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Why is when I am doing difficult stuff I write one line and then rush off and so something else? And then come back and write one more line... and ... why are my feet cold? Can I have another coffee?

I've dicked around with the idea of writing novels for a long time, and so when Heidi posted today about how she writes her novels, I of course checked out all the links, and was very pleased to rediscover Justine Larbeliester's post on how she writes her novels. I remember reading it a long time ago, and I sometimes go and reference it again because I love that spreadsheet idea so much. And I like her sense of humour.

:-)

From Neleh13....
I mentioned this briefly a while ago .. I'm hoping to ask a few questions of some of you sciencey types out there about connections - if any - between your background in science and SF reading habits....

I was taking about how I found an article talking about Indian Jewish food, and them promptly forgot where I had found it. Bumming around the net today looking for inspiration for lunch, I found it again. :-)

India is an Asian Earth Mother of great cultural and culinary diversity. Harbored among its millions for many centuries were three unusual Jewish communities, located in different regions of the country. I refer to the Baghdadi Jews of Calcutta, the Bene Israel of Bombay on the Konkan peninsula, and the so‑called Black Jews of Cochin in southwest India. These three groups developed their cuisines within the framework of Judaic laws in an essentially Sephardic system, independently of each other.

:-)

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Roman Pan Fried Lamb
Chesh cooked this! Awesome! Just delightful. Full and intense flavours with lots of layers. Lamb was cooked to perfection and suited the mashed potato superbly. Definitely do again, especially since we forgot to get photos cos it was so yummy and we were so hungry!

Potato Pizza Base
I think I stuffed this one a bit, as it called for mashed potato, so I use the leftovers from last night's mashed potato. Except that when you have left overs, it's already got milk and butter already in it, so I think it threw out the proportions too much. I'll have to do it again to see. We did like it, though it came out like a very thin slice of gnocci with pizza sauce and cheese on top. We didn't put any more toppings on that one as the tomato sauce had a lot of flavours and I wanted to see what the base was like. It didn't get crispy, and was very limp, but yummy. And solid. VERY solid.

Special Tomato Sauce
Frying pan tomato sauce with onion, capsicum, garlic, sugar, salt, herbs, simmered into thickness. Lovely. Very very nice indeed.

No photos cos... well, every one has seen homemade pizza. And I didn't think of it in time!

Name of Cuisine:

Italian

Dining Experience:

Lots of very solid, very yummy food. Stories of proper Italian dinners involving multiple courses and a fish course, a pasta course, a beef course, a chicken course....Lots of lovely desserts too, the most famous of which is tiramisu. Italian (to me) is very much a home food. Every one has their own version of Spaghetti Bolognese (also known as SpagBol, SpagBog, Bog) and Lasagne. Chesh and I are planning to make lasagne a family event, from making the pasta through to the final product. We think it will be a fun activity to do with *every one*.  All the pastas mentioned below I expect to make by hand with Vinnie's assistance.

Customs and Notes:

Food is a very group and/or family affair. The care and love shown from growing the produce through to group processing and cooking and consumption is very much a tie in of food and love.

Recipes: (10 recipes)

1) Pizza with potato dough base and special tomato sauce
2) Roman Pan-fried Lamb
3) Gnocchi Romana
4) Pasta carbonara
5) Pasta Marinara
6) Lasagne
7) Parma-wrapped chicken stuffed with herbed garlic cheese
8) vegetarian Bean and Pasta Casserole
9) pancooked chicken with artichokes
10) Pumpkin and spinach cannelloni
11) Chicken (paprika) casserole


Main Ingredients I need to obtain (excluding meats):

General Ingredients

Anchovies	Olives (green)	Olives (black)
Parma Ham	Gruyere	Parmesan
Eggs	Flour	Cheese
Pasata	Soft Cheese with herbs and garlic	Pasta Sauce
Onion	Crushed Tinned tomatoes	Artichoke Hearts
Cannelini Beans

Resources (Books/Blogs/Etc)
This is the book I am using:
Italian - over 180 tantalising recipes
The funny thing about this book is that I tried to give it away! I didn't like the formatting or the recipes, but Chesh said he did, and would mark some things he liked to try. So, it's now going to be my main reference for this month.
Also, an old favourite might have few entries/.

Livejournal Posts
Roman Panfried Lamb and Potato Base Pizza with Special Tomato Sauce

Other notes... Japanese month was a complete flop. I was sick for three weeks out of four, and we did a couple of recipes, but not the whole array I had planned. I'll tackle Japanese again later, probably in a warmer month. I want to explore cold noodle soups and salads more!

From a conversation Last night, here is the relevant link:
http://www.ias.uwa.edu.au/welcome/awgsa_conference

From a conversation some time ago, I said I would put up the link to my writing that won me a Tin Duck, so here it is:
http://callistra.livejournal.com/2007/06/14/

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I'd like to point out it has been almost 36 hours since I last watched any Lucius vids. Are we proud of me yet??
Hmmm.. Um...

- speech
- cleaning
- write shocking list
- maybe even a meal plan
- 5 second desk clean
- dushwasher


Optional
- 3,000 words?
- whine occasionally (no real reason, just cos *grin*)
- read elpin's latest chapter
- try and polish something to put up on the critiquing journal. I am feeling left out! LOL

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Rules:
Post 3 things you've done that you believe nobody else on your F-list has done.
Indulge in remorse if someone calls you out on a listed item.
1)
2)
3)


Ok, I really wanted to do this meme. But I realised that I tend to like partners in crime, so everything I could put up does actually have a friend on my FList who has done it with me. So, cos I feel like being a comment-whore again, tell me what you think I have done that's unique. It can be real or made up, I don't mind.
:-)

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This one was really really good! Harry/Lucius slash with great music, and Ai No Kusabi anime all slotted together... plus some nice effects with the footage from the movies.

I want to get to know you!! So if you are on my friends list, I want to know 28 things about you. I don't care if we've never talked or if we already know everything about each other. I really don't. You are obviously on my flist, so let me know with whom I'm friends! Post a reply with your answers. if re-posted i'll fill yours out.

1. Your Middle Name:
2. Age:
3. Single or Taken:
4. Favorite Movie:
5. Favorite Song or Album:
6. Favorite Band/Artist:
7. Dirty or Clean:
8. Tattoos and/or Piercings:
9. Do we know each other outside of LJ?
10. What's your philosophy on life?
11. Is the bottle half-full or half-empty?
12. Would you keep a secret from me if you thought it was in my best interest?
13. What is your favorite memory of us?
14. What is your favorite guilty pleasure?
15. Tell me one odd/interesting fact about you:
16. You can have three wishes (for yourself, so forget all the "world peace, etc." malarkey) - what are they:
17. Can we get together and make a cake?
18. Which country is your spiritual home?
19. What is your big weakness?
20. Do you think I'm a good person?
21. What was your best/favorite subject at school:
22. Describe your accent:
23. If you could change anything about me, would you?
24. What do you wear to sleep?
25. Trousers or skirts?
26. Cigarettes or alcohol?
27. If I only had one day to live, what would we do together?
28. Will you repost this so I can fill it out for you?

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Speech is begun. I have a framework for it.

Crocodile porn is now on my machine, so I can work on it for black_samvara.

Possible slashy work in the works.

Slashcon report.... hmmmmm

It's been .... 12 years since I was in uni. Why oh why did I decide I would do a speech at UWA??

I have readings.  And worse, they're self assigned

*sob*

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