Posts by sally jones
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Speaker: Dancing with Dingoes, Part II, in reply to dyan campbell,
I make ice cream. Ice cream sandwiches. Cinnamon buns. Coconut buns. Bars, brownies and slices. Choux pastry? Been making it since I was born
Dyan, you are my new best friend. You had me at the ganache and raspberries. I bow to your -
Cookies? I make thousands of different kinds
I've probably eaten thousands of different kinds, but baking takes so much longer. Do you do anything else? (if it's not a rude question)
I too have been making choux pastry since I was born - hasn't everybody? Not so much in adulthood but I did make from scratch a tower of profiteroles with chocolate and red liquid icing cascading down the sides to effect an active volcano for my son's tenth birthday. After the choux volcano was eaten we caught the ferry to Rangitoto and hiked to the top. I was trying to get him interested in volcanoes. Not really. Volcanoes were his first obsession. Volcanoes and bottle tops. But that's another story.
But that was the last of the choux for me. If we were to have a choux-off I'd have to be given some time to return to form. I used to make profiteroles when I was eight. Of course, you're going to tell me you were six or two, but my mum had never made them before so I felt very sophisticated with my little light brown boulders.
I MAKE MY OWN VANILLA.
Indeed. I bet you do
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Speaker: Dancing with Dingoes, Part II, in reply to 3410,
Gross! None for me, thanks.
Good heavens 3410, what's wrong with you?
a PAS bake-off?
You heard it here first. Count me in for carrot.
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Speaker: Dancing with Dingoes, Part II, in reply to dyan campbell,
If I may say so (in all modesty) I am the best damn baker in the whole universe
You may say so, but it would be disputed. I make a mean carrot. My lemon's not bad either. We'll have to have a cake-off.
Sally, would you email me please?
Right away Jackie. I'll just get onto my people ;)
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Speaker: Dancing with Dingoes, Part II, in reply to Joe Wylie,
Truly, a most enjoyable tale with a nice kick of authenticity in the tail.
Joe, I wasn't fishing for this, but I do like fish.
In the case of cake, less is always less.
This is a major philosophical finding – easily up there with Descartes…
Well yes, David. I'd have to agree. So to translate into Descartes it could be 'I cake therefore I am' (sounds rude), or I eat cake therefore...Possibly quite true in some cases.
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Speaker: Dancing with Dingoes, Part II, in reply to Danielle,
Joe:
Very much liked the ending
what, because it was over? :)
Danielle:yesterday I read this for the first time, which is also about the crucial importance of cake.
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I thought it was just me! No wonder I could never find any cake when I wanted it. Of course they make pretty good cake in Oz, even if not in Lightning Ridge. Lots of torte with lots of layers. In the case of cake, less is always less. -
Speaker: Dancing with Dingoes, Part II, in reply to dyan campbell,
plus Giselle is my favourite ballet. And I make awesome, awesome cake.
Seems like we might have some things in common. If you ever need a cake tester, it's one of my specialities :)
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Speaker: Dancing with Dingoes, Part II, in reply to Jacqui Dunn,
Cheers Jacqui, et al. In the circumstances I wasn't really keen to post this last night but glad it brought a bit of cheer on a bleak day.
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Terrible Pike River tragedy. Be strong the South.
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Cracker: Dig This!, in reply to sally jones,
Deletion for repetition. Too many redundant red hats:)
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Cracker: Dig This!, in reply to sally jones,
And sorry for being so delayed in response. All I seem to do all day is write (and dance) :)