As far as strawberry cheesecake goes, I'm pretty impressed by my efforts. Candles and singing later, I just made sure it survived the trip out of the tin.
Thankyou all for the uplifting! Birthday song has been sung, cake has been cut and it is delicious and will feed us for a few days if we're not piggies. Who am I kidding,....
Comparatively is a very dangerous word to use here. We're talking an event that does include my grandfather literally dying in the middle of my 18th birthday party and (another year) ME almost dying (not hyperbole. I spent my 33rd birthday in the ICU with a 10% chance of survival.)
Just went outside on this glorious day for a break - and met a bloke walking his new golden retriever puppy. 16 weeks old and all paws and ears and goodwill to all mankind. Made my day.
I took a photo of a green sea anemone in a rock pool , it was about 10 cm big. Pretty sure the anemones in this pool are normally a light gold colour, I think it was green from eating all the chlorophyl from the sea lettuce washed up in the storm.
I'm not sure this post reproduces how beautifully translucent green this creature was.
Roasted potato has to be on top, but hot chips (not shoestring, proper hot chips deep fried) and potato chips are close behind. I like a good wedge with sour cream too, and mashed potato has its place.
Shoestring fries are probably my favourite. But they're unhealthy so need to be eaten in moderation, same for crisps.
Wedges can be risky. I've had a bunch that haven't been cooked well. They're easy to prepare at home but isn't that just kinda a rustic style roast?
Mashed, serves a purpose as a side, base or pie crust. You can zhoosh it up with things like cheese, garlic and bacon then feed it to your GF while she's having a hard time.
Roast - Classic.
Boiled - Intermediary state. Reminds me of of culinary devoid Irish grandma.
Scollop potato Like a cheese and potato bake, makes me think of celebratory meals, eg. xmas.
Potato Gratin. Tried the aldi one once and it was okay but one of my favourite things about potato is that it's cheap.
Hey, I'm having all the feels about this. Things like Myers–Briggs I get different results on different days. Stupid questions like the library/party one. I work in a bloody library this question does not work.
I won’t argue. I reckon potato quality has been declining for years. I’ve tried all the supermarket ones and ones from green grocers and I just can’t replicate the fluffiness and flavour of baked or roast potatoes I remember from decades ago. Where. Are. The. GOOD. Potatoes.
I have a house of mash potato loving fiends, so most days I cook mash.
Myself I am partial to roast potatoes and who doesn't love a shoestring fry.
Wedges as a side to a robust manly meal like brisket, and I will admit to loving a boiled or even microwaved spud with salt, butter and chives.
I make a beautiful potato scallop bake, never got on the gratin train but love a potato rosti.
My favourite crisps are original salted crinkle cut.
There is no bad potato in my book. The perfect addition to any meal in any form.
Feels like -3.2^o^ outside. I am informed all cars in the carpark are covered in ice. Which means I have to sit in my car defrosting for a while before I can go home 😭
That's why I made the effort to get into work early to go. They may be too young to remember but they're old enough to know if something's off on the day so I need to turn up.
There’s an Imgur blackout protesting the banning of nsfw and also they were removing political content?
Also they’re going to be purging old unused content not associated with an account so please go grab anything you’d miss if it hasn’t already happened. (It began at least a week ago maybe.)
There are some old pics of Melbcat on there that will go… I do have the originals and don’t remember where I wrote the links to the post but it’s still sad to think about.
I refused to make an account because they were demanding a phone number. I guess if I ever do Drawabox I have to find an alternative for that reason alone…
I gave Mr Woof a long overdue bath. He was not pleased.
It was a touch awkward but I managed to get the raised dog bath in the bathroom so it was partly in the shower and I could use the shower hose to wash and also drain the dirty water back into the shower. The tiles got a bit wet but not enough to cause any real problems. Now that I know I have a setup that works Mr Woof may be doomed to more frequent baths again.
Went to Kickin' Inn for dinner tonight because I've been craving seafood and it was surprisingly fun eating out of a bag on the table with gloves on. Expensive, but would do it again sometime.
Speaking of Bandcamp Friday, I hiiiiiighly recommend this new album from local (electric) Violinist and all around legend: Xani.
I saw her live a few weeks ago, and just can't stop!
And its even better live!
I was recommending to a friend the other day and could only say that it's, like, pop-krautrock. An odd combo but man it works!
