This is correct. I’d just leave the garlic/oil mixture in the back of the fridge.

More than 121C/250F for at least 3 minutes. But 400F should do the trick. Would still put it in the fridge because C. bot toxins is no joke.

That side, yes, I agree – looks delicious!

Edit: I just accidentally learned how to use the quote function… Taking that out, haha.

Not much. I woke up to do some dragonboating while he slept in, and now he’s just finished at the gun range and is going out for dinner with one of his best friends. I know where I sit in this bromance. 😭

Jokes aside, I know he loves me to death, but we don’t really do anything for Valentine’s day. His birthday was last week and we went on a day-long bike ride, had an epic sourdough sandwich half way through, and I surprised him with a travel pin board.

This afternoon, I have been reading, journalling, nursing sore muscles, and will be having a miso salmon bowl for dinner.

I don’t know, I think I would put money down to try a poutine pizza, with some maple bacon. But yes, I’ve had potato on pizza and it was so good.

Yup. All winter, we have been whinging about single and teen digits and wanting summer to come around. Then we get blasted with 44C. We weren’t careful what we wished for… But on the positive side, the rest of the summer will be a breeze. 😎

I’m left handed, and I grew up in Canada, currently living in Australia. I don’t drive differently at all.

I guess if I were to nitpick, I prefer driving on the left side of the vehicle solely because of where my cup holder is (centre console), but that’s a non-issue if I had a car with a cup holder by the vent at the side window here in Australia.

You get used to driving in your “non normal” side pretty quick. I like to sit as passenger in a car or bus a few times before I start driving in my “new” side again so my brain can readjust.

Thank you!

I did salt both eggplant and zucchini for at least an hour, and then squeezed them dry (flat with paper towel)! So I even went further and baked the eggplant and potato, too. It was 100% the meat/mushroom mix because though it would have been lovely for pasta (a little bit of water that disappears when you mix it through, but comes back as a thin layer on top when the meat mixture settles again), I should have just kept simmering more water out. I was impatient because it was going to be 3h from start to finish and I was starving 😭 there wasn’t much water on the bottom, maybe less than 0.5cm/1/4"? The bechemel sauce was thick, too.

It wasn’t even the plan to make this, but my body just went “welp, you don’t have any other plans and this eggplant isn’t going to last much longer.”

It’s Greek! The next time you go to a restaurant, order one. If it’s done right, your soul will leave this earth. 😂

Yup. There are references that I don’t get, and probably never will, but they’re still really fun to listen to.

For Blindboy, I have to be doing something calm and nearly mindless to really focus on what he’s saying… So usually I’m either playing Slitherlink (at your own pace, just know how to count from 1 to 6), or stitching.

Gods they are so funny. They get the balance of shite talking and history down pat so you don’t feel like you haven’t learned anything.

I would also recommend the Blindboy Podcast as well. He does it solo, but he talks about anything and everything. Big mental health advocate so has episodes on that, some history, sometimes just what happened on the day.

I’ve been listening to Shite Talk: An Irish History Podcast (two friends talking a lot of shite, but also learning about Irish history), and have just listened to the first episode of The 2 Johnnies podcast (a pair of Inner city Dublin blokes, not sure what their topics are yet).

My partner has listened to Tommy, Hector and Laurita.

Lots of shite talking in all podcasts, which make them fun to listen to.

So it would have crisped up alright, then! Looks yum. Potatoes 🤤

Yup. Australia.

How did the leftover fried venison come out? Did you refry or oven or?

I like 100% dark chocolate. Like Lindt 100% cocoa dark chocolate. I once pranked my office. I got reactions from “This is chalk. I fucking hate you.” to “I like dark chocolate, let me try some… What the FUCK!! This tastes like burnt tires!”

In that case… I’ll settle for not trying it. Thank you for teaching me a few things! Always open to learning about other cultures through food. 😊

I believe potatoes grow like mad, so throw one that’s growing legs in to a box of soil and you’ll have lots in no time!

As for right now… I’d send you some, but it’d take way longer than going to the shops for a bag!

Yeah, my pan wasn’t big enough for the amount of potatoes I had. I’ll keep your tip in mind for next time when I make just one serving, thank you!

That’s really interesting, thanks for sharing! If it’s something sort of kind of similar to fish sauce, then it might be too bad for me. I would love to try, but I couldn’t commit to buying one for myself because I’d hate for it to go to waste if I didn’t like it. I’d feel awful. :(

Maybe I’ll save it for when I get invited to an event, haha. My best guess that it adds a strong savoury flavour? I’m thinking the Aussie equivalent is Vegemite where a little goes a long way.

Oh, same. Tbh, all it says is “hashbrowns” on the bag, so that’s what they were to me, haha.