Comments on: Appearances http://blog.flexnib.com/2006/12/17/appearances/ ... the online home of a librarian in Perth, Western Australia Fri, 09 Jan 2009 21:55:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.2 By: CW http://blog.flexnib.com/2006/12/17/appearances/#comment-1939 CW Tue, 19 Dec 2006 21:39:51 +0000 http://blog.flexnib.com/2006/12/17/appearances/#comment-1939 Hi tb, I'll experiment with the heart-shaped cutters once I've decided what I'm going to make. Still pondering my <i>Joy of Cooking</i>...<br /><br />Hey jl what are you doing for Christmas?<br /><br />Penny, which reminds me, I haven't checked with Mum yet... Hi tb, I’ll experiment with the heart-shaped cutters once I’ve decided what I’m going to make. Still pondering my Joy of Cooking…

Hey jl what are you doing for Christmas?

Penny, which reminds me, I haven’t checked with Mum yet…

]]> By: Penny http://blog.flexnib.com/2006/12/17/appearances/#comment-1938 Penny Tue, 19 Dec 2006 01:09:57 +0000 http://blog.flexnib.com/2006/12/17/appearances/#comment-1938 I had to borrow Mum's gingerbread man cutter cos I couldn't find one either. I must have been too late.<br /><br />I love different cookie cutters ;) Shortbread is a neat thing to make for Christmas too. I had to borrow Mum’s gingerbread man cutter cos I couldn’t find one either. I must have been too late.

I love different cookie cutters ;) Shortbread is a neat thing to make for Christmas too.

]]> By: jl http://blog.flexnib.com/2006/12/17/appearances/#comment-1937 jl Mon, 18 Dec 2006 22:56:55 +0000 http://blog.flexnib.com/2006/12/17/appearances/#comment-1937 Agree, Redbull is foul. The mere whiff of it is enough to make my guts churn. I retch whenever i see anyone drinking it first thing in the morning. Agree, Redbull is foul. The mere whiff of it is enough to make my guts churn. I retch whenever i see anyone drinking it first thing in the morning.

]]> By: TB-) http://blog.flexnib.com/2006/12/17/appearances/#comment-1936 TB-) Mon, 18 Dec 2006 22:32:41 +0000 http://blog.flexnib.com/2006/12/17/appearances/#comment-1936 Hi CW, try stacking the hearts in size and sprinkle with icing sugar...should look good Hi CW, try stacking the hearts in size and sprinkle with icing sugar…should look good

]]> By: CW http://blog.flexnib.com/2006/12/17/appearances/#comment-1935 CW Mon, 18 Dec 2006 01:56:45 +0000 http://blog.flexnib.com/2006/12/17/appearances/#comment-1935 jl, you're not missing anything, I reckon. Coke is waaaay too sweet to be good for us. And Red Bull? I don't get why anyone would voluntarily drink that stuff. The taste is vile, imho.<br /><br />Kathryn, they were?? So all these skinny cans are just retro? They only hold 300ml, rather than the usual 375ml. Funny, in SEAsia the usual can size for soft drinks tends to be 300ml, but they've gone for short and squat rather than long and skinny... jl, you’re not missing anything, I reckon. Coke is waaaay too sweet to be good for us. And Red Bull? I don’t get why anyone would voluntarily drink that stuff. The taste is vile, imho.

Kathryn, they were?? So all these skinny cans are just retro? They only hold 300ml, rather than the usual 375ml. Funny, in SEAsia the usual can size for soft drinks tends to be 300ml, but they’ve gone for short and squat rather than long and skinny…

]]> By: Kathryn Greenhill http://blog.flexnib.com/2006/12/17/appearances/#comment-1934 Kathryn Greenhill Mon, 18 Dec 2006 01:33:47 +0000 http://blog.flexnib.com/2006/12/17/appearances/#comment-1934 Well...when I was a girl...way back in the early '70s....long and skinny was the shape of softdrink cans. Well…when I was a girl…way back in the early ’70s….long and skinny was the shape of softdrink cans.

]]> By: jl http://blog.flexnib.com/2006/12/17/appearances/#comment-1933 jl Mon, 18 Dec 2006 01:33:18 +0000 http://blog.flexnib.com/2006/12/17/appearances/#comment-1933 That new look can - i think Redbull did it first, didn't they? If it weren't for the dentist forbidding me to drink soft drinks, i bet i'd be choosing the skinny can, too. That new look can - i think Redbull did it first, didn’t they? If it weren’t for the dentist forbidding me to drink soft drinks, i bet i’d be choosing the skinny can, too.

]]> By: CW http://blog.flexnib.com/2006/12/17/appearances/#comment-1932 CW Sun, 17 Dec 2006 21:53:41 +0000 http://blog.flexnib.com/2006/12/17/appearances/#comment-1932 And I bet we say <i>scones</i> differently, too! And I bet we say scones differently, too!

]]> By: Iris http://blog.flexnib.com/2006/12/17/appearances/#comment-1931 Iris Sun, 17 Dec 2006 17:18:30 +0000 http://blog.flexnib.com/2006/12/17/appearances/#comment-1931 There are definitely regional differences here in the U.S., so I can only speak from my own experience, but...<br /><br />We make gingerbread cookies. Biscuits are light, bready things made from flour, milk, butter, and baking poweder. I like them best with honey. Mmmmm. Scones are like Biscuits but sweeter. My favorite recipes aren't very sweet, but I've eaten some that are more like the middle ground between a cookie and a biscuit. Oh, and scones are really good with a little citrus zest or currents mixed into the batter before baking.<br /><br />Now I'm hungry... There are definitely regional differences here in the U.S., so I can only speak from my own experience, but…

We make gingerbread cookies. Biscuits are light, bready things made from flour, milk, butter, and baking poweder. I like them best with honey. Mmmmm. Scones are like Biscuits but sweeter. My favorite recipes aren’t very sweet, but I’ve eaten some that are more like the middle ground between a cookie and a biscuit. Oh, and scones are really good with a little citrus zest or currents mixed into the batter before baking.

Now I’m hungry…

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