Christopher
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Always reading. Interested in food, photography, fibre arts and fountain pens. Probably looking at plants, architecture and for deep shadows. Queer as hell. 🏳️🌈
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Nope, not at all!
It’s a process that takes several days/ a week depending on the fruit but after the initial processing of the fruit and all of the sugar had been added after day 3ish, it is a short simmer each day and that’s it.
It’s a great book and worth checking out!
It’s a process that takes several days/ a week depending on the fruit but after the initial processing of the fruit and all of the sugar had been added after day 3ish, it is a short simmer each day and that’s it.
It’s a great book and worth checking out!
November 23, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Nope, not at all!
It’s a process that takes several days/ a week depending on the fruit but after the initial processing of the fruit and all of the sugar had been added after day 3ish, it is a short simmer each day and that’s it.
It’s a great book and worth checking out!
It’s a process that takes several days/ a week depending on the fruit but after the initial processing of the fruit and all of the sugar had been added after day 3ish, it is a short simmer each day and that’s it.
It’s a great book and worth checking out!
A ringing success I think and I will 110% do this again next year too and now want to try and candy more of the required fruit too like the pineapple and the peel.
Now we mix and soak in rum for a good few days before baking the actual cake. We also stir the fruit and make a wish for the year.
Now we mix and soak in rum for a good few days before baking the actual cake. We also stir the fruit and make a wish for the year.
November 23, 2025 at 9:24 PM
A ringing success I think and I will 110% do this again next year too and now want to try and candy more of the required fruit too like the pineapple and the peel.
Now we mix and soak in rum for a good few days before baking the actual cake. We also stir the fruit and make a wish for the year.
Now we mix and soak in rum for a good few days before baking the actual cake. We also stir the fruit and make a wish for the year.
I picked up some cherries from the store just in case and holy fuck, there is no comparison.
The texture is similar, the store bought may have been a bit older/ drier and so were stiffer but the flavour?!
They both are clearly candied fruit but the homemade tastes like actual cherries!
The texture is similar, the store bought may have been a bit older/ drier and so were stiffer but the flavour?!
They both are clearly candied fruit but the homemade tastes like actual cherries!
November 23, 2025 at 9:24 PM
I picked up some cherries from the store just in case and holy fuck, there is no comparison.
The texture is similar, the store bought may have been a bit older/ drier and so were stiffer but the flavour?!
They both are clearly candied fruit but the homemade tastes like actual cherries!
The texture is similar, the store bought may have been a bit older/ drier and so were stiffer but the flavour?!
They both are clearly candied fruit but the homemade tastes like actual cherries!
I made the “level up version” from Camilla Wynne’s book that is suggested for longer term storage and stored them in a mason jar.
On inspection, they seem totally fine, success! (We think.)
On inspection, they seem totally fine, success! (We think.)
November 23, 2025 at 9:24 PM
I made the “level up version” from Camilla Wynne’s book that is suggested for longer term storage and stored them in a mason jar.
On inspection, they seem totally fine, success! (We think.)
On inspection, they seem totally fine, success! (We think.)
omg always so much coughing.
November 23, 2025 at 3:53 AM
omg always so much coughing.
or the right combination that will bring a handy man and a handy your way? Fingers crossed for you!
November 17, 2025 at 2:40 PM
or the right combination that will bring a handy man and a handy your way? Fingers crossed for you!
I am drawn to the poor forlorn fellow to the left of the ramp/stairs who seems either bewildered or distraught by...a rock?
November 17, 2025 at 2:39 PM
I am drawn to the poor forlorn fellow to the left of the ramp/stairs who seems either bewildered or distraught by...a rock?
I especially like the songs House on Fire and Gordon in the Willows, duets with Martha Wainwright and Charlotte Cardin respectively.
November 15, 2025 at 11:06 PM
I especially like the songs House on Fire and Gordon in the Willows, duets with Martha Wainwright and Charlotte Cardin respectively.
Other than the new Orville, Patrick Watson’s album Uh Oh from earlier this Fall.
November 15, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Other than the new Orville, Patrick Watson’s album Uh Oh from earlier this Fall.
Oh dear 🤦♂️. Thanks for confirming! I saw that years ago, emailed them and never got the sense anyone was too concerned, and then wondered if I was mistaken even though I was pretty confident it was an error.
November 15, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Oh dear 🤦♂️. Thanks for confirming! I saw that years ago, emailed them and never got the sense anyone was too concerned, and then wondered if I was mistaken even though I was pretty confident it was an error.
Genuine query if you’re still there. Is there still a spoon depicting Alexandra mislabelled as Mary?
(Or vice versa, I forget which way it was mislabelled when I was there a few years ago.)
(Or vice versa, I forget which way it was mislabelled when I was there a few years ago.)
November 15, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Genuine query if you’re still there. Is there still a spoon depicting Alexandra mislabelled as Mary?
(Or vice versa, I forget which way it was mislabelled when I was there a few years ago.)
(Or vice versa, I forget which way it was mislabelled when I was there a few years ago.)
