Category Archives: Recepies

Part two: In which our heroine makes a hot sugary liquid and does not burn herself

By Liz | Published: March 18, 2009
I’m really good at kitchen accidents and have experienced burns caused by hot sugary liquid. They hurt, a lot. This is relevant because the next stage of making crab apple jelly was to add sugar to the liquid. I measured what had dripped out of the bag overnight. It was about 4 cups so I [...]
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Golden Apples

By Liz | Published: March 17, 2009
WARNING: These crab apples were harmed in the making of this post. The previous owner of our property planted a crab apple tree. As far as I can tell crab apples are useful for 3 things: 1) Bird food, birds love them. 2) Apples for dolls tea parties, their size means they look like a [...]
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Chicken Curry

By Liz | Published: January 14, 2009
Let’s take a break from books to talk about food. Before Christmas I needed a meal that I could throw in the slow cooker in the morning and serve on rice when I got home. A curry fitted the bill nicely but I only had one good slow cooker curry recipe. It was for lamb [...]
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Monday is over

By Liz | Published: December 9, 2008
I survived the first day! There are some changes thou. First of all the mayor is going to get a cake. It will be easier and look more impressive than the custard kisses I was planning. Second I’m getting the tyres today. It will take 2 hours after my doctors appointment, but it will leave [...]
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