Spaggyj

Feel hyper, go madly bake and get higher on sugar! WHEEEEE!!!!!

Wednesday, October 5, 2011 12:01:36 AM

photos, my life, food

First, get a load of shizz outta the cupboards to make cake with. Quickly, now.

Make a basic vanilla cake mix. Un-neatly. VIGOROUSLY!!

Plop in a little spoonful of cake mix into each case. Accidentally drop some down the side of the cooker. You'll forget about that until you're typing about it later.

Put all kinds of crap in there! Chocolate Orange segments, mini Mars, Reese's Pieces and chocolate chips, that's 3 different flavours right there.

Cover 'em up with more mix. Give the spoon to a hungry Mik.

Do something else while they be cooking. Then go get.

Fucking eat one-a those bitches while they're still hot. CHOCOLATE ORANGE LAVA!!!!!

Go throw a giant pink gym ball.

Random Monthly CrapolaMood ok for now, so here's a buncha stuff from Mum.

Comments

KarenNerak # Wednesday, October 5, 2011 12:43:41 AM

Mmmmm...noms!!!

I just gained a ton of weight from looking at the pictures!

I love seeing how different your products differ from ours.

It's always been fascinating to the point of pathetic to me.

KittyliciousZaphira # Wednesday, October 5, 2011 5:13:18 AM

Oh man, that looks so good! I want to do that too!

PS. I looked at the products with interest too!

FlaRin # Wednesday, October 5, 2011 5:14:02 AM

They *do* look yummy, in a madness-inducing way

<<eats one similar and immediately levitates to the ceiling, laughing like a Russian-accented Hyena>>

Mad Scientistqlue # Wednesday, October 5, 2011 5:42:13 AM

Sounds like fun.

Martin K™Aqualion # Wednesday, October 5, 2011 8:12:39 AM

Looks like a five star treat! Yummie...

Gavin Tripp-Sheedygarlingmatthews # Wednesday, October 5, 2011 8:48:23 AM

Must learn to bake or choke on jealousy.

Dark FurieFurie # Wednesday, October 5, 2011 12:06:55 PM

I'm one and a half the man I was before meeting this girl. This is part of the reason.

Spaggyj # Wednesday, October 5, 2011 11:50:01 PM

I like to notice differences in products too.

They were indeed yummy - sorry to incite jealousy.

Gavin Tripp-Sheedygarlingmatthews # Thursday, October 6, 2011 8:49:04 AM

Hey it might inspire me to actually use my kitchen.

r♡serose-marie # Thursday, October 6, 2011 9:28:36 AM

Can't comment. Drooling.

Martin K™Aqualion # Thursday, October 6, 2011 9:50:16 AM

My wife used to live in the South of England, primarily on the Isle of Wight. This means that English cuisine holds a place in our household. Producing a griddle of muffins is a fairly easy job. It takes an hour or so, and the ingredients are to be found at all times in a standard supply inventory. You don't have to leave the house to get that special ingredient. You just use what's lying around: fruit, chocolate bits, candy, etc.

Cleanclean # Monday, October 10, 2011 8:08:36 AM

'British Semi-Skimmed Milk?'

"Oi, John, finish skimmin' that milk, yeah? You're only 'alf done."

"Nah, sod it, mate. Jus' gonna leave it, yeah? Call it 'semi-skimmed', an' all, right? Make the pun'ers fink it's somefin' Jamie Oliver'd use."

Mad Scientistqlue # Monday, October 10, 2011 8:37:06 AM

I once bought some 'illegally' imported milk intended for sale in the UK.
Compared with our milk, The 2% low fat milk was like double thick cream!

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Our 'full cream' milk has less cream than the UK '2% low fat' milk. Then we still get our version of '2% low fat' milk which is like skimmed milk and our 'skimmed' milk which is like a litre of water with a few tablespoons of tincture of magnesium added!

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(it's actually transparent which is probably the real reason it comes in a cardboard box)

Martin K™Aqualion # Monday, October 10, 2011 9:23:01 AM

Skimmed milk in Denmark has a greyish colour. Not particularly appetizing, if you ask me. But then again, I am not much of a milk enthusiast. The way I see it, milk is for calfs, not for humans. I read some research results the other day, stating that ordinary cow milk contains growth hormones (for the calf to grow strong) and that these hormones also work on humans which might cause obesity. There's all kinds of other inappropriate chemicals in cow milk that actually makes it hazardous for humans to digest.

