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.