Hallowhedon

Last night my friends and I had a hallowhedon party, which is basically a Halloween party where everyone dresses up as Whedon characters. Well everyone except for 3 people, 1 that was just told we were having a party and didn't know it was a Halloween (hallowhedon) party, poor guy didn't even know there was going to be food and had already eaten. Another guy who didn't have time to find a costume, and I am pretty sure he didn't know it was hallowhedon party, anyway I gave him fairy wings for his costume. And the last person chose to celebrate the Day of the Dead instead.

It started off differently than what was expected because we had to change party location suddenly, but when we all got together it was great. Lots of food and talking. And game playing. One of the party members had newly invented a game, but that is not for me to talk about.

Anyway, what I actually wanted to blog about was the food I made for party.

Chocolate spider web mini tarts

Based on the chocolate tarts blogged about here. Instead of making the pastry myself, this time I bought it to save me some time and hassle. Same chocolate mixture. I used a writing icing tube of white chocolate fudge to do the spider web design, some were neater than others. Fun to make and very, very tasty.


And cookies

Pumpkin

Easy to make but took up a lot of space on the baking trays, as it was I had to use three and half trays. However I did make quite a lot of these

Cat

Harder than pumpkin to make (tail kept falling off) but took up less space, I made a lot of cats

Witch

Hardest to make, bits fell off everywhere and I didn't think it looked too much like a witch. I only made three.

Flowers

It is not really obvious from the last post but the coriander and the chives have actually flowered. The coriander will die now that it has flowered but I don't mind the flowers are so pretty and when it dies I will plant something else. I am pretty sure that it is fine for the chives to flower though. Please correct me if I am wrong though. Also the chives has another bud, which is nice because the chives flowers are really pretty.

Coriander flowers


Chives flower

Herbs

It has been awhile since I last posted about my little herb garden. The last time I posted was about how I planted garlic after the basil had died.


From bottom to top we have chives, coriander and parsley

























From bottom to top we have lemon balm, mint, oregano and garlic










As you can see my little herbs are doing really well. We had some rain recently at the lemon balm, mint and oregano just shot up.

More Food

And guess what - more cupcakes.

Vanilla Saffron cupcakes with Rosewater Icing


Someone called these hand cream cupcakes because the icing reminded him of the hand cream his wife uses.

The saffron didn't show up as bright as I hoped - I guess I didn't use enough and the rosewater in the icing was a rather overpowering taste. However I really liked them. Whether I make them again will depend on whether or not I can justify the cost of that much saffron.


Chocolate Chilli Cupcakes


I made these for a friend's birthday, he has so desensitised himself to hot foods he could not taste the chilli in the cupcakes but he like the thought and the chilli's on top.

I wasn't going to try these myself because I am not a big fan of hot and spicy foods. It would have been the second type of cupcakes that I hadn't have tried - I never ate a chai one. But in the end I decided to eat one, they were surprising nice.

Will I make them again? For myself, no. For someone else, of course.



And introducing ...


... My cupcake Bake and Take Carrier.

Such a wonderful device, carries 24 cupcakes at once and is easy to use.

Orgasmic

Time for my favourite subject of all - food.

I made these mini chocolate tarts a couple of nights ago.


They taste so good, don't you wish you were friends with me so I could make you stuff like that.

They are even better with a dollop of double cream on the top

It is that time again

Time for my monthly (or even longer) apology for not posting much.

Doing nothing really gets in the way of blogging because there is really nothing to blog about.

So in the next few posts you will find the stuff I managed to scrounge up to make it look like my life is interesting. It is photos mainly. Enjoy.

Should children witness childbirth?

Good question.

Here's your answer.

Due to a power outage, only one paramedic responded to the call. The
house was very dark so the paramedic asked Kathleen, a 3-yr old girl
to hold a flashlight high over her mommy so he could see while he
helped deliver the baby.. Very diligently, Kathleen did as she was
asked. Heidi pushed and pushed and after a little while, Connor was
born.

The paramedic lifted him by his little feet and spanked him on his
bottom. Connor began to cry.
The paramedic then thanked Kathleen for her help and asked the
wide-eyed 3-yr old what she thought about what she had just witnessed.
Kathleen quickly responded, 'He shouldn't have crawled in there in the
first place........smack his ass again!'

If you don't laugh at this one, there's no hope for you.

The Hokey Pokey -- Shakespearean Style!

O proud left foot, that ventures quick within
Then soon upon a backward journey lithe.
Anon, once more the gesture, then begin:
Command sinistral pedestal to writhe.
Commence thou then the fervid Hokey-Poke.
A mad gyration, hips in wanton swirl.
To spin! A wilde release from heaven's yoke.
Blessed dervish! Surely canst go, girl.
The Hoke, the poke -- banish now thy doubt
Verily, I say, 'tis what it's all about.

Computers at Night

UFO Funness

I finally got some people who wanted to have a go with the glow and throw UFO, so much fun.

I am actually going to graduate

Only 6 years after I started at college but who's counting. For those who don't know there is a story I liked to call I'm never going graduate part 1, part 2 and part 3. I have survived almost a whole year of being sick, 2 failed pracs and one prac that I pulled out of.

Today I finished my last assignment, a presentation in front of a lecturer whose classes I never sat in and 2 students who had no idea who I was and vice versa. But none of that matters because now I am finished.

Now I am just waiting to see if I get a job. A rather agonising wait but one I must go through.

Lets hope when I do my masters it will go a little smoother.

I Made Them

Before you read much more go here and read about what I am talking about.


OK now that you are back. I made them, I made the ice cream gyoza.



They are so bad for you but they taste so good. Harder to make than I thought they would be but for different reasons. But fun. And sweet. And rich.

Anyway you should definitely make them for yourself.

Cookies

I tried out some of my 112 cookie cutters. So much fun.

Unwanted

I have a USA shaped cookie cutter that I do not particulary want.

Dust Storm

My eyes are itchy and I can't stop sneezing but the sky is really pretty. It is so unusual and kind of creepy. But hey, still awesome.

Super Nerds

3 times bigger than normal Nerds.

The Basil is Dead. Long Live the Garlic

When the basil died in my herb garden I planted garlic instead, enough for three plants. And it is growing well. I am not sure how long it will be, but one day I will have garlic grown from my very own garden.

For Those Who Are Interested

This is what the inside of the colour changing candle looked like.

Eating Healthy: Not Going So Good Actually

Choc chip and chocolate ice cream with frozen mixed berries and raspberry sauce.

Lemon Cupcakes

These were a lemon based cupcake with vanilla icing and lemon curd in the centre



I didn't really have a recipe to go off for these cupcakes, they were also an experiment. I was mostly happy with them. However next time I make them I will make the cupcake base lighter and fluffier and put more lemon curd in them. Other than that, they were really nice.