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Pork sauce fail

Posted on June 23, 2011 by bekswhoknits

I wasn’t sure I wanted to post this one. It was a bit of a fail.
Well the pork was cooked perfectly (thanks babe) and the cauliflower mash just hit the spot (thanks me) but the sauce was something else. Something else.

We were still at the hotel so we were making do. I didn’t have flour or cream or any of the usual components of a good sauce.

So the sauce was comprised of onion sautéed in butter, then white wine was added.
Instead of cream, we added milk (which immediately split and looked terrible). Then in an attempt to save it, grated cheese was added.

The end result was a really thin sauce, with clumps of melted cheese.
Not good.
But my boy still insisted that it tasted good even if it wasn’t the desired result.
But here it is…
Pork sauce fail.

I heart wooshter sauce

Posted on June 18, 2011August 2, 2011 by bekswhoknits

It may not have been the prettiest dish, but after not keeping anything down for two days it was just what I needed.

Steamed rice with shaved carrot and celery.
A dash of vegemite in the water which the rice was cooked, and finished off with some worcestershire sauce.

home sweet internet

Posted on June 16, 2011 by bekswhoknits

i get to move back home tonight.

even though there’s no bedroom furniture, at least it’s home.
And at least i’ll have better internet than my mobile 3G.

I can play other levels on LittleBigPlanet.
And watched all the episodes of Gossip Girl I’ve taped.
Excitement.

knitting as jewellery

Posted on June 14, 2011August 8, 2011 by bekswhoknits

I don’t like knitting swatches. There i said it.

Every knitting publication tells you that you need to knit swatches in order to know the gauge of your knitting and to get the correct tension.
As a novice knitter i have (perhaps to my detriment) never knitted a swatch.

Instead i have “designed” a few “trial” projects that keep me interested whilst learning a new technique.

The latest little project is a knitted cuff i made with the spare moda vera cardellino wool that i made two beanies from.

On 6 pt double pointed needles, i casted on 24 stiches.
I then knit 2, purl 2 in rounds until it reached 5 cms.
Then bound off.

It probably took me an hour to knit, so it was on the quick side. But i’ll be making a few more to practise knitting in the round.

I think it’s really cute, and it’s better than knitting swatches that no one will see. Even if it doesn’t quite have the same advantages.

Posted on June 14, 2011July 18, 2011 by bekswhoknits

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Hotel food

Posted on June 14, 2011 by bekswhoknits

We’ve eaten out so much in the last week, it gets pretty expensive. But with everything that’s been going on, cooking dinner without all my usual staples has just seemed really exhausting.

Fortunately things are starting to get back to normal so i cooked dinner last night.

Chorizo, snow pea, and spinach tomato sauce with pasta or rice.

Done.

Foster The People – Torches

Posted on June 12, 2011 by bekswhoknits

I’m glad piano’s are back in fashion, it makes for some awesome piano hooks. Foster The Peoples debut album is chock full of them.

With their single Pumped Up Kicks, Foster The People have shown they can write a catchy, stuck in your head all day, pop song. The rest of the album shows that it’s not a one off.

Their catchy, poppy vibe will make it super easy to dance to at a festival.

It’s chilled enough for Sunday morning but alive enough for a Saturday night.

Verdict? It should have been released in Summer. It’s definitely suited to lazy days on the beach and summer road trips.
Definitely making my high rotation list.

last week

Posted on June 2, 2011 by bekswhoknits

– sewerage flooded both bedrooms
– destroyed contents of both bedrooms
– emptied both bedrooms
– insurance claim
– staying in hotel
+ witnessed body found in boot incident
+ media interviews and police statements
=
no time to blog

steak – nigella style

Posted on May 24, 2011May 24, 2011 by bekswhoknits

last night loml (love of my life) came home from work and told me that there was half a nigella episode that i had to watch.
He wanted me to watch her mussel linguine recipe but we ended up drawing inspiration from her bbq steak. The essence of the recipe is that the steak is charred on the outside but still bloodied in the middle.

And to go with it was potato. Well mashed potato, with carrots, bacon, cheese, spinach, mushrooms, and fresh parsley and chives.

simple. and delicious.

what to do with chorizo

Posted on May 19, 2011 by bekswhoknits

this

so so easy.
cook pasta
cook chopped onion, chopped chorizo, and chopped mushrooms in fry pan
break to help boyfriend put up shelves in spare room
add tinned tomatoes (to chorizo, not pasta)
add cooked pasta to chorizo

serve with chives, cheese, and olives (on the one for me – my boy doesn’t like olives)

om nom nom