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This was 2007-2009. Australian TV got international shows months after they aired or not at all, streaming didn't exist, and our student internet access charged us 4c/MB. The server was good economic sense. It was hosted in various kids' bedrooms and moved as their residences' found out about it.
November 26, 2025 at 6:41 AM
This was 2007-2009. Australian TV got international shows months after they aired or not at all, streaming didn't exist, and our student internet access charged us 4c/MB. The server was good economic sense. It was hosted in various kids' bedrooms and moved as their residences' found out about it.
At my university residence - actually it was a group of them - the students had a private p2p download server which everyone contributed 2GB of files to minimum, and the kids whose parents had good internet would go home on the weekend, pirate loads of shit, and put it on the server!
November 26, 2025 at 6:36 AM
At my university residence - actually it was a group of them - the students had a private p2p download server which everyone contributed 2GB of files to minimum, and the kids whose parents had good internet would go home on the weekend, pirate loads of shit, and put it on the server!
Oh God dont get me and my Mum started on Australian turkeys ... nearly without exception they all come pre seasoned! Let me do my own turkey arts!
Tbh just do a brined chicken if you're going to try it. Smaller, quicker, same seasonings, less New Worrisome Food.
Tbh just do a brined chicken if you're going to try it. Smaller, quicker, same seasonings, less New Worrisome Food.
November 24, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Oh God dont get me and my Mum started on Australian turkeys ... nearly without exception they all come pre seasoned! Let me do my own turkey arts!
Tbh just do a brined chicken if you're going to try it. Smaller, quicker, same seasonings, less New Worrisome Food.
Tbh just do a brined chicken if you're going to try it. Smaller, quicker, same seasonings, less New Worrisome Food.
Much like Erin Patterson who did the full murder beef Wellington and then served it with packet gravy and instant mashed potatoes!
Maybe she just isn't good at gravy or mash but I did think the whole juxtaposition was also a sign of a killer 🤔
Maybe she just isn't good at gravy or mash but I did think the whole juxtaposition was also a sign of a killer 🤔
November 24, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Much like Erin Patterson who did the full murder beef Wellington and then served it with packet gravy and instant mashed potatoes!
Maybe she just isn't good at gravy or mash but I did think the whole juxtaposition was also a sign of a killer 🤔
Maybe she just isn't good at gravy or mash but I did think the whole juxtaposition was also a sign of a killer 🤔
The gravy thing is very funny in context because my mum herself can't make gravy from scratch! Lazy people, or people who can't make scratch gravy and want it anyway, Mum?
Dad taught me to make gravy, and then handed the job over. So now Mum makes me do it!
Dad taught me to make gravy, and then handed the job over. So now Mum makes me do it!
November 24, 2025 at 11:53 PM
The gravy thing is very funny in context because my mum herself can't make gravy from scratch! Lazy people, or people who can't make scratch gravy and want it anyway, Mum?
Dad taught me to make gravy, and then handed the job over. So now Mum makes me do it!
Dad taught me to make gravy, and then handed the job over. So now Mum makes me do it!
I will always find your Mum's beans opinions baffling and funny. Sorry, Az's mum. My mum hates lima beans (grandma served them when they were poor) and my grandma hated tongue (same reason).
My mum would also be baffled by your Mum's use of instant gravy, which is 'for lazy people' 😅
My mum would also be baffled by your Mum's use of instant gravy, which is 'for lazy people' 😅
November 24, 2025 at 11:52 PM
I will always find your Mum's beans opinions baffling and funny. Sorry, Az's mum. My mum hates lima beans (grandma served them when they were poor) and my grandma hated tongue (same reason).
My mum would also be baffled by your Mum's use of instant gravy, which is 'for lazy people' 😅
My mum would also be baffled by your Mum's use of instant gravy, which is 'for lazy people' 😅
Happened to me, outbound Sydney to Abu Dhabi. Miserable experience. Get a night flight, take some melatonin or sleep aid of your choice, you land in Sydney in the morning so its not too too bad.
November 24, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Happened to me, outbound Sydney to Abu Dhabi. Miserable experience. Get a night flight, take some melatonin or sleep aid of your choice, you land in Sydney in the morning so its not too too bad.
actually ... one of my other baking white whales is fiori di sicilia, which KAF sell along with espresso powder and which isn't available in Australia. maybe one day I'll put together a KAF order with both of them!
November 24, 2025 at 1:03 AM
actually ... one of my other baking white whales is fiori di sicilia, which KAF sell along with espresso powder and which isn't available in Australia. maybe one day I'll put together a KAF order with both of them!
I was going to use the DIY espresso powder for them right up until I saw the word "dissolve" and went "uh. uh oh. damn."
it's very nice. it's basically just extra roasted coffee beans ground really fine. I've never had real espresso powder so I don't know what I'm missing out on!
it's very nice. it's basically just extra roasted coffee beans ground really fine. I've never had real espresso powder so I don't know what I'm missing out on!
November 24, 2025 at 1:03 AM
I was going to use the DIY espresso powder for them right up until I saw the word "dissolve" and went "uh. uh oh. damn."
it's very nice. it's basically just extra roasted coffee beans ground really fine. I've never had real espresso powder so I don't know what I'm missing out on!
it's very nice. it's basically just extra roasted coffee beans ground really fine. I've never had real espresso powder so I don't know what I'm missing out on!
and, hahaha, it looks like Moccona (the fancy instant coffee ppl) now do an Espresso style of instant. Not that it matters to me, I've got 7/8ths of an Extra Strong jar to go, with an expiry date of "don't worry about it"... I should make more coffee foods to get rid of it.
