tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-65683696821361626852024-02-06T18:43:58.376-08:00Cheffervescence - Adventures in Culinary ResearchCheffervescencehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09175902998660408430noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6568369682136162685.post-54822765423114365342011-08-02T14:46:00.000-07:002011-08-02T14:54:59.930-07:00Buttery Biscuit BassI don't normally post other people's stuff, but this is phenomenal:<br /><br /><iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/IfeyUGZt8nk" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="303" width="480"></iframe>Cheffervescencehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09175902998660408430noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6568369682136162685.post-32683374059292593012011-01-31T13:22:00.000-08:002011-01-31T14:43:37.401-08:00Big Tom's Big Birthday Surprise Fruit Cheesecake Brownie<span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" >Big Tom. Where do you start? He is now 25 years old, a quarter of a century. Not too long ago this would have been an impressive feat, given regular warring and primitive medical care. Were he to have been born over 200 years ago, he might now expect to be dying, having faced down a broadside from the Franco-Spanish fleet at Trafalgar. Strapping him to the surgeon's table, you lean in to hear his final words, "Kiss me, Hardy". Mishearing him you fear that rigor mortis cannot be far off.<br /><br />Just over 200 years ago, The United States of America came into existence. The USA is undeniably Big Tom's favourite country, he has the flag, the Obama bobble-head and even an American girlfriend! The 20th Century has been rightly called the American Century, but what of the 21st? At Davos, commentators characterise the situation as <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-12239764">"Asia up, US down"</a>, like the world's first intercontinental jingoistic blow-job.<br /><br />I, however, would not doubt the power of American Exceptionalism as championed by Sarah Palin - patriot, lover of America, hater of moose. What better way to celebrate this than with cake? One might consider brownies and cheesecake to be cakes in their own right, but like Martin Luther King, I want to see brownies and cream cheese, side by side. I have a dream.<br /></span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Brownie Ingredients</span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" ><br /></span><ul><li><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" >275g plain chocolate (70% cocoa solids)</span></li><li><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" >275g unsalted butter</span></li><li><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" >85g white chocolate, cut into large chunks</span></li><li><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" >175g plain flour</span></li><li><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" >1 tsp baking powder</span></li><li><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" >4 large eggs, lightly beaten</span></li><li><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" >1 tsp vanilla essence</span></li><li><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" >325g light muscovado sugar</span></li></ul><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" >This is a variation on Antony Worrall Thompson's superb <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/triplechocolatebrown_7685">triple-chocolate brownie recipe</a>.</span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHiP6vksn8CeeIPzeozLqKC6aq-B_nFO5t8Eg2KXfjQ5N46dz8PKbaClTsz_5UWTlofXi2j1saBz7eeJHYtwvQvYrO3DE8fDh7xkqkiMRgrRqX_ydjC-V4NGwTbU8Z1XW0pCevQaofVqM_/s1600/P1010526.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHiP6vksn8CeeIPzeozLqKC6aq-B_nFO5t8Eg2KXfjQ5N46dz8PKbaClTsz_5UWTlofXi2j1saBz7eeJHYtwvQvYrO3DE8fDh7xkqkiMRgrRqX_ydjC-V4NGwTbU8Z1XW0pCevQaofVqM_/s400/P1010526.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5568094129376407986" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Melt the chocolate and butter together in a bain-marie (here improvised with a pan and a pyrex bowl). This is necessary to stop the chocolate and butter getting too hot.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXuxbhTETp6HBjL20AEnUfjuW84U-Gnn_-foS_9eBXrDhBro78qdrqqDiFN82EvT63Chv-ODWyeH1f0E1BbJ69o0A9pGTAbEzq-3KK2K7WWcl0kgmUspspma6GdYn2ERqcuskXtUzaQKBo/s1600/P1010527.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXuxbhTETp6HBjL20AEnUfjuW84U-Gnn_-foS_9eBXrDhBro78qdrqqDiFN82EvT63Chv-ODWyeH1f0E1BbJ69o0A9pGTAbEzq-3KK2K7WWcl0kgmUspspma6GdYn2ERqcuskXtUzaQKBo/s400/P1010527.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5568094117039922434" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Sift the flour and baking powder together<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkJkoqhwsLSMBHBtfThftXS-3jF2Wtvq7e3hb_pYt1plFNLk_FqKnMcxYgH4pj3HLcHSYXkQoNDT9nbPw7Y-mNWxihPdEAAosRgXQnnj7_5YEvwWP3-V390YGj2Z6WlXdPcg8WCZL7Udzj/s1600/P1010528.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkJkoqhwsLSMBHBtfThftXS-3jF2Wtvq7e3hb_pYt1plFNLk_FqKnMcxYgH4pj3HLcHSYXkQoNDT9nbPw7Y-mNWxihPdEAAosRgXQnnj7_5YEvwWP3-V390YGj2Z6WlXdPcg8WCZL7Udzj/s400/P1010528.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5568094112832765874" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Beat the eggs<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif34RBKXORuLJNtlY-hX28e2VVTrAKy2XWZ9rBSroKDx_OBmwTvRVWSbkXvqEJnaWccnpqXjvX8eGx6uJsjxZXFZhPhU2potlD-kQdb4Tmut8fIvZ4xgI7Ar7R9klfynmlwzlLgdfY0qHk/s1600/P1010532.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif34RBKXORuLJNtlY-hX28e2VVTrAKy2XWZ9rBSroKDx_OBmwTvRVWSbkXvqEJnaWccnpqXjvX8eGx6uJsjxZXFZhPhU2potlD-kQdb4Tmut8fIvZ4xgI7Ar7R9klfynmlwzlLgdfY0qHk/s400/P1010532.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5568094105831112514" border="0" /></a><br /><br />When fully melted, the butter chocolate mixture should look and smell delicious - be warned, you can't eat it yet!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKGwODySw8bWNxEl38-ajVrg1Kv7vJZ0yHDNZfiBwJpNpwpoxSrRetwj-Q8CDpAklTyFwtCrG7PTE8GRBQlJfrRxplcjkKMSJTiINOp0un3D4_vQnNcL9cuKVKmGNJ8wBZRKJldrzNZkK-/s1600/P1010541.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKGwODySw8bWNxEl38-ajVrg1Kv7vJZ0yHDNZfiBwJpNpwpoxSrRetwj-Q8CDpAklTyFwtCrG7PTE8GRBQlJfrRxplcjkKMSJTiINOp0un3D4_vQnNcL9cuKVKmGNJ8wBZRKJldrzNZkK-/s400/P1010541.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5568094099257371810" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Add the sugar, eggs and vanilla essence to the butter-chocolate mixture. Then gently fold in the flour. The result should be thick and bubbly brownie batter.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-C3y3Zz6PDMIstXSLcNbRZNf_cDHlIlDpfGY6luvkAXqtULGlu6XmJxWTaL6vEa95c_yT-IFI9P9hmjzCtc0S0dTvr4TdQwb8eAxClr5wQA7UVwpKjqQuG3EBAEo61RNBUARTYVRdGRre/s1600/P1010543.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-C3y3Zz6PDMIstXSLcNbRZNf_cDHlIlDpfGY6luvkAXqtULGlu6XmJxWTaL6vEa95c_yT-IFI9P9hmjzCtc0S0dTvr4TdQwb8eAxClr5wQA7UVwpKjqQuG3EBAEo61RNBUARTYVRdGRre/s400/P1010543.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5568093374958936722" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Grease-up good some greaseproof paper and put in a cake tin.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhR3yL1SGyOXLU93FRksTmo-rpPbvQMKjLDsFRjgMBqC_JDpeePBFlvaYmAGrc1F636FFE2WmB1IymaLq1r0vTkIK2oxVjCIjUmNk-B-Wq3YDFv0sVjRBaSv2LKu48Zffx3FvlWpXouPKHH/s1600/P1010544.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhR3yL1SGyOXLU93FRksTmo-rpPbvQMKjLDsFRjgMBqC_JDpeePBFlvaYmAGrc1F636FFE2WmB1IymaLq1r0vTkIK2oxVjCIjUmNk-B-Wq3YDFv0sVjRBaSv2LKu48Zffx3FvlWpXouPKHH/s400/P1010544.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5568093370004234354" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Pour in your batter<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhs6CRZIM5k4TbBrhympzs6RvNMGfEuB9YwDIaoD6SPb5x2LO96YE39lzuKJnCYJtWh6ZtRtDodVlMsQaj9UGprMqUY4SWVVb1FURfDfRMX8CtpcvY-8ahyphenhyphenDDoXTrGmjfn5HKzF8k3NVKO9/s1600/P1010546.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhs6CRZIM5k4TbBrhympzs6RvNMGfEuB9YwDIaoD6SPb5x2LO96YE39lzuKJnCYJtWh6ZtRtDodVlMsQaj9UGprMqUY4SWVVb1FURfDfRMX8CtpcvY-8ahyphenhyphenDDoXTrGmjfn5HKzF8k3NVKO9/s400/P1010546.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5568093362922713234" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Push chunks of the white chocolate into the warm batter and smooth the top with a pallette knife<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFytGCzi8wBi4BOTSnFzhx_kHirZ-tXs7FWf2Y2LLaqeoB-t_h3odt6d1WtY33q9OSoAWhMtAqS-E-udV3EkWbD7FSfV4VTUKFUmFh0Y-u64q1FuRm4sqZlZsLpMgMzUwq1fIIse6yn4Fg/s1600/P1010549.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFytGCzi8wBi4BOTSnFzhx_kHirZ-tXs7FWf2Y2LLaqeoB-t_h3odt6d1WtY33q9OSoAWhMtAqS-E-udV3EkWbD7FSfV4VTUKFUmFh0Y-u64q1FuRm4sqZlZsLpMgMzUwq1fIIse6yn4Fg/s400/P1010549.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5568093313171924594" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Cheesecake Ingredients</span><br /><ul><li>400g cream cheese</li><li>150g icing sugar</li><li>½ teaspoon vanilla extract</li><li>2 eggs</li></ul><br />Having never cooked a cheesecake before, this part freaked me out. Here you combine the <span style="font-style: italic;">cream cheese</span> with <span style="font-style: italic;">icing sugar</span> and the vanilla extract. I know, I know, cream cheese goes with smoked salmon, but you've got to trust me with this one.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1J79tIf_uOnVNNundZq_qrpjTTlGIcy7uCr-FLXUM1h1WXpoKSgKCeMFgpAjJEhe7eUq7AGOOzv2qv_M4eN4fjPBiwoE3-EsVIcuXmB0TJb2dekVS6vlblVzrU-FtDupaYyoP2HxRnUo_/s1600/P1010550.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1J79tIf_uOnVNNundZq_qrpjTTlGIcy7uCr-FLXUM1h1WXpoKSgKCeMFgpAjJEhe7eUq7AGOOzv2qv_M4eN4fjPBiwoE3-EsVIcuXmB0TJb2dekVS6vlblVzrU-FtDupaYyoP2HxRnUo_/s400/P1010550.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5568093312302697138" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Whisk until smooth, adding in the eggs one by one.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoKUFeFer34rPoZ1-VCEMJVS26vivLgZPSyMYUMFdwC_5Pk-CuZ7dxkUTXbo5oxY8qhWDt_vDh5X26JSjnWtsO7-NbwBMJPbYTB6fw7M6dwLkKS6nhPxCn3m8ii_UNajYi05U-8gSa2BHF/s1600/P1010554.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoKUFeFer34rPoZ1-VCEMJVS26vivLgZPSyMYUMFdwC_5Pk-CuZ7dxkUTXbo5oxY8qhWDt_vDh5X26JSjnWtsO7-NbwBMJPbYTB6fw7M6dwLkKS6nhPxCn3m8ii_UNajYi05U-8gSa2BHF/s400/P1010554.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5568092829833939010" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Pour this liquid on top of your brownie base and put in the oven for 40 mins at 170 degrees Celcius.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAlERHPj4ms7PQqM-DdsRyH1HmKKGbIPVj0I5ve56pXQ8DziHE12-VQo9yLDts2t7nSjLJN3s6Bqkse2RxkLDR_oYS21mxfLVmVJOKMUIRdA1-egeP0nFM0bdiWRCCe-ThHlXZDsMLGpy8/s1600/P1010557.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAlERHPj4ms7PQqM-DdsRyH1HmKKGbIPVj0I5ve56pXQ8DziHE12-VQo9yLDts2t7nSjLJN3s6Bqkse2RxkLDR_oYS21mxfLVmVJOKMUIRdA1-egeP0nFM0bdiWRCCe-ThHlXZDsMLGpy8/s400/P1010557.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5568092822185959890" border="0" /></a><br /><br />You should end up with something like this - the edges have risen more than the centre but the topping of whipped cream should hide this!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKAVdG3qa5lqM63uyQLFbHsph5plJ0C9WAN5u8Ghgo1IVC0KDaoNHtIng6yoaiwWFgoMtc1VgJ4jY00tPqW7OJMDZdtyvTL16sfhin0bUGUI2gI3IZXN5WjSVqSjl3wVNCf_99zsOoxXwe/s1600/P1010560.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKAVdG3qa5lqM63uyQLFbHsph5plJ0C9WAN5u8Ghgo1IVC0KDaoNHtIng6yoaiwWFgoMtc1VgJ4jY00tPqW7OJMDZdtyvTL16sfhin0bUGUI2gI3IZXN5WjSVqSjl3wVNCf_99zsOoxXwe/s400/P1010560.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5568092816506395266" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Cream Topping Ingredients</span><br /><ul><li class="ingredient">300 ml whipping cream</li><li class="ingredient">100g icing sugar</li><li class="ingredient">150g blackberries and blueberries, plus extra to decorate</li></ul><br />Just when you thought this cake couldn't take any more . . .<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9ESXvfKxP8h0RyRnJO4vJWFvZsfSJtvuYNZ1lyBey_G1r6s4Xso_-Y0dfTVWfoOCT_AoiJEXWx8-6lxSBnIjbatd5B7AtWyD8eItMvUqfiifbxLVFTtjJJcy5zanJw-Z_Rn75PxRLcP76/s1600/P1010562.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9ESXvfKxP8h0RyRnJO4vJWFvZsfSJtvuYNZ1lyBey_G1r6s4Xso_-Y0dfTVWfoOCT_AoiJEXWx8-6lxSBnIjbatd5B7AtWyD8eItMvUqfiifbxLVFTtjJJcy5zanJw-Z_Rn75PxRLcP76/s400/P1010562.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5568092810622178962" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Whisk the fruit, cream and sugar together until firm but not stiff. This may take some time . . .<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8UTUJf67U0C-sXvE_xmZzH4Ab_vyHuDqT28VfrmHr-x0XWGUcvAIXYQyQB3CkJbcWTedQc1lTPc_Mj6imb5nxBGNgJJ36Egym5LblujkoQZdJHUalnY8NMNWnvWoXGGOBoaU_ZzphzdpE/s1600/P1010565.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8UTUJf67U0C-sXvE_xmZzH4Ab_vyHuDqT28VfrmHr-x0XWGUcvAIXYQyQB3CkJbcWTedQc1lTPc_Mj6imb5nxBGNgJJ36Egym5LblujkoQZdJHUalnY8NMNWnvWoXGGOBoaU_ZzphzdpE/s400/P1010565.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5568092803711465490" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Pink!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkE6tw8XH6jTHRGNjC4f9ol2L0i183HmyeCBa9W-NpB5hKaB1Ms9JRAHWQTLeZ6UzNb0PK_WJy-YPxM7Ebnrx8ez4Qy9K2eBuUz5DLZzRRpbXq5F_Yz6IJ3ztOXZ-sIvcBYiM0BrVK7epL/s1600/P1010568.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkE6tw8XH6jTHRGNjC4f9ol2L0i183HmyeCBa9W-NpB5hKaB1Ms9JRAHWQTLeZ6UzNb0PK_WJy-YPxM7Ebnrx8ez4Qy9K2eBuUz5DLZzRRpbXq5F_Yz6IJ3ztOXZ-sIvcBYiM0BrVK7epL/s400/P1010568.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5568091869506339218" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Remove the brownie-cheesecake from the tin and greaseproof paper.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTbgWZW0Z-7uSj6o3ou5e6F7H7RqQurrMXQmiwiDo5ee6-90SeqZ2KdneARvzliHqJactPUzj2_pX4f2NNUmPP8deBXlOJeOMISiwrTzvWKy8DHGi84iYb9_tctclAkNvmtcb6DckCviKt/s1600/P1010569.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTbgWZW0Z-7uSj6o3ou5e6F7H7RqQurrMXQmiwiDo5ee6-90SeqZ2KdneARvzliHqJactPUzj2_pX4f2NNUmPP8deBXlOJeOMISiwrTzvWKy8DHGi84iYb9_tctclAkNvmtcb6DckCviKt/s400/P1010569.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5568091863816195410" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Prepare to cover in whipped cream!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAlwxlwEJdhNTqLMjIpVDWLvK3ZAv9RAWbVWkozyEsMr04vFtbEwGVoPQtaJsg5UHxgP2JtuvVC8LVjExFfjXStFE1w5Kxq-hEv2poQPJjj7AYhGoZBJP5K_lzM-2CYbUAqg-QZTBn6J6_/s1600/P1010572.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAlwxlwEJdhNTqLMjIpVDWLvK3ZAv9RAWbVWkozyEsMr04vFtbEwGVoPQtaJsg5UHxgP2JtuvVC8LVjExFfjXStFE1w5Kxq-hEv2poQPJjj7AYhGoZBJP5K_lzM-2CYbUAqg-QZTBn6J6_/s400/P1010572.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5568091854317669666" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Shape the cream over the outside of your brownie-cheesecake.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9JHVDe5WyI-NjLHFBpftcv2SfOcaXH-iz8tronqo2no6HJFN5A5IHfKo14rATv3rCQiAhbv8SjaVRdI_dmeQTbyRFpt6EifB8tVg4Ytk33-t8P6wEVmLEvg-Ojr1fqi9H2nEGeIofCXNL/s1600/P1010573.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9JHVDe5WyI-NjLHFBpftcv2SfOcaXH-iz8tronqo2no6HJFN5A5IHfKo14rATv3rCQiAhbv8SjaVRdI_dmeQTbyRFpt6EifB8tVg4Ytk33-t8P6wEVmLEvg-Ojr1fqi9H2nEGeIofCXNL/s400/P1010573.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5568091852325638706" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Et voila! A Fruit Cheesecake Brownie! Tom is 25, so we get him the square root of 25 candles! The only thing that could make this more American is if we shoved it on top of Mom's Apple Pie.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk2ObNBnV5OKBu6S-TNPWgFgoZG5p_-brm-ZtQZztei5XuiUmQhpULnb7a3z0pfhZwmrVaBmsOjgKtdTL0k-XEtZoG9zJBkl5kwY2N2M58jq7Z-zl0tlafOgMJy8p3X3PX6bzFSjHmXwUb/s1600/P1010576.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk2ObNBnV5OKBu6S-TNPWgFgoZG5p_-brm-ZtQZztei5XuiUmQhpULnb7a3z0pfhZwmrVaBmsOjgKtdTL0k-XEtZoG9zJBkl5kwY2N2M58jq7Z-zl0tlafOgMJy8p3X3PX6bzFSjHmXwUb/s400/P1010576.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5568091846298008338" border="0" /></a><br /><br />So the only thing left to do is give the birthday boy his cake and presents . . .<br /><br /><iframe title="YouTube video player" class="youtube-player" type="text/html" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/7Pvb1zog7_4?hd=1" frameborder="0" height="300" width="450"></iframe>Cheffervescencehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09175902998660408430noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6568369682136162685.post-15444154900269256662010-11-21T14:08:00.001-08:002010-11-22T02:01:27.966-08:00After Eight Mints Pies<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhI5eRAjIMRoPlEbCckZkbB4eA9IyHh4Tgwxvio9TN5DStcPvqkr1Bvei8f-u4dNLMR4IzhGcAuO68z-tbruEt1zL7F-HffXFoeTASC2pTRij3xM6ThdFCLF2QscD1lk0azdsbP_aKa6axb/s1600/57520195.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 319px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhI5eRAjIMRoPlEbCckZkbB4eA9IyHh4Tgwxvio9TN5DStcPvqkr1Bvei8f-u4dNLMR4IzhGcAuO68z-tbruEt1zL7F-HffXFoeTASC2pTRij3xM6ThdFCLF2QscD1lk0azdsbP_aKa6axb/s400/57520195.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5542161007805680962" /></a><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">"Heston!"</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">The General wallowed in his leather wingback armchair as awaited his manservant. The light from the fire undulated over his uneven features like restless waves before a storm.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">"Sir?" sighed Heston, wearyness creeping into his voice.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">"These mints," the General waved the offending box of after dinner mints menacingly at Heston, "are terrible. Just terrible."