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Irradiated by LabRat
So yeah. We are still busy as hell, mostly getting a lot of stuff done that’s been on the to-do for ages before houseguests get here, and after that we’re all up to Blogorado to drink and shoot stuff and swap lies (not all at the same time). So we’re looking at a hiatus unless certain someones let us play with their toy computers while we’re up there. I’ll be lucky if I remember cooking the damn lamb pasties by the time I get around to writing them up.
But, from the comments to the last post (which is a warm multinational troll-stomp, I must say), Pun linked to this comic, which Stingray has been off-and-on pulling up just to giggle at all over gain. Kristopher linked to the artist’s main gallery, and I’ve been having my own gigglefits ever since reading more comics.
But I damn near drowned myself with my own water glass at this one. I don’t know what’s funnier, the middle panel or the last one.
November 2nd, 2009 at 11:51 pm
Lamb pasties? I must be missing something here. Pasties go on a girls nipples, so far as I know. What sort of meetup are y’all having in Colorado? Nevermind, if it involves lamb pasties, I just don’t want to know…..
November 6th, 2009 at 11:46 am
Oh, the horror:
“350g lean lamb, diced
1 tablespoon butter”
A disastrous mixing of units!!
I once tried a cake recipe from a British cookery-book. All the measurements were in weight (grams). I diligently converted them to tsp, tbsp, cups &c (using the most reliable conversion source).
The result was not pretty (nor tasty).
“Bake in a preheated oven 200°C for 20-30 minutes until crisp and golden.”
Thank goodness we all agree on hours, minutes, seconds.
200°C … off I go … OK, that’s really 473 kelvin. Should be on everybody’s stove.
In this last instruction, which clause is to override: time or “crisp & golden”?
(Not wishing to be indelicate, I really think the recipe title should be “Lamb Pastries.)
The object lesson here is that any recipe from England is suspect. If you want real cooking, start with France. Julia Child has some really good books on the subject.