November 24, 2025 at 12:58 AM
and, hahaha, it looks like Moccona (the fancy instant coffee ppl) now do an Espresso style of instant. Not that it matters to me, I've got 7/8ths of an Extra Strong jar to go, with an expiry date of "don't worry about it"... I should make more coffee foods to get rid of it.
i had it in my head, wrongly, that i got the DIY powder recipe from Nigella Lawson. Instead her team recommended a specific ratio of strong instant coffee to sub for espresso powder: web.archive.org/web/20150112.... so i guess I was right after all except I should have added more instant.
Instant Espresso Powder | Kitchen Queries | Nigella Lawson
Nigella has listed sources for instant espresso powder for the UK and US. However I live in Sydney, Australia, and have not come across this in any shops locally.…
web.archive.org
November 24, 2025 at 12:53 AM
i had it in my head, wrongly, that i got the DIY powder recipe from Nigella Lawson. Instead her team recommended a specific ratio of strong instant coffee to sub for espresso powder: web.archive.org/web/20150112.... so i guess I was right after all except I should have added more instant.
so i just used my jar of "the strongest instant coffee the supermarket had" instead. are the bars the same kind of coffee-ness as intended? who the hell knows. they're good though.
November 24, 2025 at 12:51 AM
so i just used my jar of "the strongest instant coffee the supermarket had" instead. are the bars the same kind of coffee-ness as intended? who the hell knows. they're good though.
the recipe calls for "espresso powder" which you should dissolve in milk for the glaze. this causes me a Conundrum. it doesn't exist in Australia, and therefore I use this recipe: addapinch.com/espresso-pow.... which is ground whole beans and NOT dissolvable.
Espresso Powder Recipe
Make your own Espresso Powder for baking with this easy recipe! A secret ingredient of many professional bakers, it's amazing in so many recipes and treats!
addapinch.com
November 24, 2025 at 12:51 AM
the recipe calls for "espresso powder" which you should dissolve in milk for the glaze. this causes me a Conundrum. it doesn't exist in Australia, and therefore I use this recipe: addapinch.com/espresso-pow.... which is ground whole beans and NOT dissolvable.
tea of choice: The Tea Centre's Glogg tea, my personal favourite "spicy Christmassy chai-adjacent" tea theteacentre.com.au/products/glo...
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November 24, 2025 at 12:46 AM
tea of choice: The Tea Centre's Glogg tea, my personal favourite "spicy Christmassy chai-adjacent" tea theteacentre.com.au/products/glo...
The method is very similar to my Dad's quick fruit cake recipe actually. Except his calls for mixed spice and no cloves, and when making his cake in Canada I had to make my own mixed spice bc it's not a thing there.
November 19, 2025 at 12:16 AM
The method is very similar to my Dad's quick fruit cake recipe actually. Except his calls for mixed spice and no cloves, and when making his cake in Canada I had to make my own mixed spice bc it's not a thing there.
Well, I would eat it and become more knowledgeable!
Although, how much raisins is 1 package raisins?
Although, how much raisins is 1 package raisins?
November 19, 2025 at 12:14 AM
Well, I would eat it and become more knowledgeable!
Although, how much raisins is 1 package raisins?
Although, how much raisins is 1 package raisins?
But you can't convince me that you have a 1st class relic of like, the Desert Fathers, or Mary Magdalene, or whoever. No you don't. It was too long ago, people's bodies are of finite size, and too many ppl claim to have these relics. I will agree that's what it says it is, though.
November 16, 2025 at 8:32 AM
But you can't convince me that you have a 1st class relic of like, the Desert Fathers, or Mary Magdalene, or whoever. No you don't. It was too long ago, people's bodies are of finite size, and too many ppl claim to have these relics. I will agree that's what it says it is, though.
Honestly like take 2nd class relics of, eg, Venerable Mary Aikenhead
Recent enough that they're verifiably hers & that a lot of her personal effects survive
1 habit = a LOT of 5mm² fabric squares to put inside reliquaries
Recent enough that they're verifiably hers & that a lot of her personal effects survive
1 habit = a LOT of 5mm² fabric squares to put inside reliquaries
November 16, 2025 at 8:27 AM
Honestly like take 2nd class relics of, eg, Venerable Mary Aikenhead
Recent enough that they're verifiably hers & that a lot of her personal effects survive
1 habit = a LOT of 5mm² fabric squares to put inside reliquaries
Recent enough that they're verifiably hers & that a lot of her personal effects survive
1 habit = a LOT of 5mm² fabric squares to put inside reliquaries
I work in several Catholic religious order archives and you would not believe the sheer number and variety of relics any given one has ... so many relics, all classes
And we have to keep them or dispose of them appropriately since they're holy
But there are SO MANY
And we have to keep them or dispose of them appropriately since they're holy
But there are SO MANY
November 16, 2025 at 8:24 AM
I work in several Catholic religious order archives and you would not believe the sheer number and variety of relics any given one has ... so many relics, all classes
And we have to keep them or dispose of them appropriately since they're holy
But there are SO MANY
And we have to keep them or dispose of them appropriately since they're holy
But there are SO MANY
Even if it sucks, you're in Vic, it's free! Always get free stuff.
November 16, 2025 at 4:11 AM
Even if it sucks, you're in Vic, it's free! Always get free stuff.