Beer however...

KittyliciousZaphira # Monday, October 10, 2011 9:35:09 AM

I only drink skimmed milk, and seriously: It's years and years ago it was greyish. It looks like plain ordinary milk IMO.

- And I *love* milk!

Martin K™Aqualion # Monday, October 10, 2011 3:47:00 PM

I admit that if you leave a glass of skimmed milk on the table for years and years it might change colour.

Gavin Tripp-Sheedygarlingmatthews # Monday, October 10, 2011 5:20:00 PM

It might, in fact, been communicating with you.

If you will b able o understand this is another matter.

Martin K™Aqualion # Monday, October 10, 2011 8:14:21 PM

I understand enough to fluss the lot. Lifeform or not, it's going down the drain.

Gavin Tripp-Sheedygarlingmatthews # Tuesday, October 11, 2011 3:54:03 AM

Close Encounters of a Martin Kind.

Spaggyj # Thursday, October 13, 2011 3:49:12 AM

Skimmed milk here looks a bit watery. Semi looks fine. I hate full. Makes me feel ill.
Martin, there's also evidence to show that low-fat dairy not only helps prevent obesity, but helps weight loss. Both studies have their validity, as always I believe it's an individual thing. Depends on who's eating what.

FlaRin # Thursday, October 13, 2011 9:19:23 AM

I can't drink full fat milk :yuk: But then I'm not a huge fan of milk anyways - only very recently (early this, or late last year) did I start drinking it 'straight' again, having been put off when I was 5 or 6 and was made to drink milk taken from a bottle that had been sitting in the sun all morning :ewwww:

99.<whatever>% fat free milk in tea is good (I don't drink Coffee) and a *cold* glass of lo fat milk is, upon occasion, a treat

Spaggyj # Thursday, October 13, 2011 10:55:51 PM

I don't really drink it on its' own. I likey cereal, though, and get milk that way most of all.

FlaRin # Friday, October 14, 2011 6:04:11 AM

Random question (but with a point) : do you eat Porridge (aka Oatmeal)? And if so, do you cook it, or just pour milk etc. over it & eat it raw??

Mad Scientistqlue # Friday, October 14, 2011 6:45:01 AM

If 'Oatmeal' is anything like 'Jungle Oats' then yes, I do eat it sometimes. It's worth noting that 'porridge' is made with mieliemeal here in South Africa.

FlaRin # Friday, October 14, 2011 7:40:18 AM

OK. Do you cook it (the oatmeal), or just pour milk on it & eat it raw? :curious:

Martin K™Aqualion # Friday, October 14, 2011 9:36:26 AM

We do both in Denmark. Eating oat-flakes raw, müsli-like, with just milk is very common.

Spaggyj # Friday, October 14, 2011 10:05:57 AM

I cook mine. Never been much for muesli.

FlaRin # Friday, October 14, 2011 10:59:55 AM

Originally posted by Lion:

...Eating oat-flakes raw...

That's what's surprised me. I've very keen on Oatmeal (aka Porridge, for most Brits), but have only *ever* cooked it in pan or microwave - I've never even considered eating it uncooked - but my experience thus far here is that raw is considered the norm

....hence I was wondering if others (especially in UK) eat raw porridge as a standard thing, and I just never knew about it

At first I thought it was weird, but I've lived in enough places by now to accept new weirdnesses as the norm very quickly (which I guess must be a good thing)

Martin K™Aqualion # Friday, October 14, 2011 11:06:14 AM

One man's weirdness is another man's norm.

I grew up on oat-flakes with milk and sugar, sometimes with raisins or some kind of dry fruit, sometimes with banana pieces. You can also roast the flakes in a frying pan with sugar, caramalize them and spread them on youghurt. Oat flakes are good in home baked bread too. Helps digestion. Combined with rye bread. That why Danish boys are big and strong.

