Poetry

Under a old rock I found this - Until I dream again!  Poetry is really not my preferred medium but some of my pieces are nice.

The cheaters guide to homemade flapjacks

Home made flapjacks the easy way.  All you need

- a 500g box of muesli

- 2 cups gluten-free flour

- 1/2 sugar

- enough water to combine

Stir all the dry ingredients, mix in water, then whack in the over at 220 celcius or gas mark 7 until cooked and you have hassle free flapjacks

The goose and the gander

Time for some random social commentary.  Humans must be the only species of animal where the following proverb doesn't ring true 'what is good for the goose, is good for the gander'.  Now we spend so much time constructing fictions about masculinity and feminity that we actually believe that there are things that each gender shouldn't actually do.  Makes no sense to, outside of you know, pregnancy.

Veggie damper

Damper, otherwise know as (a form of) unleavened bread.  A basic damper recipe includes only flour, and water.  While fulling, by itself, this is unsatisfying.

I have taken to adding herbs and veggies for a tastier and healthier meal. 

'Indebted' - a random word challenge

Today's creative writing challenge revolved around the production of a short story inspired by a randomly generated word.  The randomly selected word was indebted and from this I spun the fic of the same name, Indebted.  It's an extremely short piece around life, marriage and society.  Very slice of life, well for some people. :)

Nothing cures boredom like

Alcohol!!!!

Unfortunately, I have not been drinking.  I wish, it's rather late in the night and I am still very alert.  I was bored but the I came across this Picture it and Write creative writing challenge.  What does this have to do with alcohol you ask??

Everything.  The photographic subject of this challenge was a purple martini.  The aim - to write what ever came to mind.  Then 1 1/2 hours later I ended up with Ambrosia - a short fic about a young woman who has just had a nasty break up who is being consoled by a mysterious stranger and a drink.  It has 'happy' ending though, so don't worry - it's just a little off-beat. :)

The effects of joblessness

So tired of unemployment.  I have so little to do around job hunting (which you simply can not spend all your time doing no matter what certain people reckon).  As a result of the need to fill a void left by work and the scaling back of soap related activities I have started to turn my creative writing into a... job...

As evidence of this I draw you attention to the semi-serious Progress report. I have submitted on my creative writing blog.  This is not necessarily a bad decision.  If I ever hope to publish a novel then having a fan base will actually be beneficial.  A blog is an easy way of doing this.

I am a little worried, however, that putting too much energy into writing will stop me doing other things...

Allergen friendly batter

This must seem like an odd choice to devote a whole post to.  However batter is an important fashion of preserving meat flavors in all sorts of cooking methods.  It can also be used to add a unique taste to your dish with simple additions to a basic recipe.

The only ingredients you need for batter are flour and a liquid of some form.  Below I have listed some unique batter flavours you might like to try.

Plum batter - excellent for dishes that benefit form a sweet kick

1 cup flour, 1 tbs plum jam, and enough water to make a thick batter

Lemon batter

1 cup flour, 1/4 lemon juice, 1 tbs sugar, and enough water to make a thick batter

Herbed batter

1 cup flour, 1 tbs mixed herbs, as above

These are just a few varieties.  The actual combinations really depends on your tastes.