Things I Did Today

[seldear]

1. Finished project Q1. YAY!
2. Ate. Lots. Still have food leftover.
3. Watched BSG - 'Litmus'. The Sergeant (Head of Security) is familiar. Why?
4. Read 'A Hat Full Of Sky'. Terry Pratchett is the closest thing to God when it comes to writing.

The muse has pretty much halted on all stories. I'm trying to push through the SGA fic I began, but I've been on the same scene for a fortnight or more. Let's not even touch the original fic.

And the cylonbunnies are coming. They look and feel like plotbunnies. Some of them are programmed to think they are plotbunnies. And they have a plan.

I have a feeling the plan is to kill all the plotbunnies so only the cylonbunnies are left.

This is Not Good.

It is also possible that this is why the Muse went AWOL.

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Soft-centred chocolate pudding
200g chopped chocolate
100g butter
30g plain flour
1/2 cup sugar
3 eggs

Melt chocolate and butter in bowl over boiling water. Don't let the water touch the bottom of the bowl. Lightly beat the eggs and add in the sugar. Combine the chocolate mixture with the egg mixture, (you might like to let the chocolate mixture cool a little,) then lightly fold in the flour. Pour into buttered ramekins and cook at 170deg C for 12 minutes. It will looked uncooked in the centre. Tip out into a bowl and serve with whipped cream or ice cream.

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apple turnovers
apples (granny smiths work fine)
cinnamon
brown sugar
puff pastry

Peel and chop apples into small pieces. Add brown sugar and cinnamon to coat. (Just throw it all in a bowl and toss through until its all coated. Adding a bit of melted butter doesn't hurt, either.) Lay apples down in puff pastry and fold over. Bake in 170deg C oven for about 15 minutes, or until the pastry is puffy and golden-brown. Serve warm with cream. (Or hot, if you don't feel you really need your tastebuds. I recommend warm.)

Um. I don't generally go for 'the healthy option'. I eat as much as I like and either stress or exercise it off. My metabolism presently permits this. It may not be so forgiving in future.

Okay, get something to eat, and then bed.

Comments

Hi, I'm an American, and our measuring system is really messed up. :)

[havocthecat]

The recipes sound good, but--weird question. If you're using grams for butter, flour and chocolate, why are you using a cup measure for sugar? I'm going to have to try this recipe some time, definitely! Thank goodness my measuring cups have metric measurements and US standard. And another weird question: Do recipes in Australia generally involve teaspoons and tablespoons?

Re: Hi, I'm an American, and our measuring system is really messed up. :)

[seldearslj.livejournal.com]

Because that's the measurement it's in? I dunno. Grams are usual for things like butter and chocolate, but we can use grams or cups for flour. Sugar is almost always cups, as is anything liquid.

...

I dunno, that's just the way the recipe books have always done it!

And yeah, we still go with teaspoons and tablespoons. Sometimes. I'm notoriously inexact with my measurements.

[cheekygal.livejournal.com]

And the cylonbunnies are coming. They look and feel like plotbunnies. Some of them are programmed to think they are plotbunnies. And they have a plan.

I have a feeling the plan is to kill all the plotbunnies so only the cylonbunnies are left.

*rolls on the floor*

Isn't BSG such fun? ;)

[angelsasha.livejournal.com]

Oh, the chocolate pudding sounds heavenly. I may have to make that sometime. Or get you to show me how when you're here ;)

I'm also confused by the grams/cups thing. We don't use cups at all here, it's seen as an American measurement. In British recipes, sugar et al is weight in grams (or ounces depending on the age of the recipe) and liquid is in ml (or fl oz/pints in older recipes). *shrug* Weird!

A piece of useless information I knew!

[meeshy.livejournal.com]

The seargent is Jill Teed (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0853805/) Who was on SG-1 in Wormhole extreme.

*eg*

[wiliqueen.livejournal.com]

Also, the recipes sound molto yummy.

[angst-angel.livejournal.com]

And the cylonbunnies are coming. They look and feel like plotbunnies. Some of them are programmed to think they are plotbunnies. And they have a plan.
I have a feeling the plan is to kill all the plotbunnies so only the cylonbunnies are left.

Bwah. :D

But oooh, thanks for the recipes--will have to try them sometime! :)

[seldearslj.livejournal.com]

Isn't BSG such fun? ;)

I'm not entirely sure 'fun' is the right word for it. 'Harrowing' works. :)

[seldearslj.livejournal.com]

I guess that's an Australian thing, then. We tend to use cups and grams almost interchangeably. Although several of the modern cookbooks have both grams and cup measurements.

I tend to think in both.

Re: A piece of useless information I knew!

[seldearslj.livejournal.com]

Ah. Yolanda Reece. As Major Stacey...something...

That explains why she's vaguely familiar, but not so much so that I know her immediately.

Re: *eg*

[seldearslj.livejournal.com]

Heh. Thanks, hon. :)

[seldearslj.livejournal.com]

Definitely try them sometime. They're really quite good and very easy!

Re: A piece of useless information I knew!

[meeshy.livejournal.com]

:) I've met her, so I knew who she was straight off. If I hadn't I'd probably have been wondering that myself!

Re: A piece of useless information I knew!

[seldearslj.livejournal.com]

For some reason, my mind kept throwing 'Gilmore Girls' at me.

I don't even watch Gilmore Girls!

Re: A piece of useless information I knew!

[meeshy.livejournal.com]

I don't either! So have no idea why you are thinking it! :)