Cooking (not just dinner)

many Turkish supermarkets have a butcher as shop-in-shop - maybe they can organise a halal turkey.

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Would you believe I sometimes buy Halal meat just because, as a programmer, it feels like an extra feature? Like, itā€™s been certified by one more body; itā€™s got an extra box point! (i know. iā€™m nuts)

I made Potato Rolls for the first time last night (this recipe), to go with vegan garam masala bean burgers. I used to buy potato rolls sometimes when I lived in Maryland. They are so good

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I like to buy ISO certified and HIPAA compliant turkeys.

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ā€œIs the turkey MS- or RedHat-certified?ā€

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Todayā€™s lunch: chana matar dal. Iā€™m trying to slim a bit in prep for this weekend. All veggie. I used a tsp of chili powder with cinnamon for the spice. Itā€™s good.

edit, I hadnā€™t eaten and my hands were shaking when I took this godawful blurry pic!

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I am very familiar with the shaky hands from not eating.

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I have been treading a fine lineā€¦ trying to consume less because in two days, I know Iā€™m going to consume a lotā€¦ But in the meantime, I just get a litttttttle loooooopy. Not trying to offend in that other thread, ok?

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The other thread isnā€™t offensive, it is a very complex thing with no right or wrong answer. As for loopy, I am very much that at the moment as I have a head cold and still, obviously, have to look after an infant. As an added bonus, she seems to have caught it too.

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This isnā€™t for infants, but for adults I swear by horseradish for head colds. Only lasts ten minutes or so, but it opens your sinuses, ears, and eyes.

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Anyone else watch ā€œThe Great British Baking Showā€?

I watched one episode and nearly went comatose with fear.

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I wonder why they renamed it from ā€œThe Great British Bake-Offā€ for US audiences?

It is hard for me to watch. Iā€™m only on episode two and ive made every damn mistake theyā€™ve shown.

The biscuit/crackers felt like a gut punch. Depending on your oven it literally can be a few grams of water or fifteen seconds that makes them.

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I am a fan of any spicy (eyes watering hot) dish when you have a cold.

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Iā€™ve seen a couple, but I canā€™t bake for toffee.

Instead, Iā€™m watching idiots blow enormous amounts of money on building ludicrous houses on Grand Designs.

Love that show. Isnā€™t that the show where they redid the tower thingy in London?

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Donā€™t think Iā€™m brave enough.

What a perfect example of jolie laide.

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Even though itā€™s hotter than Satanā€™s underpants in my kitchen and Iā€™m sick I managed to make dinner for my little family. Homemade arancini and a salad.

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Looks delicious! what was the filling? (are you still vegetarian?)

Also, I always thought Satan went commando!

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Pesto and bocconcini filling. I am technically not a vegetarian, had the most delicious chicken pad garlic for lunch. But my husband is, so everything I cook is vegetarian.

Also, how familiar are you with Satanā€™s nether regions?

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