</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">"They are what you asked for, Sir," reasoned Heston, raising his eyebrows with incredulity.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">"Yes, yes" said the General, waving his sherry dismissively, "but, and this is the point, they are entirely unsatisfying. How is a man supposed to maintain his manner with such meagre mints?" He flaccidly held one of the mints at arms length like a used teabag.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">"Might I suggest that I have cook fetch some mince pies from the kitchen?" intoned Heston deliberately, with the patience of a man who has weathered the moods of his master before.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">"Mince pies?!" spluttered the General splenetically, sending spots of spittle towards Heston which blossomed on his grey trousers as dark phlegmatic blobs. "You know spiced dishes play havoc with my bowels! Go fetch that dough-puncher from the intertubes and have him fashion a more suitable treat!</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">And so, After Eight Mints Pies were commissioned.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"><b>Ingredients</b></span></span></div><div><ul><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; ">Lots of dark chocolate</span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; "><a href="http://candy.about.com/od/fondantcandyrecipes/ss/fondantsbs.htm">Fondant</a> (that you've already prepared!)</span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; ">Peppermint food flavouring</span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; ">Peanut butter</span></li></ul></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv8mfBxAityVZRyyRuKWgGB90-2GQve_M-a2LGB8vCThAqzo9VkIHu2CQL2yaT_RVD4NFhu1Kjyay025-9-G8JFvseOekN1mzmOSoYpajan7ExEvMogDsBCdufqqwQvaDTh-t83Z8nM5wL/s1600/P1010411.JPG"><br /><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv8mfBxAityVZRyyRuKWgGB90-2GQve_M-a2LGB8vCThAqzo9VkIHu2CQL2yaT_RVD4NFhu1Kjyay025-9-G8JFvseOekN1mzmOSoYpajan7ExEvMogDsBCdufqqwQvaDTh-t83Z8nM5wL/s400/P1010411.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5542139124250405874" style="text-align: left; display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></a></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; "><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; "><b>Apparatus</b></span></div><div><ul><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; ">Bain-marie for chocolate melting</span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; ">Cup-cake cases</span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; ">Cup-cake tray</span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; ">Greaseproof paper</span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; ">Ceramic balls</span></li></ul></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"><br /></span></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixanNKhSJEsuSuaml_cwibEQ7Aot5xpyMPzfyqOREiRoOi5goBe_RKxPlvFlaXCcx-0u7xV-H68ZeAcbdiddE0n5zUqcbo-wnPN-9sn4waaGjf2ZeeGtjJMS6R1HDcLVRkzJ23jJs_XINu/s1600/P1010410.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixanNKhSJEsuSuaml_cwibEQ7Aot5xpyMPzfyqOREiRoOi5goBe_RKxPlvFlaXCcx-0u7xV-H68ZeAcbdiddE0n5zUqcbo-wnPN-9sn4waaGjf2ZeeGtjJMS6R1HDcLVRkzJ23jJs_XINu/s400/P1010410.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5542139128518001698" /></a><br /><br /><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; ">First we melted a load of chocolate.</span><br /><div><br /></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwczIy-2CkHgrrhmONd-dg_UMXEfkA-qjoKri-SqsGgpsl-2QQdiatFJK-W9bz8O0OzuxYQiuapM8eTBqnGmMkPcc7NOD7WUK0oLGQM_chQpVbyNOHWcosWlflUAGTt01ZdrXnbVBup_qS/s1600/P1010413.JPG"><img style="text-align: left;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px; " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwczIy-2CkHgrrhmONd-dg_UMXEfkA-qjoKri-SqsGgpsl-2QQdiatFJK-W9bz8O0OzuxYQiuapM8eTBqnGmMkPcc7NOD7WUK0oLGQM_chQpVbyNOHWcosWlflUAGTt01ZdrXnbVBup_qS/s400/P1010413.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5542139116236176210" /></a><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; ">Method 1: Coating inner-surface of cup-cake case</span></b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; ">We tried a number of methods of making the mints pies - the first of these was to coat the inner surface of a cup-cake case with chocolate and let it set.</span></div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht5oNh_8OdzKypr_NAezcQPTkaah6-mvnQNmaWsQSxqgFlaySVtVHrwj_okxG4pBSRTYLHW_83pFFtUuIg4lQUZb1_JjKgNQw7fTeFduPO7qY6gnmdNHuouADowgY6Lwd69JoZD5lt-bUs/s1600/P1010414.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht5oNh_8OdzKypr_NAezcQPTkaah6-mvnQNmaWsQSxqgFlaySVtVHrwj_okxG4pBSRTYLHW_83pFFtUuIg4lQUZb1_JjKgNQw7fTeFduPO7qY6gnmdNHuouADowgY6Lwd69JoZD5lt-bUs/s400/P1010414.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5542139112511845010" /></a><div><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5WrEelqvcED2MQ68Og_h5PsTQmmpLsidYjZLNKvklhCwmslSzZq1JcMJZOu1l0rnTlfK6qlqfsP4DgnQxfczWXQUoF_usCACWDGR5PPIFVG8iA5zmiKHYT5re4LqD1RoTyqTehoO4yquc/s1600/P1010417.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5WrEelqvcED2MQ68Og_h5PsTQmmpLsidYjZLNKvklhCwmslSzZq1JcMJZOu1l0rnTlfK6qlqfsP4DgnQxfczWXQUoF_usCACWDGR5PPIFVG8iA5zmiKHYT5re4LqD1RoTyqTehoO4yquc/s400/P1010417.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5542135377284288242" /></a><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; ">We pushed it down into the tray to give the pie some shape.</span></div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYJpv2xBZ38V7r9TdajY-SbFgErhLiqTg4FtZhjZDWVpgy7C2yPzoSIugJLNynWS3iBlHjGaIg7kOWfIIbd00xkrwRVyrhP_zC4yhiJddyuQ7C8sME7n857G1sMLy03q8gaFJC8bvQWDaE/s1600/P1010419.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYJpv2xBZ38V7r9TdajY-SbFgErhLiqTg4FtZhjZDWVpgy7C2yPzoSIugJLNynWS3iBlHjGaIg7kOWfIIbd00xkrwRVyrhP_zC4yhiJddyuQ7C8sME7n857G1sMLy03q8gaFJC8bvQWDaE/s400/P1010419.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5542135305172664034" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj81RyBv7C8XXPHSzYexT_sn0q9WWMkr_Gr04vJumbmVVNkLzs7CCX-oxP44_q-shHSBrWEMqzEgP5563JHrJ61lQPn9R3FzizP-_C11BboZsaK5sNpF964sVlWIhIRkJUXfSWfvQ89AV8t/s1600/P1010422.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj81RyBv7C8XXPHSzYexT_sn0q9WWMkr_Gr04vJumbmVVNkLzs7CCX-oxP44_q-shHSBrWEMqzEgP5563JHrJ61lQPn9R3FzizP-_C11BboZsaK5sNpF964sVlWIhIRkJUXfSWfvQ89AV8t/s400/P1010422.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5542135294193154914" /></a><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; ">Hmm, the result was quite pretty, but not really what we were going for.</span></div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnLQFpRDGZEo__4CVYnRi_3LxPTadTM4vcawmzlha3IDTrWHmmEDwJuKt2KOKg8c6F-Rh1guI-vUo_jlfq3zGyMY42yDfhj2GQy-5EnlclLS2etQ86me59zmcf0_e-_4tjbt4ph6CNyFlg/s1600/P1010423.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnLQFpRDGZEo__4CVYnRi_3LxPTadTM4vcawmzlha3IDTrWHmmEDwJuKt2KOKg8c6F-Rh1guI-vUo_jlfq3zGyMY42yDfhj2GQy-5EnlclLS2etQ86me59zmcf0_e-_4tjbt4ph6CNyFlg/s400/P1010423.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5542135286742824386" /></a><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; ">Method 2: Peanut butter cup</span></b></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"><b><br /></b></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">Being quite solid, peanut butter forms an ideal centre around which chocolate can be wrapped.<br /></span></span><div><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcVWnUg43REV6Xg20E5pV5doYgM6kKAKXBYmgCIrrhxpBdQywP8zFTMRTJFAajkCE1rbo_sSFXoKLgsWijf8kTqgiOeFtIiLT5EWZqwkxOITphIYt_oMJL2QLaIzYPIWATz-6NFNlNlxcF/s1600/P1010425.JPG"><img style="display:block; 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margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh5UvNSz9xsYXd_rLB0j93vYcSqp8uem21purnKn5YzgOv13V8sHTEELhNzMT3cc0IgW3zgH4_n6h4j4XdNf4hpbieEoN_Z7IJoZit3IojBeffZ0L2S5soIi-jQNtrgv1bFw43hvJuqOP1/s400/P1010427.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5542134395492797650" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnUbwzo-1qJ5eDEYfZ2MS7_GlSTCtuqek3H6diLZSsXpvkG0iMhJ0Fo7KS7_I4mIo38uHIvVtwQdvd7N6wpjLnYD1wLdr7uzpUkFpN6Mz0fzDZQ67ixMH_q8ehxItSakEh7vCw7lAAoWUJ/s1600/P1010446.JPG"></a></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnUbwzo-1qJ5eDEYfZ2MS7_GlSTCtuqek3H6diLZSsXpvkG0iMhJ0Fo7KS7_I4mIo38uHIvVtwQdvd7N6wpjLnYD1wLdr7uzpUkFpN6Mz0fzDZQ67ixMH_q8ehxItSakEh7vCw7lAAoWUJ/s1600/P1010446.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnUbwzo-1qJ5eDEYfZ2MS7_GlSTCtuqek3H6diLZSsXpvkG0iMhJ0Fo7KS7_I4mIo38uHIvVtwQdvd7N6wpjLnYD1wLdr7uzpUkFpN6Mz0fzDZQ67ixMH_q8ehxItSakEh7vCw7lAAoWUJ/s400/P1010446.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5542131339024549234" style="text-align: left;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></a></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); "><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; "><span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "><br /></span></span></span></span></u></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); "><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; "><span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "><span><span></span></span></span></span></span></span></u></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">Mmm, cross-section.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"><br /></span></span></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); "><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuWP3Unv3RU6wSK0f8TcKqn-uheGBCpjnDj6YdPZ6AHaL-F5Hqz6J5t8CeyHKUljjXSPkw9C1jNDn0B3MfT23WjfuIBHXfeVHNsCwcqPJUWJNtukCVKGeHwSiYVtJZymIc5Sl0V_Ru2hHg/s1600/P1010449.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuWP3Unv3RU6wSK0f8TcKqn-uheGBCpjnDj6YdPZ6AHaL-F5Hqz6J5t8CeyHKUljjXSPkw9C1jNDn0B3MfT23WjfuIBHXfeVHNsCwcqPJUWJNtukCVKGeHwSiYVtJZymIc5Sl0V_Ru2hHg/s400/P1010449.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5542131333417762514" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></a></span></u></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; "></span></b></span></u></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; "><div style="font-weight: bold; "><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; "><br /></span></b></div><div style="font-weight: bold; "><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; "><br /></span></b></div>Lucy approves . . . I think!</span></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; "><br /></span></b></div><div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; "></span></b></span></u></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxRq9b5ntvQ3LwcL4mUQjlJVKWyDyPU4EwlOUuIVM5eb-iUrEjxA_IKH0FTSv3t1s0ritMZJylYeGNsCNoCe_z02i37NAoaZ7ZNuIDdHvtNX3e2Z-2zL0VP9lrmXEvvP5WR-i8LPEmMmNi/s1600/P1010450.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxRq9b5ntvQ3LwcL4mUQjlJVKWyDyPU4EwlOUuIVM5eb-iUrEjxA_IKH0FTSv3t1s0ritMZJylYeGNsCNoCe_z02i37NAoaZ7ZNuIDdHvtNX3e2Z-2zL0VP9lrmXEvvP5WR-i8LPEmMmNi/s400/P1010450.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5542131296829739330" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></a></span></u></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; "><span><span></span></span></span></u></span></div><span><span><div><span><span><br /></span></span></div><br /></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; ">Thumbs up, buddy!</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; "><br /></span></div><div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjONa-itGB2RZfPVcHqGbmIWrIAuJAG41PT62W4_84NfSYfPD7hcYOI9FRC-_Iwu87cpIGYJ6CHjZJ7Mo6Qq6ukzlAjSo9p6pw6jRjLDMg2lNvRWQk29nwmVCnq9u2gD1WSY-h41jYz4OeE/s1600/P1010452.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjONa-itGB2RZfPVcHqGbmIWrIAuJAG41PT62W4_84NfSYfPD7hcYOI9FRC-_Iwu87cpIGYJ6CHjZJ7Mo6Qq6ukzlAjSo9p6pw6jRjLDMg2lNvRWQk29nwmVCnq9u2gD1WSY-h41jYz4OeE/s400/P1010452.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5542131288153406994" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></a></span></u></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><u><br /></u></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><u><br /></u></span></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnUbwzo-1qJ5eDEYfZ2MS7_GlSTCtuqek3H6diLZSsXpvkG0iMhJ0Fo7KS7_I4mIo38uHIvVtwQdvd7N6wpjLnYD1wLdr7uzpUkFpN6Mz0fzDZQ67ixMH_q8ehxItSakEh7vCw7lAAoWUJ/s1600/P1010446.JPG"></a><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; ">Method 3: A load of balls</span></b><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6UQtW1klu2MBqF8q4YGBXydUPInGyw0_8B91NIKSpPLgwCPX38-TWmrkyP1m20_YXm4OhUARgUuuB9UbBaoa3uMiPwFm2vrk7ZhLjggoP0av7fYaCoGPIHEQdfMZlDqzRuiZmmGc0mkIJ/s1600/P1010430.JPG"></a></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; "><br /></span></b></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; ">The edges of the paper were covered in chocolate and the centre left clear for shaping by some ceramic balls . . .</span></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; "><br /></span></b></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6UQtW1klu2MBqF8q4YGBXydUPInGyw0_8B91NIKSpPLgwCPX38-TWmrkyP1m20_YXm4OhUARgUuuB9UbBaoa3uMiPwFm2vrk7ZhLjggoP0av7fYaCoGPIHEQdfMZlDqzRuiZmmGc0mkIJ/s1600/P1010430.JPG"><img style="text-align: left;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6UQtW1klu2MBqF8q4YGBXydUPInGyw0_8B91NIKSpPLgwCPX38-TWmrkyP1m20_YXm4OhUARgUuuB9UbBaoa3uMiPwFm2vrk7ZhLjggoP0av7fYaCoGPIHEQdfMZlDqzRuiZmmGc0mkIJ/s400/P1010430.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5542134389428917186" /></a><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; ">. . . this didn't really work.</span></div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSUgjiBshh2bdbOcamK3fL79ZFLH-uIBLGj4JaD0bNVBUOPc_L-D7pCNQXe2-qqcSFSj-FW8X6QUfhItWB64PTw2LPm-WYQncTfd3oMXZ8kCtTduxs-s6-CV_6JzSFuyBcCojM808Ddx_d/s1600/P1010433.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSUgjiBshh2bdbOcamK3fL79ZFLH-uIBLGj4JaD0bNVBUOPc_L-D7pCNQXe2-qqcSFSj-FW8X6QUfhItWB64PTw2LPm-WYQncTfd3oMXZ8kCtTduxs-s6-CV_6JzSFuyBcCojM808Ddx_d/s400/P1010433.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5542134305169228098" /></a><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; ">Method 4: The displacement method</span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; "><br /></span></b></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; ">Here we used some grease-proof paper and yet more balls to displace chocolate and leave a fracture for fillings.</span></div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqW9ujlX6O9WGfVZyxJpRB_4VxfpAtc20vxKIF5kW6FzXjdDartUlL_fwI2eQluH8m0QCBxnHYQvDHtpUAaz5tYNOgO6p5SbHxxbf6efNDOYf1maxrzq2eMcrXpCGm6kBWugvYHABYFWXX/s1600/P1010437.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqW9ujlX6O9WGfVZyxJpRB_4VxfpAtc20vxKIF5kW6FzXjdDartUlL_fwI2eQluH8m0QCBxnHYQvDHtpUAaz5tYNOgO6p5SbHxxbf6efNDOYf1maxrzq2eMcrXpCGm6kBWugvYHABYFWXX/s400/P1010437.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5542134301582761970" /></a><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; ">A cavity remains!</span><br /><div><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiHShD4OPgRbbxmGyUgH8g6yrhbMbdrmwmjM9jwNHF1S8xvPfJbKv-BmOCkDk2qB-j3eSAkJHh8s0hGiO4w7aBgw1Ab3yLAA_c95GGqFUJairsWBbY_C8ppXVfF9RoMh1-Q2HbShSTryzE/s1600/P1010438.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiHShD4OPgRbbxmGyUgH8g6yrhbMbdrmwmjM9jwNHF1S8xvPfJbKv-BmOCkDk2qB-j3eSAkJHh8s0hGiO4w7aBgw1Ab3yLAA_c95GGqFUJairsWBbY_C8ppXVfF9RoMh1-Q2HbShSTryzE/s400/P1010438.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5542133725919957298" /></a><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; ">Time to get some fondant in to form a soft centre.</span></div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjts7SSJfwOeDjoNYSES5IHvYcRNx-5HdOfC4uAZGaVZErnOSh2wyhr9eH5zxcZk58DQTNmi5hgd9OiMDakjOMV314_v9c7UiWyewbW4zUokSxCIuo3B7XIcDYU62feu1gg0NlzMAY_efKZ/s1600/P1010439.JPG"></a></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjts7SSJfwOeDjoNYSES5IHvYcRNx-5HdOfC4uAZGaVZErnOSh2wyhr9eH5zxcZk58DQTNmi5hgd9OiMDakjOMV314_v9c7UiWyewbW4zUokSxCIuo3B7XIcDYU62feu1gg0NlzMAY_efKZ/s1600/P1010439.JPG"><img style="text-align: left;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjts7SSJfwOeDjoNYSES5IHvYcRNx-5HdOfC4uAZGaVZErnOSh2wyhr9eH5zxcZk58DQTNmi5hgd9OiMDakjOMV314_v9c7UiWyewbW4zUokSxCIuo3B7XIcDYU62feu1gg0NlzMAY_efKZ/s400/P1010439.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5542133722681258418" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; "><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; "><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; ">Some of the fondant was mixed with half a teaspoon of peppermint flavouring to make that classic refreshing after eight middle cream. This was then put into the centre of our dark chocolate pie.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; "><br /></span></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyHWMzO4nzOaX0tCYOMcbSmHzaXSDnRWzbIYagF3yoWANJ4CbOoYFTP8T4Qz4CuM-xIZI8kUXaYjevao-kfO6onWHUp8bmpL6sj2dcvTCpQ8D-ewBO7toidfwxd2-VgvbisLIrdEmnPcel/s1600/P1010441.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyHWMzO4nzOaX0tCYOMcbSmHzaXSDnRWzbIYagF3yoWANJ4CbOoYFTP8T4Qz4CuM-xIZI8kUXaYjevao-kfO6onWHUp8bmpL6sj2dcvTCpQ8D-ewBO7toidfwxd2-VgvbisLIrdEmnPcel/s400/P1010441.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5542133701676247058" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtHIWa6ZJ1hNVHALU_S_1iafYa9B0pnkMNttWsy1V1gtMBk-B7E7pgbvQjE-SUS0x6Be3iVVDEV2NvyyGhEaH0f7dzmNV_myOZT1cTFfn-URS_aAhbg8y4YGhqyaj-wyR54Xr9Ned6P9XW/s1600/P1010444.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtHIWa6ZJ1hNVHALU_S_1iafYa9B0pnkMNttWsy1V1gtMBk-B7E7pgbvQjE-SUS0x6Be3iVVDEV2NvyyGhEaH0f7dzmNV_myOZT1cTFfn-URS_aAhbg8y4YGhqyaj-wyR54Xr9Ned6P9XW/s400/P1010444.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5542133689885083874" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; ">Covering the top gives our sweet that mince pie look.