French Silk Pie No pictures. It’s not worth the effort. They _look_ great. The filling is great. The crust is a disaster. Since I got the recipe from a random website (Sally’s Baking), here’s the filling: French Silk Pie Filling (aka chocolate custard)From: Sally’s Baking 1 cup (240ml) heavy cream or heavy whipping creamtwo 4-ounce quality bittersweet or semi-sweet chocolate bars (113g each),Continue reading “Learning 2 Bake from Scratch – LXXXVI”
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Dark Matter
This is not a post about dark matter. This is an experiment. I left a question in a YouTube video comment: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ffLDGr2pW0Q&lc=UgzZ-A4PMWQYeTATemZ4AaABAg. There are two things I’m looking for: We’ll see what happens. In case that’s not a link to my comment, this is what I asked: I was wondering where I could ask thisContinue reading “Dark Matter”
Learning 2 Write – VII
Names It may not be possible to win when it comes to names. I just (as in “last week”) found out that Rhys is pronounced Reese. This broke both Torchwood and the Deryni series, for opposite reasons. With Torchwood being TV, I only heard the name “Reese” and assumed the spelling. With Deryni being print,Continue reading “Learning 2 Write – VII”
Learning 2 Write – V
Time This may be the hardest part about writing a novel – other than actually typing it out. Authors get this wrong a LOT. Time in novels must be “stretchy” simply due to the medium. As a counter example, movie scenes must run in real-time because we’re watching people do things – including talk toContinue reading “Learning 2 Write – V”
Hang It or Throw It Away
We planned to leave Denver about 18 months before we decided where we were going. For that time, “frame it or throw it away” became a mantra. We had so much stuff in boxes (or art tubes) that we decided that if it were not important enough to be framed in Denver, it was notContinue reading “Hang It or Throw It Away”
Learning 2 Write – IV
Structure I’m talking about paragraphs, chapters, and books, not plot structure. At least paragraphs are straightforward: Nominal English paragraphs. I will cheerfully admit that I am not aware of the exact details and corner-cases of English paragraph structure. I do know that quote-source changes need new paragraphs. I also know that a paragraph should beContinue reading “Learning 2 Write – IV”
The Cactus of Theseus
The picture is of the Christmas Cactus that was abandoned here when we bought the house. It’s obviously doing well. One could say “in the pink of health” even, if one were Dad-Joke inclined. That’s the Cactus of Theseus. It’s a clone of a Christmas Cactus that goes back at least to my grandmother, ifContinue reading “The Cactus of Theseus”
Challelujah
I felt like making something different. Colonial House makes excellent challah so I thought that I would give that a try. Besides, Jesus probably ate challah, if it had been invented by then and admittedly unlikely on the day after his birth. The recipe, from The Joy of Cooking (directions edited for brevity): Combine inContinue reading “Challelujah”
Learning 2 Bake from Scratch – LXXXV
Peppermint Cookies This was an experiment. It sort-of worked. I wanted cookies that looked like the round peppermint candies and tasted like peppermint cookies. They sort-of look like the candy and they sort-of taste of peppermint. To get the red and white swirl, I dyed half the dough red, rolled out a red layer andContinue reading “Learning 2 Bake from Scratch – LXXXV”
Tourist Singing
I’ve been wondering how to find this. How convenient that it showed up on Behind the Black‘s Evening Pause.
Marked Up 