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Anyone braving the shops today best of luck.
Times like these I'm glad our family never did xmas. A relative in the 'Rat has invited me this year though so I got something for the little kiddo months ago... nobody else gets anything though.
I've got to bring a fancy salad though, and I almost never make them. And it has to be disassembled so it can survive a 2hr drive tomorrow afternoon to be reassembled on the other end.
I will have to steel myself and tackle the fancy grocery today.
Does it need to be fancy?
I’m not good and don’t eat salads really but I made a Wombok salad with the crunchy noodles.
Super easy to do on a budget and it’s simple.
A fancy salad. I did not know such things existed.
A fancy salad is a normal salad in a nice bowl, and maybe with some luxe crunchy bits
Oh. Like pine nuts.
Fancy salad is very similar to a normal everyday salad but with pomegranite seeds and possibly some sort of fancy cheese. Or I might be out of date and there is a new definition of fancy this year.
If you go back in time you will find a fancy salad involves jelly. Hopefully this is one trend that will never repeat.
I imagined a Caesar with a little Top Hat on it and thanks to AI we can make this come to life!
That's funny because I was thinking if you want a pretty salad you just add pomegranate seeds but they're not in season. Couldn't think of anything else that would make it fancy. Haha.
I think the trend before pomegranate seeds was flowers on top, probably with a large amount of rocket.
If you can't get pomegranate you could probably do something like pear and blue cheese.
That is fancy. What about segmented orange?
Orange can be fancy, but you need to make sure each segment is peeled with no white bits. Which is either incredibly fiddly or requires a soak in a pectin disolving enzyme.
I have done this before and it can get quite messy.
I bottled a lot last year, after using the enzyme to peel them. They worked really well & I can now add them to salads whenever the mood strikes me. I don't think I'd want to go to the effort of peeling.
My cousin sent me recipes of pear and walnut type things and honestly even that is too much for me. I don't even eat basic tomato and lettuce salad. I eat lots of veg, just can't be bothered making salads... I can't "think salad".
This is too hard. I'm going to change tack and suggest some top notch broccolini or green beans with a tasteful sprinkling of garlic infused olive oil and sumac and stuff like that. Maybe my aunt's excellent julienned-cabbage stir fry that makes a great side even if it's cold.
I went to Costco on a rental scooter (not going near that carpark.. Costco weekend parkers are ALREADY bad enough) and every register had decent lines even 20 minutes after opening. Wasn't too painful though. Glad to have that done, was getting the last part of a xmas present. No more shopping required now, it's all leisure all the time!
Think I might pick up some of those Hard Solos on my way back from my drive today and give them a whirl later on. I hear they're pretty decent and taste just like regular Solo.
196 is nicer than Solo in my opinion, but they certainly aren’t awful
That's the one which is the most popular drink in Japan or something right? I might grab one to try too. I think I remember someone saying they were underwhelming though.
The lemon one is nice, as are the grapefruit and pineapple. The grape is revolting.
heading to the city right now
Good luck 🤞
Highpoint. Ouch!
I've (foolishly) ended up needing to go to Officeworks to get a photo printed... I'm expecting to be there most of the morning.
I was in my local one about when you posted and it was quiet as - hope you're as fortunate!
I hope you make it out safely.
Already been, I'm using a cinnamon scroll recipe that uses biscoff filling.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MrWMl1j4kmI
Whoa that looks amazing. Can you share some pics when it's done? Very interested.
Preston market is heaving. And tomorrow will be worse.