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; "><br /></span></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRrZ_E97nAPVh5dxt7ViwUs34w2s2iYfm95C8kchSok8HOJvcXa9gdEcSBFNMz-W69NoNNSHNFxt2wnzkr4iM7P0NJtBGYwj9l8ZmzRvPey2ImNr17zmxy9b8xJiWK2PTRBg7lKU92jLFt/s1600/P1010458.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRrZ_E97nAPVh5dxt7ViwUs34w2s2iYfm95C8kchSok8HOJvcXa9gdEcSBFNMz-W69NoNNSHNFxt2wnzkr4iM7P0NJtBGYwj9l8ZmzRvPey2ImNr17zmxy9b8xJiWK2PTRBg7lKU92jLFt/s400/P1010458.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5542130679674011106" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; ">Breaking it open reveals the deliciously sugary core!</span></div><div><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiu6qBVHySxGXinr8VN6qDuia6RZ1duboxLmHstldFHfIcG2awPMAM1wnkcVxInjUzizjRnOzkspj16NpPE6LR4q28uH8IVVJsa_qswRPar6sU-sEAo-vFhJButdLmNofheM9X6ru9gOVwm/s1600/P1010460.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiu6qBVHySxGXinr8VN6qDuia6RZ1duboxLmHstldFHfIcG2awPMAM1wnkcVxInjUzizjRnOzkspj16NpPE6LR4q28uH8IVVJsa_qswRPar6sU-sEAo-vFhJButdLmNofheM9X6ru9gOVwm/s400/P1010460.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5542130672048274178" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></a></span></u></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><u><br /></u></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><u><br /></u></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; "><span><span></span></span></span></u></span></div><span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; ">There is, however, something incredibly inelegant about this method with the resultant chocolate coating being just a bit too thick.</span></span></span></div><div><span><span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"><br /></span></span></span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsiK4M0T0dGEJDjFPYhtnW3zM5Y7K2MUYqi6nIMv908KgYkiuYAb6NSVtVSIXagNWFJyiDgkVsK4xwA-G4ofzU9qtgI5cqwuPjRNBcVBsvIRzyisXY3_d8hdUjNn1i3arsHqQc9ORyNX9M/s1600/P1010464.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsiK4M0T0dGEJDjFPYhtnW3zM5Y7K2MUYqi6nIMv908KgYkiuYAb6NSVtVSIXagNWFJyiDgkVsK4xwA-G4ofzU9qtgI5cqwuPjRNBcVBsvIRzyisXY3_d8hdUjNn1i3arsHqQc9ORyNX9M/s400/P1010464.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5542130587626952434" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></a></span></u></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><u></u></span></div><span><span><div><span><span><br /></span></span></div><br /><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; ">Method 5: </span></b></span></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; ">Coating outer-surface of cup-cake case</span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; "><br /></span></b></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; ">Lucy comes up with the idea to coat the <i>outer</i> surface of the cup-cake cases.</span></div><div><span><span><br /></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieINV3kPM1ihR2p2C0tGVj_b3ipJBDuHeADdL8mLeJqfw9hCNigjz5H23P4_9z_OHIx13RlEMQh7iSQzriOP9GA4VHm2SmMR_Nr53atZMCln1LGdB4mv9z4hLyuayRelD28YlxjDCieehV/s1600/P1010440.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieINV3kPM1ihR2p2C0tGVj_b3ipJBDuHeADdL8mLeJqfw9hCNigjz5H23P4_9z_OHIx13RlEMQh7iSQzriOP9GA4VHm2SmMR_Nr53atZMCln1LGdB4mv9z4hLyuayRelD28YlxjDCieehV/s400/P1010440.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5542133708829812434" /></a><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; "><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; "><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; ">Initial results are encouraging with the chocolate forming a uniform, well shaped layer over the paper.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; "><br /></span></b></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvoRf-ZOfpuzEemhode9C5mb7AYvj8lN1BdgiaDjEiRbjIZYEkUmjeJLbVdm0YVP-OwmyopgCdhoyp7zeTZsJGYqV97YrqxQZ8ze0Z89nhxCBvFwQCB1n8akuupdgGEnL4SUgxFFrQFwOr/s1600/P1010455.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvoRf-ZOfpuzEemhode9C5mb7AYvj8lN1BdgiaDjEiRbjIZYEkUmjeJLbVdm0YVP-OwmyopgCdhoyp7zeTZsJGYqV97YrqxQZ8ze0Z89nhxCBvFwQCB1n8akuupdgGEnL4SUgxFFrQFwOr/s400/P1010455.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5542131286148127442" /></a><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"><b><br /></b></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; ">This initial shell is thickened by applying successive layers of chocolate and chilling to make each layer set. Peeling away the paper reveals some perfect chocolate containers!</span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRrZ_E97nAPVh5dxt7ViwUs34w2s2iYfm95C8kchSok8HOJvcXa9gdEcSBFNMz-W69NoNNSHNFxt2wnzkr4iM7P0NJtBGYwj9l8ZmzRvPey2ImNr17zmxy9b8xJiWK2PTRBg7lKU92jLFt/s1600/P1010458.JPG"><br /></a></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrGk058nuoSZKN4d7QNfm7tnYDKXKdxHBGFLd2pl4n-JXwmF1EpS60e2Sem-PUkF14rrUE48tsgGxTwXQ4zVHkaAXGGdNkSgYOaKjps_IONi9aHavm_dqAahguIJI-wdLm8ci-U_ZaU46G/s1600/P1010466.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrGk058nuoSZKN4d7QNfm7tnYDKXKdxHBGFLd2pl4n-JXwmF1EpS60e2Sem-PUkF14rrUE48tsgGxTwXQ4zVHkaAXGGdNkSgYOaKjps_IONi9aHavm_dqAahguIJI-wdLm8ci-U_ZaU46G/s400/P1010466.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5542129096382681666" /></a><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; "><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; "><br /></span></b></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; ">Apart from one which develops a hole. Whoops!</span></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span"></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"><b><br /></b></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJtC10x10IZXeoLyymKCF2cq9MhEd9VZT2sgbZlq74r5od-zFzdDJdqkpsrDUXOX9433X_ruLASN8um9cp2yjcAW4zqkehR7vltkwlw8lh4nxJlXublSW8uMkvqRqO4bmKybRzFZ4PLcFZ/s1600/P1010467.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJtC10x10IZXeoLyymKCF2cq9MhEd9VZT2sgbZlq74r5od-zFzdDJdqkpsrDUXOX9433X_ruLASN8um9cp2yjcAW4zqkehR7vltkwlw8lh4nxJlXublSW8uMkvqRqO4bmKybRzFZ4PLcFZ/s400/P1010467.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5542129068278989026" /></a><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; ">We made a peanut-butter cup and an after-eight mints pie.</span></div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj18MsxfOMqEnLf5lTy3YfVt4NjrxbNnJF_uaoT6xqXe_phuCtABXr4ZWLLbQU9ae_8FFG0r-kvrUcJN5vGe8Nq5d4BQ8C9n3GXyzKtnhsogZz0Hp-PwZ5N00HcAeIs1Z9cAT170uKKxVqM/s1600/P1010468.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj18MsxfOMqEnLf5lTy3YfVt4NjrxbNnJF_uaoT6xqXe_phuCtABXr4ZWLLbQU9ae_8FFG0r-kvrUcJN5vGe8Nq5d4BQ8C9n3GXyzKtnhsogZz0Hp-PwZ5N00HcAeIs1Z9cAT170uKKxVqM/s400/P1010468.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5542129052007465938" /></a><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal; font-size: 16px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; ">Topping with chocolate, once again, completes the effect!</span></span></span></span></div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4mkqtzC8EEaeEMyddHsDVKeT143Zlolv-Py6-nXQhfdrro6jvJ4Tv0J-tSh3mmKtykAtJxvRnRSrQU_7IEg6AjTgeF-zrXVOmm9Ul9WfcDZsBr0Dj7VBigc_fvG23i_g0lvYHPvBlVxep/s1600/P1010471.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4mkqtzC8EEaeEMyddHsDVKeT143Zlolv-Py6-nXQhfdrro6jvJ4Tv0J-tSh3mmKtykAtJxvRnRSrQU_7IEg6AjTgeF-zrXVOmm9Ul9WfcDZsBr0Dj7VBigc_fvG23i_g0lvYHPvBlVxep/s400/P1010471.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5542129026224902114" /></a><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; ">Mmm, a delicious chocolate treat with the spirit of Christmas!</span></div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf4F07SHi1GShxBE1zM4DwudvQJmCIB3PYpChY3aWrJ1UC_8PIkOw4dKwOWx0W4Q5-yNUb9MohISWxuAxLnHtvr286jlsgRnYS4WRFYlw-rdlzxdZr8k75wsZCMrAkMbpf44udvQzGU4Al/s1600/P1010473.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 328px; height: 246px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf4F07SHi1GShxBE1zM4DwudvQJmCIB3PYpChY3aWrJ1UC_8PIkOw4dKwOWx0W4Q5-yNUb9MohISWxuAxLnHtvr286jlsgRnYS4WRFYlw-rdlzxdZr8k75wsZCMrAkMbpf44udvQzGU4Al/s400/P1010473.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5542128987771493682" /></a><br /></div></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; ">And what of the General? He never did get to taste these minty delights for he was called up for <i>one last mission</i> in Siam at Her Majesty's command. We never heard from him again . . .</span></div>Cheffervescencehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09175902998660408430noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6568369682136162685.post-27683616907628131552010-04-15T12:20:00.000-07:002010-04-19T15:56:29.460-07:00The Bacon Cock - "Bacock"<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDbfRUy3nCyaxCGif4zD1ymH88JR6FhavzerG9mxHdA8MUgu73pzNSQDsR9yrWKWx6kvUIgbBf8XuPjFeTmRD36AYrc8NFHk7d0l4__rNbpYlXd-ngf_EJms-dildR5zEi6XWM1PU7Gqkg/s1600/P1010239.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDbfRUy3nCyaxCGif4zD1ymH88JR6FhavzerG9mxHdA8MUgu73pzNSQDsR9yrWKWx6kvUIgbBf8XuPjFeTmRD36AYrc8NFHk7d0l4__rNbpYlXd-ngf_EJms-dildR5zEi6XWM1PU7Gqkg/s400/P1010239.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5460499438139206082" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:100%;"><br />Bacon. It's an amazing</span> material. Every time I cook, I find myself coming back to this material and wondering if it's the perfect food. So many ways to cook it - so little time. It even has its own <a href="http://www.baconbuzz.com/">RSS Feed</a>.<br /><br />What better way to celebrate this greatest of meats than making a bacock (with spermage and ricocka!)?<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Ingredients<br /><br /></span><ul><li>Bacon (obviously . . .)<br /></li><li>Ricotta</li><li>Spinach</li><li>Garlic</li><li>Nutmeg</li><li>Oregano</li></ul><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXuA8OHQhd8y-cblWsNUG9WOWKdXeI7OV1u7HPRRp89r_j-EXHAkHCb90YMk5_0pIRwNAp7rMtVEfgl-deByytzTmquXfbwg0kYqwqhYkww-BdvvhX3WY38tuudGnpsUYN0nojVTCxhAji/s1600/P1010162.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXuA8OHQhd8y-cblWsNUG9WOWKdXeI7OV1u7HPRRp89r_j-EXHAkHCb90YMk5_0pIRwNAp7rMtVEfgl-deByytzTmquXfbwg0kYqwqhYkww-BdvvhX3WY38tuudGnpsUYN0nojVTCxhAji/s400/P1010162.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5460448346113688834" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Method</span><br /><br />For your cock, make a lattice structure out of the bacon to make a sheet of meat<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSVNIQRAatl1TWK3Sr-xa2wEBv4ShyJOXsMBujnoGeO_M5NohN0FTmMQecOYDunuSrbXxZti4-1IHHMl6NxqWPLE2zEtxHmZl3zmEeH0SzDhBEQ09SIR91-QLeg5PcXenz2E1rOkfM02L5/s1600/P1010164.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSVNIQRAatl1TWK3Sr-xa2wEBv4ShyJOXsMBujnoGeO_M5NohN0FTmMQecOYDunuSrbXxZti4-1IHHMl6NxqWPLE2zEtxHmZl3zmEeH0SzDhBEQ09SIR91-QLeg5PcXenz2E1rOkfM02L5/s400/P1010164.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5460448351464965458" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Butter up some grease-proof paper real good and wrap it around a suitably shaped item, like a rolling pin.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggS1xqXBnRTI70V3Ip5g_cdji2ccCAI7ADs08sZucykknyECgXqaWMgzuu5enAs5HQ9tmIjAmkPsXKtuZFkKj-MnfeH9Lwj6JdyyLbil9r8qdBgEiD1k1oNL4fyED_V7XWiqjGBtG3IbSE/s1600/P1010170.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggS1xqXBnRTI70V3Ip5g_cdji2ccCAI7ADs08sZucykknyECgXqaWMgzuu5enAs5HQ9tmIjAmkPsXKtuZFkKj-MnfeH9Lwj6JdyyLbil9r8qdBgEiD1k1oNL4fyED_V7XWiqjGBtG3IbSE/s400/P1010170.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5460448364323573218" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Wrap your lattice around the greasy pin, making sure you tuck in all the meat tightly<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAuHCREo982ePZHNTcKOBeZGGxEB8fdJzG2ef78cDzqsMlQ2UXwDpUIEJWcQ6C16yGbBEf5RJ3QaO-dFSYo6VLxrfnxLXmKU-6iNRwf__b1yC9lUt-SqqrIjcifs2SxEz7X29ysrTpAZTi/s1600/P1010173.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAuHCREo982ePZHNTcKOBeZGGxEB8fdJzG2ef78cDzqsMlQ2UXwDpUIEJWcQ6C16yGbBEf5RJ3QaO-dFSYo6VLxrfnxLXmKU-6iNRwf__b1yC9lUt-SqqrIjcifs2SxEz7X29ysrTpAZTi/s400/P1010173.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5460449392270466482" border="0" /></a><br /><br />When fully wrapped, your bacock should look somthing like this.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyM7dOykbLZJCqCZsXCVRLaw_2sVr_JLI8fW7dF8sGJt6QUQn0SBAN11wE7wFK2r5hUurn8RDwMICyHRG01mmcFhrTLpBRzeVDM_-AwM14Njj4VZgLkosn9ukLlNXoTyPa76nt6zAx28cz/s1600/P1010175.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyM7dOykbLZJCqCZsXCVRLaw_2sVr_JLI8fW7dF8sGJt6QUQn0SBAN11wE7wFK2r5hUurn8RDwMICyHRG01mmcFhrTLpBRzeVDM_-AwM14Njj4VZgLkosn9ukLlNXoTyPa76nt6zAx28cz/s400/P1010175.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5460449397621829650" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Similarly, wrap some smaller lattices around some ramekins in order to make the balls.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzYcXrKk-ES1Se1KySOsH6Nl8CqqPg6lCi7VyQDHRbfJMXNKvWm2IDmhWZjmcdpuw_HqX9GM4ud2RlSbgiigJnYbOmtOKLrcgKeHh7Y-HKzH5cJNr7BPdvHVJ9KusmZc56J-GNAyQGXGBQ/s1600/P1010182.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzYcXrKk-ES1Se1KySOsH6Nl8CqqPg6lCi7VyQDHRbfJMXNKvWm2IDmhWZjmcdpuw_HqX9GM4ud2RlSbgiigJnYbOmtOKLrcgKeHh7Y-HKzH5cJNr7BPdvHVJ9KusmZc56J-GNAyQGXGBQ/s400/P1010182.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5460449405225891714" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Now your bacock is ready to be slipped into your hot oven for about half an hour.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEii4Nkbz8mrARX8v5dPYyI1c0aos5WJOg6jtepkdwGOvCY61bmAVaJLyn6cxp3IzD9D45s2fkFlpRkY223nNa3tao2Xu0k0kTZpsk5aSf6IDOlxhTQkxAeSIDMYmn_mWBX93MtcPG3uNKv8/s1600/P1010186.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEii4Nkbz8mrARX8v5dPYyI1c0aos5WJOg6jtepkdwGOvCY61bmAVaJLyn6cxp3IzD9D45s2fkFlpRkY223nNa3tao2Xu0k0kTZpsk5aSf6IDOlxhTQkxAeSIDMYmn_mWBX93MtcPG3uNKv8/s400/P1010186.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5460449410963413618" border="0" /></a><br /><br />While you're waiting for the bacon to cook, why not make some spermage and ricocka? Start by gently melting some butter in a pan and adding the garlic.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD9YHpei4yy2HnbDhWQgrkRk0qjXELxKWeIR1taFaYfeqClrWQK98oecyvrJsCuux9AKCBDdSBuhetbvomv0INdbXaRZOD5Kyumhj6pVGkt7AOisALayKfeAysipej3ZLEDIkAGKv5hyphenhyphengz/s1600/P1010198.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD9YHpei4yy2HnbDhWQgrkRk0qjXELxKWeIR1taFaYfeqClrWQK98oecyvrJsCuux9AKCBDdSBuhetbvomv0INdbXaRZOD5Kyumhj6pVGkt7AOisALayKfeAysipej3ZLEDIkAGKv5hyphenhyphengz/s400/P1010198.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5460449414146917938" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Next, add the nutmeg, oregano and spinach and cover. The spinach should reduce substantially in a couple of minutes.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQT1QeHqJ3qaTSFPWkKFaT5ZajLC9Mj9ADawt_dSPB4ggCoaXhxbMLM488od-cl4l0_wghT30jpy39qkBYI22c0EEoDOXlDV3pd-liH_oNPZ9N4ahL59Cf1AoCvzr7zkyx7DX7VhkFAUKk/s1600/P1010201.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQT1QeHqJ3qaTSFPWkKFaT5ZajLC9Mj9ADawt_dSPB4ggCoaXhxbMLM488od-cl4l0_wghT30jpy39qkBYI22c0EEoDOXlDV3pd-liH_oNPZ9N4ahL59Cf1AoCvzr7zkyx7DX7VhkFAUKk/s400/P1010201.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5460487149870538658" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Make sure you have some awesome music on while you're cooking.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcHqYyVsjPwzQaFx_moVAXoLy2cPbeiIOzceWaFVc6XGYGzck4uS23dYH2Vjy166kXV6pOYnRruqDKOqUQSSEWG0LIcfQD53Zkv37sAF72Q6qrcKt05Dn9LBmSUqmm74h-X8CdMQc_VD9S/s1600/P1010202.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 210px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcHqYyVsjPwzQaFx_moVAXoLy2cPbeiIOzceWaFVc6XGYGzck4uS23dYH2Vjy166kXV6pOYnRruqDKOqUQSSEWG0LIcfQD53Zkv37sAF72Q6qrcKt05Dn9LBmSUqmm74h-X8CdMQc_VD9S/s400/P1010202.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5461932684503309890" border="0" /></a><br /><br />When the spinach has reduced, let it cool for a bit and then chop it up.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtE4UiF0AEP7h6h2lJwdkF_3rFrHJhhrehafV_VwyYpACSXsNMrORfPNnrwBs5ViuLcR2O1wmG0eDf7LSDyHl1spF9jyHNZemtQn7maocpwpHiscc4HCoYGs9pvADel13Cs822dBGpPiqV/s1600/P1010202.JPG"><br /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiDq2dxnVNH9f1DT99o2k1BzgL4K_18CLY77bvnMt29XZUZ96ths8zy4wpJgz0zxEqPqX9469OY-Q5JfndPe0Oy43UY5feaVfxPqEKIaaaO4hYTy1vL5buI6ac1SC7wxCqGjn1AWxELaDr/s1600/P1010207.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiDq2dxnVNH9f1DT99o2k1BzgL4K_18CLY77bvnMt29XZUZ96ths8zy4wpJgz0zxEqPqX9469OY-Q5JfndPe0Oy43UY5feaVfxPqEKIaaaO4hYTy1vL5buI6ac1SC7wxCqGjn1AWxELaDr/s400/P1010207.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5460487161324073410" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Mix the spinach and ricotta together.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoX505u93vUnL424D9fO6JTDrocDa28Bu9qULhV7dBty2iaWPwB-2ZEKF5AyckGac5nvI_wn2hxobSjs8zg4nPzrcywhGKJr27ZHRMoeFPhXWZM7wm3ejiOWeC0OINE7Ixj_DJlhwEMNO5/s1600/P1010212.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoX505u93vUnL424D9fO6JTDrocDa28Bu9qULhV7dBty2iaWPwB-2ZEKF5AyckGac5nvI_wn2hxobSjs8zg4nPzrcywhGKJr27ZHRMoeFPhXWZM7wm3ejiOWeC0OINE7Ixj_DJlhwEMNO5/s400/P1010212.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5460487166961476034" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Remove your Bacock from the oven - try not to get too excited . . .<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNs8WvIcnapVvFs4Mz2JDB6EciPjo1pvs2vQzMdOpv3C-t8XmGuN_ZX6bxa-8ejqOYnhA3gWRBjN_OcWjQ5crI4SUJbjx68zGu_QTDvY0YsBXW5FNvkOOgKylBMjqRjHSUgGEp2jofGfvL/s1600/P1010216.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNs8WvIcnapVvFs4Mz2JDB6EciPjo1pvs2vQzMdOpv3C-t8XmGuN_ZX6bxa-8ejqOYnhA3gWRBjN_OcWjQ5crI4SUJbjx68zGu_QTDvY0YsBXW5FNvkOOgKylBMjqRjHSUgGEp2jofGfvL/s400/P1010216.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5460487169288574866" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Gently ease the balls off the ramekins.