I was looking for some Vanillaware games to wishlist on Steam to get for my girlfriend at some point. Seems like they're one of those game studios that makes games for every console but not PC. There's not many of those studios left.
Silksong is the Hollow Knight sequel finally released after 8 years. You can buy it from any major gaming platform.
Bandcamp Friday is when Bandcamp waivers their fees and passes 100% of the sale on to the artist. You can go onto Bandcamp.com and buy an album by an artist you like this Friday (PST time) to pass all of the money from that sale to them.
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As far as strawberry cheesecake goes, I'm pretty impressed by my efforts. Candles and singing later, I just made sure it survived the trip out of the tin.
wow
So when is afternoon tea?
Yummmmm!
Oh my God.
That looks so good, I would be digging into that right away if I saw it at a bday event.
Amazing!
Gimmie!
That looks amazing, well done!!!
Looks great!
That looks amazing! And I don't even like cheesecake
Looks professional 👌
Thankyou all for the uplifting! Birthday song has been sung, cake has been cut and it is delicious and will feed us for a few days if we're not piggies. Who am I kidding,....
yaay tomorrow is my birthday and I'll be damend if I'm gonna have another shit one.
last year was a disaster, year before was just...fucked and the one before that I literally got evicted.
This one better be nice or I'm gonna bite its head off
Happy happy birthday 🎂
It. had. Better. Be.
IT WILL BE positive vibes yeah.
oh I'm past vibing and deep into threat territory at this point
I'll send an evil eye his way. Go ahead and enjoy your weekend.
Have put in a word to the Universe on your behalf.
cheers
It should be easier to have a comparatively better birthday but I hope you have a great one!
Comparatively is a very dangerous word to use here. We're talking an event that does include my grandfather literally dying in the middle of my 18th birthday party and (another year) ME almost dying (not hyperbole. I spent my 33rd birthday in the ICU with a 10% chance of survival.)
hugs, happy you survived
life is good 😽
Shit, I'm sorry to hear that. I didn't realise things were so bad. I hope this one's a good one at least
Honesty at this point I just don't want another hot water tank explosion.
Yes, that has happened. At this point I just fucking laugh
Happy Birthday. 🎂🍾🥂💐💰🎁😽👄
Happy birthday eve! 🎂🐈
Rehearsal at my place was awesome!!!
Was nice having people over which doesn't happen a lot because of where I live.
Awesome night!
yay 😊😊😊
We got new disco lights. It's hard to take a pic cos it's going fast. They are wicked.
not quite disco but it's got a great beat 😊
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JmcA9LIIXWw
Seemed to go ok! I’ve made it to the next round!!!!
Which is case study (nice way of saying roleplay) with 2 senior staff acting like clients.
Odd but will be interesting.
YAY!!! Good luck with that!
8
Alrighty.
On my way now. Will be almost an hour early but that’s my standard MO. Can sit around and have a coffee and mess around on my iPad before hand.
Fingers crossed!
🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻
Toes crossed too!
pics or it didn't happen
They're crossed, but i don't want to steal CEOs enterprise.
😹
🤣
Good luckkkk to your interviewers that their company is appealing to you 🙏
You've got this dude!!!
Good luck 🤞🤞🤞
Just went outside on this glorious day for a break - and met a bloke walking his new golden retriever puppy. 16 weeks old and all paws and ears and goodwill to all mankind. Made my day.
Your day is made, it can't get any better!
::: spoiler Mr Woof seems to be recovering from the trauma of his bath today. :::
aw, he looks very sad
He's so damn cute!!!!
How could you?!
Good job Mr Byte, you've been doing great with the posting lately. Keep this up and your next performance review will be very positive.
“Attendance - Above average” ✅
If not, we’ll have to organise a performance management plan…
Mickey has been way more cuddly and needy than usual, somehow. I think he knows something is happening soon (out trip and his stay in the cattery).
I don't want to leave my big baby 😭😭
aw, you'll be back, and it will be like a holiday for him too, he'll make new cat friends and have new servants 😊
❤️
Half the band are coming over to practice because the drummer hurt his hand. Be nice to have people over!
And of course,
Cheers🍻
I took a photo of a green sea anemone in a rock pool , it was about 10 cm big. Pretty sure the anemones in this pool are normally a light gold colour, I think it was green from eating all the chlorophyl from the sea lettuce washed up in the storm.
I'm not sure this post reproduces how beautifully translucent green this creature was.
