Party time ahead!

[wiseheart]

Well, yes, dear folks, it's this time of the year again. The big, one-week virtual party from today to the 9th of October starts here. Come on in, be welcome, make yourself comfortable, and post a comment. May we have many collapsed threads again!

Last year we had 559 comments on 4 pages, which is an impressive record to break. But I have an excellent apple pie in the oven, and offer a virtual slice to every party guest.

Let's party!

Addition: someone asked for the apple pie recipe. Here it is, behind the cut.


400 gr wheat flour
200 gr butter or margarine
200 gr sugar
1/10 litre sour cream
1 pinch of salt
ground peel of 1/lemon
2 gr baking soda

For the filling:
2 kg apples
sugar,cinnamon, cardamom, vanilla and ground lemon peel as you like

One eggyolk for painting the top.

How to make it?
1) Make a dough from abovementioned ingredients.
2) Cut it in two equal pieces. Roll out one piece, lay it into a baking tin (baking paper under it is helpful).
3) Spread some dried bread crubms all over it.
4) Peel and plane (slice???) the apples, press out the juice with your hands (it shouldn't be too dry, though) and mix them with the spices.
5) Spread the apples over the dough.
6) Roll out the other half of the dough. Cover the apples with it.
7) Paint the top with eggyolk and bake it in a pre-heated oven, on 200°C for twenty minutes.
8) Cut it when it's cooled down.

Sorry, but I had to use the metric system. My brain doesn't work in cups and pounds and that stuff. I hope you can still figure out how much you need from the ingredients.



Addition: I also wish to gift upon my dear party guests a birthday-present, Hobbit-style: Chapter 03 - Puer Natus Est Nobis of my Cadfael fic "Sparrows" has just been posted to hiddenrealms and to FF.Net. Enjoy!

And the end results are: 735 comments on 6 pages! It's more than I could have dreamed of, and I thank you - all of you - who contributed to this record. It will be a hard one to break next year indeed, but I hope you'll be back. :)

Thanks again, I had a fantastic time and met great new people - it was fun!

Comments

[lissas-elves.livejournal.com]

Yay, party!!!

And I'm the first to post. *g*

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

Have a virtual piece of apple pie. I've just pulled it out of the oven, it's all hot and delicious. Mum likes it, too, so it must be really good.

[crowdaughter.livejournal.com]

Yea, Party! Who brings the wine? I am bringing Tea Bowl (that is, bowl with fruits, orange juice and tea, but no alcohol) to drink. :)

[solanpolarn.livejournal.com]

Tea Bowl sounds interesting -- do you have an actual recipe? (I don't drink alcohol, mostly because I don't like the taste of it but drinks with fruit in always look enticing.)

[solanpolarn.livejournal.com]

Party! I am bringing chocolate! Can I have a slice of the apple pie?

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

Sure, sure. I've made an entire tin of it. Enjoy!

And yeah, chocolate is good, too!

[solanpolarn.livejournal.com]

Do we know if LJ have changed the algorithm for when threads collapse and/or when a new page is started since last year?

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

Haven't got a clue. I only ever produce collapsed threads on my virtual birthday parties, you know. But this is an excellent opportunity to figure out it all.

[lhun-dweller.livejournal.com]

I'm on my second glass of wine in RL, and it's time for a toast because...

IT'S JASTAELF'S BIRTHDAY!!!

So, happy birthday to a dear friend discovered only because Wiseheart -- also a dear friend -- invited me into Edhellond.

Happy birthday to Jastaelf!
And a very special "Köszönöm!!!" to the founder of our feast: Wiseheart! (After all, if Wiseheart hadn't invited me into Edhellond, I would not have met Jastaelf, and then who would have married The Beloved and me?)

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

You see? Even I can be useful from time to time. So, where's the (other) birthday girl anyway?

[scifimimi.livejournal.com]

*brings cookies and brownies*

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

Welcome to the party! *offers virtual slice of apple-pie*

[makamu]

*puts down boxes of cookies, scones and bars of chocolate* I also brought along some candles, mind if I light them? *smiles*

[altariel.livejournal.com]

Ooh, are they scented candles?

[altariel.livejournal.com]

Well well well and it's that time of year again! Hurrah!

*offers champagne and whatever teetotallers would enjoy*

[solanpolarn.livejournal.com]

*gratefully accepts a glass of sparkling elderflower presse* How very considerate of you to bring that along! :-)

[altariel.livejournal.com]

I'm banking on this being the fiftieth comment...

[altariel.livejournal.com]

And this should be the fifty-ninth comment. Five hundred and one to go!

[rcfinch.livejournal.com]

Yay! Virtual apple pie - zero calories! *hands virtual flowers*

[rcfinch.livejournal.com]

Initially, I was going to comment on your previous post, but then I saw this one and decided to move the comment. I'm very curious about your opinion of The Legend of Sigurd and Gudrún. As I translated the two lays into Dutch, I feel quite involved. Also, tell me if you feel inspired to write fanfic about it.

