TheWitchofThornbury
@TheWitchofThornbury@aussie.zone
- Comment on Discussion Thread 🍫 Sunday 3 August 2025 2 hours ago:
Over here.
- Comment on Discussion Thread 🍄 Saturday 2 August 2025 8 hours ago:
If the chuck fits the drill …
- Comment on Discussion Thread 🍄 Saturday 2 August 2025 19 hours ago:
Thank you!
- Comment on Discussion Thread 🍄 Saturday 2 August 2025 20 hours ago:
Morning chef! Can I have a stack of pancakes with cherry syrup and ice cream, and some tea please.
- Comment on Discussion Thread ❌️🤖😥 Friday 1st August 2025 1 day ago:
All art depends on limitations.
- Comment on Discussion Thread ❌️🤖😥 Friday 1st August 2025 1 day ago:
Blue stands out on forms/documents done up in black ink and is easier to read and harder to fake. Black pen writing can be hard to read on such forms and is easy to fake. Purple is for wankers, green is just … just … not done! And don’t get me started on red ink.
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- Comment on Discussion Thread ❌️🤖😥 Friday 1st August 2025 1 day ago:
Dungeons & Dragons down at the pub on Sunday. Haven’t met this mob before (except for one). Last time I played I was a Barbarian Hero! Which was a new departure for me. Wonder what the dice will roll up this time. Used to do this a lot way back when so watching the younguns learn to do without screens and still have fun is a bonus. Plus the booze of course. The dungeon master has a bit of a rep for exciting play so I’m looking forward to this.
- Comment on Discussion Thread ❌️🤖😥 Friday 1st August 2025 1 day ago:
Smashed avocado on toast with poached eggs and sriracha and a coffee please chef.
- Comment on Discussion Thread ❌️🤖😥 Friday 1st August 2025 1 day ago:
That sounds like pretty good training to me. Complex situations - you don’t need step by step instructions, more a map of the territory and a good idea of the desired end result. And access to information & skills of course.
- Comment on Discussion Thread ❌️🤖😥 Friday 1st August 2025 1 day ago:
Scoring is farked on this quiz - I got 8/10, but it showed my score as a perfect 8/8 ??? Naughty abc.
- Comment on Discussion Thread (Where is Yarrabyte?) Thursday 31 July 2025 2 days ago:
Include Isaac Asimov in that list.
- Comment on Discussion Thread (Where is Yarrabyte?) Thursday 31 July 2025 2 days ago:
Arthur C Clarke’s science fiction. A damn fine scientist and science communicator - a thoroughly nasty human being. Love his books, but I don’t want EVER to meet him in real life.
- Submitted 2 days ago to melbourne@aussie.zone | 111 comments
- Comment on Discussion Thread 🍉 Wednesday 30 July 2025 3 days ago:
Deb is fake mashed potato. It also goes very very gluey unless made up veerry carefully and not stirred too much. I wouldn’t bother with it. For shelf stable spuds, buy brushed potatoes, put them in a brown paper bag with a dry wettex/foam sponge in your fridge crisper drawer - they will last 6 months at least and maybe longer. Toss any that grow green sprouts or get very wrinkly, but most will still be good at least that long and will taste much much better than Deb. Also a shittonne cheaper. If you can, go to Vic Market and get a 5kg bag which will last a long time.
Also, for the absolute best mashed spud, chop well-scrubbed brushed spuds into largish chunks (no need to peel), put in COLD water and bring up to a boil very slowly. The 15 mins starts as the water begins to simmer. This does wunnnderful things as the cell walls of the spud slowly degrade but the starch grains don’t, so the resulting mash is never gluey and tastes intensely of potato. Once tender, press/rub through a colander or sieve and beat a bit with a wooden spoon rather than using a potato masher, then steam off residual moisture before adding salt/pepper/milk/butter/cheeee to taste.
This mix can also be used to make pretty damn nice hash browns. Chill the mash in a lined loaf tin, then slice into convenient size(s), dust with seasoned flour and fry. You can even egg/panko the slices for extra crunch. Coated slices can be frozen for instant hash browns as needed. And you are fully in control of the shape …
- Comment on Discussion Thread 🍉 Wednesday 30 July 2025 3 days ago:
Thanks chef!
- Comment on Discussion Thread 🍉 Wednesday 30 July 2025 3 days ago:
Coffee, lots of coffee please chef. And a small croissant spread with butter and vegemite.
- Comment on Discussion Thread 🥞 Tuesday 29 July 2025 4 days ago:
Behind the sofa cushions.
- Comment on Discussion Thread 🥞 Tuesday 29 July 2025 4 days ago:
Could you be coming down with a plain old fashioned cold? That can really stuff up all the other things, particularly if you haven’t had one for a while.
- Comment on Discussion Thread 🥞 Tuesday 29 July 2025 4 days ago:
Look up Trentham and Mount Macedon. It’s a bit late in the season for those kind of mushrooms, but you might get lucky. Nice bushwalking though.
- Comment on Discussion Thread ⚽ Monday 28 July 2025 5 days ago:
'twas high on the Not Fun scale.
- Comment on Discussion Thread ⚽ Monday 28 July 2025 5 days ago:
Congrats! Yes, this is a declaration of above average competence. I remember back when I worked in insurance, and had to figure out how to set premiums for a super account that was in PNG kina, with added Parliamentary super on top of it. Took some serious research. And a VERY complicated spreadsheet. With date ranges. And currency conversions. Everyone else chickened out when faced with the problem, the mongrels, cos it was going to be audited … but I survived and so will you. I have faith in you.
- Comment on Discussion Thread ⚽ Monday 28 July 2025 5 days ago:
Piedmonte’s had a display of Four Pillars gin - flavoured with ‘fresh yuzu’. As yuzu is one of my favorite flavours, I think I might invest in a bottle … Lemon meringue pie but with yuzu instead of lemon … the possibilities are endless.
- Comment on Discussion Thread ⚽ Monday 28 July 2025 5 days ago:
If there’s cottage pie, and nobody lives in cottages anymore, then maybe the updated version should be apartment pie. Could I have some of that please with coffee.
- Comment on Discussion Thread ☎️ Sunday 27 July 2025 6 days ago:
You have inspired me. Cottage pie really slaps in this weather. And I have the makings.
- Comment on Discussion Thread ☎️ Sunday 27 July 2025 6 days ago:
What are the rest of you going to eat?
- Comment on Discussion Thread ☎️ Sunday 27 July 2025 6 days ago:
You missed the fennel.
- Comment on Discussion Thread ☎️ Sunday 27 July 2025 6 days ago:
Deelicious!
- Comment on Discussion Thread ☎️ Sunday 27 July 2025 6 days ago:
Some bao buns with pickled vegetables and hot sauce please chef. And a nice cup of elephant’s milk to go with.
- Comment on Discussion Thread ☎️ Sunday 27 July 2025 6 days ago:
30/50