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solitary_summer) wrote2009-09-19 08:09 pm
solitary_summer) wrote2009-09-19 08:09 pm
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Two family birthdays (my mother's and my sister's) in one, for which I'm kind of grateful, but still two cakes to make, because my sister doesn't like the family recipe chocolate Torte my mother always wants for her birthday. The Panamatorte went without a hitch yesterday evening, but had a bit of a nervous breakdown today making the Gugelhupf for my sister when first the yeast refused to dissolve and rise (two failed attempts) and then, when I bought dry yeast, the dough wouldn't really rise either. Well, it was edible.
The niece is cute & very grown up and I'm starting to get her into NIN. Kidding. But she remembered that I once played a CD on my old iMac that my parents inherited and wanted me to play some music, and all that's left on iTunes there are the CRC sessions and a couple of belly-dancing music tracks. She sat through The Fragile on my lap, quite fascinated (or maybe just tired) and then amused herself with the space bar throughout half of Hurt, turning Trent on & off & on & off &c.. Told her that she was now the coolest (not quite) three year old ever.
Also, watching my parents interact for five minutes sets my teeth on edge and makes me helplessly angry and thoroughly depressed all at once, and I keep wondering, why is it so impossible for me to shake off that influence? Why can't I fix myself at least to the extent that my sister could?
The niece is cute & very grown up and I'm starting to get her into NIN. Kidding. But she remembered that I once played a CD on my old iMac that my parents inherited and wanted me to play some music, and all that's left on iTunes there are the CRC sessions and a couple of belly-dancing music tracks. She sat through The Fragile on my lap, quite fascinated (or maybe just tired) and then amused herself with the space bar throughout half of Hurt, turning Trent on & off & on & off &c.. Told her that she was now the coolest (not quite) three year old ever.
Also, watching my parents interact for five minutes sets my teeth on edge and makes me helplessly angry and thoroughly depressed all at once, and I keep wondering, why is it so impossible for me to shake off that influence? Why can't I fix myself at least to the extent that my sister could?
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On the package I bought today it said it was for 250 g flour, I'll check how much there was in there. I've no idea if there's some kind of fixed yeast : flour ratio for everything, though... You can substitute, as far as I know. My sister is a more of a cook than I am, and she does it frequently.
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