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFLcHtxa-13RBnM6BXnXWMqljZYzZUodz9oWu7Cr7tiKOjqHJ7nfLLEmAWhdEDmk1ZcMmJD3Ecrqcfvk7PEOMFg3aZ1GE_1mMMdi7hKUFeOLmCclr0d350xPegH_PFc7nxOpUudl1nTsrH/s1600/P1010217.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFLcHtxa-13RBnM6BXnXWMqljZYzZUodz9oWu7Cr7tiKOjqHJ7nfLLEmAWhdEDmk1ZcMmJD3Ecrqcfvk7PEOMFg3aZ1GE_1mMMdi7hKUFeOLmCclr0d350xPegH_PFc7nxOpUudl1nTsrH/s400/P1010217.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5460488075352499714" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Give your cock and balls a good stuffing with the spinach and ricotta mix.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqCrbqir8pHp9JZb_wYsm6k_-KmkVvkWFd9NqyThFaKIQn3hwnxUIiEhRB21_R2rvTXR8j1ZFlMXjNWVWrf0pnV8q47FVo7MUy860JPhplseCbiEBKn0eKRN3w-edcf4TWN1ERqOCjfGcV/s1600/P1010225.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqCrbqir8pHp9JZb_wYsm6k_-KmkVvkWFd9NqyThFaKIQn3hwnxUIiEhRB21_R2rvTXR8j1ZFlMXjNWVWrf0pnV8q47FVo7MUy860JPhplseCbiEBKn0eKRN3w-edcf4TWN1ERqOCjfGcV/s400/P1010225.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5460488080350842866" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Wrap your cock and balls in tin foil and bake for another half an hour.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkl0bT8dwW-bNCJym2SNlIuSKhU6ra7Z0N_1fhbKh5XPULMWCVIrCNNhot8ZLrD7M2zUkka5oUC2GXkeNczEVLlFqVth2AVHeFkOFKO03ldMcNtdvOu9JYIprNEw_E_Yr_PxpAslKfBZAo/s1600/P1010229.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkl0bT8dwW-bNCJym2SNlIuSKhU6ra7Z0N_1fhbKh5XPULMWCVIrCNNhot8ZLrD7M2zUkka5oUC2GXkeNczEVLlFqVth2AVHeFkOFKO03ldMcNtdvOu9JYIprNEw_E_Yr_PxpAslKfBZAo/s400/P1010229.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5460488088410807250" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Yikes! Tin-foil space-cocks . . . FROM SPACE!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsoMlx1P_g3Ju0fgAga-lyJLvrekDYTcte8Zwb-bTOhvmxmO_jSh6ji4oVVPv4WIiX5rJtfJbUbvmT7JenxGyRCgEZXeJfOwabNoMDKsHVDUH79mC-cJnX3Xfrz4Lpxb3z9ONzaM1b49yl/s1600/P1010233.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsoMlx1P_g3Ju0fgAga-lyJLvrekDYTcte8Zwb-bTOhvmxmO_jSh6ji4oVVPv4WIiX5rJtfJbUbvmT7JenxGyRCgEZXeJfOwabNoMDKsHVDUH79mC-cJnX3Xfrz4Lpxb3z9ONzaM1b49yl/s400/P1010233.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5460488097218831714" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Voila! Remove the cock and balls from the oven and arrange genitally.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4F6R_kxEhKADCWhDACcDUC_mauUGE8aRuG6K2rKJpzjfFPBBibLwvWL4MoZ_rhEIjPNppWP1GrkTlM7i-J1F-3GdczZG1ivlmXu9AOupF31leOvIqUo373Q5bPbqgMBRI3pkSExCKPn_s/s1600/P1010235.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4F6R_kxEhKADCWhDACcDUC_mauUGE8aRuG6K2rKJpzjfFPBBibLwvWL4MoZ_rhEIjPNppWP1GrkTlM7i-J1F-3GdczZG1ivlmXu9AOupF31leOvIqUo373Q5bPbqgMBRI3pkSExCKPn_s/s400/P1010235.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5460488101138405218" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Why not enjoy your cock and balls with a friend? Served up with some rice it makes the perfect treat. Yum!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjd2Qple4GUxkX4pseaje1nPQLQSGoDMvAWSk5J9CG5MAfZu81fLpxAZ1c0kTlRDnkP7EHWBQyFrdeyCnmaepvRDBr5QJNl9kEsK4ljkosqWvD6MxTzQD5_8tcl49WReKJWlVvqnxRGDUIc/s1600/P1010244.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjd2Qple4GUxkX4pseaje1nPQLQSGoDMvAWSk5J9CG5MAfZu81fLpxAZ1c0kTlRDnkP7EHWBQyFrdeyCnmaepvRDBr5QJNl9kEsK4ljkosqWvD6MxTzQD5_8tcl49WReKJWlVvqnxRGDUIc/s400/P1010244.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5460499441701858482" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Nom nom nom.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsZEYhdiRWp3FTQR2SUnIy0fm0sfCzDt90durBhSFtR7RPwVj_G7BUuP3wFTkkgPmGev_9oXpGX93_MHU9gE8cptV2OG3kK2VX5ckM7_5mBB_27PyRtl7nXRH6Az64S8jXNe2lVdFW59bn/s1600/P1010245.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsZEYhdiRWp3FTQR2SUnIy0fm0sfCzDt90durBhSFtR7RPwVj_G7BUuP3wFTkkgPmGev_9oXpGX93_MHU9gE8cptV2OG3kK2VX5ckM7_5mBB_27PyRtl7nXRH6Az64S8jXNe2lVdFW59bn/s400/P1010245.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5460499443228730050" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Why not take one to a friend's dinner party? Savour their gasps of shock and amazement when you whip your cock out!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIxEdB760FKoHFu8S3qyy-wa8EMuf9uwycF4D0x-FjmEM9VY5eHVDc80pNNohxgmziPCRsTJBkIQC7LUGEhM7oYg8YBC5qOMdgelGpMRS5hMsHD3sHzxadcKEiSwdaDPdnCkCaXYHkpdc_/s1600/QO0003.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIxEdB760FKoHFu8S3qyy-wa8EMuf9uwycF4D0x-FjmEM9VY5eHVDc80pNNohxgmziPCRsTJBkIQC7LUGEhM7oYg8YBC5qOMdgelGpMRS5hMsHD3sHzxadcKEiSwdaDPdnCkCaXYHkpdc_/s400/QO0003.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5460499453441049938" border="0" /></a><br /><br />HAPPY BIRTHDAY!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW9VxQz8GwHnWZ8sTKCzJsm1iYuBq5sZ-YoX5yR4nEpkj5YY6G-qtbpnZ1e0TsZhOttWuJMaGhl1R2iNBCpW3ccIbiZZLA5N75H8rCsYmddI3vMwWQcAmbqxlcR3jFiiNemUMLU_y5g-Og/s1600/QO0004.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW9VxQz8GwHnWZ8sTKCzJsm1iYuBq5sZ-YoX5yR4nEpkj5YY6G-qtbpnZ1e0TsZhOttWuJMaGhl1R2iNBCpW3ccIbiZZLA5N75H8rCsYmddI3vMwWQcAmbqxlcR3jFiiNemUMLU_y5g-Og/s400/QO0004.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5460499460218448898" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm7EauR4tgIJb5bcNwH3suP6jw251wl_PK1waTJ9JhfrR9dbGZ855Y2NMXT2JqWjZzBoJ_boqmcnSbR5SDCyFseG1QydMLjFxRicrj8v3PrsSz_74i8N6-23Cx58VS_Zw_RAlvRbDnzbfR/s1600/P1010238.JPG"><br /></a><ul><li><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Appearance</span><span style="font-weight: bold;"> - [4/5]: </span>Definitely looks like a cock. The balls were a little big . . . or the cock was too small.<br /></li></ul><ul><li><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Smell - </span><span style="font-weight: bold;">[4/5]:</span><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"> </span><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span>Garlicy! Yum!<br /></li></ul><ul><li><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Texture </span><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">- </span><span style="font-weight: bold;">[3/5]: </span>The crisp bacony skin yields to the soft, creamy interior.<span style="font-weight: bold;"> </span></li></ul><ul><li><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Taste </span><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">- </span><span style="font-weight: bold;">[3/5]: </span> Not as bad as you might expect. Certainly not as salty . . .<br /></li></ul><ul><li><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Adventure! </span><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">- </span><span style="font-weight: bold;">[3/5]: </span>Penis, lol!<br /></li></ul><ul><li><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Overall </span><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">- </span><span style="font-weight: bold;">[3/5]: </span>Surprise your friends with a tasty bacock!<br /></li></ul>Cheffervescencehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09175902998660408430noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6568369682136162685.post-62421073526662117462010-04-04T14:27:00.000-07:002010-04-04T17:20:18.718-07:00The Meatini<a style="" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMzyOGu-GIFTS1-yktShQaJXDUii1fI72_-SDr7TEyq59_8zNnusV7DZTSHqqqzJKShV4StT8uNEIOx9RH0a48KKe__B6denUJ_m3BeOtu7FCESg92E3_J6rchurp4syT0rU8TGYI8beCM/s1600/P1.jpg"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMzyOGu-GIFTS1-yktShQaJXDUii1fI72_-SDr7TEyq59_8zNnusV7DZTSHqqqzJKShV4StT8uNEIOx9RH0a48KKe__B6denUJ_m3BeOtu7FCESg92E3_J6rchurp4syT0rU8TGYI8beCM/s400/P1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5456402017364934226" border="0" /></a>Some make the bold claim that is was <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/2010/mar/03/horizon-five-days">cooking that made us human</a>. The efficient exploitation of a greater variety of food allowed us to fuel outrageously outsized brains. It is these very brains that our ancestors used to invent fire, the wheel and crop cultivation and that we now use for philosophy, science and inventing new game-show formats.<br /><br />Even in the short term, we can see the advantages of better nutrition in animals. Blue-green algae can be used to <a href="http://herbsandanimals.wordpress.com/2009/11/14/can-blue-green-algae-make-an-animal-smarter/">boost a pooch's bonce</a> and, just like George Orwell warned us, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ImZmDYme_s">pigs are turning our own automated systems against us</a>. Maybe we are doomed to be ruled by Swine Lords, overseen by bald eagles whilst shark sentries secure us in their servitude.<br /><br />I, however, believe in the power of the human spirit. It is humanity, not pigeons or ocelots, that comes up with the <a href="http://uncyclopedia.wikia.com/wiki/Cake_Cannon">cake cannon</a>. Similarly, the <a href="http://www.rathergood.com/meatini">Meatini</a> was invented by a man, Joel Veitch and the geniuses at rathergood.com and it is in the spirit of the brotherhood of Man that I share this sophisticated breakfast beverage.<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Ingredients<br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv3o0LHjkqrAzBNLic-QymnKSG3vfWEbHW-XaJijcALx4650Ho8TzwS4CgIxbDaub7ZVndWrB8hr74-3jliRGX8Yqgqdv8b2QwKyVefnlawOUUo8_7aSuzArj8iGdqrTpaCe2ZVJzpxb25/s1600/P1010130.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv3o0LHjkqrAzBNLic-QymnKSG3vfWEbHW-XaJijcALx4650Ho8TzwS4CgIxbDaub7ZVndWrB8hr74-3jliRGX8Yqgqdv8b2QwKyVefnlawOUUo8_7aSuzArj8iGdqrTpaCe2ZVJzpxb25/s400/P1010130.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5456408227161335410" border="0" /></a><ul><li>Lots of bacon</li><li>Sausages</li><li>Black pudding</li><li>Baked beans</li><li>Mushrooms</li></ul><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br />Method</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitFGtONei56kh4pjjnV05JkdCe8wiFZ_A27APTkyVgqOeQVc-zLIRaOKTmWNtPkWq7gh52R1yk-FEO1kmHfKc4-lbf3xvrqE8HvHxPfXhmHC9X7NHNcyz-hQ82frmhWhdmUfIkB35IYiqY/s1600/P1010132.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitFGtONei56kh4pjjnV05JkdCe8wiFZ_A27APTkyVgqOeQVc-zLIRaOKTmWNtPkWq7gh52R1yk-FEO1kmHfKc4-lbf3xvrqE8HvHxPfXhmHC9X7NHNcyz-hQ82frmhWhdmUfIkB35IYiqY/s400/P1010132.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5456408255294893810" border="0" /></a>Wrap the bacon around some ramekins or similar small bowl thingys. Put skewers through the sausages and then grill that meaty goodness! Mmm, meat.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTDagTkfs-HDx9mNgF_-rcMiJ21mpfS_UHdOA_WRKHlBD0RbSm1UUBqB8QbZgkAkRdKuyyoNt3-SK_Ox_A5KgyqgcDMx2PZC30ishwAiZzCBPoPlFqWwMAkIHDFtMEgIIx-XI_OJksXmPf/s1600/P1010139.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTDagTkfs-HDx9mNgF_-rcMiJ21mpfS_UHdOA_WRKHlBD0RbSm1UUBqB8QbZgkAkRdKuyyoNt3-SK_Ox_A5KgyqgcDMx2PZC30ishwAiZzCBPoPlFqWwMAkIHDFtMEgIIx-XI_OJksXmPf/s400/P1010139.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5456408290131947410" border="0" /></a>While you're waiting, why not fry some mushroom umbrellas?<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHqFnEH6ZzKuJRbU5MaAg-OxXfmeur_aM6Fg0-QuB6ja5w6J290iCP8LB__wJQCMxGUlhoTYt3GckoExkZD26ZEa2Li0pcDLHGbWD4esDlxiyCmSwmD3T8HN8jY1J5HCqH7yOY78rHmrtp/s1600/P1010144.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHqFnEH6ZzKuJRbU5MaAg-OxXfmeur_aM6Fg0-QuB6ja5w6J290iCP8LB__wJQCMxGUlhoTYt3GckoExkZD26ZEa2Li0pcDLHGbWD4esDlxiyCmSwmD3T8HN8jY1J5HCqH7yOY78rHmrtp/s400/P1010144.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5456408321630149266" border="0" /></a>Removing meat from oven action shot!<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBSxMf_Aq6A-74nPbDiTwnqiPZBFOM9FMkqJ3X7sJ1XnepGTF8TR7Icwi_aItJXRE8Hx6kxTGCXVuw4q59O-vMMP05hmi5NEyFtPzxGoTngXS7bQ0ucAL0HgrQLtTOKWCMba650uorvtDY/s1600/P1010147.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBSxMf_Aq6A-74nPbDiTwnqiPZBFOM9FMkqJ3X7sJ1XnepGTF8TR7Icwi_aItJXRE8Hx6kxTGCXVuw4q59O-vMMP05hmi5NEyFtPzxGoTngXS7bQ0ucAL0HgrQLtTOKWCMba650uorvtDY/s400/P1010147.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5456408337648821170" border="0" /></a>Once your meat is all grilled up it's time to assemble the Meatini<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPc1BCgt6QhhhiEl_-XBzh-nUWpEyti6-PkwruhfxgkMxS00E0v2wXstLhGxpvTaUZ-0lWVpP83mvf3te0Ho4G1d9UzWk8iByXxEP28Yc8KgeVmYzB0aRxaDipQw1jU4fwjUGDG7w6m82z/s1600/P1010149.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 294px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPc1BCgt6QhhhiEl_-XBzh-nUWpEyti6-PkwruhfxgkMxS00E0v2wXstLhGxpvTaUZ-0lWVpP83mvf3te0Ho4G1d9UzWk8iByXxEP28Yc8KgeVmYzB0aRxaDipQw1jU4fwjUGDG7w6m82z/s400/P1010149.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5456410550307718674" border="0" /></a>Skewer your sausage into your bloody puddings.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsTwhsAy2VRZk3iZs8s-o4ICWACFED71QQlZvTrFiRfubu4gRsVQr3mpgwuNN4uwJ3is7JfYjbuQXcxFeL9MuuKIBTusw9XhWx-hyFCSjyT4-NWXDU4JOoe4dEyDiI6nSu6n8XrZwevn35/s1600/P1010151.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 301px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsTwhsAy2VRZk3iZs8s-o4ICWACFED71QQlZvTrFiRfubu4gRsVQr3mpgwuNN4uwJ3is7JfYjbuQXcxFeL9MuuKIBTusw9XhWx-hyFCSjyT4-NWXDU4JOoe4dEyDiI6nSu6n8XrZwevn35/s400/P1010151.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5456410555592022418" border="0" /></a>Carefully remove your bacon cups from the ramekins<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyhXzb9P18eJWT1ZU9JD59BKdIWu4I4kLRSP5j-F-swlohyphenhyphen1MqVnEEA0mXMfuNyYmzxD59O9meV0cDuHCPHOYKSRtvP1742biFV6PbZAYxwcs9KkHWHM2W0fwYz6hkXhj5apEyCIc4TOft/s1600/P1010153.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 315px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyhXzb9P18eJWT1ZU9JD59BKdIWu4I4kLRSP5j-F-swlohyphenhyphen1MqVnEEA0mXMfuNyYmzxD59O9meV0cDuHCPHOYKSRtvP1742biFV6PbZAYxwcs9KkHWHM2W0fwYz6hkXhj5apEyCIc4TOft/s400/P1010153.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5456410563129622562" border="0" /></a>And, err, have your sausage fail when it is needed most :-(.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKdxT3cnhryVXWD3DHOlvhJy1PyrdzYv5Cg3bG0puU70XbYfoj8u0XhliNLWtkJwg6H7Y9lQZ9HhN0y9ValKR_9uGMUS2MtuaqcwOq4RPnUu-WfUqUC3rmH_gZrpdMR0sxmdfAw5wgT4Ge/s1600/P1010156.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 301px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKdxT3cnhryVXWD3DHOlvhJy1PyrdzYv5Cg3bG0puU70XbYfoj8u0XhliNLWtkJwg6H7Y9lQZ9HhN0y9ValKR_9uGMUS2MtuaqcwOq4RPnUu-WfUqUC3rmH_gZrpdMR0sxmdfAw5wgT4Ge/s400/P1010156.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5456410568659156882" border="0" /></a>Never mind, in with the beans! Once again, bacon proves itself to be an amazingly versatile material, holding in the beans with no leakage.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigA_WXrv5OcG1sZE7GRqrHp41xkpwMUqKnwnS3ZdkmsVrj-CjxI5IKJQ7rU5Rw-o1XhTmPXy5_cXuaXb2YQXyg27YxW1rA4GBFz4mpCGVKcv_GwSXROj593G6etASPhhfYXEQMcfsQBCv3/s1600/P1010161.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 281px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigA_WXrv5OcG1sZE7GRqrHp41xkpwMUqKnwnS3ZdkmsVrj-CjxI5IKJQ7rU5Rw-o1XhTmPXy5_cXuaXb2YQXyg27YxW1rA4GBFz4mpCGVKcv_GwSXROj593G6etASPhhfYXEQMcfsQBCv3/s400/P1010161.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5456410571152274210" border="0" /></a>A breakfast fit for a king! Maybe it wasn't the Meatini I fitfully dreamt of the night before, but, as I sit here, supping beans daintily from my bacon dish, I cannot help thinking that it was the <span style="font-style: italic;">journey</span> that was most important. No super-intelligent dolphin or scholarly crustacean can take that away from me.Cheffervescencehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09175902998660408430noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6568369682136162685.post-5060025186063024052009-02-21T11:26:00.000-08:002009-03-08T15:49:52.094-07:00The Wills Memorial Building Disaster<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZKqEwmCe5qgem-7j7pBPqE3iSdtS32H2YtNmR37xy5Ki5DjIWkIRnNdDjqPNYxL9wBZ9NEcxLzxTjUygL9lm1FlaomIPOZ3tRF7KZX8kYX7RTPNt4PBeeWUvq4WqMWOSzCEkmOVtPjbr9/s1600-h/bristoluni.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 268px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZKqEwmCe5qgem-7j7pBPqE3iSdtS32H2YtNmR37xy5Ki5DjIWkIRnNdDjqPNYxL9wBZ9NEcxLzxTjUygL9lm1FlaomIPOZ3tRF7KZX8kYX7RTPNt4PBeeWUvq4WqMWOSzCEkmOVtPjbr9/s400/bristoluni.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5305338777336717426" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wills_Memorial_Building">The Wills Memorial Building</a> is one of the tallest buildings in Bristol. Its sheer size and so-gothic-it's-camp attitude make it look like a typical Physics student made stone and square. The building is part of the University of Bristol which is celebrating its centenary this year. We could hardly let this event pass us, so we decided to celebrate 100 years of Bristol University in a way that only Cheffervescence can - with a 1:100 scale Wills Memorial Cake.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Ingredients</span><br /><br />For the flapjack<br /><ul><li>1.5 kg self-raising flour</li><li> 3 kg brown sugar</li><li> 3 kg porridge oats</li><li> 3 kg butter</li><li> 1 tin of golden syrup</li><li> 6 tsp bicarbonate of soda</li></ul>For the rice-crispie cake<br /><ul><li>500 g dark chocolate</li><li>1 kg rice crispies</li></ul>For "gluing" and decorating<br /><ul><li>1 kg white chocolate</li><li>2 kg icing sugar</li><li>yellow food colouring</li><li>many icing colours<br /></li></ul><span style="font-weight: bold;">Method</span><br /><br />Do some maths to ensure everything will be proportioned correctly.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghKwS1YjId6k7wdnwOH8PSep81YM6a6hLz-djd1EkXSADKOSwIW4tRU-49evqVCQ-0q8NSubz1MgKFXBvW5ptMqTiT3fGbj3_ZN9KnhLS5yKReEP-OkrNu0PyFIDPdtaDWQFC7_-WrcE2e/s1600-h/WMB-Cake-Making_Of-5.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghKwS1YjId6k7wdnwOH8PSep81YM6a6hLz-djd1EkXSADKOSwIW4tRU-49evqVCQ-0q8NSubz1MgKFXBvW5ptMqTiT3fGbj3_ZN9KnhLS5yKReEP-OkrNu0PyFIDPdtaDWQFC7_-WrcE2e/s400/WMB-Cake-Making_Of-5.