Posts by Amy Gale
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I've been boggled by the way that people who live in a country that contains different time-zones can be so unable to handle the idea of people living in different time-zones.
It's entirely possible that they don't even really handle the concept of timezones within the country and get confused every time the TV announcer says that a show is on at "8/7 Central". Perhaps they think that TV announcers have special names for numbers, in the manner of bingo callers.
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Or I might forget I'm not in the living room, get me kit off and start twirling around in my undies.
GIF! GIF!
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But mostly the reason you like coffee is because you got older and lost the ability to taste all the bad flavours. See there are advantages to getting older.
I think this must interact at least a little with the findings that suggest that people learn to tolerate/enjoy pretty much any food if they are presented with it enough times. My sister and I were fed olives - not to mention whole coffee beans out of the grinder - from a young age and thought they were just fab.
(This must surely be fairly typical in Mediterranean cultures, for that matter? The olive bit, at least.)
An I turn' out jush fiyn...
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Randomly picking a thread to derail, we have a new Doctor.
Oh, poo, I wanted Paterson Joseph.
But I'll get over it, just like I got over it when Monk lost Sharona.
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I've had a lingering belief in the power of silly ditties in memory ever since a 1989 Economic Studies test in which my friend and I conferred afterwards to check we'd got the same on the multi choice section.
Piano teacher, c.1982: Five Cats Got Drowned At Evans Bay
PE (!) teacher, 1985 (years before actually needed): Harry HE LIkes BEer By Cupfuls Not Over Flowing
Not to mention speech teacher, c.1980: Jabberwocky (the ultimate silly ditty).
Seared. In. But can I remember where I put my car keys?
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I cheated once in a test in form two. I happened to catch a glimpse of my neighbour's paper. His answer was different to mine and I thought he know more about the subject than me so I changed my answer. Turns out my original answer was correct all along.
OMG totally snap, down to the "form two" and the "only time I have ever".
(Except my neighbour was a "she, girls' schools being what they are.)
The subject, even the question, are seared into my brain forever.
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I miss tuis and pohutukawas and summer berries and cases of Lindauer and going to lie outside in the sun after Christmas lunch with a book and a g&t and a handful of Roses chocolates.
I did end up with some people to cook for, though. I made:
little toasts with cream cheese&salmon
vols-au-vent with goat cheese&spring onion mousse
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roast potatoes
roast sweet potatoes
stuffin' muffins
Quorn Turk'y
onion gravy
broccoli
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pavlova
steamed ginger pudding with caramel-date sauce
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candy canes
chocolate coated cherries
chocolate-toffee almonds
chocolate-dipped pretzels
shortbread(oh, ok, I didn't make my own little toasts.)
If you listen very carefully, you can hear my pancreas begging for mercy.
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Cutest otter ever ever ever is here.
Safe for work, although not safe for your street cred at work.
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I'm a bit sad this year because I don't have anyone to go overboard cooking for. Where are all the proxy nephews and nieces I was promised?
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The knife method tends to damage the somewhat inaccurately named non-stick variety of cookware.
(drifting further and further off course...)
I agree, but recommend ditching your nonstick over ditching the knife method. Demote the old nonstick swiss roll/cookie pan(s) to cleaning/gardening uses and pick up some standard half-sheet pans from a restaurant supply store.
* they are lighter-colored -> fewer burned biscuit bottoms
* they are heavier -> less warping
* they are not at all expensive
* they stand up to knives, steelo pads, and high temperatures
* bits of nonstick will not flake off into your food
* you don't need to worry about the truth/applicability of those stories about budgie-killing nonstick fumes
* because the size is standardized, your other kitchen paraphernalia - eg silpats - will fit them well (this is especially true if your other kitchen paraphernalia is also from the restaurant supply store)