Thornburywitch
@Thornburywitch@aussie.zone
- Comment on Discussion Thread ☕ Tuesday 16 December 2025 1 day ago:
Thanks chef. I may just survive today.
- Comment on Discussion Thread ☕ Tuesday 16 December 2025 1 day ago:
Gotta wait for the end - but I WANT THAT T SHIRT!
- Comment on Discussion Thread ☕ Tuesday 16 December 2025 1 day ago:
Caffeine IV please chef, and a choc chip bikkie
- Comment on Discussion Thread ☕ Tuesday 16 December 2025 1 day ago:
Superglue?
- Comment on Discussion Thread 🐚 Monday 15 December 2025 2 days ago:
8/10
- Comment on Discussion Thread 🛳️ Tuesday 9 December 2025 1 week ago:
Moar caffeeeeeine please chef.
- Comment on Discussion thread ❤️Friyay 5th December 1 week ago:
Was chatting at work with a colleague, who is contemplating going into business selling charcoal packages - little one-bbq ones. Completely self sufficient - kindling is included in each pack as part of the base. Pack size is 2 kg or so and the base fits into standard webers/smokers/bbqs and most fire pits. 2 packs fit nicely into a half 44 gallon drum. Looking at using mallee root charcoal or gidgee (my fab fave for charcoal cooking).
Basically is a complete package that you only need to remove the outer covering and hold a match to the base, wait for the coals to ash up and then get to cooking or whatever.
He got the idea cos a huuuge 10-15 kg chaff bag of charcoal is usually too much for just one bbq/fire pit and is hard to store cleanly for next time. Specially in an apartment. So a one use only quantity with all included that can be bought as needed rather than stored since the last bbq is the basic concept.
As test of concept (not sales) - is this the sort of thing anyone here would be interested in? Particularly if you could pick up a pack at a petrol station or supermarket or the like? Would be very interested to pass on your comments.
- Comment on Discussion thread ❤️Friyay 5th December 1 week ago:
Fish & Chips and a Vietnamese egg coffee please chef.
- Comment on Discussion Thread ⏰ Thursday 4 December 2025 1 week ago:
- Comment on Discussion Thread ⏰ Thursday 4 December 2025 1 week ago:
Studspud, you have been warned of what may await you in your future profession.
- Comment on Discussion Thread 🍞 Wednesday 3 December 2025 1 week ago:
The loos at Parliament station are so hard to access that I can quite see how someone in a hurry would go to the lift at the end of the platform rather than hike up the escalators, fish out their myki, walk a large circle around the barriers, go to the loo, walk back around, fish out myki again and then back down those awful escalators again. The Parliament escalators are famous for bothering people with sensory or balance issues - instant vertigo. The designers got them so wrong that they are now world famous for bad design. I hate those escalators with a passion. I usually end up sitting down on a step and only stand up for the last little bit. God help anyone navigating them with shopping bags and/or small children in tow. They should have put proper loos on each platform, or at least on each level. And good luck FINDING the loos at Melbourne Central.
- Comment on Discussion Thread 🧶 Monday 1 December 2025 2 weeks ago:
Shame on you!
- Comment on Discussion Thread 🧶 Monday 1 December 2025 2 weeks ago:
Hyper?? Or Hypo???
- Comment on Discussion Thread 🎩 Friday 28 November 2025 2 weeks ago:
Sorry, I meant to obtain some from said politician.
- Comment on Discussion Thread 🎩 Friday 28 November 2025 2 weeks ago:
Apply to nearest politician.
- Comment on Discussion Thread 🎩 Friday 28 November 2025 2 weeks ago:
5/10 Ok, it’s been busy at work
- Comment on Discussion Thread 🎩 Friday 28 November 2025 2 weeks ago:
Hi Chef! Late breakfast of leftover turkey, yam casserole and pumpkin pie please.
- Comment on Discussion Thread 🥫 Thursday 27 November 2025 2 weeks ago:
Eeep. Only how many more days to xmas? Not that I’m counting.
- Comment on Discussion Thread 🥫 Thursday 27 November 2025 2 weeks ago:
Oh my! Best wishes to husband, and some strength and patience vibes for you.
This isn’t related to the shaver incident, is it?
- Comment on Discussion Thread 🥫 Thursday 27 November 2025 2 weeks ago:
Congrats!
- Comment on Discussion Thread 🫠 Wednesday 26 November 2025 2 weeks ago:
Could possibly make them out of hat elastic and jewellery hooks
- Comment on Discussion Thread 🫠 Wednesday 26 November 2025 3 weeks ago:
It’s my fault - I watered the garden this morning cos it was looking dry. May have overdone it.
- Comment on Discussion Thread 🫠 Wednesday 26 November 2025 3 weeks ago:
Tiny little occy straps? For the genuine experience.
- Comment on Discussion Thread 🫠 Wednesday 26 November 2025 3 weeks ago:
🙏
- Comment on Discussion Thread 🍉 Tuesday 25 November 2025 3 weeks ago:
Imo the absolute worst are parrot chicks.
- Comment on Discussion Thread 🍉 Tuesday 25 November 2025 3 weeks ago:
Seafood salad sandwich please chef.
- Comment on Discussion Thread 🏵️ Monday 24 November 2025 3 weeks ago:
Evap milk is REQUIRED for rice pudding. Or you don’t get that glorious brown crunchy crust on the top without it.
- Comment on Discussion Thread 🏵️ Monday 24 November 2025 3 weeks ago:
Reusing the teabag is a crime against Nature. Also, the tannins have developed out on the first soaking, and all the theine and caffeine has been extracted. All you get on the second soak is colour and tannin. This applies to real tea, not herbal for which I prefer to use the term ‘tisane’.
On a side note (for the barf factor) a couple I was friendly with some years ago went to Korea as Christian missionaries. They were supported by a few congregations in the south of the USA. One congregation sent them a packet of tea bags which had been used only on the left hand side (they explained in a letter that accompanied the teabags). They did this as an exercise in Christian self denial and sharing with the less fortunate. The fact that the tea bags had gone thoroughly mouldy by the time they reached Korea was not an issue that mattered to them. In spite of the postage. As an example of utterly useless performative self abnegation, this just can’t be beat imo. They hurt themselves, and the end result was utterly useless to anyone else.
Yes, I use a double walled glass mug for tea. Holds the tea at the right temperature for the whole mugful and I thoroughly approve of such tea mugs. You can buy them in Kmart.
- Comment on Discussion Thread 🏵️ Monday 24 November 2025 3 weeks ago:
Purr purr am content.
- Comment on Discussion Thread 🎨 Thursday 20 November 2025 3 weeks ago:
Yes kangaroo paw is perennial, and doesn’t like being transplanted much. Best planted in a big pot so it’s roots can go deep down like it’s supposed to. Drought hardy once established.
Also, nasturtium flowers and buds are edible - quite a nice tangy taste and so pretty in a salad. The very young buds can be pickled and taste like capers. Leaves not edible tho.