FlaRin # Friday, October 14, 2011 11:13:19 AM

Originally posted by Lion:

...oat-flakes with milk and sugar, sometimes with raisins or some kind of dry fruit, sometimes with banana pieces

...and this is *exactly* how I make breakfast, when it's oatmeal - with sliced banana & loose raisins (swamped in lo-fat milk

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\\edit : ...but no sugar - the fruit provides the sugary component

Mad Scientistqlue # Friday, October 14, 2011 1:38:45 PM

I usually boil it. Although there is muesli cereal available in the shops. It's not just oats though but a whole mixture of things.

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mieliemeal porridge is, however, the norm here. Basically, it's maize meal boiled to a smooth consistency. Some people add milk and sugar. i usually prefer butter (actually, margerine or medium fat spread) and sugar.

FlaRin # Friday, October 14, 2011 5:16:48 PM

That must be something like Polenta, then - can you use it for other kinds of food, like savoury dumplings or even Cake??

Peterpman45 # Friday, October 14, 2011 7:23:36 PM

At the moment I'm just having a ball mixing Jordans with yogurt and 2 desert spoons of honey.

http://www.jordanscereals.co.uk/our-products/cereals/super-granola/

Mad Scientistqlue # Friday, October 14, 2011 9:49:29 PM

Originally posted by FlaRin:

can you use it for other kinds of food, like savoury dumplings or even Cake??

It's the primary ingredient to making Tacos and fajita. But It's seldom used for that here. It is used for making phutu though.
http://www.africacentre.ac.za/Portals/0/News/OVC/A%20MEAL%20OF%20CABBAGE,%20PHUTU%20AND%20FISH.jpg -
I think polenta may be similar, but mieliemeal porridge doesn't take hours to cook!

Dark FurieFurie # Friday, October 14, 2011 9:49:42 PM

You're mixing that with your ball?

FlaRin # Saturday, October 15, 2011 6:11:39 AM

@ Peter : I know Jordans - I once had a good friend who's brother worked at that Mill in Biggleswade and I spent a lot of time in that locale, back in the day

It's a good product, too

@ Mr. Scientist : that looks like something I'd have for lunch

Mad Scientistqlue # Saturday, October 15, 2011 7:04:36 AM

and for breakfast, it looks more like this.
http://www.stanford.edu/~szeng/cs105a/images/African%20Food/pap.jpg -

Mad Scientistqlue # Saturday, October 15, 2011 7:17:57 AM

the word 'pap', which is pronounced 'pup', is used for all versions. There is 'slap pap' (loose) 'stywe pap' (stiff) and 'phutu pap'.
(stywe is pronounced, stay-vah, phutu is pronounced poo-two)
Slap pap is traditionally mixed with sugar and either milk or butter. That's for breakfast.
Stywe pap and phutu pap are both traditionally served with meat or cabbage and eaten for lunch or supper.

FlaRin # Saturday, October 15, 2011 7:31:29 AM

All looks like something I could work with

Cleanclean # Saturday, October 15, 2011 9:00:04 PM

And 'pap' is the sound it makes when you hit it with a spoon?

Mad Scientistqlue # Saturday, October 15, 2011 10:12:39 PM

Originally posted by clean:

And 'pap' is the sound it makes when you hit it with a spoon?

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I don't know if I should go into the etymology of the word. But some insight perhaps?
papwiel - flat tyre
papsak - 5l wine sack (usually encased in cardboard carton)
So, pap means 'flacid' in this context.
pap is the Afrikaans word for porridge. Porridge is (contrary to popular belief) an English word for food cooked to a soft, paste like, consistency. (peas porridge is not breakfast)

Cleanclean # Saturday, October 15, 2011 10:50:44 PM

Usually when I make porridge you can cement bricks together with it ...

FlaRin # Sunday, October 16, 2011 5:45:17 AM

And thus the construction method for much of Redfern is revealed

Mad Scientistqlue # Sunday, October 16, 2011 6:11:25 AM

so you'd be quite at home with making stywe pap then.

Martin K™Aqualion # Sunday, October 16, 2011 9:18:58 AM

'Pap' means cardboard in Danish. Som porridge does have the consistence (and general taste) of wet cardboard, so...