They're not my anemone. They're my friend
They are. 😊 also, I think the photo I took is pretty good. It's just an old iPhone 7
the water is so clear and there is practically no reflection off the surface
https://portphillipmarinelife.net.au/species/7754
Oh that's a great find. Beautiful. And so nice to be a regular visitor to a spot so that you start to see little treasures 😊
Wedges w/ sour cream and sweet chilli would be # 1 for me.
Jacket potato with butter, cheese, sour cream, bacon and spring onion, chilli, pepper & salt would be mine.
Where is microwave'd potato? This is a farce
Travesty
Oh and you forgot baked and croquettes and...
I have this one from across the ditch
There maybe more.
I have the family circle one, and the potato covered scotch egg meatloaf is a regular feature on our menu.
Do you recall when it was a magazine and kids cuckoo club?
Nope, I think i inherited the cookbook from my mums then partners kitchen (after his wife moved out.... complicated times!)
Impossible. I'd give a different answer depending on my hunger level, hormones, companion, or it just being a Tuesday.
I’m with you - it’s impossible to rank
Roasted potato has to be on top, but hot chips (not shoestring, proper hot chips deep fried) and potato chips are close behind. I like a good wedge with sour cream too, and mashed potato has its place.
Now I really want potato.
Shoestring fries are probably my favourite. But they're unhealthy so need to be eaten in moderation, same for crisps.
Wedges can be risky. I've had a bunch that haven't been cooked well. They're easy to prepare at home but isn't that just kinda a rustic style roast?
Mashed, serves a purpose as a side, base or pie crust. You can zhoosh it up with things like cheese, garlic and bacon then feed it to your GF while she's having a hard time.
Roast - Classic.
Boiled - Intermediary state. Reminds me of of culinary devoid Irish grandma.
Scollop potato Like a cheese and potato bake, makes me think of celebratory meals, eg. xmas.
Potato Gratin. Tried the aldi one once and it was okay but one of my favourite things about potato is that it's cheap.
I raise you on culinary devoid gran -- pressure cooked broccoli = grey mush
S'cuse me teacher, I do not understand your question. Can you please explain your question in more detail regarding ranking?
Hey, I'm having all the feels about this. Things like Myers–Briggs I get different results on different days. Stupid questions like the library/party one. I work in a bloody library this question does not work.
Baked potato is best.
However the potato variety in Australia is pretty bad.
Proper baking potatoes (Russett?) and Yukon Gold potatoes for mashing are top tier.
Y'all can argue, but you'd be wrong.
I won’t argue. I reckon potato quality has been declining for years. I’ve tried all the supermarket ones and ones from green grocers and I just can’t replicate the fluffiness and flavour of baked or roast potatoes I remember from decades ago. Where. Are. The. GOOD. Potatoes.
Roast potato. The crispy edges are delicious.
Mashed potatoes. Nothing nicer with home made gravy.
Chips with mayo from the fritkot off Grande Place.
I have a house of mash potato loving fiends, so most days I cook mash. Myself I am partial to roast potatoes and who doesn't love a shoestring fry. Wedges as a side to a robust manly meal like brisket, and I will admit to loving a boiled or even microwaved spud with salt, butter and chives. I make a beautiful potato scallop bake, never got on the gratin train but love a potato rosti. My favourite crisps are original salted crinkle cut. There is no bad potato in my book. The perfect addition to any meal in any form.
Feels like -3.2^o^ outside. I am informed all cars in the carpark are covered in ice. Which means I have to sit in my car defrosting for a while before I can go home 😭
@Duenan - toes are all the rage right now come back
::: spoiler spoiler :::
that's giving me motion sickness ....lol
I put it in a spoiler for you 👍
Attempting to make possum cages for my plants out of chook wire. They look shit and I look like I've been dragged through a blackberry farm
Get to work early, a bit of work, long training session, bit of work, Balatro toilet time, lunch, more training.
Then a bit of work, finish early, father's day time at the childcare centre. A nice write-off of a day productivity-wise.
The father's day morning teas I attended when my kids were in primary school, are some of the fondest memories I have from that time.
I also felt bad at the kids who's parents couldn't attend. My kids's reactions to me just being there, still brings a smile to my face.
That's why I made the effort to get into work early to go. They may be too young to remember but they're old enough to know if something's off on the day so I need to turn up.