The whiplash from Pride and Prejudice to Batman really says "I contain multitudes" better than anything.
November 12, 2025 at 12:45 PM
The whiplash from Pride and Prejudice to Batman really says "I contain multitudes" better than anything.
omg the number of times that I thought I had hallucinated this story! I have described it to so many people over the years and no one has ever heard of it.
November 11, 2025 at 3:32 AM
omg the number of times that I thought I had hallucinated this story! I have described it to so many people over the years and no one has ever heard of it.
When they got to the dad’s in Mexico bit last night I lol’d remembering that Spielberg loves a distant or absent dad and thought about how he worked that idea throughout his career until he could make The Fabelman’s.
November 8, 2025 at 9:02 PM
When they got to the dad’s in Mexico bit last night I lol’d remembering that Spielberg loves a distant or absent dad and thought about how he worked that idea throughout his career until he could make The Fabelman’s.
Truly! I haven't seen a Speilberg film, let alone ET, in years and they were so much a part of my childhood. I forgot how beautiful and atmospheric he can get.
November 8, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Truly! I haven't seen a Speilberg film, let alone ET, in years and they were so much a part of my childhood. I forgot how beautiful and atmospheric he can get.
I was there too and also hadn’t seen it in decades. It really was a good film!
November 8, 2025 at 5:18 AM
I was there too and also hadn’t seen it in decades. It really was a good film!
Concertina into Glory of the 80's is magic to me. Also, the way that Cooling off the live disc filled a hole in my heart that year when I first heard it was truly something.
November 6, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Concertina into Glory of the 80's is magic to me. Also, the way that Cooling off the live disc filled a hole in my heart that year when I first heard it was truly something.
ohh, just read the description, adding this to my library to-reads hold list.
October 31, 2025 at 12:35 PM
ohh, just read the description, adding this to my library to-reads hold list.
But holy fuck the stand out of the night, a night of incredible music, was by far the North American première of Tõnu Kõrvits’ Dances: Concerto for Accordion and Orchestra. Wow. Just wow.
Ksenija Sidorova the accordion soloist was breathtaking, I was completely transfixed by her playing.
Ksenija Sidorova the accordion soloist was breathtaking, I was completely transfixed by her playing.
October 31, 2025 at 3:15 AM
But holy fuck the stand out of the night, a night of incredible music, was by far the North American première of Tõnu Kõrvits’ Dances: Concerto for Accordion and Orchestra. Wow. Just wow.
Ksenija Sidorova the accordion soloist was breathtaking, I was completely transfixed by her playing.
Ksenija Sidorova the accordion soloist was breathtaking, I was completely transfixed by her playing.
The guest conductor, Paavo Järvi, was amazing and held the silence at the end of each movement or piece sooooo much longer than I have seen any other conductor do and it was so much fun.
You could feel the whole concert hall holding their breath and playing along just waiting to cheer.
You could feel the whole concert hall holding their breath and playing along just waiting to cheer.
October 31, 2025 at 3:15 AM
The guest conductor, Paavo Järvi, was amazing and held the silence at the end of each movement or piece sooooo much longer than I have seen any other conductor do and it was so much fun.
You could feel the whole concert hall holding their breath and playing along just waiting to cheer.
You could feel the whole concert hall holding their breath and playing along just waiting to cheer.
TSO #3 of the season for me tonight, Debussy & Sibelius.
Discovering Sibelius last season for the first time was incredible and one of the several many reason I am glad I subscribed.
Tonight was his Symphony No. 5 and it is so rich and big and grand and just amazing. The final staccato notes? 😱
Discovering Sibelius last season for the first time was incredible and one of the several many reason I am glad I subscribed.
Tonight was his Symphony No. 5 and it is so rich and big and grand and just amazing. The final staccato notes? 😱
October 31, 2025 at 3:15 AM
TSO #3 of the season for me tonight, Debussy & Sibelius.
Discovering Sibelius last season for the first time was incredible and one of the several many reason I am glad I subscribed.
Tonight was his Symphony No. 5 and it is so rich and big and grand and just amazing. The final staccato notes? 😱
Discovering Sibelius last season for the first time was incredible and one of the several many reason I am glad I subscribed.
Tonight was his Symphony No. 5 and it is so rich and big and grand and just amazing. The final staccato notes? 😱
As a kid, I always had an upstairs and a downstairs book. For years, if a book I was reading was too big to be easily carry-able, I'd have a second more portable book for leaving home.
Since I switched to an e-reader, I take my Kobo everywhere and have book(s) that suit the energy of the moment.
Since I switched to an e-reader, I take my Kobo everywhere and have book(s) that suit the energy of the moment.
October 30, 2025 at 8:57 PM
As a kid, I always had an upstairs and a downstairs book. For years, if a book I was reading was too big to be easily carry-able, I'd have a second more portable book for leaving home.
Since I switched to an e-reader, I take my Kobo everywhere and have book(s) that suit the energy of the moment.
Since I switched to an e-reader, I take my Kobo everywhere and have book(s) that suit the energy of the moment.