So, it is party time again, folks!

[wiseheart]

Each year this time, we launch my virtual birthday party, which starts on October 1 and ends on October 9 at midnight, sharp. The goals of the party are to post as many comments and collapse as many threads as possible, on as many new pages as we can. It is always great fun, as you can see if you check out the similar entries of the last few years.

This year, I'll also throw the real party at mid-time - and post the recipes of all the food that will be there for you, so that you can all participate if you want to. Virtual food has no calories.

Fandom-related discussions are as welcome as the ones about coffee or chocolate (just to name a few favourites from previous years), and, of course, pictures and recipes of birthday cakes. ;)

So, drop by, tell your story, post your pics or silly poems, ask questions you always wanted to ask and have a good time!

Soledad, in excited expectation




Oh, and by the way, to provide birthday gifts hobbit-style, I've got a revived story and a Kansas 2 update for you.

Enjoy!

Comments

[espresso-addict.livejournal.com]

I've never had much to do with Twitter (I don't text, either) but Tumblr -- argh! I can't make head or tale of it.

[solanpolarn.livejournal.com]

I shall have to keep an eye out then! I do generally like sesame, and everything I have tried so far made with tahini, so it sounds promising. Low-calorie snacks are definitely something I need more of...

[espresso-addict.livejournal.com]

And, oooh, I managed to change my icon, without having to preview and reset it! Let's see if this works...

[espresso-addict.livejournal.com]

Nope! Sigh. I don't know what LJ is playing at.

[espresso-addict.livejournal.com]

There are so few snacks that are genuinely healthy and low calorie -- so many of them have salt to bulk up the taste.

[espresso-addict.livejournal.com]

So what foods do you love to hate? We've been taking about aubergine above, which is one of mine. Sweetcorn is another thing I can't abide, especially tinned.

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

I liked the first film more than I expected I would, but that was mostly due to Martin Freeman's Bilbo. Thorin I found not so bad, but the other Dwarves were sad caricatures.

The canon rape was harder to stomach, and it only gets worse in the second film. It isn't even about Bilbo anymore.

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

Did he do an ad for Nescafé?

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

Hamburgers. They taste like sawdust soaked in stale motor oil, put in day old rolls that have been soaked in dishwater. And don't even let me start about Ketchup.

[espresso-addict.livejournal.com]

He came to prominence in the UK (way before Buffy) for a series of Nescafe Gold Blend adverts, which remain among the best-loved UK adverts of all time.

[espresso-addict.livejournal.com]

With you on hamburgers. I've once had decent ones, at a posh American ski resort where they were obviously made freshly with high-quality beef, then grilled over charcoal, and served topped with sour cream & pickled cucumber. That's the only time I've eaten them in decades -- the BSE scare in the UK was a bit off-putting, even if one liked them.

And ketchup! I hate that so much I'd forgotten its existence. Baked beans, too.

[espresso-addict.livejournal.com]

Freeman was quite good, I grant you. He was the only thing in that entire film I could stomach.

[sammydragoncat]

I have to say I have never had a hamburger that tasted like that - I must remember if I ever make it to Europe never to have a hamburger.

[lhun-dweller.livejournal.com]

Delicious!

[lhun-dweller.livejournal.com]

I second your wish!

[lhun-dweller.livejournal.com]

Those sound absolutely sinfully delicious!

[lhun-dweller.livejournal.com]

Haven't seen it, but am curious to hear what folks who know the "original" King Arthur think of it.

[lhun-dweller.livejournal.com]

I forgot to tell you that I actually saw the season premiere of Dr. Who, in which a new Doctor arrives. A dear friend invited us over to eat and watch. The evening was fun, but I guess I just don't quite "get" Dr. Who. I saw it in NZ when we were kids -- that was back in the Jon Pertwee Doctor days. Back in the States, I saw a bit with Tom Baker because my middle sister liked it, but he just made me buggy. There's "quirky, then there's "a bit odd" and then there's "oh please stop." Baker was the last one. [ducks under the table in case a food fight breaks out over Doctors]

[lhun-dweller.livejournal.com]

I forgot to mention that tonight, I fetched out the comforter cover. We've been sleeping under the comforter sans cover for several days, but it's not officially "cold" until the cover is on it!

[lhun-dweller.livejournal.com]

In other news, I am currently baking a (rather flat) loaf of bread using wild-crafted yeast. While down at the sea last week, I set a bowl of warm water and flour on the ledge of the large front porch. The first batch didn't take after two days, but my second attempt worked. However, it's been very slow going -- or is that "slow growing"? I brought the bowl home and "fed" the yeasties some more flour and water After a couple days, it changed to what looked like a viable bread starter, so I set some aside in a jar in the fridge (for the next batch) and made the rest into a dough.

The dough has not risen much since, and it remains prone to being sticky, although the texture in my hands feels right. The flat ball I just put into the oven on the hot baking stone is not much bigger than the span of my hand. So, we shall see what happens...

[espresso-addict.livejournal.com]

Tom Baker was my ideal Doctor! (Though my adolescent self liked Peter Davison, too.)

[espresso-addict.livejournal.com]

wild-crafted yeast?

[espresso-addict.livejournal.com]

Sawdust, definitely! They're really foul over here.

[solanpolarn.livejournal.com]

Beetroot! and parsnips! Actually, I find there are very few root vegetables I do like, which people tells me is very strange since I am a vegetarian. The one prominent exception is sweet potato, which I had for the first time not long ago and positively loved. I also like raw carrots, but don't like the teste of them when cooked...

[solanpolarn.livejournal.com]

The description sounds like sour-dough to me, but I might be missing something...