Dear readers, this rather groovy Christmas card was drawn by Agustin, a friend, artist and budding blogger from Paris via Argentina. I really like his work and if you'd like to see more, click on the pic!! (Once you're in there, you have to click on the post headings in order to see the pics). Think of it as an early Christmas gift. Rhino75, bringing art to the great unwashed...time for a bit of brioche, methinks...
Tuesday, December 13, 2005
Groovy greetings
Dear readers, this rather groovy Christmas card was drawn by Agustin, a friend, artist and budding blogger from Paris via Argentina. I really like his work and if you'd like to see more, click on the pic!! (Once you're in there, you have to click on the post headings in order to see the pics). Think of it as an early Christmas gift. Rhino75, bringing art to the great unwashed...time for a bit of brioche, methinks...
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Lovely card!
Hope it's home-made brioche:
100 ml milk
25 g fresh yeast or 10 active dried yeast
600-700 gr flour
6 eggs
250 g butter
25 g sugar
good pinch salt
Cut the butter into small cubes and allow it to soften at room temperature. Warm the milk gently to around 40 C, dissolve the yeast with the sugar, and then add some of the flour gradually to make a smooth paste. Let stand for a while until frothy. Add the flour and salt to the yeast paste. Whisk the eggs. Start mixing the flour, adding the egg mixture as you go along until you get a very elastic dough that cleans the sides of the bowl. If it is too sticky and wet, add a bit more flour. Add the butter and mix in well until the dough has become a soft, shiny, silky mass. Place a damp cloth over the bowl and put in a warm place for about 2 hours until the dough as doubled in size. Knock down the dough with your fist to remove any air and cut into two. Work each half into a smooth ball, stretch a little and lay each in a greased and floured bread tin. Brush the dough with egg wash (an egg beaten with a little milk) and stand in a warmish spot for another 2 hours until the dough has risen almost over the sides of the tin.
Bake in a pre-heated oven for 200 C for 35 minutes.
The brioche is cooked when the base feels hollow to the tap of a finger. Turn out and leave on a rack to cool. The loaf can be sliced and frozen if necessary.
The brioche can be made in a traditional shape rather than as a loaf. At the point where one places the dough in the bread tin, place rounds of the dough in greased muffin tins. Make a funnel in the top of each roll. Dampen the funnel and fit in a small knob of dough. Allow to rise until doubled in size. Brush with egg wash. Bake for 10 to 15 minutes or until golden.
A truly lovely thought Nomad, but baking on a school morning?? No, Monoprix's finest, I'm afraid, with fig jam (extra fruit version). Still pretty yummy though. What a domestic post this is turning out to be...
Tired of those horrible black humidity stains on your bathroom walls? Well, thank you Mickelino for one of your new domestic tricks that'd turn Nigella into the domestic peasant that she really is! Use an old toothbrush, spread white vinegar on it and brush brush brush until the black stains disappear. Your bathroom walls will immediately turn into the shiny galore they once were. The slight smell of vinegar usually disappears after a few months of intensive showering. So what do we say? THANK YOU MICKELINO!
PS: Loving the paintings by the way!
What a beautiful Card!
How to Clean...
General Information:
To clean semen stains out of clothing, do not store the clothing for months until you are called to testify at an impeachment hearing. The best course of action is to treat the stain immediately.
Tools & Technique:
For regular washable fabrics, rinse the stain under warm water not hot! and wash as soon as possible using regular detergent and an additive to breakdown the protein.
Write it down Everyone! You never know what the future will bring. Or if you find yourself as a White House Intern one day!
How to Treat Semen Stains on Bed Clothes:
When they first appear, re-position the bed clothes so that they aren't obvious. Continue doing this until there is uniformity. In a few days, the original stains will lose their rigidity. Together with the uniformity, the sheets will appear clean. This gives 'life' to the sheets for several weeks so totally eliminates the need for frequent washing.
At the end of a few weeks/months, you may wish to replace the sheets but a good industrial washing machine will give them further life.
In the meantime, have regular checkups at your local GP
Thank you guys - when I referred to the great unwashed, little did I suspect how close to the mark I was :))
Things seem to have deteriorated in here and it started on such a nice note too!
LOL :))
I wonder who started the "deterioration process" ...
:::Glares at Nomad:::
= )
*glares back at rob*
Hey, not fair...I provided the brioche recipe!
*winks at rob*
Winking, glaring, we've not had so much fun since "the secret admirer" episode :))
i know! it's amazing how a little piggy and santa can create such waves of inspiration! Where's Mr Secret Admirer by the way? Have you been keeping him just for yourself now?
PS: So I'll see you on Friday for another **showbiz** night right? Bring a bottle of red, we're having Mickelino's special pizza. (should I post the recipe here, you think?)
I need to find out more about this secret admirer...sounds intriguing.
As for that recipe, mickelino, please post.
I think "Mr Secret Admirer" and the Reluctant-Nomad are one and the same!
At least Nomad has a blog. Plus Secret admirer didn't sound like he knew there's a country named Mozambique, so I don't think they're one and the same!
All a clever ploy I'm sure!
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