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5310940640094932658" border="0" /></a><br />Now bake 12 trays of flapjacks. This may take some time . . .<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzbooYBmWr9lWwPmsDEJAajKjP1km_6B2FHbnDkVop2DG-hY3PWU0jNaYCLfsLaXq9vs_CfWIx-w_WLO2ZleP4dNCcIZfkjNMbVC4zs3DA1tyEpxU4z-uURqXijnPQ4tQb66EByWISPhV9/s1600-h/WMB-Cake-Making_Of-2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzbooYBmWr9lWwPmsDEJAajKjP1km_6B2FHbnDkVop2DG-hY3PWU0jNaYCLfsLaXq9vs_CfWIx-w_WLO2ZleP4dNCcIZfkjNMbVC4zs3DA1tyEpxU4z-uURqXijnPQ4tQb66EByWISPhV9/s400/WMB-Cake-Making_Of-2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5310941071453688962" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfxcgJrUyXWRcscUdYhpcKtr-ukJjXXDTNGG32JV-vj7qhej1I7hdt2P3hnmvzq-kFC40Uve0tVsf2pk6C57jLb95uZ0aONjDHjBrDs1AaOemXVVrKk0Hsh9DvUf-ktqi_8XvnN-Z4eAwh/s1600-h/WMB-Cake-Making_Of-3.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfxcgJrUyXWRcscUdYhpcKtr-ukJjXXDTNGG32JV-vj7qhej1I7hdt2P3hnmvzq-kFC40Uve0tVsf2pk6C57jLb95uZ0aONjDHjBrDs1AaOemXVVrKk0Hsh9DvUf-ktqi_8XvnN-Z4eAwh/s400/WMB-Cake-Making_Of-3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5310941081008781058" border="0" /></a><br />Slice out pieces of flapjack to the correct shape and build the base of the tower hollow and in 3 stages. Use white chocolate the "glue" the pieces together (it works surprisingly effectively as a binding agent!).<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVjJFtcB0pumBntAHsTn11l4Mf7MLElkxh0gubJa2q6HsOG1JIWYSxLIitZNUrcGEL1iKsA00Czqyz5iqw7D5-EAz-ismTIYTzLkqdeO5F8jvIKMHnQnlkOzNgC0-UDLBErpWOiH1TAA6c/s1600-h/WMB-Cake-Making_Of-8.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVjJFtcB0pumBntAHsTn11l4Mf7MLElkxh0gubJa2q6HsOG1JIWYSxLIitZNUrcGEL1iKsA00Czqyz5iqw7D5-EAz-ismTIYTzLkqdeO5F8jvIKMHnQnlkOzNgC0-UDLBErpWOiH1TAA6c/s400/WMB-Cake-Making_Of-8.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5310942158884465730" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8ZwxBV1_-Bo-Ds0D1SPYYoxfkBwRtSZX6DRJBBtfsgo2Iy72nJwwuuJbswFu_oF3ya0CL9F3eXeMqgMyr5MPFqeEsPsWELNyvDrjx69l3yysopDvpQoiDhgMWxJz6_KMWrLe3MVkDHD9K/s1600-h/WMB-Cake-Making_Of-14.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8ZwxBV1_-Bo-Ds0D1SPYYoxfkBwRtSZX6DRJBBtfsgo2Iy72nJwwuuJbswFu_oF3ya0CL9F3eXeMqgMyr5MPFqeEsPsWELNyvDrjx69l3yysopDvpQoiDhgMWxJz6_KMWrLe3MVkDHD9K/s400/WMB-Cake-Making_Of-14.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5310942369651164578" border="0" /></a><br />Fill the hollow centre with rice-crispie cake. Rice-crispie cake has an excellent weight to strength ratio because of its honeycomb structure.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuYmA9NHIQztpi9p2FHxzHtZtklawLoBXNubRkQQIt1n5cxs94JJm9AetZ2idVaZ-4V0QXn6t4y5gDbcOn5nnIHaFa3Fd5vikb9JZbHkA8emtT8vduvzr_dIEe984SbdtWiJnpe3Xti9RQ/s1600-h/WMB-Cake-Making_Of-17.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuYmA9NHIQztpi9p2FHxzHtZtklawLoBXNubRkQQIt1n5cxs94JJm9AetZ2idVaZ-4V0QXn6t4y5gDbcOn5nnIHaFa3Fd5vikb9JZbHkA8emtT8vduvzr_dIEe984SbdtWiJnpe3Xti9RQ/s400/WMB-Cake-Making_Of-17.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5310942993373711810" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDjRXBYzZOAnBuw7J8Y_VuIM7grcAE7zM9xZFkAgQxx9hD7EW8ft9_XJ3Jct6nH9-TbNq8ee3RkRJK9V9D42c-0cymy4UIRJ5WGPFEpQyuCyz8qbrpfCDS-xMSpjRfz2SWJYjJHFaizmMs/s1600-h/WMB-Cake-Making_Of-20.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDjRXBYzZOAnBuw7J8Y_VuIM7grcAE7zM9xZFkAgQxx9hD7EW8ft9_XJ3Jct6nH9-TbNq8ee3RkRJK9V9D42c-0cymy4UIRJ5WGPFEpQyuCyz8qbrpfCDS-xMSpjRfz2SWJYjJHFaizmMs/s400/WMB-Cake-Making_Of-20.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5310942997978410578" border="0" /></a><br />Look on our works, ye mighty, and despair!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2nBY9gKcEVeXvAYNGOkoe1PFTF7cvg_AVFolrw7LjDfrOP2swk0nxC9R2_a2Ih4e-aFgfPJ7-9Az5tPvncRMnmB0N3LUfSoNnZ4KbnF_0yOUgODc71r5kPPJxOOfCt-6dzmW-LA20dnXs/s1600-h/WMB-Cake-Making_Of-23.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2nBY9gKcEVeXvAYNGOkoe1PFTF7cvg_AVFolrw7LjDfrOP2swk0nxC9R2_a2Ih4e-aFgfPJ7-9Az5tPvncRMnmB0N3LUfSoNnZ4KbnF_0yOUgODc71r5kPPJxOOfCt-6dzmW-LA20dnXs/s400/WMB-Cake-Making_Of-23.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5310943583844115682" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj183etp0-ExNahLfMHm8LkxOCNbZDsARU-Ta9IUQcSu63B038RcLkhi8L2liYLgHp0mAEAet9ozPhvSiqw9qOM2zx6ArdoxcCES4GaikhjlLkHpiNecUmBMBpPa-4Q2cIbUV6NlKcygE5X/s1600-h/WMB-Cake-Making_Of-24.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; 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display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-6XjPVpo6Q2k2UP49IZ2CU6V4fgU1M0dhwb6-iBFi7s3Xu10mwhGRrLggFfoDR8VBmUwyxmKwdonQ7nuEleSClMn2joOyIaXN7H2bEc1lnYiAuIBfXsXYtopbWVFPaSx9-RdL5n9UQh8l/s400/WMB-Cake-Making_Of-27.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5310944428860637554" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi73ISe4KKvUVZJFqD_UxlVp0d3uYJT4lbPX_pZnfkWxSXdhIzPorlD6cKjxCprDFc8SBxzr_c8Y2gcmY3EjNRPuOzdByuAvMtAsJYUE_CQiAQAa1fGIgmrCjo50daoK1o9HtJq8ykOoeBN/s1600-h/WMB-Cake-Making_Of-30.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi73ISe4KKvUVZJFqD_UxlVp0d3uYJT4lbPX_pZnfkWxSXdhIzPorlD6cKjxCprDFc8SBxzr_c8Y2gcmY3EjNRPuOzdByuAvMtAsJYUE_CQiAQAa1fGIgmrCjo50daoK1o9HtJq8ykOoeBN/s400/WMB-Cake-Making_Of-30.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5310944434507110594" border="0" /></a><br />Ice all over with slightly yellow icing to mimic the sandstone facia of the building.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjor1PD9JdyxKryPod1sITX6knaz0PPzgrz4YQ4krf4cIYMVG4vzVMKM3g4QjOJkQbyx1hxcy38A8P48avLYCEK0lO647CObQgquxuX5kKxyIARhVG9AQqLehR-4bxcCO2okK3qtIKpORQr/s1600-h/WMB-Cake-Making_Of-35.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjor1PD9JdyxKryPod1sITX6knaz0PPzgrz4YQ4krf4cIYMVG4vzVMKM3g4QjOJkQbyx1hxcy38A8P48avLYCEK0lO647CObQgquxuX5kKxyIARhVG9AQqLehR-4bxcCO2okK3qtIKpORQr/s400/WMB-Cake-Making_Of-35.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5310944865707625330" border="0" /></a><br />At this point we collapsed from cooking exhaustion, so the decorating had to wait until the next day . . .<br /><br />By this point, the cake had developed a dangerous lean . . .<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9uTepcRh59z6nLpQxCUmIxkuJTwwOPjemMkq2I-CghmCY-piqZsefBRW9COqVM1_TGGvHEorPLis06SP8f-YjhfWSCOsFbOdqmBdOUo45dI6bSQcIT5bOTLY7t-3nkmNvoD15kp5OkEXP/s1600-h/DSC_2266.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 265px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9uTepcRh59z6nLpQxCUmIxkuJTwwOPjemMkq2I-CghmCY-piqZsefBRW9COqVM1_TGGvHEorPLis06SP8f-YjhfWSCOsFbOdqmBdOUo45dI6bSQcIT5bOTLY7t-3nkmNvoD15kp5OkEXP/s400/DSC_2266.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5310945653846589378" border="0" /></a><br />Unperturbed, we continued to decorate it to the best of our ability.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifaapU4jC1EfKdNuyQUSUpEWoYMwOA5Qa_TwEynlccBfrQr9JoXXIjD0Cq0UIED-L6JIknuaddfw4Eq3fxosMzb-EPaLcHcjv0n5B2jvqhIq8xyedo5gTAfr58VUlt-0GopuRACvJ27fR5/s1600-h/DSC_2271.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; 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display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 265px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi05j-xCZ1cV7cbWfM2fePlS_dE9KBJuvPzKEmn5flyKXHTV8wDd_pzZ62ZQxfPi0HTx1uKK8W4ex1JoZnUUgC6MAXGAHEjA2cZiRE0kNDtoBwK0igijsTPxGaM_ZBKhP72FpXZG5kATMmc/s400/DSC_2288.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5310946904137202418" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvcLvtG2jrtO02m5gs2V3QB6m_yRg4l6kSAIlVksvjfOUc9HBy1RrVT2wEUDxwd7MBnsbBSW2E-po8EG6Cnri0E0c2h6lQramkLBIYDXVUNTSL1FOS-dQ6iaEEG7MIuGw6jfrssC-WEK1R/s1600-h/DSC_2291.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 265px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvcLvtG2jrtO02m5gs2V3QB6m_yRg4l6kSAIlVksvjfOUc9HBy1RrVT2wEUDxwd7MBnsbBSW2E-po8EG6Cnri0E0c2h6lQramkLBIYDXVUNTSL1FOS-dQ6iaEEG7MIuGw6jfrssC-WEK1R/s400/DSC_2291.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5310946910056340658" border="0" /></a><br />Until the final, terrible, awful, monstrous creation was complete.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgks0yJBQzHNqoFiK3oKbYCvfuAvXv77fJmFvvbcgaoRusQCLpqn2afM3LonjAIJIcZYCKgAU9bNzR4SpAYNWMzZ-g6TYTZIPVO3hx4gMu7vDbwkeHVuVehmO6u9FRWA8aoxb4PRuPHW9vJ/s1600-h/DSC_2296.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 265px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgks0yJBQzHNqoFiK3oKbYCvfuAvXv77fJmFvvbcgaoRusQCLpqn2afM3LonjAIJIcZYCKgAU9bNzR4SpAYNWMzZ-g6TYTZIPVO3hx4gMu7vDbwkeHVuVehmO6u9FRWA8aoxb4PRuPHW9vJ/s400/DSC_2296.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5310947488595942914" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQQCEZIKV5lIn8o9id60fEnqd80xTXr_egsSpVV-gacGQgH2CWzPyQR31oqtluC1Cpl40ms8lHKvlaJbrXMEVM4iKAArr_jp21trnp6uTQd64pSfkbnnDmKQcXq2JZfMb3h6Oyq5ZRbbiT/s1600-h/DSC_2297.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 265px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQQCEZIKV5lIn8o9id60fEnqd80xTXr_egsSpVV-gacGQgH2CWzPyQR31oqtluC1Cpl40ms8lHKvlaJbrXMEVM4iKAArr_jp21trnp6uTQd64pSfkbnnDmKQcXq2JZfMb3h6Oyq5ZRbbiT/s400/DSC_2297.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5310947487907743202" border="0" /></a><br />Everyone's wanted to attack the Wills Memorial Building like some giant King Kong monkey-man. Now I had my chance . . .<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPy4_Z0ePhPpWM4fJpZGJ9pMRD5ZSKD8rAY2GZYvJ_fZ4kJcZkc0FMslf942OTagfgsGuJ6kLP8IOrp9MaVXPkDtkenLfO71mKjUhMfHIebBJuVLd5SxGZKFJETJgjijQJS2iXJsVvWLSQ/s1600-h/DSC_2302.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 265px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPy4_Z0ePhPpWM4fJpZGJ9pMRD5ZSKD8rAY2GZYvJ_fZ4kJcZkc0FMslf942OTagfgsGuJ6kLP8IOrp9MaVXPkDtkenLfO71mKjUhMfHIebBJuVLd5SxGZKFJETJgjijQJS2iXJsVvWLSQ/s400/DSC_2302.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5310948304695791602" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">The Final Analysis</span><br /><br /><ul><li><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Appearance</span><span style="font-weight: bold;"> - [2/5]: </span>Well, looks kind of like the Wills Memorial Building. One person who we talked to got it straight off, whilst others grudgingly admitted to seeing a resemblance when prompted.<br /></li></ul><ul><li><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Smell - </span><span style="font-weight: bold;">[2/5]:</span><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"> </span><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span>Lovely cakey smells were overwhelmed by the sickly scent of the sweet sugar icing.<br /></li></ul><ul><li><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Texture </span><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">- </span><span style="font-weight: bold;">[4/5]: </span>Excellent crumbly flapjack. The rice-crispie cake was a little deprived of chocolate, though, and was consequently a bit too brittle.<span style="font-weight: bold;"> </span></li></ul><ul><li><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Taste </span><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">- </span><span style="font-weight: bold;">[4/5]: </span> Yum! Cake!<br /></li></ul><ul><li><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Adventure! </span><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">- </span><span style="font-weight: bold;">[5/5]: </span>This required 3 days of baking and preparation. I doubt I'll ever cook anything as big again in my life!<br /></li></ul><ul><li><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Overall </span><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">- </span><span style="font-weight: bold;">[3/5]: </span>A fun, but exhausting cook. The fact that the cake only vaguely resembled the Wills Memorial Building was a little disappointing, but despite this fact, the people in the Merchant Venturers Building finished eating this 13 kg mammoth cake in less than 2 days! Maybe that says more about engineers than my cooking skill . . .<br /></li></ul>Thanks to my housemates and the amazing photographic mad-skillz of <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/nialloswald/">Niall Oswald</a> and <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/larkery/">Thomas Hinton</a>. Thanks this time also to Thomas Cassey for driving the cake about and to Jamie McPherson for cake portering. A true team effort!Cheffervescencehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09175902998660408430noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6568369682136162685.post-74381122742168860762009-02-02T12:17:00.000-08:002009-02-02T14:58:48.581-08:00Flavoured Eggs - "Fleggs"<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIa1UiyIsDZgVb8gDTbuXrd75xRM7hQwziUeNzHbx9uOGS-M8xOFmD7CM8CuHyTjdYaG0-h8Pyw-l5XCX4ssWKKB_fW7FXRz8J1LElr3-8zItpNzDCJhfZZLssDQaKJjgVvUCfOtPKb53Q/s1600-h/2009-02-01+at+15-47-23.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIa1UiyIsDZgVb8gDTbuXrd75xRM7hQwziUeNzHbx9uOGS-M8xOFmD7CM8CuHyTjdYaG0-h8Pyw-l5XCX4ssWKKB_fW7FXRz8J1LElr3-8zItpNzDCJhfZZLssDQaKJjgVvUCfOtPKb53Q/s400/2009-02-01+at+15-47-23.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5298297317238807202" border="0" /></a><br />Eggs are a good thing. When Nature expresses an egg from her bounteous bosom she affirms to us that she still cares and that life is good. These little balls of protein are full of nutritious goodness and come conveniently encased in a single serving sized shell. In fact, they're so good that you often forget that you're eating chicken babies.<br /><br />Sometimes, however, do you often wonder if there's something more? That maybe eggs <span style="font-style: italic;">are</span> a little bland and could do with some pepping up? Let me invite you to the world of the flavoured egg.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Ingredients</span><br /><ul><li>eggs</li><li> eggs</li><li> eggs</li><li> some food colourings and flavourings</li></ul><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNx0Dt8AGAOZVdGFZscROFDXIgSBLC3-1HKava_h3ho675yditVc0RIivylk554urGEGeb8G1RscMtm_eJJpQ5Vq-RHKTIlzLqobA7tcbeIw9Jek-BY5vp8rjsYrkS_UGy9HOqErdW1YBX/s1600-h/2009-02-01+at+15-41-52.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNx0Dt8AGAOZVdGFZscROFDXIgSBLC3-1HKava_h3ho675yditVc0RIivylk554urGEGeb8G1RscMtm_eJJpQ5Vq-RHKTIlzLqobA7tcbeIw9Jek-BY5vp8rjsYrkS_UGy9HOqErdW1YBX/s400/2009-02-01+at+15-41-52.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5298300083619186546" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Eggsperimental Method 1 - Blowing an egg</span><br /><br />The first method we attempted was to "blow" the egg. A small hole was made in each end of the egg with a knife and a little of the albumen was "blown out" by application of the mouth to one end of the egg.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilYRyS6nGt_nkZB0NCB6drLDPF6iu6RArHXGxFqR9d5BjZz_Y7hRMpsqoNkLP9r71YkncLe0H_DKoBLqfmAFMLZrjwzuMZlSRu-KrteD7DZjMAKeLz0pvrjPl1mHKmY87CcpMwz_POPyJt/s1600-h/2009-02-01+at+15-48-18.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilYRyS6nGt_nkZB0NCB6drLDPF6iu6RArHXGxFqR9d5BjZz_Y7hRMpsqoNkLP9r71YkncLe0H_DKoBLqfmAFMLZrjwzuMZlSRu-KrteD7DZjMAKeLz0pvrjPl1mHKmY87CcpMwz_POPyJt/s400/2009-02-01+at+15-48-18.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5298318624205488098" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgf6-Qquh-s3wJ507jwqAaPjtj25HKO7jTYD_mkzsEPIwrsLCBDIrYmnOTPmdOBEcOxvNm1g5tQuLN5v0djUAi-nOceGJkVSj2escAB3eVFawD6xyA8t22pTTUvtSmQtdPCQw1cDX2lfROO/s1600-h/2009-02-01+at+15-50-56.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgf6-Qquh-s3wJ507jwqAaPjtj25HKO7jTYD_mkzsEPIwrsLCBDIrYmnOTPmdOBEcOxvNm1g5tQuLN5v0djUAi-nOceGJkVSj2escAB3eVFawD6xyA8t22pTTUvtSmQtdPCQw1cDX2lfROO/s400/2009-02-01+at+15-50-56.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5298318626201113026" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFW3y6BBWOfqW32CMUhIJSBeg5fkbNypHy2Fsmj62FdMHyXJem5Io73VxmTXIJ4voRunKrbZA-TS9X3Y-hXyXfgUVVrKdeKU687R3j95hzP7XYAjHVv_2iQq7fhDEwp1A0_8yYBV56XGHT/s1600-h/2009-02-01+at+15-52-20.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFW3y6BBWOfqW32CMUhIJSBeg5fkbNypHy2Fsmj62FdMHyXJem5Io73VxmTXIJ4voRunKrbZA-TS9X3Y-hXyXfgUVVrKdeKU687R3j95hzP7XYAjHVv_2iQq7fhDEwp1A0_8yYBV56XGHT/s400/2009-02-01+at+15-52-20.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5298319366805360354" border="0" /></a><br />As a test, green food dye was forced into the egg using an aural/oral syringe and the ends sealed with sellotape:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxHNWgNJQhQZoxMqVF3GKW0daCyos8FKMmzEMEflTNpo9Bq-1ivvysTlfsZcyyz7-EfXH-jQFhwcwAM6yBKo-w02WfzrNnOAtJfTwSmQ-jrzpSQSL9T3r9xzGE5T2oJgMB6KPQA4ZTFdGS/s1600-h/2009-02-01+at+15-45-51.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxHNWgNJQhQZoxMqVF3GKW0daCyos8FKMmzEMEflTNpo9Bq-1ivvysTlfsZcyyz7-EfXH-jQFhwcwAM6yBKo-w02WfzrNnOAtJfTwSmQ-jrzpSQSL9T3r9xzGE5T2oJgMB6KPQA4ZTFdGS/s400/2009-02-01+at+15-45-51.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5298320374538786578" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8Ah_7Axz_WvJp5V6EVRBJqrJyE8w85Sf_Tcp_QGCM0_WD0sJ_0kVNCzfMwOCOZJt4LJjDQox5uc3Zwv8N9Tn1eOFKhN4CeE_x2ep93IN0zeP2fdRty7_rFsUcMFMB9VvymwvoiMICyBU1/s1600-h/2009-02-01+at+15-54-16.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8Ah_7Axz_WvJp5V6EVRBJqrJyE8w85Sf_Tcp_QGCM0_WD0sJ_0kVNCzfMwOCOZJt4LJjDQox5uc3Zwv8N9Tn1eOFKhN4CeE_x2ep93IN0zeP2fdRty7_rFsUcMFMB9VvymwvoiMICyBU1/s400/2009-02-01+at+15-54-16.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5298320385636619314" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgw43Btp97P9ZUE1irNDG54Br8mvz0BnTU17inEULmTtoUgyFgXyyHT-Rw2YGrWyukW0kq4xajJx7tpn6BuIAs6kBVbTf_wBj7KPfbqX7WbpDH4nzZs1WeF4Uc6fIPAqYu01kO4Zw6-8D7F/s1600-h/2009-02-01+at+15-57-33.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgw43Btp97P9ZUE1irNDG54Br8mvz0BnTU17inEULmTtoUgyFgXyyHT-Rw2YGrWyukW0kq4xajJx7tpn6BuIAs6kBVbTf_wBj7KPfbqX7WbpDH4nzZs1WeF4Uc6fIPAqYu01kO4Zw6-8D7F/s400/2009-02-01+at+15-57-33.