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OH DEAR, that is not good. You are not having much luck today are you?
Darkangel wrote: "OH DEAR, that is not good. You are not having much luck today are you?"No, I just told her unless she finishes her room I won't let her make potato waffles for tomorrow lunch, we are having raclette, cold meats, boiled potatoes and melted cheese normally - I thought the potatoe waffles will make a change! Sophie hates boiled potatoes in their jackets.
I'll let you know what they're like tomorrow!
Darkangel wrote: "Excellent. I printed of the recipe."It seems like an awful lot of garlic I might just use 1 clove, garlic may be good for you but it doesn't like me very much though I see it is pre-cooked until soft so it may be alright.
They will make a pleasant change from chips for the girls too, in the week, 2 waffles with savoury toppings, I may make some potato and red pepper waffles too! Serve with chilli!
I feel a recipe coming on... Chicken waffle surprise1 chicken breast chopped,sliced mushroom, creme fraiche, chicken oxo, little cognac, chopped parsley a sprinkle of garlic powder, black pepper you can use the mixture to make your own chicken and mushroom pies using frozen puff pastry or Filo (pastry lid only) less fattening!
brown chicken using small piece butter, add mushrooms, creme fraiche,chicken oxo, pepper and cognac simmer until tender add a little water if too thick at last minute stir in chopped parsley -
wilt fresh baby spinach leaves (wash) melt butter in saucepan drop in leaves do not drain all water cook on high heat with tight fitting lid for a couple of minutes drain well.
use large round pastry cutter to make two circles from each waffle, place circle waffle on plate (use dressage rounds if you have them) makes building stacks easier - add a layer of spinach top with chicken mixture (needs to be thickend with cornflour)add second waffle press firmly in place repeat finishing with third waffle slice knob garlic parsley butter place under hot grill serve piping hot.
You can decorate the plate if you like proper master chef style! with carrot roses, very thin slices of carrot cut on mandolin (watch your fingers) blanch in boiling water form rose brush with melted butter and honey mixture grill with blow torch! lightly golden is good black is buggered! stick a spinach leaf under each rose!
morning, anyone want a dog? He spent half the night in his cage tonight he gets to spend the whole night in there! Sick of cleaning up after him! Alain threatened to put him in the Ecurie either that or a dressage collar, that will cure him - it gives a mild electric shock everytime he does something anti social! I had to bath him this morning he was covered in sh... you know what! He didn't rate that at all!
Oh dear that is not good at all. What about obedience classes?
Darkangel wrote: "Oh dear that is not good at all. What about obedience classes?"I don't know that they would fair any better, the collar would either kill or cure, he came very close to a bullet this morning!
Alain was so angry if he hadn't had to go to work Hugo would be with the Angels this morning!
has he had a troubled life before you and Alain came along?
Darkangel wrote: "has he had a troubled life before you and Alain came along?"I think that was why the daughter passed him on to her mum and dad who in turn put him up for adoption free to a good home. Alain said if he does it again he's out - sophie cried, but then she isn't the one cleaning up after him! Eclair is sad too frightened that he's going to get the blame! An accident you accept from time to time but five or 6 times a day is no accident!
He deliberately waits until he's in the house or he's ill - I may take him to the vets if it continues see if he can suggest anything!
Darkangel wrote: "That might be the better solution."Now all I have to do is convince Alain- Hugo is in his basket sleeping off the stress of being bathed, brushed and shouted at all fluffy and sweet smelling again.
Meanwhile I have to go into the garage and fetch my washing out the dryer and put the covers from the sofa in there! How I am going to dry the wool blanket I don't know! on the airer I suppose!
I will try to finish 38 today, and guess what... yep it's raining again!
Hmmm, something's wrong - we have that yellow thing in the sky, can't remember what it's called, but not very warm...
You should be so lucky we have rain forecast for the entire week, weekend too!
Morning guys!!Here we have overcast and it's meant to rain on the weekend, thank the lord! The temperature is meant to drop to 19 degrees, better get the jackets out, lol! Still sweating today though
I thought about cheating and start writing the book for nanowrimo. I'm getting pretty impatient!
Is actually quite bright, but I have my bed socks on to keep my feet warm but my hands are like ice. Going to ahve a ahot chocolate.
OL what are you like Eva. Did you get my rough synopsis?
Darkangel wrote: "Is actually quite bright, but I have my bed socks on to keep my feet warm but my hands are like ice. Going to ahve a ahot chocolate."Bed socks! Hot chocolate - you have sunshine we're the one's growing webbed feet!
Morning Eva you can have our rain FOC and we'll quite hapily take the sun or even overcast and warm! I am just boiling the potatoes to make my potato waffles for lunch!
I did read the synopsis, that's going to be pretty hard to write, make sure you have plenty of tissues.mm! potato waffles, any beans?
Eva wrote: "I did read the synopsis, that's going to be pretty hard to write, make sure you have plenty of tissues.mm! potato waffles, any beans?"
Yes, I have beans but we are having them with raclette .
Morning Trisha
Darkangel wrote: "What is raclette?"I was wondering the same
I hope ur days are better then my morning is going I broke a toe on my right foot
I also have homework I have to do
I am so bored today. My back is hurting, I have a cold and I want to go home. Every time I try to do something I haven't had a chance to do for months someone gives me something "more urgent." Yes well that is why I havent done the other task yet.I just want to sleep.
