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How to Roast a Cheap Cut of Beef (PDF). The Snook and I were fascinated by this Cooks Illustrated article today. We had a blade roast ready to go, and we followed their advice to slow cook at a low temperature before blasting at a high temp for the last few minutes. It was fantastic. We had it with homemade mashed potato, sauteed swiss chard with garlic, and fresh sweetcorn. (We always hit the veggie box hard on Sundays!) Dessert was a slice of Orange Poppyseed Cake, which the Snook made from scratch this afternoon. Oh, that was after he made three jars of marmalade with lemons from our tree. Can you tell what our favorite winter pasttime is?

Amish Finances. Fascinating article on how Amish people afford such nice houses and big pieces of farmland. The author doesn’t mention whether the Amish community in Lancaster has taken outside jobs to the extent that they have in my area of Indiana. With the collapse of the RV industry, a lot of the Indiana Amish find themselves in very different circumstances.

WWKIP Day 2009
Many thanks to Sally for taking over the organisational duties this year. She did a fantastic job! We had EIGHTY knitters gathered together at the Bayside Lounge, taking over an entire half of the cafe (both inside and out). Sally gave away nearly a dozen door prizes that were donated by local yarn-related businesses. There are several more photos on my Flickr page. It was a lot of fun. Thanks to Sally and everybody who came!

W.T.F. NOTRE DAME?
Just found out that the fantastic Bourke Street Bakery around the corner from our house is going to be leaving. Why? Because Notre Dame bought the whole block and is evicting all the tenants. THAT SUCKS. Look, I thought it was really neat four years ago when we discovered ND were creating a tiny campus in Chippendale. In the intervening years though, they’ve slowly been buying up buildings and shopfronts in the neighbourhood for expansion. I don’t want my neighbourhood to turn into a sterile college campus! I NEED MY SOURDOUGH, YOU BASTARDS. I think this definitely merits a strongly worded letter from a local homeowner AND alumnus.

Asian Poses – I am so going to start doing Puffy Cheeks and Nyan Nyan in my photos from now on.

Ten Things You Should NOT Do In Las Vegas. Snookums was happy to be vindicated in our choices. “We got it right. Chapel of Love bad, Little White Wedding Chapel good. Denny’s is also recommended!” However, I feel compelled to point out that I failed at #3 – Wear Painful Shoes. I wore my beautiful white brand new wedding Converse and they gave me blisters on my heels.