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Jolenealaska
Jolenealaska
3:37 AM
I just became a yearling!
 
Cerberus
Cerberus
Congrats!!
 
Jolenealaska
Jolenealaska
4:04 AM
:)
 
 
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ElendilTheTall
ElendilTheTall
6:40 AM
@jolenealaska here's your badge and gun
Don't go all maverick on us, or I'll have to take them off you
 
Jolenealaska
Jolenealaska
Yeah right, I'm gunna get a gun from you!?
I have decided that I really like making risotto.
 
ElendilTheTall
ElendilTheTall
Hey! We have guns, we just don't give them away free with £20 of fuel
 
Jolenealaska
Jolenealaska
Hee:)
I've decided that I really like making risotto.
 
ElendilTheTall
ElendilTheTall
It's a calming process
Ladle, stir, wait, ladle, stir, wait
 
Jolenealaska
Jolenealaska
It's just the perfect amount of fussiness, prep, technique and like you say ...calming.
And the difference between doing it well and just doing it, is huge.
 
ElendilTheTall
ElendilTheTall
6:46 AM
I think I'll make some banana Choc chip muffins today
 
Jolenealaska
Jolenealaska
that sounds like something SAJ would really like.
Oh..argghh...
Casio has its own type of cable\
and a new card didn't help, my drive is toast.
 
ElendilTheTall
ElendilTheTall
Get a card reader
 
Jolenealaska
Jolenealaska
It's not terribly expensive (thankfully) just a PIA
 
ElendilTheTall
ElendilTheTall
They're about $5
 
Jolenealaska
Jolenealaska
the cable is like $10
(including shipping)
 
ElendilTheTall
ElendilTheTall
6:50 AM
Get a card reader...
 
Jolenealaska
Jolenealaska
show me?
 
ElendilTheTall
ElendilTheTall
Essentially a new sd card drive that plugs into a USB port
OK, hang on
There you go.
You can use it with any card then, not just with that camera
 
Jolenealaska
Jolenealaska
OK, sold. The Casio thing pisses me off anyway.
 
ElendilTheTall
ElendilTheTall
Yes, the whole point of USB is to have a universal standard
 
Jolenealaska
Jolenealaska
I'm velveting chicken...my oil temp is getting close...
 
ElendilTheTall
ElendilTheTall
6:56 AM
Oh, the tension
 
Jolenealaska
Jolenealaska
Yes, so how dare they??!
Screw that!
Pfft, I need their cable?
Thank you for showing a frugal alternative.
oil is at temp!
brb
first batch is done...that is just plain good.
 
ElendilTheTall
ElendilTheTall
Velveted chicken risotto!
 
Jolenealaska
Jolenealaska
Maybe next time! This is actually a blast from my past.
I'm making the Frugal Gourmet's Chicken Velvet Soup.
so simple, so good
2nd (and last batch) ooh...5 more degrees!
brb
Done...wow, if I could, I'd show you how good this sliced chicken breast looks.
You haven't responded in a while :) Are you being pulled away by the lovely Mrs Tall, or the precious mini-Tall?
 
ElendilTheTall
ElendilTheTall
8:20 AM
The latter
We were hiding from crocodiles
Serious business
 
Jolenealaska
Jolenealaska
I'm glad you made it. Whew!
 
ElendilTheTall
ElendilTheTall
Thank goodness for the good ship HMS Couch Cushion
Protecting intrepid explorers from the depredations of the loathsome Carpet Crocodile for years
 
Jolenealaska
Jolenealaska
Nice! :)
I need to go to bed. You enjoy this time! You'll never get it back. I'm smiling hard imagining it. Goodnight and good morning.
 
ElendilTheTall
ElendilTheTall
Of course, when you land you have Couch Throw Bears to worry about
G'night hon
Sleep tight
 
Jolenealaska
Jolenealaska
thx! Hug the mini-Tall for me.
 
ElendilTheTall
ElendilTheTall
8:35 AM
I'll have to catch her first
 
 
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ElendilTheTall
ElendilTheTall
2:07 PM
Banana-Choc Chip Muffins done! Thought I'd get the old soul-catcher out even though they're not that impressive
 
ElendilTheTall
ElendilTheTall
2:25 PM
They are actually cupcakes in size, but they're muffin in texture.
 
 
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Cerberus
Cerberus
3:36 PM
Lookin' good!
What's the difference between cupcakes and muffins?
 
 
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Jolenealaska
Jolenealaska
7:27 PM
@Cerberus OMG! Don't ask that!
You'll wake something up!
It'll be scary! :0
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Q: What's the difference between a cupcake and a muffin?

msh210I was debating with someone today whether what we were eating was a cupcake or a muffin, but realized we didn't really know the difference. So what's the difference between a cupcake and a muffin in American English? In case you're wondering, what we were eating had a sweet batter, but not ove...

language muffins cupcakes
@ElendilTheTall Purty! :) Marco??
 
Cerberus
Cerberus
8:30 PM
Noooo...I am doomed!
Hmm that is extremely subtle.
 
Jolenealaska
Jolenealaska
8:50 PM
It's quickbread vs cake.
 
Cerberus
Cerberus
I don't think we have quickbread here as a term, we would call all those things simply "cake".
"Cakejes" are small cakes.
 
ElendilTheTall
ElendilTheTall
9:04 PM
Muffins are muffin shaped
Obviously
Cupcakes are also usually topped with something
These are supposed to be topped with pastry cream
 
Cerberus
Cerberus
Pastry cream? I don't think I like that?
But I liked your little cakes are they were.
 
ElendilTheTall
ElendilTheTall
Are you asking me or telling me?
Pastry cream/creme patissiere/cream wiv custard innit
 
Jolenealaska
Jolenealaska
9:22 PM
Hi @ElendilTheTall ! I'm watching Training Day right now, Denzel is asking the attempted rapist which nut he'd like to keep.
 
Cerberus
Cerberus
Maybe I'll like it if you make it.
I don't like pastry cream in cakes one buys in shops. Including fancy ones.
 
Jolenealaska
Jolenealaska
Just so everyone is on the same page:
Is this pastry cream to everyone?
 
Cerberus
Cerberus
Probably!
 
Jolenealaska
Jolenealaska
It's not my favorite either, I prefer a buttercream.
 
Cerberus
Cerberus
How about a standard custard?
But I have never tasted home-made pastry cream.
Looks like that one has more corn starch than a normal custard: perhaps they use even more starch in shops.
I general dislike things with too much (wet) starch.
 
Jolenealaska
Jolenealaska
9:37 PM
The only "custard" I make regularly is my ice cream base. 6 egg yolks, 3 cups dairy, no starch.
 
Cerberus
Cerberus
9:47 PM
Hmm.
 

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