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

God, I hope I won't! I already have several dozen unfinished stories, some of them laying back as far as eight years or so, and at least a dozen ideas for stories I haven't even begun to write - but I'll tell you what I think about the lay itself.

Give the girls my love!

[fawatson]

Happy Birthday (courtesy of altariel's flist) - may your comments exceed 1000!

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

Well, now, we shouldn't be quite *that* greedy! I'd be happy with 600 already. After all, we're going to have the 55th next year *crosses fingers* so we'll keep the really big guns for that event.

Welcome to the party!

[artemis10002000]

An apple pie? How could I possibly resist an invitation that includes apple pie?

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

Hehehe! Apple pie is THE WIN, isn't it?!

[muuranker.livejournal.com]

Happy Birthday, wiseheart

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

Thank you! You give me the best virtual cakes each year! Which one is this?

[nerwen-calaelen.livejournal.com]

Yay! Party! I'm bringing more chocolate and coffee to contribute. :)

Happy early birthday!

It seems both a lot longer than a year and a lot less since this time last year.

Let's see - trying to think about things to say to start a conversation... (you can tell that I'm bad at this - but at least here I can think rather than having to think of something instantly like in person conversations).

To answer your comment on my post (in part): The fandoms that I have stuff partially written in are: Crusade, Firefly, and Swallows and Amazons. I think the only one of those that is a fandom of yours is Crusade. I also had vague plans for other stories but those are the only ones that have got as far. I started planning a Crusade/Babylon5 crossover, but it needs me to re-watch season 5 of Babylon 5, which I have actually only seen once all the way through.
Anyway, I remember talking to you a little about Crusade, but not a lot, so possibly we can talk more about that?

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

Actually, I've watched (and recorded) Firefly to the bitter end, too, even did some Internet research, even though I didn't particularly like it. So, we can talk about that, about Crusade and about B5, whenever you want. We've vaguely planned to continue the Minbari Sue story together when you get better, so we've plenty of common, don't you think?

Watching Season 5 of B5 is a mixed experience. I liked some parts of it very much and was annoyed by other parts very much. Perhaps we can set up a schedule, watch the individual episodes by a certain time, and then discuss them, eh?

[dkpalaska.livejournal.com]

Hooray! Happy birthday once again, Soledad! (And, I'm even early for a change.) I hope it is a wonderful, joyful day for you and those you love!!

Many blessings,
Denise

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

Thanks, Denise! It's good to hear from you again - we haven't talked for Ages! Of course, it's my fault, not having written Tolkienfic for Ages, not since I've finished "Web of Darkness"...

[jenn-calaelen.livejournal.com]

By the way, I've added you to my circle on Dreamwidth - noticed that you were on there. I do post different stuff there than here, but not very frequently (not that that should surprise you).

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

Yay! Coffee icon! Erm... yes. Anyway, I'm not active on Dreamwidth at all. I only use it to archive my journal, just in case. But I'll add you, too, and take a look.

[(Anonymous)]

Apple pie for the win!

[maglors-finch.livejournal.com]

My other identity wants to contribute as well. Happy comments week!

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

Yay! Now all we have to wait for Maeglin to show up to exchange insults... *g*

Is the Gondolin RPG still going on, by the way?

[toft-froggy.livejournal.com]

Happy birthday!

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

Thanks. :)

Who's the guy on your icon? He's rather... fluffy. In a grim, manly way, of course.

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

I've got chocolate cake! Swap you for some pie!

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

Yum! You've got a deal!

[maglors-finch.livejournal.com]

Though I rarely bake apple pies, I have a suggestion: after rolling out the other half of the dough, you can cut it into ribbons and use them to make a lattice over the apples.

http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apfelkuchen

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

I usually do the dough ribbon thing for Linzertorte. Don't know how the apples would react to being unprotected. Will have to give it a try some day.

[altariel.livejournal.com]

I have a feeling that we will move onto a second page after 25 top level comments. So here's a twenty-third (if I'm counting correctly).

[solanpolarn.livejournal.com]

LJ really needs a better way of keeping track of the different levels of comments; scrolling from bottom to top I counted 22 first level comments (before this one) but scrolling back from top to bottom I counted 24. I wonder which is correct?

[solanpolarn.livejournal.com]

No, counting again I think this is first level comment 25. I am going to test our hypothesis by posting another one, which should be first level comment (FLC) number 26. If you want to be taken seriously as a scientist you need to invent a few three letter acronyms to litter your writings with.

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

And this is comment 250, unless I'm mistaken. Not bad for only 3 days. Now on to more FLCs, so that we might make to Page 3!