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5298320407319973538" border="0" /></a><br />In order to achieve the mixing of the food dye and albumen required, an egg-agitator was put together out of our cooker hood, string and a ramekin:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtBWppzL8quHo_qJkKfIXRhVkp8PObrI3AfAJMYLeUgAlHxnD-FhrJssZvIdbloJHwLSZ1MjZ8qFO6gk0f_pCaBYWZsD9a9Oi0zfcpjNoojCunG0yTzBn9aRBMKz6baB4_C0Eia_ml_yXM/s1600-h/2009-02-01+at+16-06-40.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtBWppzL8quHo_qJkKfIXRhVkp8PObrI3AfAJMYLeUgAlHxnD-FhrJssZvIdbloJHwLSZ1MjZ8qFO6gk0f_pCaBYWZsD9a9Oi0zfcpjNoojCunG0yTzBn9aRBMKz6baB4_C0Eia_ml_yXM/s400/2009-02-01+at+16-06-40.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5298321539378955474" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjafIwJlchOsd_VOiDmKFocrGISDRZ8Of09jP68q9bfihaEEHDzg3VkM5dLxOVaaBSkvBkJgQ931xuk06A3ZKdewM4TQ0cOpZnZhC_5paAVJSx7Wbr4SdSmPrNTD4U_L71g4X1pxKeF-x3H/s1600-h/2009-02-01+at+16-10-24.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjafIwJlchOsd_VOiDmKFocrGISDRZ8Of09jP68q9bfihaEEHDzg3VkM5dLxOVaaBSkvBkJgQ931xuk06A3ZKdewM4TQ0cOpZnZhC_5paAVJSx7Wbr4SdSmPrNTD4U_L71g4X1pxKeF-x3H/s400/2009-02-01+at+16-10-24.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5298321544337704898" border="0" /></a><br />And thus, with careful rotation, the egg would, in theory, slosh about inside its shell and do some mixing. Inevitably, after boiling for 5 minutes, massive failure was the result:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQPAK7DBS5g-0GbiP1J1Cs2dCPs0wQhX082HX9ZCXQP8o3_8XdX5IQwgmDXWaEDHu3NccYCINH3pgO2ER4ZAXGCsNJo9ez3ED2MhCUHp9qaI6UcsXRhQ8DlOi6Jrqa86HiVG6xWct42srv/s1600-h/2009-02-01+at+16-28-15.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 265px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQPAK7DBS5g-0GbiP1J1Cs2dCPs0wQhX082HX9ZCXQP8o3_8XdX5IQwgmDXWaEDHu3NccYCINH3pgO2ER4ZAXGCsNJo9ez3ED2MhCUHp9qaI6UcsXRhQ8DlOi6Jrqa86HiVG6xWct42srv/s400/2009-02-01+at+16-28-15.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5298322360731820562" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiWNY8LBD-wT4Uia0iexGA8dBbbwpbLWii4ZEJsYLZthmmSmldsunxxt1g7bY4h5hc5O17UrVl_7J1aNJoNjZxMnpQrjOaiLLBbWTVldugcOdBKQ4_EF-sfQLxal1u2hIfD_4RrNj7AjZG/s1600-h/2009-02-01+at+16-30-19.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 265px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiWNY8LBD-wT4Uia0iexGA8dBbbwpbLWii4ZEJsYLZthmmSmldsunxxt1g7bY4h5hc5O17UrVl_7J1aNJoNjZxMnpQrjOaiLLBbWTVldugcOdBKQ4_EF-sfQLxal1u2hIfD_4RrNj7AjZG/s400/2009-02-01+at+16-30-19.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5298322362736319010" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Eggsperimental Method 2 - Sucking an egg</span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span></span></span><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />This failure led to much dejection and searching of souls. "You suck, guys!" said Tom. This must've sparked the neurones in his skull, setting off an incredible brain chain-reaction. There was only one way, and it was clear to him - we must form a seal around the top of the shell and suck the flavouring up through the bottom of the egg. Using a little albumen to improve the seal, we did just as his brain suggested, this time with strawberry - yum!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbxPEyuUtBJJYXhFqH0_6VIkB5KDzRhOUrmO21vNKjTngMIFjnx3IKc5tYun6Ao9vnrHjxkuuY1Flsn0bFIi90raGxnPUo1IIUSCA_RdEXcjVGTNRLA6nY34N9DYk4Bgtv634xMCuLZ_p6/s1600-h/2009-02-01+at+16-21-23.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbxPEyuUtBJJYXhFqH0_6VIkB5KDzRhOUrmO21vNKjTngMIFjnx3IKc5tYun6Ao9vnrHjxkuuY1Flsn0bFIi90raGxnPUo1IIUSCA_RdEXcjVGTNRLA6nY34N9DYk4Bgtv634xMCuLZ_p6/s400/2009-02-01+at+16-21-23.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5298324720986280642" border="0" /></a><br />After boiling, initial results were encouraging. The egg fell apart, so we upped the boiling time in subsequent experiments to 10 minutes. Also, sellotape was banned - it went evil in the boiling water.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoLIQuA2kcut1OfmUNcfTL03TCvs6R4NEyjTWGQhpuNcIl_6tGx1G0Y8t_RmPbhd3rGfGSShEjKoIU0yrRk538ICqvN93CU01KaW9_hk1rwoIZeU4KSu5JsqGLDh4qCbvsEr1BNRvI4R0A/s1600-h/2009-02-01+at+16-38-37.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoLIQuA2kcut1OfmUNcfTL03TCvs6R4NEyjTWGQhpuNcIl_6tGx1G0Y8t_RmPbhd3rGfGSShEjKoIU0yrRk538ICqvN93CU01KaW9_hk1rwoIZeU4KSu5JsqGLDh4qCbvsEr1BNRvI4R0A/s400/2009-02-01+at+16-38-37.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5298325691147449554" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdoJjjGXGM-en6cIs2JUIyBA4Xm_UGb8iyhfRI2hLTLV-Du_mWEzBaHQzFX9azjpKXxzxkxCOsjmNecGA-WWfyVAW0p1PPUccDZsMi_NRsjXdIfGyraSEh-I3IluI7cYd56GdKrrDJZcGx/s1600-h/2009-02-01+at+16-40-08.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdoJjjGXGM-en6cIs2JUIyBA4Xm_UGb8iyhfRI2hLTLV-Du_mWEzBaHQzFX9azjpKXxzxkxCOsjmNecGA-WWfyVAW0p1PPUccDZsMi_NRsjXdIfGyraSEh-I3IluI7cYd56GdKrrDJZcGx/s400/2009-02-01+at+16-40-08.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5298325690434227618" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHyLZaUdKIclCWzCCrgSrfqSZzWDHXNcGPImtpvheC-MiVHQSWFdUtnu1lUg3Yc4VScUyrVzBU90DDsksIIv9_uo6P8XX1xVBlTs8Wwaun-Dqfa6TRDeM4GDhjRuvo5Mxd0kh5SnKfG6gI/s1600-h/2009-02-01+at+16-41-03.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 265px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHyLZaUdKIclCWzCCrgSrfqSZzWDHXNcGPImtpvheC-MiVHQSWFdUtnu1lUg3Yc4VScUyrVzBU90DDsksIIv9_uo6P8XX1xVBlTs8Wwaun-Dqfa6TRDeM4GDhjRuvo5Mxd0kh5SnKfG6gI/s400/2009-02-01+at+16-41-03.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5298325688366389730" border="0" /></a><br />After a few tries, we became a well oiled machine with our spike-suck-simmer method.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjatYiLIfvrooebM2r6i2BtUPSEXYtjRKsmAoyhhDIF8AAMInf0ir3CPQXsdtfJ_PIAxWzqeOx0te1rTLvTQJvy8eN7VKed0NE1c5D-K_fSvEdwyPuUBMpLF_NWXuDC4fK06x126RYIwSYZ/s1600-h/2009-02-01+at+16-43-33.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjatYiLIfvrooebM2r6i2BtUPSEXYtjRKsmAoyhhDIF8AAMInf0ir3CPQXsdtfJ_PIAxWzqeOx0te1rTLvTQJvy8eN7VKed0NE1c5D-K_fSvEdwyPuUBMpLF_NWXuDC4fK06x126RYIwSYZ/s400/2009-02-01+at+16-43-33.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5298326517042735794" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikmxs5bJTACb-31GeSNDP_sF1oGzcWOcjOHHp4kMpezSD1u5nTeexNW6O6RKrqH4NGoKZKjs8jOBW3IZ4ZANqMChXmukGYYpoUo-ySEmjX6mcj0Ht0ODPEoYXawevkNznQDNDECNprm-3F/s1600-h/2009-02-01+at+16-42-19.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikmxs5bJTACb-31GeSNDP_sF1oGzcWOcjOHHp4kMpezSD1u5nTeexNW6O6RKrqH4NGoKZKjs8jOBW3IZ4ZANqMChXmukGYYpoUo-ySEmjX6mcj0Ht0ODPEoYXawevkNznQDNDECNprm-3F/s400/2009-02-01+at+16-42-19.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5298326520639207010" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZOeU8D1w_lPAy32HAUqooannDcAMwHF5_3uacxGsfmmw72LFT9ZR7H7Aq47P_LGPuuSoozq0RBACP5QGCggUUy-svtF_lCWl4BlCrauxqyM89VbRJ2_h8RbSwSQaWQNdgPAXjV3Gbyfp3/s1600-h/2009-02-01+at+16-45-08.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 265px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZOeU8D1w_lPAy32HAUqooannDcAMwHF5_3uacxGsfmmw72LFT9ZR7H7Aq47P_LGPuuSoozq0RBACP5QGCggUUy-svtF_lCWl4BlCrauxqyM89VbRJ2_h8RbSwSQaWQNdgPAXjV3Gbyfp3/s400/2009-02-01+at+16-45-08.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5298326521665648114" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">The Flavours</span><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Orange</span><br /><br /><ul><li><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Appearance</span><span style="font-weight: bold;"> - [1/5]: </span>Looks like an egg. With some orange<br /></li></ul><ul><li><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Smell - </span><span style="font-weight: bold;">[0/5]:</span><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"> </span><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span>Orange mixed with egg. Yuk<br /></li></ul><ul><li><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Taste </span><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">- </span><span style="font-weight: bold;">[0/5]: </span>Orange and egg doesn't go. Really.</li></ul><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2PKZz2tWDdq1c4vwQEMlVf057SKE6T4d8h6rJSL176-Nlq04yh1d8gRKQpDyDVm1yS7LEGlhYLZVu2wk3Cydc45iPm_qwcAyyjnMsC26edREPe8z3eoY2Az9AEyLEcpn4tsjVwaPJUMkq/s1600-h/2009-02-01+at+17-07-35.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2PKZz2tWDdq1c4vwQEMlVf057SKE6T4d8h6rJSL176-Nlq04yh1d8gRKQpDyDVm1yS7LEGlhYLZVu2wk3Cydc45iPm_qwcAyyjnMsC26edREPe8z3eoY2Az9AEyLEcpn4tsjVwaPJUMkq/s400/2009-02-01+at+17-07-35.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5298328021097373442" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkn1vUHNygjqgJrDUb6xlI0tlySZCw2I15Gs5aoB33fYY5E_unn6IZhXTCYJSy7DVnzrWof5WhV13FVP3Gtu-AEW7-EUDmcwxE_BBGMJ3wBsPUS-TO-6byW4bxua6x7B6P3eO0aTFyoUtK/s1600-h/2009-02-01+at+17-09-07.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 265px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkn1vUHNygjqgJrDUb6xlI0tlySZCw2I15Gs5aoB33fYY5E_unn6IZhXTCYJSy7DVnzrWof5WhV13FVP3Gtu-AEW7-EUDmcwxE_BBGMJ3wBsPUS-TO-6byW4bxua6x7B6P3eO0aTFyoUtK/s400/2009-02-01+at+17-09-07.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5298328032112722322" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEig367wlRIHgXbrldiEZ-vWNs1VBeIQlrkNNtwaS_QfU64iT_boBUsShzf6jUgCTs7jHhym586XWEMdHhhxtabAQuFPm2kCUukvHYCICgTkGjcLpvlkaEQqu_kx4sge_fHm01LjWuDiUIqx/s1600-h/2009-02-01+at+17-09-08.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 265px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEig367wlRIHgXbrldiEZ-vWNs1VBeIQlrkNNtwaS_QfU64iT_boBUsShzf6jUgCTs7jHhym586XWEMdHhhxtabAQuFPm2kCUukvHYCICgTkGjcLpvlkaEQqu_kx4sge_fHm01LjWuDiUIqx/s400/2009-02-01+at+17-09-08.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5298328036568406818" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkoOsgRU1dv5oZA0YrIyVZAOLo4aPIStGRARm3TkdDGEMPOwn9TP8zTE-urberdQZ9Z0zBKuVWsWdQSqFeYVuscLrwXutPaUy8cjIwVKIYPy21MbE8DZJampNFr5Xs50YhHEG_4ayBnE5n/s1600-h/2009-02-01+at+17-10-39.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 265px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkoOsgRU1dv5oZA0YrIyVZAOLo4aPIStGRARm3TkdDGEMPOwn9TP8zTE-urberdQZ9Z0zBKuVWsWdQSqFeYVuscLrwXutPaUy8cjIwVKIYPy21MbE8DZJampNFr5Xs50YhHEG_4ayBnE5n/s400/2009-02-01+at+17-10-39.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5298328042232040162" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Peppermint</span><br /><br /><ul><li><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Appearance</span><span style="font-weight: bold;"> - [0/5]: </span>Dear lord! It's an alien egg! Arrg!</li></ul><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFmjkxrH_j_dBti3A6IbVksYOM_kIiweCxDlaYAiPFS9RX5g_IdieashJGeTQraNLHbtqmJaW_v2XWt0QJk6ZEjW640Uue1kD2hCM0mkQWaGbghNQCtjF-_pJduTRefqJA9GBM7pyJBRzi/s1600-h/2009-02-01+at+17-20-02.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFmjkxrH_j_dBti3A6IbVksYOM_kIiweCxDlaYAiPFS9RX5g_IdieashJGeTQraNLHbtqmJaW_v2XWt0QJk6ZEjW640Uue1kD2hCM0mkQWaGbghNQCtjF-_pJduTRefqJA9GBM7pyJBRzi/s400/2009-02-01+at+17-20-02.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5298329202544881362" border="0" /></a><br />Or maybe something from Dr Seuss?<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXXSafYjHeEhFKh5qTgp1Y3_WaNrE2_olsahlEAp9SwKEJmGjE-eafiWChjFdDd9t2X24ASfF1upl4J8XwMsXJH5ZdGFMv6SHh22maXntn2doK7sTk8kw7qhZoEnPxmaLaswmy1zXWVqHT/s1600-h/2009-02-01+at+17-24-30.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 265px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXXSafYjHeEhFKh5qTgp1Y3_WaNrE2_olsahlEAp9SwKEJmGjE-eafiWChjFdDd9t2X24ASfF1upl4J8XwMsXJH5ZdGFMv6SHh22maXntn2doK7sTk8kw7qhZoEnPxmaLaswmy1zXWVqHT/s400/2009-02-01+at+17-24-30.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5298329201860438098" border="0" /></a><br /><ul><li><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Smell - </span><span style="font-weight: bold;">[1/5]:</span> The smell of peppermint nicely overpowers the eggness.<br /></li></ul><ul><li><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Taste </span><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">- </span><span style="font-weight: bold;">[0/5]: </span><span>Horror. The texture of eggs with the sensation of mouthwash:</span></li></ul><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn52OCw4KrjbwNpxG-iOSm9VfPXfeCTHv8hnN_wD3VfEW8zYReNK7Hw7wdt8p6hZTkDPY6Z3KrJ70RqF1BvEBL1hN867wdXw4rAA5WnW6xbl4sQJGrWA8pO_qQ13uyu4og41muWWxR-0hI/s1600-h/2009-02-01+at+17-26-07.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 265px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn52OCw4KrjbwNpxG-iOSm9VfPXfeCTHv8hnN_wD3VfEW8zYReNK7Hw7wdt8p6hZTkDPY6Z3KrJ70RqF1BvEBL1hN867wdXw4rAA5WnW6xbl4sQJGrWA8pO_qQ13uyu4og41muWWxR-0hI/s400/2009-02-01+at+17-26-07.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5298330162055948578" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLYmkBpH_HyjySMq0yJMOEAVcmYNfBVnmJryyGS1Q_usicb5u1VBFzOnRXBgqGDbhyJd37tLXC9FoIC6SAYYqmZGTGOyjjHWFJ18WcRzGTurwJLRWU7lm4VmpqpfdrJHdeyiKmkFOVQOI4/s1600-h/2009-02-01+at+17-26-19.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 265px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLYmkBpH_HyjySMq0yJMOEAVcmYNfBVnmJryyGS1Q_usicb5u1VBFzOnRXBgqGDbhyJd37tLXC9FoIC6SAYYqmZGTGOyjjHWFJ18WcRzGTurwJLRWU7lm4VmpqpfdrJHdeyiKmkFOVQOI4/s400/2009-02-01+at+17-26-19.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5298330161576423154" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimBmMiHL6-0UArVGhaIOTwtgjvH6xTe1xL6rQGu_x4HvvOIqzi_ozfWEpZRHnPMyVB_hIsf44xKtvUOgUxcc2N56k2wsbN9haRwBASM7f6u5_BPs71MoD5PIyjtZYbcGM83oI9KZ6F_Z63/s1600-h/2009-02-01+at+17-26-14.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 265px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimBmMiHL6-0UArVGhaIOTwtgjvH6xTe1xL6rQGu_x4HvvOIqzi_ozfWEpZRHnPMyVB_hIsf44xKtvUOgUxcc2N56k2wsbN9haRwBASM7f6u5_BPs71MoD5PIyjtZYbcGM83oI9KZ6F_Z63/s400/2009-02-01+at+17-26-14.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5298330159645756898" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJ8ck-Gxw7sGGlBIvuhUnXNhj4rXE4Q1IhPqASvf1OPV4mjOs_IAxBsm3teolmHiKCsmeD0YMtV91N5K4uPpyF9C_VOMcUwVKPjJuq3fsi9x6EMgKrCj0Mmw46MY0axlBLHL9EHFDOg5sS/s1600-h/2009-02-01+at+17-26-22.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 265px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJ8ck-Gxw7sGGlBIvuhUnXNhj4rXE4Q1IhPqASvf1OPV4mjOs_IAxBsm3teolmHiKCsmeD0YMtV91N5K4uPpyF9C_VOMcUwVKPjJuq3fsi9x6EMgKrCj0Mmw46MY0axlBLHL9EHFDOg5sS/s400/2009-02-01+at+17-26-22.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5298330163049264386" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Rum</span><br /><br /><ul><li><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Appearance</span><span style="font-weight: bold;"> - [1/5]: </span>Looks like an egg - that's been scooped out and pissed in.</li></ul><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6ZCi7kU2mXx4cnAvjgjYV4E2Wpcn0QOumrYpY4kAUSMMn09ZBHHDtUaTzMDBWMlJBgsFndP3VXM22l0cCyYBHG4UnzsF7NFgzpgvV220UkaCG4w_RRqwBoJuIQeUPVz-Y4p4RAENjQm6P/s1600-h/2009-02-01+at+17-32-32.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6ZCi7kU2mXx4cnAvjgjYV4E2Wpcn0QOumrYpY4kAUSMMn09ZBHHDtUaTzMDBWMlJBgsFndP3VXM22l0cCyYBHG4UnzsF7NFgzpgvV220UkaCG4w_RRqwBoJuIQeUPVz-Y4p4RAENjQm6P/s400/2009-02-01+at+17-32-32.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5298331371794459074" border="0" /></a><ul><li><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Smell - </span><span style="font-weight: bold;">[1/5]:</span><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"> </span>Not too bad, mmm, rum.<br /></li></ul><ul><li><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Taste </span><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">- </span><span style="font-weight: bold;">[0/5]: </span>Eugh. Egg-nog done all wrong.</li></ul><br /><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Strawberry</span><br /><br /><ul><li><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Appearance</span><span style="font-weight: bold;"> - [0/5]: </span>This is possibly the most vile thing I've seen in my life. The phrase "egg abortion" covers only one tenth of the horror.</li></ul><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicsCMEuz6vkY060ZzPj9TdMOArdbHOuEJ6AcXV0i3b5phVJ3OJMyBJk6AtIr4xUEqj4sdiWwsce2J1CUubhk0mYzd3K_acuNUC9K4vjArnlSlM_pJ8gwTvqdUoHVXVTNMQsZCQalJvm7qY/s1600-h/2009-02-01+at+17-37-34.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 265px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicsCMEuz6vkY060ZzPj9TdMOArdbHOuEJ6AcXV0i3b5phVJ3OJMyBJk6AtIr4xUEqj4sdiWwsce2J1CUubhk0mYzd3K_acuNUC9K4vjArnlSlM_pJ8gwTvqdUoHVXVTNMQsZCQalJvm7qY/s400/2009-02-01+at+17-37-34.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5298332231003231682" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsvV31T6Kr4zZ0whivmlla-PBjC2L4O-c3d2DeyOcm2BkW00NDqIxZz-9yA22jnJkeAa7ALyYl1y7ohle0lc_PI4RW5_O8wQ_zqQXgi2D6EjFoVoihyphenhyphen7zmsiNN4X5qeEjkhyphenhypheniw8327EEuW/s1600-h/2009-02-01+at+17-39-16.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsvV31T6Kr4zZ0whivmlla-PBjC2L4O-c3d2DeyOcm2BkW00NDqIxZz-9yA22jnJkeAa7ALyYl1y7ohle0lc_PI4RW5_O8wQ_zqQXgi2D6EjFoVoihyphenhyphen7zmsiNN4X5qeEjkhyphenhypheniw8327EEuW/s400/2009-02-01+at+17-39-16.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5298332242915812786" border="0" /></a><ul><li><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Smell - </span><span style="font-weight: bold;">[0/5]:</span><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"> </span>Eggy-strawberry nausea.<br /></li></ul><ul><li><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Taste </span><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">- </span><span style="font-weight: bold;">[0/5]: </span>Bad. Very bad.</li></ul><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7y3Xz4eJcurgXMIUmwZlXFjkxbPqS7RYeGAFgeCgZyqv1GUQAbF6LA4WguRf5wjUQlZkWb_NHVKGcZI6-tNyMoV_gywWVIY47GETbGuPQUj53KBw_pyY-3M01clKfkv-X9bpcr8NXvt3Q/s1600-h/2009-02-01+at+17-40-08.