Even if they don't remember, you will. I have yet to regret spending time with the kids.
I am upset at the question because I have run out of potatoes. Reminding me of this terrible turn of events is cruel and unusual punishment.
they will be back after second dinner
There’s an Imgur blackout protesting the banning of nsfw and also they were removing political content?
Also they’re going to be purging old unused content not associated with an account so please go grab anything you’d miss if it hasn’t already happened. (It began at least a week ago maybe.)
There are some old pics of Melbcat on there that will go… I do have the originals and don’t remember where I wrote the links to the post but it’s still sad to think about.
I refused to make an account because they were demanding a phone number. I guess if I ever do Drawabox I have to find an alternative for that reason alone…
I haven’t thought about Imgur for a hot minute. Thanks for the heads-up!
I gave Mr Woof a long overdue bath. He was not pleased.
It was a touch awkward but I managed to get the raised dog bath in the bathroom so it was partly in the shower and I could use the shower hose to wash and also drain the dirty water back into the shower. The tiles got a bit wet but not enough to cause any real problems. Now that I know I have a setup that works Mr Woof may be doomed to more frequent baths again.
Bit late today, but quiz
9/10
Thanks Witchy!! 5/10
9/10
6/10 fudge
8 for meee
Do better next time!!
I'm not just some characters on the screen you know 😭
Hey Force. Start the cheers off today when it's beer o'clock ok.
(I was joking, i'm not hurt, but yes, done 👍)
So, multiple personalities as well!
5/10
Googled the medication I found on the tram. Whoa! Somebody will be missing those badly.
The pink ones keep you from screaming
The blue ones keep you up at night.
🤣🤣🤣
Yes, indeed they do.
Cheeeeers 🍻🍻🍻
Lol
I'll be back in a couple of hours.
Cheers mate 🍺
Yes ma'am 🍻👍👌can't believe it's Friday already, thought it was only Toesday
I once had a calendar of cats who like dancing with their humans That would be so fun
I think he doesn't mind it because he has options to leave the room and he chooses not to.
He does love my singing.
Broadly indifferent, but TheVoid hates when I'm in a Rammstein mood. Too much bass or just too loud???
Gibson likes to sit in the studio when I’m making music.
Casey was the big music lover. He loved Fat Boy Slim and even rocked to a live concert we could hear in the park. He did not like Neutral Milk hotel.
Melbcat likes soft relaxation music but seems to dislike rock
Went to Kickin' Inn for dinner tonight because I've been craving seafood and it was surprisingly fun eating out of a bag on the table with gloves on. Expensive, but would do it again sometime.
I hope you're ok @[email protected]
A cold morning, but sunrise with sparkling frost and wispy fog was quite pretty.
Speaking of Bandcamp Friday, I hiiiiiighly recommend this new album from local (electric) Violinist and all around legend: Xani.
I saw her live a few weeks ago, and just can't stop!
https://xani.bandcamp.com/album/keep-moving
I'll give this a listen, it seems quite interesting
And its even better live! I was recommending to a friend the other day and could only say that it's, like, pop-krautrock. An odd combo but man it works!
Well, it'll be Bandcamp Friday in a few hours anyway... https://isitbandcampfriday.com/
I was looking for some Vanillaware games to wishlist on Steam to get for my girlfriend at some point. Seems like they're one of those game studios that makes games for every console but not PC. There's not many of those studios left.
beach 😊
Enjoy this stunning sunshine!!
it was fucking freezing, I should have worn my hat and scarf, my slicker is also dead, won't zip anymore and lets the wind in a little bit
time to start wearing my new jacket
Happy Bandcamp Friday and Silksong day to all who celebrate
How do I celebrate these important events? And more importantly what are they?
Silksong is the Hollow Knight sequel finally released after 8 years. You can buy it from any major gaming platform.
Bandcamp Friday is when Bandcamp waivers their fees and passes 100% of the sale on to the artist. You can go onto Bandcamp.com and buy an album by an artist you like this Friday (PST time) to pass all of the money from that sale to them.
Thank you.
Ain't No Rest For The Wicked - Cage The Elephant
What if I never get over you - Lady A - https://youtu.be/rbFj2t9d7Z8
Beep Beep 🚚
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A giant mug of hot chocolate please.
🥛🍫☕️🔥
Fruit salad with some low fat Greek yoghurt plz
🍓🍇🍉🍊🍐🥝🏛️🥛