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Snowflake Challenge Day Huit

posted by [personal profile] emef at 05:42pm on 28/01/2012
Snowflake challenge Day 8 : In your own space, talk about a talent (or talents) you have. Everyone's got something they're good at. Leave a comment in this post saying you did it. Include a link to your post if you feel comfortable doing so.

I'm good at baking.

Some samples of my work :

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Many people have enabled me in my baking ventures. My cousin Lisa, whose passion for baked goods lends support for a "baking gene" theory, gave me the plate those madeleines are sitting on. One of my students gave me the violin and eighth note cookie cutters. A's aunt gave me the madeleine pan.

In addition to being good at baking, I also enjoy it. I would bake more, but my willingness to wash dishes is nowhere near as high as my interest in producing cookies, cakes, cupcakes and/or pies. Which is to say : dishes are the limiting reagent in my baking life.

Favourite recipes include : pecan pie, lemon bundt, gingersnaps. Number one pet peeve : the unpredictability of pie crusts.
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marginaliana: Buddy the dog carries Bobo the toy (Bobo), by me

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posted by [personal profile] marginaliana at 11:39pm on 28/01/2012
Mmmmm, those look amazing! And now I want pecan pie.
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emef: daisy passed out at the typewriter (daisy passed out at typewriter), Spaced icon by songstressicons

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posted by [personal profile] emef at 04:54am on 29/01/2012
pie is what pecans are for, really
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out_there: B-Day Present '05 (Out_There box by Delurker), <user name=delurker>

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posted by [personal profile] out_there at 04:10am on 29/01/2012
Those look fantastic! Yum!
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emef: daisy passed out at the typewriter (daisy passed out at typewriter), Spaced icon by songstressicons

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posted by [personal profile] emef at 04:57am on 29/01/2012
the cookies are from Mark Bittman's "How to Cook Everything", which I would rec for any kitchen
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hollyberries: (Blossoms on green), Credit raptureicons@lj

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posted by [personal profile] hollyberries at 06:51pm on 29/01/2012
Both the cookies and the madeleines are amazing! I used to bake a lot but nobody eats them (or complains incessantly about calories while eating them *coughmomcough*) so I've moved on to cooking things instead. I really miss it, though.

I wonder if anyone would be up for a bake-off/party type of thing?
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magnacarta: (sleepy Kris), cradit: <lj site="livejournal.com" user="bringontherage">

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posted by [personal profile] magnacarta at 03:52am on 30/01/2012
HM YES.
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emef: daisy passed out at the typewriter (daisy passed out at typewriter), Spaced icon by songstressicons

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posted by [personal profile] emef at 04:46pm on 30/01/2012
Ooooh, what could we make? Comparative study of cupcake recipes? Gingerbread fangirls?
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posted by (anonymous) at 04:21pm on 30/01/2012
Ici MP! I wish I had inherited that gene, because cooking in general is not my cup of tea. Although maybe if that whole "SO MUCH DISHES" thing that comes after was out of the way, I'd have much more enthousiasm. How do you deal? Does A. cope with said dishes? After all, when it comes to your baking, he's probably your #1 fan, right? :3
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emef: daisy passed out at the typewriter (daisy passed out at typewriter), Spaced icon by songstressicons

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posted by [personal profile] emef at 04:48pm on 30/01/2012
...you'd be surprised. Like I told Shoshanna yesterday, A probably washes more dishes than I do, but not on command. So like, if I decide I want to make a cake, that's my problem?
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