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adamsfirstwife.bsky.social @adamsfirstwife.bsky.social · 16h

Smarmies, or peables

adamsfirstwife.bsky.social @adamsfirstwife.bsky.social · 1d

Trying to think of creamy, and yeah, not really ay? Sometimes jook is analogous I guess, or corn based soup, but its a really different vibe.

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adamsfirstwife.bsky.social @adamsfirstwife.bsky.social · 1d

Re flatbread, the wrappers for peking duck pass I reckon. And northern/central chinese food has lots of wheat based pancake deliciousness. Cantonese has steamed bread/mantau,which can be flatish. I accept that last one is a bit dubious though.

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adamsfirstwife.bsky.social @adamsfirstwife.bsky.social · 7d

Happy birthday, hope you enjoyed the cake I saw in another post! I might be making it in a couple of months time for my one of the cover-kids birthday - either that or strawberry shortcake 🍰

Looking forward to book 3 in due course.

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adamsfirstwife.bsky.social @adamsfirstwife.bsky.social · 10d

Furnaces aren't really a thing here in this part of the antipodes, but we are investing entering the late 20th century with an air conditioner as it's already been hitting 27/28°C in October.

The recent past beckons!

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adamsfirstwife.bsky.social @adamsfirstwife.bsky.social · 10d

We also use analogue beds, but have some super high tech for when a window just won't do. It's called a ceiling fan.

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adamsfirstwife.bsky.social @adamsfirstwife.bsky.social · 12d

I told the other mum about your savoury bread and butter pudding. Making one Monday as we left the playdate with 2 doz free-range eggs!

And another mum has a loan of your cookbook at the mo to help with ideas for her and her kid, so it's still doing the rounds and being appreciated.

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adamsfirstwife.bsky.social @adamsfirstwife.bsky.social · 12d

From memory its a bit less acid and richer, I quite like it occasionally but haven't had any for a while. If I try I'll let you know 😉

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adamsfirstwife.bsky.social @adamsfirstwife.bsky.social · 12d

Haha, put this in the wrong reply. I was hanging with a dairy free fam this arvo and we were discussing substitutions for baking etc. I thought this loo,ed like a fun one to make with the kids if it would work.

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adamsfirstwife.bsky.social @adamsfirstwife.bsky.social · 12d

Do you think coconut yoghurt would work as a substitute?

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adamsfirstwife.bsky.social @adamsfirstwife.bsky.social · 13d

I have no idea how or why, but we had RHPS on VCR when I was a pre-teen/early teen. My sister and I watched it all the time, knew all the words, would dress up and act out along with the movie.

I have no idea if my parents had watched it through before letting us loose with it.

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adamsfirstwife.bsky.social @adamsfirstwife.bsky.social · 15d

Personally, I want to be a Granny Weatherwax, but think I'm more realistically a Magrat.

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adamsfirstwife.bsky.social @adamsfirstwife.bsky.social · 16d

I just realised now from reading the thread. I assumed it was some unknown-to-me US nano-celeb. AI slop is not helping my already poor facial recognition.

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adamsfirstwife.bsky.social @adamsfirstwife.bsky.social · 24d

Thanks for the trip down memory lane. I saw this when I was 13 and loved it. Now I'm putting it on the mental list of things to watch with my boy when he's old enough.

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adamsfirstwife.bsky.social @adamsfirstwife.bsky.social · 25d

Vege planter prepped for summer: 10 pea seedlings, 4 heritage tomato seedlings, corn and beetroot sown in front. Space for up to 6 pumpkins to trail over the front when germinated, and melons are sown directly into compost around to the side out of shot 🌱 #gardening #gardensky

An unglamorous, but spacious raised vege bed. A few forlorn looking seedlings appear on the edge around bare earth covered with wire netting. In the background is a deck with a comfy-looking outdoor couch, which, alas, is usually annexed by the cats. There is assorted gardening accoutrements cluttering the general area.

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adamsfirstwife.bsky.social @adamsfirstwife.bsky.social · 25d

I hope it's not too bad, and you recover quickly.

But, yeah, the view from the higher wards is pretty good.

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adamsfirstwife.bsky.social @adamsfirstwife.bsky.social · 25d

I've planted seeds, so cross fingers they're still viable. If we have excess I know a home for them 😜

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adamsfirstwife.bsky.social @adamsfirstwife.bsky.social · 25d

I found a photo of some the crop from 2015! They are musquee, mystery ironbark variety I don't remember what, musqee x2, ironbark x2, musquee, and Galeux D'Eysines. The pumpkin painting was done by a friend of my parents in 1977.

I have found seeds and now know what this arvo entails.

A row of heritage variety pumpkins: musquee de provence, a grey warty ironbark variety, and Galeux D'Eysines. They sit on a retired pew from the local Anglican Cathedral, with a row of shoes more or less tidily lined up under it. Behind the pumpkins is an oil painting of a warty green pumpkin, touched with yellow at the crown. It sits on a wooden table with a vegetable cleaver beside it. The pumpkin in the painting bears a stricking resemblance to the mystery ironbarks in front of it. Assorted hats, bags and scarves drape over the top of the pew.

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adamsfirstwife.bsky.social @adamsfirstwife.bsky.social · 26d

Years ago we grew musquee de provence pumpkins. We had about 12, they were huge, biggest was over 13kg from memory. They were watery, but so delicious. I made ALOT of pies. And soup. I had a great pie recipe from NZ Gardener.

Must do that again. Growing them and the pies ...

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adamsfirstwife.bsky.social @adamsfirstwife.bsky.social · 28d

That's an awesome shirt.

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adamsfirstwife.bsky.social @adamsfirstwife.bsky.social · 28d

A Modogliani, if you will.

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adamsfirstwife.bsky.social @adamsfirstwife.bsky.social · Sep 24

Clearly panadol travelled back in time and across the hemispheres to get to him.

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adamsfirstwife.bsky.social @adamsfirstwife.bsky.social · Sep 13

My husband and I were going through our local pamphlet today winnowing out "comon sense", "back to basics", and looking for VFF dog whistles 😬

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adamsfirstwife.bsky.social @adamsfirstwife.bsky.social · Sep 13

And making common sense decisions.

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adamsfirstwife.bsky.social @adamsfirstwife.bsky.social · Sep 5

Second that, big rock sounds better.

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