when I got completely fed up of making squares and packed it into a bag, not to be opened until a couple of weeks ago. But now it is FINISHED! And here it is, laid across my bed: (it's actually quite a lot less pink in real life, not sure what happened with the camera there)
More photos! I decided to get into the Christmas mood by making mince pies. Normally I cut out holly leaf shapes to go on top, but that cutter belongs to Mum and is therefore at home. I decided that the logical replacement was therefore sharks. Or half sharks, since otherwise they wouldn't fit. So, shark pies.
And lastly, this thing, which is fantastic and bizarre and was a Christmas card from my friend who I went to school with and is now at university in Japan. It sings and its cheeks and nose light up and it is slightly terrifying. We hung it in the kitchen and it freaks out visitors. According to the instruction sheet (??) it 'can be arranged in a variety of reposes'. And has the visual effect of 'pika pika'. (No, I don't read Japanese, but Claire and Fran do.)
Girlfriend is coming up to stay tomorrow! This will be lovely (esp. since the house is emptying) and we can wander around Oxford and pretend next term is a long time away. And possibly find better places for dates than the zoology department cafe (although they sell hot drinks in mugs for 30p, which definitely makes up for its other shortcomings).
On that note, I asked her what she'd like me to cook for her, and she said aubergines. Does anyone know any good recipies which involve aubergines (and hopefully don't make them come out too slimy)?
I also used the four days glued to my computer watching WC to finish my crochet project of DOOM, aka the blanket I've been making since May. Or was making from May until the end of August, when I got completely fed up of making squares and packed it into a bag, not to be opened until a couple of weeks ago. But now it is FINISHED! And here it is, laid across my bed: (it's actually quite a lot less pink in real life, not sure what happened with the camera there)
More photos! I decided to get into the Christmas mood by making mince pies. Normally I cut out holly leaf shapes to go on top, but that cutter belongs to Mum and is therefore at home. I decided that the logical replacement was therefore sharks. Or half sharks, since otherwise they wouldn't fit. So, shark pies.
And lastly, this thing, which is fantastic and bizarre and was a Christmas card from my friend who I went to school with and is now at university in Japan. It sings and its cheeks and nose light up and it is slightly terrifying. We hung it in the kitchen and it freaks out visitors. According to the instruction sheet (??) it 'can be arranged in a variety of reposes'. And has the visual effect of 'pika pika'. (No, I don't read Japanese, but Claire and Fran do.)
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Date: 2011-12-17 12:52 am (UTC)That is an impressive quantity or shark pies! And I see you still have your Doriath banquet glass - mine sadly broke last term.
Aubergines ... I adore them Spanish tapas style, battered and fried ~(they go all crispy and nom), but none of my attempts to recreate them have been especially successful. Moussaka is one of my favourite dishes, but that might count as 'slimy' to you; I don't know. You can't ever go wrong with roasting things though!
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Date: 2011-12-17 10:07 am (UTC)I'm looking up moussaka now.
Are you having a good time at home?
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Date: 2011-12-17 03:18 am (UTC)Do you live in Oxford? I visited in the spring (had friends there) and really enjoyed it.
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Date: 2011-12-17 10:10 am (UTC)I'm studying in Oxford at the moment, in my last year there. But I'm living in a house with friends, so I'm still here atm despite it being the holidays - I'm near Wales usually. It's a beautiful city!
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Date: 2011-12-17 03:18 am (UTC)I have had precisely one aubergine-involving dish in my entire life that wasn't slimy. (I seem to recall that "aubergine" is what I know as "eggplant", a name which I admit makes no kind of sense.) That dish was a vegetable lasagna at one particular restaurant, and I have no idea how they did it, alas.
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Date: 2011-12-17 10:14 am (UTC)Oops, I always forget about different vocab. But they look absolutely nothing like eggs! :S *is confuzzled*
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Date: 2011-12-17 07:44 am (UTC)I know exactly one recipe with aubergines, and I never noticed anything slimy: cut the aubergine in half length-wise, scoop out what's inside (a bit tricky, but it goes okay with a knife, a spoon, and a bit of practice.) Cook what was inside in a pan together with milk-soaked bread dumplings, nuts, onions, herbs (and maybe I'm forgetting something else...) Then put that inside the hollowed-out aubergine halves, put some cheese and butter on top, and bake in the oven. Yum. I don't have the exact recipe at hand, unfortunately.
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Date: 2011-12-17 10:15 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-12-17 01:17 pm (UTC)Don't know any aubergines recipes, sorry.
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Date: 2011-12-18 11:07 pm (UTC)