Adventures in Cookery
Aug. 8th, 2007 07:13 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
r_scribblesI have always been, and will remain, an improvisational chef. I can't follow a recipe to the letter. What I tend to do when attempting to cook something new is to google for a recipe for it so that I know the basics of how to make it, then go off on my own merry tangent. Using this method I made paella yesterday - light on the seafood, heavy on the veg, paprika and chilli - of which I was immensely proud. Will deffo have to do it again, it was beautiful. It's so much more exciting when you go recipe free!
I have been following recipes much closer, however, for my continuing foray into the world of Home Baking. Made more cupcakes last night and taught myself how to ice them today. They're purple! I gave most of them to next door as a belated Thankyou for letting us park in their drive when the window got trashed, and I'm doing pink ones tomorrow as a housewarming gift for the S-i-L. I licked the bowl. I think I might slip into a diabetic coma any minute now.
Took Vi 'swimming' today (at least, one of us stayed in the baby pool while Vi waded around in the water while the other did a few lengths, then swapped over) She slept for well over an hour afterwards!
Despite still scratching my head at post fallout New Adventures (and I got a lovely review yesterday which made me feel more guilty for not having updated it in yonks), post KennyDeath RtS and my DDCC stories, I have foolishly signed up for a PG 'Implausable Pairings' fic challenge. The aim is to write a seemingly implausable, non canon pairing, het or slash, but to make it seem believable, to not wander into the realm of BadFic. I have chosen Kenny & Colin, or Kolin as I have named the pairing. The fic is halfway through already. It is called 'Inappropriate Physical Contact'. It is amusing me greatly.
Pizza time!
I have been following recipes much closer, however, for my continuing foray into the world of Home Baking. Made more cupcakes last night and taught myself how to ice them today. They're purple! I gave most of them to next door as a belated Thankyou for letting us park in their drive when the window got trashed, and I'm doing pink ones tomorrow as a housewarming gift for the S-i-L. I licked the bowl. I think I might slip into a diabetic coma any minute now.
Took Vi 'swimming' today (at least, one of us stayed in the baby pool while Vi waded around in the water while the other did a few lengths, then swapped over) She slept for well over an hour afterwards!
Despite still scratching my head at post fallout New Adventures (and I got a lovely review yesterday which made me feel more guilty for not having updated it in yonks), post KennyDeath RtS and my DDCC stories, I have foolishly signed up for a PG 'Implausable Pairings' fic challenge. The aim is to write a seemingly implausable, non canon pairing, het or slash, but to make it seem believable, to not wander into the realm of BadFic. I have chosen Kenny & Colin, or Kolin as I have named the pairing. The fic is halfway through already. It is called 'Inappropriate Physical Contact'. It is amusing me greatly.
Pizza time!
