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Life

Tuesday, 20. October 2009, 09:49:08

What? Life is hard.
awww

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Toasted Marshmallow Day

Sunday, 30. August 2009, 09:29:28

Today is the international Toasted Marshmallow Day (notice I never miss the food days eh?) and in honour of such an esteemed day I'd like to present you guys with a recipe I found a few years back.
Hot Cocoa With Marshmallow Cakes

The ingrediants you'll need are:

  • 3/4 cup of flour
  • Pinch of salt
  • 1/4 cup of cocoa powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon of baking soda
  • 1/4 cup butter
  • 1/2 cup of sugar
  • 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
  • 1 egg
  • 1/2 cup of water
  • Handful of tiny marshmallows

How to make:

  • Preheat the oven to 180C.
  • Mix the flour, salt, cocoa and baking powder together.
  • Mix the butter, sugar, vanilla and egg together, beating the paste is smooth.
  • Alternate adding the water and the flour mixture, beating the mixture as you go along.
  • Take several small marshmallows and place one inside each paper cake liner then pour the mixture on top of them.
  • Bake in the oven for 15-20 minutes depending on the size of the cakes then leave to cool for 10 minutes.
Hope you guys have a wonderful day, and don't forget to toast a marshmallow for yourself.
:chef:

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Bread

Tuesday, 27. January 2009, 08:37:34

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Hungry?

Still hungry?
:chef:

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Suck It!

Sunday, 7. December 2008, 13:12:11

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Who wants to suck on this?

Have you ever seen one so big?
p:

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Fancy A Burger?

Thursday, 11. September 2008, 10:12:21

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Mmmmm, looks good doesn't it? That's not beef though. No no no, that's not beef at all.

"I dunno, I've had cow..."
Amy, Futurama

You see, beef isn't as healthy as this meat in any way. Not only is this meat higher in protein and iron than beef, but it's better for the planet because this is kangaroo meat.

Kangaroos have a different digestive system to cows and most other mammals thought of as the classic food animals. This means they produce virtually no methane in their gas, as opposed to cows which are responsible for over ten percent of the world's carbon footprint. So, if we stop farming cows and sheep so heavily, and swap that over to kangaroos instead, we'll not only be eating healthier ourselves but helping to save the planet.

Now for the important part - how does it taste? Obviously we're not going to change over if it tastes awful, no matter how good it is for us. Well I've been lucky enough to taste kangaroo a few times over the past ten years, although it's not easy to buy over here, and I can report back that it tastes like beef with a slight hint of venison in there too when prepared as steaks or burgers. It's kind of like a mildly herby lamb when prepared as a roast. And tastes like a steak and ale pie when used as the filling of a pie.

Nowadays you can ask at most butchers for kangaroo meat and theycan at least order it in for you. Here's some recipes to try it out with.
:chef:

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Making The List

Saturday, 30. August 2008, 09:22:57

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My heartiest congratulations go to the Osteria L'Intrepido di Milano for being shortlisted by Wine Spectator magazine as worthy of it's Award of Excellence. The magazine (read by over two million people) has run it's Award of Excellence since 1981 to highlight the best restaurant wine lists.

What Wine Spectator magazine didn't know is that the wine list of the restaurant is a special reserve wine list comprised entirely of wines they have given bad reviews over the years. The 1988 Amarone Classico La Fabriseria was described by the magazine as smelling "like bug spray" previously yet they seemed to enjoy it at this restaurant. Likewise, the 1993 Amarone Classico Gioe was slated with the description "Too much like paint thinner and nail varnish" when it was first encountered by the experts on the magazine staff. How surprising that a wine list comprised entirely of wines that have been so heavily criticised before are served in a restaurant suddenly shortlisted to win an award for it's wine list by those same critiques. It's almost as if the magazine writers have never visited the restaurant - a claim I'm sure they'd argue against by talking about differing tastes.

What they can't argue against is the fact that the Osteria L'Intrepido di Milano doesn't actually exist. The fake restaurant was invented by wine reviewer and author Robin Goldstein, who created the story of it's existence to highlight the lack of ethics or authenticity in the awards given to many foods and drinks and the restaurants that serve them. He created a fake website for the restaurant, submitted fake reviews on a culinary website (Chowhound), and submitted the restaurant as an entry to the magazine along with a sample menu, a covering letter and a copy of the wine list.

Thomas Matthews, the executive editor of Wine Spectator, had the following to say about this:

It is sad that an unscrupulous person can attack a publication that has earned it's reputation for integrity over the past thirty two years.

An interesting excuse, with the barest hint of bullshit and an aftertaste of covering one's own ass...
wine

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Good Good

Tuesday, 29. July 2008, 06:33:11

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Bill was happy that the marketing company had given him another chance after his previous attempt, "Bad Oil", had proven more than a little unpopular.
:rolleyes:

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