Yarrabyte’s gone missing again. Last seen behind the tapestry wool in Spotlight. No way of knowing if still there. Should we send out a search party?
Here’s hoping the weekend will help me recharge a bit after feeling sick last weekend. I had the last few days at work to myself but I’ve felt so flat and out of it, I just need a longer rest I think
I has new friends thanks to pizza:
The friends:
The pizza:
They’re not quite at the stage of the one down the beach (who just does whatever it wants). It’s a start.
Which calls for a rave choon
I’d be your friend for that pizza too.
It def looks good 🤤
4kg onions = 31 serves of caramelised onion. That should last me a while.
sounds delicious :)
I have successfully revived the robovac! Of course we now have the same cat based problem as before, the LittleOne just cannot leave it alone to charge. Off to internet ways to disable the too tempting Ding!
Here Ted won’t stop fighting the robovac, I have to close doors to keep him out
I need to grab one of those for fluffball to ride around on when I’m at work lol
Mine never rode it, but he sure wants to bapp it
That is fucking adorable lol
Pizza is here, music apps installed, all my shit from band rehearsal last night is plugged back in.
Fuck yeah Friday night. Cheers ❤️
Cheers 🍹
I assume all the booms are Diwali bit late guys, so many upset animals in my range
@Catfish
Nah, its the hitting horses with whips festival. Mooney valley racecourse. They care about other animals as much as they care about the horses.
@TheWitchofThornbury2Ah. Had’t realised that had started yet. Poor horses.
Just cracked a chinotto
GOAT soft drink
Perils of living with the colourblind, he keeps stealing my toothbrush
elastic band round the handle of his only
Both his now, I got a blue one out of the spare stash
stickers
you can have a rude word in red-green for his
I’m sorry this made me laugh. What colour is it and what colour does he think it is?
Red and green
Oh classic. You should put a little sticker on his.
Urgh my microwave died. Do I get a fancy one or a cheap simple one. Convection and airfry seem to be things in microwaves now. e: hmm 3v3. Imma see if the next Aldi has the convection on sale else I’ll get a $50 700W baby microwave, babies are less than 20Litres yeah?
Cheap. The expensive ones die twice as fast in my experience. Currently have a Westinghouse, after a Samsung died 2 weeks after the warranty expired. Have always paid $$ for Sharp, but the cheap Westinghouse is doing a great job.
I have a Samsung. It’s small. 2 things it doesn’t do is large popcorn bags and microwave rice standing up (I lay it on It’s side. It does the job). Go with one that microwaves, grills and bakes.
Those flatbed ones where your food stays still seem interesting. They’re a bit more than a traditional microwave but it could be worth it for the extra space
It’s 99% re-heating meal prep or cooking poppadums so I don’t need a heap of space.
and making cups of tea and coffee
I have never used the microwave for tea or coffee.
@Seagoon_
We have one, so much easier to clean than the spinny platter ones.
Wait, you make tea and coffee in a microwave? I think we found the secret American.
@SaneMartiganand yet when I lived in America I had a good coffee machine
WHEN WILL THERE BE A FOOD QUIZ?
UNDER NEPOLIAN III WHAT WAS THE MOST EXPENSIVE DINING UTENSIL MADE OF / ELEMENT.
*Napaleon oopsies.
**Nupolion… fuck we’re getting there.
Neapolitan?
Nipplelion
Correct
aluminium?
!
That’s always a surprise to me.
It’s bloody difficult stuff to refine without electricity, which wasn’t available until relatively recently. Kaiser Wilhelm III had a special helmet made of gold and aluminium and the gold was the cheap bit.
It was used to make crowns even
It was very hard to refine and smelt, that’s why, takes very very high temps
WHEN YOU SET ONE UP
Alright. I may have a quiz game or ten. When I can be fuck typing, I’ll entertain youse.
Deal.
I lost the containers I put my caramelised onions into to freeze. I searched everywhere without any success and decided to go to the backup plan of ice cube trays. Then I remembered where the containers are - in the pantry, right next to where I have been working all day and very visible. Fortunately I remembered before actually packaging the onions.
ice cube trays sound like a very good idea
just freeze 'em then put them in freezer bags so you can use in single serves
I like the little containers because they are easy to throw one in for lunch at the last minute if I’ve been a bit lax on preparation. I’ve always got some sliced cheese and bread available at a minimum, throwing on some caramelised onion makes a great last minute toastie. But ice cube trays work too - I have a few in different sizes and freeze things like herbs and tomato paste, very rarely actual ice.
I wanna let youse know YarraByte is with me and we are getting pissed together. They may not turn up for work tonight because my parties can get pretty wild.
Cheers everyone 🍺
Cheers!
Cheers 🍺
Cheers 🥂
Cheers 🍺
Did they have an excuse for not turning up last night?
Mental health break. Too much responsibility.
And the night before?
Possible gastro.
Proper 🍻🍻🍻
Fuck oath 🍺
The shopping has all been put away. When you do a major shop monthly that takes quite a while. Sadly they didn’t have the bag of potatoes I ordered and for some reason they decided they couldn’t substitute them. Is there a major potato shortage I am unaware of? Fortunately I am not completely out, but I will have to go low potato for a while.
Other substitutions today include giving me red curry paste instead of yellow and a different cut of beef which won’t work well for what I planned. So I’m making red curry beef instead of yellow curry chicken, and will make a different style of chicken curry from ingredients I already have.
This afternoon I will be doing some packaging of meat for the freezer and a few other food preps, and hopefully get a bit of gardening done too.
Yes there is a potato shortage. Something to do with a drought in South Australia.
This explains why my local had no potatoes last time I was there, sweet potato was the only option. Love sweet potato but it is not a substitute!
I quite like sweet potatoes in rich dishes such as stews and curries.
Here’s my flex. I have 10 medium sized spuds ready for mash with my lamb chops for Sunday feast day.
How very rude of the universe to do this to me. This is one of the downsides to moving house, I would have had some from the garden if I hadn’t done that.
I haven’t been able to find seed potatoes , I was looking for 2 months
Given that Ballarat is right in the middle of Victoria’s Big Potato district, you should be able to find some in specialty shops. Try the local shop in Trentham or Ballan. Cost per kilo will be astronomical (at least $3 per kilo), but the spuds should be nice & fresh and mega delicious. Yes, seed potatoes are grown all around Buninyong and Ballan and Trentham for most of Vic & SA. Ditto horseradish and parsnips. Something to do with the height above sea level preventing some diseases from getting into the seed potatoes. Plus fairly reliable rainfall at zigacktly the right times of the year and a very reliable cold season.
Yeah last I saw Yarrabyte was cracking into the sewing machine oil and chatting up the computerised Singers. Probably still hungover
good night everyone, sweet dreams
