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I've been thinking that I'd quite like to keep some form of a diary of my reactions to the world at the moment, and have belatedly remembered that I have an actual online journal. Which I have been neglecting shamefully.

To ease myself back in, I shall steal a list of questions from strange_complex. Thus far I haven't really been thinking very much about when I last did things, but Strange_Complex described it as 'the meme of the moment', and who am I to disagree :-)

( The Meme of the Moment )

How are you doing? OK?

This idea was stolen from ailbhe. What was I doing...

( Ten years ago )

( Five years ago )

( Two year ago )

( One year ago )

( Yesterday )

( Today )

( A year in the future )

( Five years in the future )

Nicked from bopeepsheep's LJ:
Bold the ones you have and use at least once a year, italicize the ones you have and don't use, strike through the ones you have had but got rid of.

I wonder how many pasta machines, breadmakers, juicers, blenders, deep fat fryers, egg boilers, melon ballers, sandwich makers, pastry brushes, cheese boards, cheese knives, crepe makers, electric woks, miniature salad spinners, griddle pans, jam funnels, pie funnels, meat thermometers, filleting knives, egg poachers, cake stands, garlic crushers, martini glasses, tea strainers, bamboo steamers, pizza stones, coffee grinders, milk frothers, piping bags, banana stands, fluted pastry wheels, tagine dishes, conical strainers, rice cookers, steam cookers, pressure cookers, slow cookers, spaetzle makers, cookie presses, gravy strainers, double boilers (bains marie), sukiyaki stoves, ice cream makers, fondue sets, healthy-grills, home smokers, tempura sets, tortilla presses, electric whisks, cherry stoners, sugar thermometers, food processors, stand mixers, mincers, bacon presses, bacon slicers, mouli mills, cake testers, pestle-and-mortars, gratin dishes, apple corers, mango stoners and sets of kebab skewers languish dustily at the back of the nation's cupboards.

I think the short version is: I've got quite a lot of crap in the kitchen, but I do use most of it. The mincer is a recent[*] acquisition which I expect to use, but have not used yet. Get back to me next week. The juicer is a close call; it probably gets used about once a year. Used to be much more often when I lived in a house with an apple tree.

I'm bewildered by some of these things, though. What is a jam funnel? I don't own one, so it clearly isn't necessary for making jam. Mind you, I had a boiled egg for breakfast on Thursday and I don't own an egg boiler, either. How does a gravy strainer differ from any other kind of strainer (or is it one of those slanty jug things)? I have flat, ceramic dishes which I use, but I'm not sure if they're legally gratin dishes or not. I have made gratin in them. I counted my Kenwood as both a stand mixer and an electric whisk (I use it for both).

[*] Hmm. Not as recent as I think, though. Must get on with it!

Jotted at odd moments over the course of the weekend, here are my responses to the 100 foods sheep - bold text for those I've sampled.

( Mmmm, tasty 100 foods )

Apparently, marjory tagged me. I almost didn't notice because I nearly wasn't looking. Anyway... apparently these are the rules.

1. People who have been tagged must write the answers on their blog and replace any question they dislike with a new, original question.

2. Tag eight people. Don't refuse to do that. Don't tag who tagged you.

( And here are my answers to the questions )

Tagging... er... I dunno. exspelunca, ebee, sushidog, beckyc, leathellin, shrydar, rabbit1080 and tigerfort.

For a number of years now - despite all my posts being public - you lot have been assiduously not crossposting them to Twitter, Facebook and similar sites.

I assume that this is because you don't want to and/or you think it's inappropriate, not that you've been confounded until now by the lack of an appropriate tickybox.

Stolen from ulfilias, getting my good cheer in early.

( Christmas questions )

Grab the nearest book. Find the 5th sentence on page 23. Append it to the paragraph below. Append your name to the list below of people who have contributed to the paragraph. Post the result to your LJ.

( Erisian literature below )

Y'know, I'm worried how much sense that made in places.

I've often suspected that a lot of philosophy (and lit. crit.) is clever-sounding sentences chained together to give the illusion of an argument. I now feel even more strongly that this is the case.

Stolen from tooth_fairy:

( A sheep-game about what bands you've seen )