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 265px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7y3Xz4eJcurgXMIUmwZlXFjkxbPqS7RYeGAFgeCgZyqv1GUQAbF6LA4WguRf5wjUQlZkWb_NHVKGcZI6-tNyMoV_gywWVIY47GETbGuPQUj53KBw_pyY-3M01clKfkv-X9bpcr8NXvt3Q/s400/2009-02-01+at+17-40-08.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5298332745472823330" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjro4od2UkhyphenhypheniNZ5YVK-CgQVJG8EqEEohmnuw-nJCkz_YI4bTPy7IzUFJP3cF11VJ4VKjxPI-EE9L_aQ8VSt6SgpJESKTLDzfFgNo5Dn4ALhVqQKCeWv14rg6PbOMbHT8BCFwRDMmPg8pmw/s1600-h/2009-02-01+at+17-41-53.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 265px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjro4od2UkhyphenhypheniNZ5YVK-CgQVJG8EqEEohmnuw-nJCkz_YI4bTPy7IzUFJP3cF11VJ4VKjxPI-EE9L_aQ8VSt6SgpJESKTLDzfFgNo5Dn4ALhVqQKCeWv14rg6PbOMbHT8BCFwRDMmPg8pmw/s400/2009-02-01+at+17-41-53.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5298332751616463938" border="0" /></a><br /><ul><li><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Adventure! </span><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">- </span><span style="font-weight: bold;">[5/5]: </span>Well, it's hard to believe that anyone's done this crime against god before . . .<br /></li></ul><ul><li><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Overall </span><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">- </span><span style="font-weight: bold;">[0/5]: </span>Don't do this. For the love of all things you hold dear. Go and have some crisps or a pizza or something. Some things man was not meant to tamper with.</li></ul><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPnpvadMmplZqmqfLa6cmY6lMu6BvvgnlBlGJeTyZLwgvDvACHjGu86L1EZvykWfh4lUbk0RGp9TTo1AHYvOpc3opdHR-wsdE0ke4K9AthbQCqjQE2Wl6FaB00YVWnOC68xprozfTZAPc0/s1600-h/2009-02-01+at+17-51-01.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPnpvadMmplZqmqfLa6cmY6lMu6BvvgnlBlGJeTyZLwgvDvACHjGu86L1EZvykWfh4lUbk0RGp9TTo1AHYvOpc3opdHR-wsdE0ke4K9AthbQCqjQE2Wl6FaB00YVWnOC68xprozfTZAPc0/s400/2009-02-01+at+17-51-01.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5298333669593172322" border="0" /></a><br />Thanks once again to my housemates for tasting this disgusting stuff and putting up with it in the kitchen. Many thanks to <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/larkery/">Tom Hinton</a> for trying his best to make this crap look good.Cheffervescencehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09175902998660408430noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6568369682136162685.post-19355806775018376592009-01-25T15:05:00.000-08:002009-01-28T15:58:35.097-08:00Giant Hobnob - "Jobnob"<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhnoDrMa9XJyPi9uaZvMoAfJfOjLNmJy-M-6jnRX_uBdievlae5A841Dlq74Z57y-zWe-6SX_701t-e6Ps7DuEqyG7IsJGR2zgryxKfeVeKSExy9fadwZXE-OgTaue11i2bkSZXU-RCyVq/s1600-h/dsc_0987.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhnoDrMa9XJyPi9uaZvMoAfJfOjLNmJy-M-6jnRX_uBdievlae5A841Dlq74Z57y-zWe-6SX_701t-e6Ps7DuEqyG7IsJGR2zgryxKfeVeKSExy9fadwZXE-OgTaue11i2bkSZXU-RCyVq/s400/dsc_0987.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5295513906510620002" border="0" /></a><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><br /></span>Hobnobs are a ridiculously delicious type of biscuit, chocolate hobnobs even more so. The problem is that they are a bit too small.<br /><br />Down in the labs at McVities, however, Loki has been jigging his mischievous dance. Evil biscuit scientists have created life from the fetid malformed afterbirth of the hobnob to engineer the monstrosity known as the <a href="http://www.google.co.uk/products?q=McVities+mini+chocolate+hobnobs&oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-GB:official&client=firefox-a&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=X&oi=product_result_group&resnum=1&ct=title">mini-hobnob</a>.<br /><br />Now is time to correct the balance. I give you the Giant Hobnob - "Jobnob".<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Ingredients</span><br /><ul><li>250g self-raising flour</li><li> 250g brown sugar</li><li> 250g porridge oats</li><li> 250g butter</li><li> 1tbsp golden syrup</li><li> 1tbsp hot water</li><li> 1/2 tsp bicarbonate of soda</li><li>500g milk chocolate<br /></li></ul><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuTvD0a3uFgb2hAHUJeX56WqoW8wR37XA6M4lQkjqtwRIRZHKFs2MTs3MgQoBha9BBfBP2rhAQlRo3AYo7gygQKppvbiIFEsRTwXr3ZrolJrSeet97tgrmBdVhWsirGSZynG3M2eKhkr5S/s1600-h/dsc_0807.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 357px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuTvD0a3uFgb2hAHUJeX56WqoW8wR37XA6M4lQkjqtwRIRZHKFs2MTs3MgQoBha9BBfBP2rhAQlRo3AYo7gygQKppvbiIFEsRTwXr3ZrolJrSeet97tgrmBdVhWsirGSZynG3M2eKhkr5S/s400/dsc_0807.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5295513911953728690" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Method</span><br /><br />Before starting, make a flow-chart of the cooking process:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLOcaS0i3b9zSh8Oc8Asz_b1BnX16B5qVLBySkc_CrJ2GtTWAvf5GBAmxbB-9IRB2YdobtrMM0Dz-XHgyqCPyCCWESY0Oekfsduc1Gs3J7Kf6oBB1MKfYvNmS6Wa5T3jl-ppG-az2OmV-w/s1600-h/Giant-Hobnob-7.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLOcaS0i3b9zSh8Oc8Asz_b1BnX16B5qVLBySkc_CrJ2GtTWAvf5GBAmxbB-9IRB2YdobtrMM0Dz-XHgyqCPyCCWESY0Oekfsduc1Gs3J7Kf6oBB1MKfYvNmS6Wa5T3jl-ppG-az2OmV-w/s400/Giant-Hobnob-7.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5295386607512670466" border="0" /></a><br />Add the butter to a pan and melt over a low heat. When melted, add the golden syrup and sugar and then stir until fully combined.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrdn6jRaGuz9xbjTiiF6t8JG-6PV7Tmyj82NPSLavezVdkEQCwa16PIDN7wXwpGGkPF7Y0oPbzkI-NGwz-rrtqp7QlvzpiF6Bd94rP7BoaL94QSI8DiJ-jmlVRRdhDUtdRZWzJcPx_qDmn/s1600-h/Giant-Hobnob-6.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrdn6jRaGuz9xbjTiiF6t8JG-6PV7Tmyj82NPSLavezVdkEQCwa16PIDN7wXwpGGkPF7Y0oPbzkI-NGwz-rrtqp7QlvzpiF6Bd94rP7BoaL94QSI8DiJ-jmlVRRdhDUtdRZWzJcPx_qDmn/s400/Giant-Hobnob-6.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5295388973248817250" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlJynA5fXLpcONQ-1Ctwf0q8TzfxyjfU-66O4fjwNK0_ETVaAVQLum3LObzqMQi90faXPi98AhhVqNkpY3_h4QMkIUHTgrAscXIzNGsu8IpJrW-9XolsVBmomqbOBHG8XqGQSq2XTimm81/s1600-h/Giant-Hobnob-11.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; 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display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRsxqzKGmo8Aa-HmJWksCzZztkk37ZmoXBMhea5rWriW_K_wHe7LUzxfFDxJ8d9mnY2_-EXD3-lW9NGzT_B5g7VMGefJEy8q1w4RoEb515j4uaGzK1hAASaKub2P6I2-alH4ZbQc6FgI9z/s400/dsc_0849.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5295514248579981058" border="0" /></a><br />Now add the oats, flour, hot water and bicarbonate of soda, stirring like crazy to combine.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC8zEJQrSqhtAkesoU9HHhe8eGGy-wURzEfJrOsa4Lwar2KOpDoNBqT-UFQpRA4IIVLGl5L7iKgx50Lh25hHmmKRzq_0a5ufvE6_YvtIBq2S08csdWUV6Wp59NWr3saF-HvPAOSWC_63_a/s1600-h/Giant-Hobnob-23.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC8zEJQrSqhtAkesoU9HHhe8eGGy-wURzEfJrOsa4Lwar2KOpDoNBqT-UFQpRA4IIVLGl5L7iKgx50Lh25hHmmKRzq_0a5ufvE6_YvtIBq2S08csdWUV6Wp59NWr3saF-HvPAOSWC_63_a/s400/Giant-Hobnob-23.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5295390245991217090" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiF9XfP3e_89hfY3bY9kJWxydfDR3jfWkyixb2nDyyrd7g0tkXYYPAltV0y8ToEc3jkkwB2pMi599R6mmDkajjwyXn9bZb30So2M6q8DmxRfJyyd4Q36RZg3fdNWa6RIJ4i2L_ZmclehPD7/s1600-h/Giant-Hobnob-25.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiF9XfP3e_89hfY3bY9kJWxydfDR3jfWkyixb2nDyyrd7g0tkXYYPAltV0y8ToEc3jkkwB2pMi599R6mmDkajjwyXn9bZb30So2M6q8DmxRfJyyd4Q36RZg3fdNWa6RIJ4i2L_ZmclehPD7/s400/Giant-Hobnob-25.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5295390249952640082" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOxcMzUny7IV8Wrq4zHauktegMicDTGekocxD4yFYnuii2F5vsc0JVoPH7GzKgCj4avc7snR2QVSqVuF-aVMRUEJK4e_yZxR33iAMkrKX9Gg9YBevt82ZQ5AVsN-X5XDt2-46XlfiGb4FJ/s1600-h/Giant-Hobnob-27.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOxcMzUny7IV8Wrq4zHauktegMicDTGekocxD4yFYnuii2F5vsc0JVoPH7GzKgCj4avc7snR2QVSqVuF-aVMRUEJK4e_yZxR33iAMkrKX9Gg9YBevt82ZQ5AVsN-X5XDt2-46XlfiGb4FJ/s400/Giant-Hobnob-27.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5295390249415870146" border="0" /></a><br />Now do the appropriate mathematics to ensure that your hobnob is scaled perfectly. In our case, we had enough mixture for about 25 regular 'nobs, so we had to scale the radius and depth by 5.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz7mSBVy-Db9jtmNVnFkBke_7vWnYFw-L9NzYgQr9lMBKDkpdtX6UmyQPJ6dPyseg3AGkaKc75Lz8QU_cjVueA79ffFh-txWPwVIieUWjY4YXg_5ZOQTK907RGMijJ25ZfPLhrPzeB8FaA/s1600-h/Giant-Hobnob-29.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz7mSBVy-Db9jtmNVnFkBke_7vWnYFw-L9NzYgQr9lMBKDkpdtX6UmyQPJ6dPyseg3AGkaKc75Lz8QU_cjVueA79ffFh-txWPwVIieUWjY4YXg_5ZOQTK907RGMijJ25ZfPLhrPzeB8FaA/s400/Giant-Hobnob-29.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5295392327936885586" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN02wAhVQ9RFks1VQfT21Onxtpi8pJrW26l_9uErR7p-PGOFKl1us3YDvscteTF_tILemheYtY3X7EJOi14bxPZgRlFV-9DmBjUTXuJwF69JYouSOpwkvkSDpbxginWk3q4zaaAMJy2DpF/s1600-h/Giant-Hobnob-31.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN02wAhVQ9RFks1VQfT21Onxtpi8pJrW26l_9uErR7p-PGOFKl1us3YDvscteTF_tILemheYtY3X7EJOi14bxPZgRlFV-9DmBjUTXuJwF69JYouSOpwkvkSDpbxginWk3q4zaaAMJy2DpF/s400/Giant-Hobnob-31.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5295392513586528626" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1hAVXz-9Rz62sstlRV0l_uAGn5Lz4ynaZF0Rz_Dg1LJdSjBNPlaePDfQI6L_tvrqEH_Gh8uJVZE-eA6m29dGlnApxEkOp33mtZbVbTK9x-LundXCXhjTrhAeo0r6Jo3urwP-Pr3qlVvWi/s1600-h/Giant-Hobnob-34.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1hAVXz-9Rz62sstlRV0l_uAGn5Lz4ynaZF0Rz_Dg1LJdSjBNPlaePDfQI6L_tvrqEH_Gh8uJVZE-eA6m29dGlnApxEkOp33mtZbVbTK9x-LundXCXhjTrhAeo0r6Jo3urwP-Pr3qlVvWi/s400/Giant-Hobnob-34.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5295392523960526514" border="0" /></a><br />Layout the mixture in the shape of a hobnob. Make sure to check your scaling and always remember the motto of the good engineer - "measure twice, cut once!"<br /><br />Bake for about 20 minutes.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjZ6kDCPAHrDbv23PtiU6JPvP3DjsV8sUH8yfuTZ3yfXCAsDxOdZ82wwj7-R6R2dqF5gdDKixEjiKnkyfh2WxzF5Bx-UIui8iRY57-A1pQ06UBL6XUupNLLdy4RqGZ3E2bTBpqNAPIEFDb/s1600-h/Giant-Hobnob-35.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjZ6kDCPAHrDbv23PtiU6JPvP3DjsV8sUH8yfuTZ3yfXCAsDxOdZ82wwj7-R6R2dqF5gdDKixEjiKnkyfh2WxzF5Bx-UIui8iRY57-A1pQ06UBL6XUupNLLdy4RqGZ3E2bTBpqNAPIEFDb/s400/Giant-Hobnob-35.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5295394518966954018" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ2xiEVVb2p3ycaXd5npoaIxE2-6nIEPpCQBGHmpeMQv-j3JpNhhELIaE1pJ8_z_mqH0gPEdBJrAgpO1BXJtuElOO_uhe9TSsOz5yD8n_mhcYAx2pbwTGxVARS0XATv866AKd_YVhUKf1e/s1600-h/Giant-Hobnob-38.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ2xiEVVb2p3ycaXd5npoaIxE2-6nIEPpCQBGHmpeMQv-j3JpNhhELIaE1pJ8_z_mqH0gPEdBJrAgpO1BXJtuElOO_uhe9TSsOz5yD8n_mhcYAx2pbwTGxVARS0XATv866AKd_YVhUKf1e/s400/Giant-Hobnob-38.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5295394529968477298" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSlAzcRqY7HWUE2kwsBzfzg1obqhwhjZNkHDIMdNLY_vHJmPH0GH1rhUI5-Hte8jiQNGEfiV2srXv1u0buhTqVyA4y_i3hJju47vPDROZ2AO45ri-g69hs6rp0_z_7uCKOQmTEuAEyErwB/s1600-h/dsc_0951.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSlAzcRqY7HWUE2kwsBzfzg1obqhwhjZNkHDIMdNLY_vHJmPH0GH1rhUI5-Hte8jiQNGEfiV2srXv1u0buhTqVyA4y_i3hJju47vPDROZ2AO45ri-g69hs6rp0_z_7uCKOQmTEuAEyErwB/s400/dsc_0951.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5295515510037048882" border="0" /></a><br />While your 'nob is baking, melt the chocolate in a bain-marie. When the biscuit is baked, cover it in the chocolate and use a spatula to create the distinctive chocolate hobnob pattern.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL6hbTFWd_ak7sg3JgqvQVsMxT9MV-O01wssyhgDZZc2YUj7NhcfUTwQxd9ZeiP5f9bC5O55LD8abQNN9qBpuzMeycC688VAsJexdSIH3pVl3Uqlgycs9sVe1G0AAFcS7p1pvUS6pDbjDP/s1600-h/Giant-Hobnob-47.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL6hbTFWd_ak7sg3JgqvQVsMxT9MV-O01wssyhgDZZc2YUj7NhcfUTwQxd9ZeiP5f9bC5O55LD8abQNN9qBpuzMeycC688VAsJexdSIH3pVl3Uqlgycs9sVe1G0AAFcS7p1pvUS6pDbjDP/s400/Giant-Hobnob-47.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5295397931335029666" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisdM1OEKcZ1beSB1Ed_59Y8LrQhxZxkAGZC7oxB63Rd4b1X_X7xfw_9TW3FH8QxXjfmR6cJ3ancUbExjtsiI1t4Sbgt3G9RNWNFdQlBp0xai13iG2yEYewGPB5pvKWRiolCEZmWmjVFoVA/s1600-h/Giant-Hobnob-57.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisdM1OEKcZ1beSB1Ed_59Y8LrQhxZxkAGZC7oxB63Rd4b1X_X7xfw_9TW3FH8QxXjfmR6cJ3ancUbExjtsiI1t4Sbgt3G9RNWNFdQlBp0xai13iG2yEYewGPB5pvKWRiolCEZmWmjVFoVA/s400/Giant-Hobnob-57.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5295397938693386546" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0pCedr8vHGmTvqJz6wINqbWt2yEmPmWkQUAMMHK3JWXBZpLtqIaPucCOhkoRou2mPUwVxVGDv7xiJlbGEBwsAd5PHZDvnQYhnrKAw5tyWcucspuRCRaYY1bVt64quZxt3ooxQ7HwZLTKL/s1600-h/Giant-Hobnob-59.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0pCedr8vHGmTvqJz6wINqbWt2yEmPmWkQUAMMHK3JWXBZpLtqIaPucCOhkoRou2mPUwVxVGDv7xiJlbGEBwsAd5PHZDvnQYhnrKAw5tyWcucspuRCRaYY1bVt64quZxt3ooxQ7HwZLTKL/s400/Giant-Hobnob-59.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5295397939558798946" border="0" /></a><br />Add cowbell to taste<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHNThzRplMZCL9e_yIr-MPYCXjBm4aQlm6ohOA7Wc95jdBQ0LsKBeN8zr5cB0tFTydQDzaNh7wNAX-ij0Xo4FwIuwCgQOTxpCv4tK2bE-NuEWElKbNHsYwNI7tfJIRzZWHybDrZ9ieLJAg/s1600-h/Giant-Hobnob-64.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 340px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHNThzRplMZCL9e_yIr-MPYCXjBm4aQlm6ohOA7Wc95jdBQ0LsKBeN8zr5cB0tFTydQDzaNh7wNAX-ij0Xo4FwIuwCgQOTxpCv4tK2bE-NuEWElKbNHsYwNI7tfJIRzZWHybDrZ9ieLJAg/s400/Giant-Hobnob-64.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5295523363848021762" border="0" /></a><br />Leave to cool and then put in the refrigerator for about 2 hours. Serve with a suitably large cup of tea.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgafvFE4pF_dGbkjtUR3KiYsFklz4RGJ1cE_JSks4otIXvHUQABCbj-Lm_6XvUAEm7rsF716ACw44X3sdrbptqW0E_3_EcDFmBTwmY5IgMJdrU9nwpGug5-qzf6bs7hgUjHLpupKrb9AQxM/s1600-h/Giant-Hobnob-74.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgafvFE4pF_dGbkjtUR3KiYsFklz4RGJ1cE_JSks4otIXvHUQABCbj-Lm_6XvUAEm7rsF716ACw44X3sdrbptqW0E_3_EcDFmBTwmY5IgMJdrU9nwpGug5-qzf6bs7hgUjHLpupKrb9AQxM/s400/Giant-Hobnob-74.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5295399355773150834" border="0" /></a><br />Eat gracefully.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXcLqarRWWiluvakSl9zFDOnYVE8zeYLx3a1PC_eAH4s5UbYHmmjWKMmhYX97KJZIkLCEBLKI3yJZtfPL9l3R0UXkOGJshSe5-ElTrcbJNHE_uJumMcwV_djA0pGydNRyLApYoOn-N8NNR/s1600-h/Giant-Hobnob-79.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXcLqarRWWiluvakSl9zFDOnYVE8zeYLx3a1PC_eAH4s5UbYHmmjWKMmhYX97KJZIkLCEBLKI3yJZtfPL9l3R0UXkOGJshSe5-ElTrcbJNHE_uJumMcwV_djA0pGydNRyLApYoOn-N8NNR/s400/Giant-Hobnob-79.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5295399585065472354" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">The Final Analysis</span><br /><br /><ul><li><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Appearance</span><span style="font-weight: bold;"> - [4/5]: </span>Looks pretty much like the real thing, except the colour of the oaty bit is slightly too dark. This would be improved by using a light sugar (I used dark muscavado).<br /></li></ul><ul><li><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Smell - </span><span style="font-weight: bold;">[4/5]:</span><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"> </span><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span>Mmm, baking.<br /></li></ul><ul><li><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Texture </span><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">- </span><span style="font-weight: bold;">[5/5]: </span>To the surprise of all, it was an almost perfect replica of the original hobnob's biscuityness.<span style="font-weight: bold;"> </span></li></ul><ul><li><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Taste </span><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">- </span><span style="font-weight: bold;">[4/5]: </span> Chocolate and sugar? Yes please!<br /></li></ul><ul><li><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Adventure! </span><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">- </span><span style="font-weight: bold;">[3/5]: </span>Well, it's been done <a href="http://www.pimpthatsnack.com/project/30/">before</a>, but not from scratch like ours!<br /></li></ul><ul><li><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Overall </span><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">- </span><span style="font-weight: bold;">[4/5]: </span>This was a fun cook and actually tasted good too - surprise your friends, family and random people you meet on the street with this mind-bogglingly big biscuit!<br /></li></ul>Thanks to my housemates and the amazing photographic mad-skillz of <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/nialloswald/">Niall Oswald</a> and <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/larkery/">Thomas Hinton</a>.Cheffervescencehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09175902998660408430noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6568369682136162685.post-27688179617106292362009-01-18T11:01:00.000-08:002009-01-18T15:03:04.176-08:00Meat sushi - "Mooshi"<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4G73MU4xGUhJd39ld7ikA0Q3OMatOikdhO_gXzm18ww1UXY8rGoOwU5MdtsRF9pjJauvCTugwNXsHFzfj-U3SmIUwhjFCOC1oFepcAz19jzK2rYWQQxAiI1cwzmnBYsuyA0tAEVFZehc1/s1600-h/Mike-Cooking-60.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4G73MU4xGUhJd39ld7ikA0Q3OMatOikdhO_gXzm18ww1UXY8rGoOwU5MdtsRF9pjJauvCTugwNXsHFzfj-U3SmIUwhjFCOC1oFepcAz19jzK2rYWQQxAiI1cwzmnBYsuyA0tAEVFZehc1/s400/Mike-Cooking-60.