Party time ahead!
Oct. 7th, 2010 10:37 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
wiseheartWell, 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![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-community.gif)
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!
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!
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Re: Fandom meme
Date: 2010-10-06 10:56 pm (UTC)Settles in:
1. Tolkien. Such a decision, listing a favourite amongst all the characters. Reading the trilogy, Glorfindel first caught my eye, one of the wise who could scare away the Nazgul. Haldir too, with his lovely description of Lothlorien and the his sad death in PJ's movie version. But then I read the Silmarillion and there were so many more to choose from. At the moment, Ecthelion has my fancy. There is something so tragic about him dying in the fountain of his house. No, he did not slay as many Balrogs as Tuor nor die as heroically as Glorfindel, but what is not to like about a musical warrior, beloved of all his people. It does help that he is good friend to Glorfindel, my first favourite. Sorry, I cannot pick just one.
As to a Tolkien character I am not so enamored with, hmmm. Can the movies count? I loved Elrond in the books but was not thrilled with the way Hugo Weaving played the character in film. Too many arched eyebrows and Elven rages. He just did not fit my idea of a wise ruler. Yet, even Hugo has grown on me and I am appreciating his portrayal more. In the books, the obvious would be Morgoth or Sauron, but they are so delightfully evil, what would the tales be without them. Ok, if I truly have to pick, Bill Ferny. How could he mistreat his pony? People who abuse children and animals make me see red.
2. Cadfael. Thanks to Soledad introducing me to Ellis Peter's books, I have a second fandom to list. There is something about the medieval ages and the crusades that is fascinating and I have always loved reading about cloistered life, not too mention mysteries. With the Cadfael series I get all of the above in one package. Cadfael is my favourite character. He is pious without being stuffy, intelligent and level-headed. He also has a wonderful sense of humour. What's not to like about a early age forensic scientist sort of monk?
I have only read the first four books of the series, so really have not come across a character I did not like. So I will pass on part two for now.
Those are the only two fandoms I am reading at the moment. Time to mingle and refresh my pie and wineglass. Again, a Happy, Happy birthday. Wonderful celebration so far.
Mirasaui
Re: Fandom meme
Date: 2010-10-06 10:59 pm (UTC)Re: Cadfael fic
Date: 2010-10-07 03:28 pm (UTC)Re: Cadfael fic
Date: 2010-10-09 03:20 am (UTC)Re: Cadfael fic
Date: 2010-10-09 11:57 am (UTC)