IT'S LIKE THERE'S A PARTY IN MY BRAIN AND EVERYBODY'S THROWING UP!

[dolari]

Sorry about the repeated video/picture/meme posts, but since the vacation has been over, life is generall back to Work/Sim2/Second Life/Comics kinda fashion.

Nothing incredibly groundbreaking or heartwrenching going on. After a vacation the Dull Part of Life seems all the Duller, and you get wierd cravings for stuff you can't have, and miss the people you can't see anymore. At least you're not hearing me bitch about work much. Now you just get a bunch of I Miss Canada things. Like so:

Nanaimo Bars (from the city of Nanaimo's offical website)

Bottom Layer

1/2 cup unsalted butter
1/4 cup sugar
5 tbsp. cocoa
1 egg beaten
1 1/4 cups graham wafer crumbs
1/2 cup finely chopped almonds
1 cup coconut

Melt first 3 ingredients in top of double boiler. Add egg and stir to cook and thicken. Remove from heat. Stir in crumbs, coconut, and nuts. Press firmly into an ungreased 8" x 8" pan.

Second Layer

½ cup unsalted butter
2 Tbsp. and 2 Tsp. cream
2 Tbsp. vanilla custard powder
2 cups icing sugar

Cream butter, cream, custard powder, and icing sugar together well. Beat until light. Spread over bottom layer.

Top Layer

4 squares semi-sweet chocolate (1 oz. each)
2 Tbsp. unsalted butter

Melt chocolate and butter overlow heat. Cool. Once cool, but still liquid, pour over second layer and chill in refrigerator.

I need to learn to make these - I'm really craving 'em. Which is strange, since I really don't like coconut.

I do nned to talk about something Italked with friends about this evening. A post for later.

Speaking of video posts...HEY DEAN! CLICK THIS THING! I TOLD YOU IT EXISTED!

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Comments

[salamanders.livejournal.com]

Oh man the only time I ever tried to make those is was a kinda fun disaster. Mom had bought me a kit and left me alone one satruday to make it up. As I did I felt that there wasn't enough of the yellow cream in the kit so I dug out her cook book and whipped up another abtch of the cream from scratch making these HUGE double cream nanimo squares that would split into two pieces-chocolate and cream in one hand, base in the other, when you tried to eat them *laugh* They were good though, I've never tried again

[jessie-c.livejournal.com]

You can leave the coconut out if you like; I do all the time. For St Patrick's day, add some green food colouring and mint extract to the second layer : )

[audaciousd.livejournal.com]

YOU SEE WHAT THEY DROVE HIM TO WITH THE LYRICS THING.

...yes I know that, ostensibly, it's coz his woman left him. But his woman left him because he was in such a state of aggrevation over the lyric thing. SO THEY ARE DIRECTLY RESPONSIBLE.

...and I'm still not convinced HE got it right...