Melbourne area
Cloudy. High chance of showers about the Dandenongs, medium chance elsewhere. Winds southwesterly 30 to 45 km/h.
Min 11 Max 18
Shower or two. Becoming windy. Possible rainfall: 0 to 2 mm Chance of any rain: 60%
Fire Danger - High
Sun protection recommended from 9:10 am to 5:30 pm, UV Index predicted to reach 11 [Extreme]
That’s the first night since moving in I had the windows shut and all the blankets on. That’s one thing I miss during summer, cozy nights - but then Melbourne puts on a sudden show of cold weather to mix things up. It’s the best. (Still not planning to spend winter here next year though)
I love the variety. Day after day of hot, humid and tropical weather would drive me bonkers. I’m just not cut out for it. Kitchen hot is different though.
I grew up in a country with basically no seasons beside hot and more hot (or rain and more rain). I LOVE not being trapped in groundhog day weather-wise.
Last minute site visit to meet client on site outdoors in the city, worst day for it 🥶
Seeking advice from those who cook here…
I’m making a pecan pie. It’s a great recipe that I last made around 15 years ago when I owned a pie dish.
I no longer own the pie dish. I own a quiche tin with a loose base (that I last used maybe 20 years ago). I should really cook more.
- Should I cook my pecan pie in the quiche tin? I’m thinking it’ll turn out alright.
- Should I be able to remove pecan pie once cooled? This is my area of unknown.
I just want to avoid buying a replacement pie dish. I need to make 2 pecan pies (stupid promises were made).
If by quiche tin you mean one of those metal tins with fluted sides and removable base, then yes it will work great for a pecan pie. A tip for taking it out of the tin - sit the base over an upside down bowl that is narrower than the tin. Then gently ease the side off. You can then either put the pie with the metal base still there onto a serving plate, or, if you are brave, use a flat spatula to gently lift it and slide onto serving plate.
Thanks for that. Looking forward to making it this morning.
Line with one big piece of foil.
The tin is thinner than my old pie dish. Foil then baking paper?
Thank you for the suggestion.
Should work. Lining the sides and base with baking paper might be a good idea. Certainly the quiche tin will need to be greased well with butter. Lining will even out the heat transfer as well as making the pie easier to remove when done. Be generous with the height of the pastry, as the different shape may affect how the filling cooks.
This is great and very appreciated. Thank you!
This looks like it could be fun for Xmas day.
Ayyy section 8 is cool
I got my old Nintendo DSs out. I have 3 of them. And all my games.
My son acquired a DS a few weeks ago. He loves it but the games can be hard to get. And it was his birthday last week so we’ve worked out we have a DS, wii and a switch, and a PS 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5. I’m being swallowed by gaming systems.
You can get a special cartridge for the ds that allows you to download games to it.
This one. Then you can basically google “ds roms download” and go from there.
The wii, ps1, ps2 and ps3 can all be hacked also lol
My husband used to put hundreds of games on them for friends and family
Same lol I was the “hack shit for people” guy.
Oh you should have just seen his eyes light up!
If you need any help with this stuff, shoot me a message :) I love hacking consoles.
The wii is really, really easy. Just a usb stick.
Thankyou, we will take you up on that when life settles down a bit!
No worries at all :)
I got one of these from Caribbean Market as a child and it doesn’t work anymore. Maybe it’s time for another one
40 bucks from Amazon is pretty decent. They used to be a nightmare to find.
The switch has one as well
Oh yeah.
I’m currently playing Animal crossing on the Switch.
My Xmas tree!
My animal crossing Xmas tree.
All 3 of us used to play Animal Crossing together and I’d go into the kids world? and shake all trees and pilfer what I could. 😂
Haha I’m shaking trees at the moment to get the baubles to make Christmas themed items.
Ahh, my old DS broke. (Like 10 year plus old)
I had Animal Crossing, some game about befriending cats, and Spore
The DS was an absolute gem of a device.
My son still misses his 3DS which a very small Miniest poured milk all over. Would replace it if I could. Beats the heck out of the modern day switch device imho.
What a throwback! I sold my DS for the DSi but I wish I kept the DS!
Ended up sleeping 12 hours and woke up at 2pm.
Feeling heaps better now. Not going to stay up too late but glad it doesn’t appear to be covid.
Unfortunately the people I was going to spend Xmas with have gastro so that’s not happening. There’s an Orphans Xmas thing at a place in the city that looks interesting.
Mmm making a bowl of ramen in hot soup was the right choice for tonight.
Balances out the cold day.
ugh, dreamt we got nuclear blasted, I saw the flash, tried to get my loved ones into the basement. Then I woke up. What the hell is going on in my brain lately.
I think I’m sleeping away the illness. Just woke up and still tired.
Cold rain.
omg, it’s been a very strange year.
I have watched 6 hugh grant movies.
Not willingly, well it wasn’t an alex delarge sitch, but I certainly didn’t choose because he was in them, he just happened to be in them. I include wonka and paddington 2 in the list.
I’m still never going to watch any of those richard curtis movies, not ever. 🤢 The closest I got was watching that time movie, after it was over i just knew i hated it. Imagine my surprise when i saw it was a curtis movie, if I had known i would have saved myself the trauma.
I will be watching Heretic as soon as it starts streaming and that will fill my Hugh Grant quota for the next several years
He makes hating his movies terrible by being an actual nice guy . 🤣
otoh, I will watch every Richard E Grant movie there is. 👍
Which were the best and worst Hugh Grants?
Now it’s video game time lol
Good night everyone, sweet dreams. 😘
Woke up with one eyelid very swollen 😕 I’m pretty sure it’s sunburn from yesterday… Going to be a bit embarrassing at work though. It’s like I got stung by a bee on my eyelid
I had something like that a few months ago. Turned out to be an ingrown eyelash. Give it a few tugs, almighty burst of ouch, then it healed in a few days.
If it’s not getting better by tomorrow morning I’ll have to inspect more closely. Antihistamine appears to have done zilch
Hopefully it’s not conjunctivitis!
