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A photo of what look like essentially scones sitting on a cooling rack.

I made cut rounds again, but didn't bother trying to roll the dough into a cylinder and cut it and instead just ripped 60g chunks off, and they really rose up this time! I think I was just mushing them too much last time (they were totally flat). I guess they're just "rounds" now rather than "cut rounds". 😛

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Posted on 3 July 2021, 11:38

A bowl of spaghetti bolognese topped with grated cheese.

Aw yisssss, Lily and I made spaghetti bolognese tonight. Gave it a proper two-ish hours of simmering and it was excellent. And there's two serves left over too!

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Posted on 26 June 2021, 20:38

A photo of cut rounds sitting on a cooling rack. They're basically like scones except mine are flat and haven't risen at all.

A photo of a cut round sliced in half with butter and raspberry jam on it.

There's this British historian and TV presenter Ruth Goodman who's done a whole bunch of docos about life on farms during various periods in history. She did one series called "Edwardian Farm" and during it they made a thing called "cut rounds", basically like a savory scone. I found a recipe and made them, and while mine didn't rise much, they're REALLY yummy! The recipe I followed was this one: http://raspberryandchipotle.blogspot.com/2011/07/cut-rounds.html I'm not remotely a person who knows about baking so I don't know why they didn't rise (needs more baking powder maybe?), but they WERE nice and moist inside and not like hockey pucks!

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Posted on 11 June 2021, 22:31

A photo of two round brown loaves of bread sitting on a cooling rack. They have some very nice splitting happening along the tops.

Bread success. I've been doing a bit of fiddling around and the Overnight White Bread recipe from Flour Water Salt Yeast with 25% whole wheat flour and the water bumped to 790mL is seriously delicious.

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Posted on 15 May 2021, 13:13

A photo of a bowl of barbecue pork laksa.

Yasssssssssssss.

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Posted on 9 April 2021, 13:15

A photo of a bowl of porridge with brown sugar and a dollop of butter on top.

Well, the temperature might not be quite right (it's 20˚C outside), but I think two days of unceasing dark and raininess qualifies for good porridge weather.

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Posted on 21 March 2021, 9:31

A photo of a stove with a frying pan with beef mince and lots of spices in it mid-cooking. Next to the stove is a cutting board with a grated apple on it.

A photo of a white square ceramic oven dish with the finished bobotie. The top is very yellow where the egg is, and there's bits of beef mince poking through.

A photo of a quarter of the bobotie sitting in a white bowl on top of yellow rice with green beans in it.

I made bobotie tonight and it was delicious! It's a South African dish with beef mince, a whole BUNCH of different spices, and a grated apple, topped with egg.

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Posted on 6 March 2021, 19:53

A photo of a pizza with peas and chunks of chorizo on it sitting on a plate.

We WERE going to go to Mamak tonight with friends but they had to bail, so instead we went to Coles and got pizza bases and made mini pizzas!

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Posted on 2 March 2021, 19:23

A photo of a home-made burger with tomato and cheese on it sitting next to a pile of corn chips on a plate.

Our NYE plans involve home-made beef burgers (spoiler: they were delicious), and rewatching Mad Mad: Fury Road in its full 4K HDR Blu-ray glory!

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Posted on 31 December 2020, 19:35

A photo of two round golden brown loaves of bread sitting on a cooling rack.

A photo of two slices of the aforementioned bread sitting on a plate, one of the pieces has a ton of pulled pork on it and dollops of barbecue sauce on top.

And to round off the weekend of amazing home-cooked food, I made bread and had the leftover pulled pork from last night as a sandwich and it was gooooood.

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Posted on 28 December 2020, 12:33