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5292712619411276770" border="0" /></a><br />I love sushi, however I know that some people shrink from Japanese cooking because of the unfamiliar ingredients and fear of raw fish! This post attempts to introduce people to the sushi experience using only foods that are familiar to them.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHLwv9LfMPCBUo1lAt3F25Kcs0yeZNSPH19Y7248tLlEIjp043G5AYXEg3mIS5S2rTDjlUWWw7lLdL5DiVwN8up2i7I3Crvs_C6a7GTwO5cVaHARd0iKUH4-IET_HVzuM0HFzJFaILCphl/s1600-h/Mike-Cooking-3.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHLwv9LfMPCBUo1lAt3F25Kcs0yeZNSPH19Y7248tLlEIjp043G5AYXEg3mIS5S2rTDjlUWWw7lLdL5DiVwN8up2i7I3Crvs_C6a7GTwO5cVaHARd0iKUH4-IET_HVzuM0HFzJFaILCphl/s400/Mike-Cooking-3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5292713460240115650" border="0" /></a><br />Here are the familiar ingredients. You will need:<br /><ul><li>potatoes</li><li>worcester sauce</li><li>parma ham<br /></li><li>onions</li><li>streaky bacon</li><li>eggs</li><li>steak</li><li>horseradish sauce</li><li>milk</li><li>a knob of butter</li></ul><span style="font-weight: bold;">Mooshi "Rice"</span><br /><br />Sushi rice is a form of glutinous rice. In order to mimic the texture and consistency, it was decided that a good substitute would be onion mash.<br /><br />Peel, chop and boil the potatoes for 20 minutes in lightly salted water.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTRAVwC5SYLXsbmbimuyOrcBhN8x8ZWZ3NREf0OB0dset_-zWXE3QK8Tvnl8VJvhCJDIkDXEt29XaLqgzaSS9cqPNBfZvcscBj3tZRZvaDWlWJyjLTY4n5L2BabnOLBvLrDly57e7Hqfw4/s1600-h/Mike-Cooking-7.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTRAVwC5SYLXsbmbimuyOrcBhN8x8ZWZ3NREf0OB0dset_-zWXE3QK8Tvnl8VJvhCJDIkDXEt29XaLqgzaSS9cqPNBfZvcscBj3tZRZvaDWlWJyjLTY4n5L2BabnOLBvLrDly57e7Hqfw4/s400/Mike-Cooking-7.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5292746841401223154" border="0" /></a><br />Meanwhile, chop the onion finely and fry until golden.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNi-oOX8e8oZ-uSdIDBU2eO7I8mWkvlEFz-qMTC3xttyvsotYbPGpYrakX18JzYqb95wfO3e8CYdohcaAWPyWXWfHMA_qPNA5zuWKQvrT802beSiMyrGg2iI-yJRfFz7Cr8wlYroqyt-8z/s1600-h/Mike-Cooking-9.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNi-oOX8e8oZ-uSdIDBU2eO7I8mWkvlEFz-qMTC3xttyvsotYbPGpYrakX18JzYqb95wfO3e8CYdohcaAWPyWXWfHMA_qPNA5zuWKQvrT802beSiMyrGg2iI-yJRfFz7Cr8wlYroqyt-8z/s400/Mike-Cooking-9.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5292747249067427138" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLFmfxNKRctjVcJqjsWhf7RNlU9H52vIks_UZmnfFrY1i2MHmndhXlbxvXUPq5Hh-3wjWGrxaTZg5mG3WFtQQSP7qk-Nl1kznR6jXKbVl3DLU5PZVG8VatoGmm1Xbx72xON-rnPYkqxCUz/s1600-h/Mike-Cooking-15.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLFmfxNKRctjVcJqjsWhf7RNlU9H52vIks_UZmnfFrY1i2MHmndhXlbxvXUPq5Hh-3wjWGrxaTZg5mG3WFtQQSP7qk-Nl1kznR6jXKbVl3DLU5PZVG8VatoGmm1Xbx72xON-rnPYkqxCUz/s400/Mike-Cooking-15.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5292749227203885698" border="0" /></a><br />When the potatoes have been boiled, drain, then mash the potato with some egg immediately so that the hot potato cooks the egg. Add the butter and a little milk too. Add the fried onions, season with a little salt and pepper and voila! Fried onion mash!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFCxyawBdXWoMrBwnO5TIx-ywGdftqLxA3wL575BCYEeytTXRlb7NzCNXYVif09Cdsd2XWAoD7k4ZIdfmMFHfmoXR7h4OF6N_dt_VguSEjOCMh9sg2YDiVCdHGo6deqhZa5FBgi9A3sHut/s1600-h/Mike-Cooking-31.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFCxyawBdXWoMrBwnO5TIx-ywGdftqLxA3wL575BCYEeytTXRlb7NzCNXYVif09Cdsd2XWAoD7k4ZIdfmMFHfmoXR7h4OF6N_dt_VguSEjOCMh9sg2YDiVCdHGo6deqhZa5FBgi9A3sHut/s400/Mike-Cooking-31.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5292753487938637906" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1c29_m7f6FRaB6wtB6S6wdpeytiFc7s2uE0z5qFeN-WboNV5UxnxdS2xn_OycBZvffkBrhK1A5PxpFaFoxQIxV_6wCkhyphenhyphenZYh44taONVuaQtCpbNxLvV2XqqIEYUwgFvVcfk-PQdirnAbr/s1600-h/Mike-Cooking-33.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1c29_m7f6FRaB6wtB6S6wdpeytiFc7s2uE0z5qFeN-WboNV5UxnxdS2xn_OycBZvffkBrhK1A5PxpFaFoxQIxV_6wCkhyphenhyphenZYh44taONVuaQtCpbNxLvV2XqqIEYUwgFvVcfk-PQdirnAbr/s400/Mike-Cooking-33.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5292753730606889986" border="0" /></a><br />Mmm, fried onion mash. You'll notice that I've made it a little too liquidy by adding too much egg and milk. We shall see the consequences of this later - don't add too much egg and milk, kids! Let the mash cool for about 5 minutes.<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Mooshi "Nori"</span><br /><br />"Nori" is the Japanese term for seaweed. It is also used to describe the most popular kind of sushi - the Nori roll which is held together by a flat sheet of seaweed. We shall be emulating that here with two experimental methods!<br /><ol><li>Parma Ham</li><li><a href="http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=eb4taL0wM0I">The Bacon Lattice</a></li></ol>Parma ham is an easy substitution . . . The bacon lattice, however, must woven from strips of streaky bacon!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMuBHOIlSrfSrFWKjFxajBr9vjjb7wxDlPrqV9uc0u83BWkgruUl_hwaW_1XBVRcxb1KuFSY7bdCUpqst9pl1CfJj7XsXofSE2PsylN4DQf6nIkPBpvnnpzczJDyovuq50XVx25sPXHjU3/s1600-h/Mike-Cooking-20.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMuBHOIlSrfSrFWKjFxajBr9vjjb7wxDlPrqV9uc0u83BWkgruUl_hwaW_1XBVRcxb1KuFSY7bdCUpqst9pl1CfJj7XsXofSE2PsylN4DQf6nIkPBpvnnpzczJDyovuq50XVx25sPXHjU3/s400/Mike-Cooking-20.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5292752082546966882" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCFK2yMT5tAnFbjjkrThj1hOFhgQKXv4Cmn4VvfhjuMIq_mbuQ4BT8fpfeUHwwGtGiqoCvjdtiLC0Wk_LdAL3ldQyFiKOr0u7MhWFeFwmVWABkUawDpkweRxDlEFxxaI6g22N4ZkA_wrQ7/s1600-h/Mike-Cooking-21.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCFK2yMT5tAnFbjjkrThj1hOFhgQKXv4Cmn4VvfhjuMIq_mbuQ4BT8fpfeUHwwGtGiqoCvjdtiLC0Wk_LdAL3ldQyFiKOr0u7MhWFeFwmVWABkUawDpkweRxDlEFxxaI6g22N4ZkA_wrQ7/s400/Mike-Cooking-21.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5292752503270451170" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjD60tE4qJc6_BpQeecVMCOpGzN81N5DHCxUgadOe7wCv-Zsq_I1_Y7Lc4IcGxktQkv2icjQdduIe1IRE0nYTplV7U-EHxewMa3BHqQGtfIHWprOEkm2lBsMXJs4f4lO8hagut9iFn9X4CQ/s1600-h/Mike-Cooking-36.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjD60tE4qJc6_BpQeecVMCOpGzN81N5DHCxUgadOe7wCv-Zsq_I1_Y7Lc4IcGxktQkv2icjQdduIe1IRE0nYTplV7U-EHxewMa3BHqQGtfIHWprOEkm2lBsMXJs4f4lO8hagut9iFn9X4CQ/s400/Mike-Cooking-36.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5292754939476532146" border="0" /></a><br />You will notice that I've not cooked the bacon to crispiness - it needs to still be bendy for making into a roll!<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Contents</span><br /><br />Cut up your tasty steak into strips<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0k6izsQtSvKn-t3Y9T2XBibGdLyrxFsuQaJtGmzCGTzA1dicjUO_MRbHP9hHQ_b15-w00LriufgQGESWvAGglOqvI5Q5RcINZxMmIj0fk46dZ-JTtaYnBaQzRger70PsI4i0_wf3xMNC7/s1600-h/Mike-Cooking-37.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0k6izsQtSvKn-t3Y9T2XBibGdLyrxFsuQaJtGmzCGTzA1dicjUO_MRbHP9hHQ_b15-w00LriufgQGESWvAGglOqvI5Q5RcINZxMmIj0fk46dZ-JTtaYnBaQzRger70PsI4i0_wf3xMNC7/s400/Mike-Cooking-37.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5292755691921711138" border="0" /></a> <span style="font-weight: bold;"><br />EXPERIMENT #1</span> - Parma Ham and Raw Steak<br /><br />Lay out your parma ham in a sheet on your sushi rolling mat. Spoon a line of onion mash and lay the beef strips on top. Use a little horseradish sauce as a substitute for wasabi and spread it across the exposed areas of the parma ham.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5fwROqtM1hlJfDZk7Qc5GZfS4_lKZkaVgxX9ucC7cHCPC4UjqH-HEBB2ushW3qNxQ79Zbp3HmTPMemjCji5WInnDYEJKR-s-BT-msWBoOu-qVKrzm-d_U4R-sMqaToqlwQFcFxnJUHj_q/s1600-h/Mike-Cooking-41.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5fwROqtM1hlJfDZk7Qc5GZfS4_lKZkaVgxX9ucC7cHCPC4UjqH-HEBB2ushW3qNxQ79Zbp3HmTPMemjCji5WInnDYEJKR-s-BT-msWBoOu-qVKrzm-d_U4R-sMqaToqlwQFcFxnJUHj_q/s400/Mike-Cooking-41.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5292757284994325986" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqtAdKSyX9giBpufqR1lqzM7OPIHtr8mQjTOeM630HX9Jx7x22GJ8ihoKNFfGyM0VUWeSog2-tCjsNPHIOWXF-SuYA9XAJGVsgpEv5ZvZWkxVhrDsXJGVwi1hZYgZSjj1kA_SMgXfJFeNp/s1600-h/Mike-Cooking-43.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqtAdKSyX9giBpufqR1lqzM7OPIHtr8mQjTOeM630HX9Jx7x22GJ8ihoKNFfGyM0VUWeSog2-tCjsNPHIOWXF-SuYA9XAJGVsgpEv5ZvZWkxVhrDsXJGVwi1hZYgZSjj1kA_SMgXfJFeNp/s400/Mike-Cooking-43.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5292757287603602690" border="0" /></a><br />Now comes the tricky part - roll up the parma ham into a sausage shape with the mash and meat in the middle!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL-IUnaXBisxafqgKVX6FrF-sw4CgjlLOIIFo9PVnQVB9xTTObYrDiqS6Q7OZZ-EuWv23l14MyPH5sF_NJpTe2UtUhS5wqUPoP94Ip9zSDM0hSYjCH_wrtdKO-ulP5HGg3zgirWieZnper/s1600-h/Mike-Cooking-45.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL-IUnaXBisxafqgKVX6FrF-sw4CgjlLOIIFo9PVnQVB9xTTObYrDiqS6Q7OZZ-EuWv23l14MyPH5sF_NJpTe2UtUhS5wqUPoP94Ip9zSDM0hSYjCH_wrtdKO-ulP5HGg3zgirWieZnper/s400/Mike-Cooking-45.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5292758118530394802" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOGsOx4lFWSkOstfGMdDxIwDDAFk7AdtOmK3qyI7u5rEIaU8HG7upkgpZUjxq8ezGJPdXOTax8liowhZ6Gv2I8t-OPpMVtoESXN-Gjm1H9RE__mvfJknYw4P1pROhBnhhWtWFvjdgxtpZz/s1600-h/Mike-Cooking-51.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOGsOx4lFWSkOstfGMdDxIwDDAFk7AdtOmK3qyI7u5rEIaU8HG7upkgpZUjxq8ezGJPdXOTax8liowhZ6Gv2I8t-OPpMVtoESXN-Gjm1H9RE__mvfJknYw4P1pROhBnhhWtWFvjdgxtpZz/s400/Mike-Cooking-51.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5292758107679356738" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">EXPERIMENT #2</span> - Bacon Lattice and Cooked Beef<br /><br />The procedure was carried out as in experiment 1, except with a bacon lattice and some cooked beef (for the whimps!)<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcA7EXAnS9ZQNoxfIMU6g3Dg_jDhVYKu0IYWbe_XMKqffnK4IugODupaT2V6RLiIF3yid44O4pPh0pncg8XKtOM2GMQtEqh8UShv6c2jN1kS3i7iNNTJ1FrkDF5FWJVLr5MjEZKnsf9GTu/s1600-h/Mike-Cooking-57.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcA7EXAnS9ZQNoxfIMU6g3Dg_jDhVYKu0IYWbe_XMKqffnK4IugODupaT2V6RLiIF3yid44O4pPh0pncg8XKtOM2GMQtEqh8UShv6c2jN1kS3i7iNNTJ1FrkDF5FWJVLr5MjEZKnsf9GTu/s400/Mike-Cooking-57.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5292759418644528242" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjbI4XCSXcafzbpx0-NL5JDYciKA1JQb7Wwvk3PeRl9y1ENGOoNmI-PWohxzAJ5cj05UFDMezhz_hJHHLuSj0eNgWliwlKmNSvv3nJLTKWycX9Tg_MdlfSShDmFni3BidZ8ZIWgkvrYcOS/s1600-h/Mike-Cooking-58.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjbI4XCSXcafzbpx0-NL5JDYciKA1JQb7Wwvk3PeRl9y1ENGOoNmI-PWohxzAJ5cj05UFDMezhz_hJHHLuSj0eNgWliwlKmNSvv3nJLTKWycX9Tg_MdlfSShDmFni3BidZ8ZIWgkvrYcOS/s400/Mike-Cooking-58.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5292759415361007186" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Experiment #3 - Beef "Nigiri"</span><br /><br />Another popular sushi format is Nigiri, where you sit a topping on a base of glutinous rice. Here is our beefy-mashy version!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV9VM-3wmOPeiZw30n-EB-U4urkdjoTJ2tPlny-OLt7JsAtMxO7-G623E7i3FeOu0WrXYAV8h5LJe3em8UleuRyzNR7PkY5Bv8m7V3zbeWuYrmtxetmbiwWx0RzXleBzZNvd5sQLS7ZAiQ/s1600-h/Mike-Cooking-60.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV9VM-3wmOPeiZw30n-EB-U4urkdjoTJ2tPlny-OLt7JsAtMxO7-G623E7i3FeOu0WrXYAV8h5LJe3em8UleuRyzNR7PkY5Bv8m7V3zbeWuYrmtxetmbiwWx0RzXleBzZNvd5sQLS7ZAiQ/s400/Mike-Cooking-60.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5292760539491379714" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Testing</span><br /><br />The rolls were chilled in the fridge and then sliced into pieces and served with horseradish sauce and Worcester sauce (our substitute for soy).<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvvwxSGdoAUZ4nqsTDTgexhSqMdlp29hCZBa0GW-51EgUhd_sIaceWgjmWanAZTdn8jSorByGQC3mmw8Fvhbqe2VfNepNgIXciKlv8CWhd-DZ4D9oFgVj2RF4_SoklFI-Zp5fCPWxWDIEo/s1600-h/DSCF1521.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvvwxSGdoAUZ4nqsTDTgexhSqMdlp29hCZBa0GW-51EgUhd_sIaceWgjmWanAZTdn8jSorByGQC3mmw8Fvhbqe2VfNepNgIXciKlv8CWhd-DZ4D9oFgVj2RF4_SoklFI-Zp5fCPWxWDIEo/s400/DSCF1521.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5292762224041368482" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwDDJmG4f32CMuQPQa6v2l70UsPgJz1Dpgq8jI_mGuanqFbXtkrc-_CCLLrjbbz2-WTaxkmHHuHrS1UdL9prAuwd-oIXmxgA328IU1CiTQMwM3BfyVC2XKjTlTSGW2LeNGVmiAI6FF7yXU/s1600-h/DSCF1529.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwDDJmG4f32CMuQPQa6v2l70UsPgJz1Dpgq8jI_mGuanqFbXtkrc-_CCLLrjbbz2-WTaxkmHHuHrS1UdL9prAuwd-oIXmxgA328IU1CiTQMwM3BfyVC2XKjTlTSGW2LeNGVmiAI6FF7yXU/s400/DSCF1529.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5292763041788097746" border="0" /></a><br />Some eating and reactions:<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEeVYHfMPTrkcozAQAe1PSOTVPQzchIgVCOr2i5zhXI06G1aI1Jl4JnSZI33bcABIEXeJq3-dftQbJEKSi8ZObf-5YkxuGNiP1Cw5YV7PbY06a5bCepWedakJuhVAhwBVuswCQ3_RGV09O/s1600-h/DSCF1530.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEeVYHfMPTrkcozAQAe1PSOTVPQzchIgVCOr2i5zhXI06G1aI1Jl4JnSZI33bcABIEXeJq3-dftQbJEKSi8ZObf-5YkxuGNiP1Cw5YV7PbY06a5bCepWedakJuhVAhwBVuswCQ3_RGV09O/s400/DSCF1530.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5292764652924901106" border="0" /></a>Tom is tentative<br /><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoIkNDOSkXchID77P-Ek416NFXGfeipLw2cqmb1duqBGp4FdekkIRHdxhWLjNTPkpKQPnhPPsraoUm9ATgQgZFi9uMbMzqfzvsEyxtQRjwxOlP-OVYKNNM2THB8ET9WufXLm3JfAo5ZKGa/s1600-h/DSCF1532.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoIkNDOSkXchID77P-Ek416NFXGfeipLw2cqmb1duqBGp4FdekkIRHdxhWLjNTPkpKQPnhPPsraoUm9ATgQgZFi9uMbMzqfzvsEyxtQRjwxOlP-OVYKNNM2THB8ET9WufXLm3JfAo5ZKGa/s400/DSCF1532.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5292764649973857922" border="0" /></a>Amy finds the raw steak a little chewy, and the Nigiri annoyingly impractical<br /></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUb8A2K_eKvcOxr8xXUQOQshFtMMJAsiBJ8rrAVySWqTzBuCvNuVsCc6Mcm7NqT8CjhMRj1DYWDKCvpCNAfiJO0HL6I0SRlV_SBIN2dVoGroh5OfgIfkCmvZ4RpFwUeuzftDlyGP0HEcu_/s1600-h/DSCF1533.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUb8A2K_eKvcOxr8xXUQOQshFtMMJAsiBJ8rrAVySWqTzBuCvNuVsCc6Mcm7NqT8CjhMRj1DYWDKCvpCNAfiJO0HL6I0SRlV_SBIN2dVoGroh5OfgIfkCmvZ4RpFwUeuzftDlyGP0HEcu_/s400/DSCF1533.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5292764648196010162" border="0" /></a>Dom's just happy to be here!<br /></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFj5d-eKNxhlcC0K4JkmZPNoQQmHA-KWtVS6wxpYlyxl8ljUBpQvQVXMZFX_VcbNpo4XO-iyDkAloijGCEKnzaKEoFUi7ASxx2CkSP_zxXoms7A6Lxyum4JQ5RKGd3h-l-HX9yOl4xIWP9/s1600-h/DSCF1535.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFj5d-eKNxhlcC0K4JkmZPNoQQmHA-KWtVS6wxpYlyxl8ljUBpQvQVXMZFX_VcbNpo4XO-iyDkAloijGCEKnzaKEoFUi7ASxx2CkSP_zxXoms7A6Lxyum4JQ5RKGd3h-l-HX9yOl4xIWP9/s400/DSCF1535.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5292764641360890322" border="0" /></a>Phil approves!<br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">The Final Analysis</span><br /><br /><ul><li><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Appearance</span><span style="font-weight: bold;"> - [2/5]: </span>Well, it's cool that it looks like sushi, but apart from that it's a bit minging really.<br /></li></ul><ul><li><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Smell - </span><span style="font-weight: bold;">[3/5]:</span><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"> </span>Mmm, fried things. What's there NOT to like about that smell?<br /></li></ul><ul><li><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Texture </span><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">- </span><span style="font-weight: bold;">[1/5]: </span>The texture is the big thing which lets this down. The mash I made a little too liquidy and so the rest suffered as a consequence. Also, raw steak is incredibly hard to chew and so it impractical in large pieces, but worked fine in the smaller rolls.<span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"></span></li></ul><ul><li><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Taste </span><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">- </span><span style="font-weight: bold;">[3/5]: </span>The nigiri and parma ham versions were just a bit odd, however, the bacon lattice mooshi was delicious!<br /></li></ul><ul><li><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Adventure! </span><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">- </span><span style="font-weight: bold;">[4/5]: </span>The ingredients may have been plain, but the spirit of adventure was clearly evident in this meal.<br /></li></ul><ul><li><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Overall </span><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">- </span><span style="font-weight: bold;">[3/5]: </span>Meat sushi is a good thing! Maybe make it as an interesting buffet food for your fussy friends? The only thing I'd change is that I'd probably serve it hot, but maybe that's too far removed from the sushi experience?</li></ul>I'd like to thank my patient housemates and <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/nialloswald/">Niall Oswald</a> for photography and yet more patience!<br /></div></div>Cheffervescencehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09175902998660408430noreply@blogger.com18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6568369682136162685.post-78647871540845251132009-01-18T07:21:00.001-08:002009-01-18T11:00:57.936-08:00Welcome!Hello! I am Mike, the visionary coordinator of Cheffervescence. This blog is for recording all the cool food research done by me and my friends.<br /><br />Mission Statement: <span style="font-style: italic;">We are a culinary collective dedicated to exploring new and interesting culinary methods in pursuit of food nirvana</span>.Cheffervescencehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09175902998660408430noreply@blogger.com0