Living in the future : Literally.
Yesterday I met Karen for a late lunch and we had a tiny shop. I was desperate to buy a book , but I couldn’t find one at all. I wanted the new Australian Women’s Weekly big fat “Home Baking” book. It is bigger than A4 size and very thick and it is $34-95 : but no, they didn’t have one. So I went to look at all the sci-fi and fantasy books: nooooooo, there was not one book there I either didn’t already own, or was not interested in owning. Karen did point out a variety of other books, but I was bereft. Luckily today I have The Stories of English by David Crystal and Pathway to Treason by Ken Harris from the Library. Karen has promised to lend me some new books too.
I made the cutest little bags for Pauline’s children : 3 crazy coloured prints, not too OTT, and then I appliquéd a felt bunny’s head, embroidered, onto the front. They are small and have a drawstring closure. I will fill them with some Binka’s lollies. They are free of everything artificial and there are dinosaurs!!!
Today I took my printer cartridge to be refilled ( $7-50, how cheap is that???) and delivered Easter treats and Henny Pinny pincushions to people’s houses. Then I went to the GardyGardener’s for morning tea, and then home for a rest. Finally I went to the Library, picked up the printer cartridge, went to the fruit and veg and then, though I really needed to go to the supermarket, I was too tired to even consider facing a queue. I will go on Saturday. I only need a tiny few things. I am too tired, going out twice was too much.
I will put a tape in for Dr Who and then go to bed for a long sleep. And I was all weirded out as I was sure I wrote on Tuesday and the date here said Monday, and then I remembered that as well as being light years ahead of other places in the world in most areas, we also live in the future, a day ahead of America. The future is already here, literally!!!! We are living in a time slip. Oh also I have no idea which rainbow colour I am up to. I always miss out green, but otherwise I do the ROY G BIV thing ( Richard Of York Gained Battles In Vain) I chose red anyway. I suppose it should have been orange. If it is wrong I will fix it later on.
Chocolate Candied Orange Peel
2 or 3 oranges
1 cup sugar
1 cup water
100-200 g chocolate, melted
Cut skin from the flesh, and then carefully trim all the pith, leaving just the thin rind. You can cut out fancy shapes but so much is wasted I make 1 cm strips. Pop rind into a pan of boiling water, boil for 5 minutes and drain. Repeat twice more. Then put the sugar and water into the pan, stir as sugar dissolves and then add the rind and boil steadily for 5-10 minutes or until the peel is translucent. Drain and dry on a rack. When dry ( and this may take 24 hours or more), dip into the chocolate and eat when set. You can used any rind really. I can’t eat oranges, but people seem to like this best.
I made the cutest little bags for Pauline’s children : 3 crazy coloured prints, not too OTT, and then I appliquéd a felt bunny’s head, embroidered, onto the front. They are small and have a drawstring closure. I will fill them with some Binka’s lollies. They are free of everything artificial and there are dinosaurs!!!
Today I took my printer cartridge to be refilled ( $7-50, how cheap is that???) and delivered Easter treats and Henny Pinny pincushions to people’s houses. Then I went to the GardyGardener’s for morning tea, and then home for a rest. Finally I went to the Library, picked up the printer cartridge, went to the fruit and veg and then, though I really needed to go to the supermarket, I was too tired to even consider facing a queue. I will go on Saturday. I only need a tiny few things. I am too tired, going out twice was too much.
I will put a tape in for Dr Who and then go to bed for a long sleep. And I was all weirded out as I was sure I wrote on Tuesday and the date here said Monday, and then I remembered that as well as being light years ahead of other places in the world in most areas, we also live in the future, a day ahead of America. The future is already here, literally!!!! We are living in a time slip. Oh also I have no idea which rainbow colour I am up to. I always miss out green, but otherwise I do the ROY G BIV thing ( Richard Of York Gained Battles In Vain) I chose red anyway. I suppose it should have been orange. If it is wrong I will fix it later on.
Chocolate Candied Orange Peel
2 or 3 oranges
1 cup sugar
1 cup water
100-200 g chocolate, melted
Cut skin from the flesh, and then carefully trim all the pith, leaving just the thin rind. You can cut out fancy shapes but so much is wasted I make 1 cm strips. Pop rind into a pan of boiling water, boil for 5 minutes and drain. Repeat twice more. Then put the sugar and water into the pan, stir as sugar dissolves and then add the rind and boil steadily for 5-10 minutes or until the peel is translucent. Drain and dry on a rack. When dry ( and this may take 24 hours or more), dip into the chocolate and eat when set. You can used any rind really. I can’t eat oranges, but people seem to like this best.
posted by 2paw @ 3/24/2005 05:00:00 pm
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