Alexandra wrote: "I am so bored today. My back is hurting, I have a cold and I want to go home. Every time I try to do something I haven't had a chance to do for months someone gives me something "more urgent." Yes ..."Oh no! that's horrible, my only advise is to fall asleep on your desk, they wont have an option but to send you home!
Darkangel wrote: "Oh no, how did you do that Trisha?"I kicked a box
I am a Literary Agent with my own company based in London, UK. We are looking for the following:
Word Count: 65,000 words or longer.
Genre: We’re officially accepting anything under the broad umbrella of horror, supernatural, and science fiction. We realize that’s a very wide net, so here are a few specific types of novels we tend to enjoy and would like to see submitted:
○ Plague/outbreak novels. These types of novels
generally deal with more realistic societal collapse. This would include novels
○ Apocalyptic or post-apocalyptic novels. Alien invasions, last man on earth scenarios, nuclear war, biological war, or something completely new and
original.
○ Survival horror/adventure novels.
○ Weird/mysterious novels. We’re thinking of novels that have strange events and unexpected elements that weave together a weird, mysterious tale.
○ Superhero novels.
The publisher to be published for the Spring/Summer 2013, maybe pushed back to Autumn 2013.
If you have a novel that fits this criteria, please e-mail me the first three chapters or the first 100 pages to keith@mediabitch.com.
Please be sure to copyright your material and send in a .pdf if possible. If you can not send via pdf, let me know and we can see what we can work out.
There you sarah, now you can send your HOD to keith!
Hi Darkangel. How are you? Good to see the sun today but isn't it getting cold. Brrrr. How was your journey today?
The northern line today was empty and got a seat to finish reading my book. Not bad for hump day (Wednesday).
My journey was long, but I always get a seat thankfully. Just looking out the window at the Hospital, it's getting slightly grey out there!
I'm at a hospital in Belsize Park. No windows though - can't see outside. UGH!!!!! It is going to be a miserable winter, me thinks.
Darkangel wrote: "What is raclette?"Raclette is melted cheese grilled tomatoes, mushrooms fried eggs and charcuterie (ham, rosette, salami, parma ham) it's a swiss invention I think don't you have it in Spain Eva? You have a raclette machine in which you put sliced cheese under the grill to melt whilst cooking anything on top prawns, meat, eggs whatever takes your fancy!
The waffles were nice - but I think next time I will use garlic salt not whole garlic or leave it out completely!
I am in St John's wood, but I am working is everything ok Keith.Was tehre a bit too much garlic Sarah - just my type yum
Keith wrote: "I'm at a hospital in Belsize Park. No windows though - can't see outside. UGH!!!!! It is going to be a miserable winter, me thinks."Are you ill or visiting someone? I just tried to look at your website and all I got was a black screen! I am interested in submitting a sample of my work. Do you need completed manuscript or WIP Keith?
Darkangel wrote: "My journey was long, but I always get a seat thankfully. Just looking out the window at the Hospital, it's getting slightly grey out there!"I saw a flash of that big yellow thing but its gone again!
Eva wrote: "There you sarah, now you can send your HOD to keith!"Darkangel wrote: "I agree there."
I just tried to look at the site, and yes I will, I will!
Trisha wrote: "Darkangel wrote: "Oh no, how did you do that Trisha?"I kicked a box"
I'm tempted to ask why you kicked it, you must have known it would hurt!
Keith wrote: "I am a Literary Agent with my own company based in London, UK. We are looking for the following:
Word Count: 65,000 words or longer.
Genre: We’re officially accepting anything under the broad u..."
Have I horror or weird stuff - yep I hold my hands high and say I can send you samples of two, like the girls said, House of Death, WIP nearing completion I am at 68,000 words I would say I will end with 100k plus and Light the Seventh Candle which is at 118K and finished, 4th or 5th draft.
Do you not take other genres? I have 'Mummy Porn'- Growing Old Disgracefully - Synopsis and first four chapters + the end chapter - an idea for a novel I am eager to start on after HOD.
Darkangel wrote: "I am in St John's wood, but I am working is everything ok Keith.Was tehre a bit too much garlic Sarah - just my type yum"
Yep, it sort of overtook the whole waffle! But the concept was good and I am keen to try the ones with red peppers and hot chilli and paprika pepper with chilli!
Sarah wrote: "Keith wrote: "I'm at a hospital in Belsize Park. No windows though - can't see outside. UGH!!!!! It is going to be a miserable winter, me thinks."Are you ill or visiting someone? I just tried..."
Ideally completed due to the publisher asking for manuscripts to be sent in this round.
No, I'm not ill but thanks for asking. I work at the Royal Free Hospital.
My company, Media Bitch, is quite a solitary job so working as a consultant keeps me busy and not so self involved. Most of my clients are in America and it works well with the time differences.
I was a consultant first and then the agency came my way and was given to me about ten years ago so did both.
Because of the NHS wages, it enables me to stand behind my clients and not always chase after the buck but find people I want to work with and help grow in their art.
My website is: www.mediabitch.com. We also have a PR arm of the company run by my partner.
I now realised that this was definitely a huge overshare.
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Yep, I tried 3 times before and nothing! Stitch just brought me a pile of embroidery silks he chewed up the little S**t!