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Offline Karen Joy

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« Reply #15 on: May 12, 2011, 08:30:16 pm »
Bad news! it was for the magazines that I ordered few days ago! and not my TM!  :( Well, at least they are true to their word...it really is three weeks for the delivery!

So, dinner tonight was simple pasta with bacon and no strawberry sorbet I was dreaming about this afternoon!  :(

Ok, have to be positive now...tomorrow is Friday..then, it will be just one week more to wait!

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« Reply #16 on: May 12, 2011, 08:45:00 pm »
Oh, what a disappointment - it's as well you didn't take a sick day off work - you can still use that up when you know the TMX is coming!
Marina from Melbourne and Guildford
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« Reply #17 on: May 12, 2011, 08:49:08 pm »
look at it in a positive way...you have another week to plan what you want to cook and expand your list of recipes..

also if you have an iphone or ipad or similar or just your pc you can get evernote (free)...its basically an electronic notepad if you dont know it and i find it fantastic and you can add anything to it not just recipes and access them in the supermarket if you forgot an ingredient for something or take it to the kitchen to access recipesz rather than printing off a bunch of recipes etc etc...i think its fantastic and got onto it after meganjane mentioned she used it also on another post..there are other software out there more like electronic cookbooks but they are more for recipes only whereas evernote can be for anything..like i said a notepad that you can organise and access anywhere...just a tip as you have anohter week to wait ...you can also put it on your pc and they all syncronise/update (sorry my brain is not giving me the word im looking for but you get the gist)... i get recipes i want to try etc and file them under different labels...just an idea haha!

good luck with the waiting...just think that sorbet will taste even better in a week  :) :)
Kim :) ... Back in the land of Oz

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« Reply #18 on: May 13, 2011, 08:51:36 am »
Oh, what a disappointment - it's as well you didn't take a sick day off work - you can still use that up when you know the TMX is coming!

Yes, good thing I didnt take a day off just for that! :-) and one week prepare :-)

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« Reply #19 on: May 13, 2011, 09:02:18 am »
look at it in a positive way...you have another week to plan what you want to cook and expand your list of recipes..

also if you have an iphone or ipad or similar or just your pc you can get evernote (free)...its basically an electronic notepad if you dont know it and i find it fantastic and you can add anything to it not just recipes and access them in the supermarket if you forgot an ingredient for something or take it to the kitchen to access recipesz rather than printing off a bunch of recipes etc etc...i think its fantastic and got onto it after meganjane mentioned she used it also on another post..there are other software out there more like electronic cookbooks but they are more for recipes only whereas evernote can be for anything..like i said a notepad that you can organise and access anywhere...just a tip as you have anohter week to wait ...you can also put it on your pc and they all syncronise/update (sorry my brain is not giving me the word im looking for but you get the gist)... i get recipes i want to try etc and file them under different labels...just an idea haha!

good luck with the waiting...just think that sorbet will taste even better in a week  :) :)

Thanks Frozzie!  I will try to search for that app.  It sure sounds helpful.  I usually hate making list especially for groceries and an on the spot list can be nice. :-)

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« Reply #20 on: May 16, 2011, 02:56:22 pm »
Ok, this time I think I have it right..10 kilos should be it right?  UPS just sent me an email and they will deliver my TM tomorrow :-) Yippeeeyyy!

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« Reply #21 on: May 16, 2011, 03:00:57 pm »
woohoo finally...normally they deliver at around the same time karen so if you dont want to miss it id find a way to be home...yay so exciting!  Have your other books arrived yet?  I bet you can almost taste that sorbet already!  :)
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« Reply #22 on: May 16, 2011, 03:16:41 pm »
haha...yes! I found a better solution. I called the UPS center here and told them, I'll pick my TM from their office on my way home. :-)

My husband already placed his request this morning.  He asked me to make some desserts for his 'picnic' at work. hmm...tricky! ;D

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« Reply #23 on: May 16, 2011, 09:36:59 pm »
How exciting - at last it's (nearly) home, where it belongs.  Have a great time and enjoy your TMX adventure.  Let us know how it all goes and what you decided to cook for DH's work picnic - those raspberry brownies that have been on the forum the last day or two sound like a good option?  :D
Marina from Melbourne and Guildford
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« Reply #24 on: May 16, 2011, 09:43:59 pm »
haha...yes! I found a better solution. I called the UPS center here and told them, I'll pick my TM from their office on my way home. :-)

My husband already placed his request this morning.  He asked me to make some desserts for his 'picnic' at work. hmm...tricky! ;D

great that way you will definatley have it tomorrow night...yay!...so will it be cherry or strawberry sorbet?? and the choccie cake or like cuilidh suggested the brownies?? yay yay very excited for you  :) :)
Kim :) ... Back in the land of Oz

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« Reply #25 on: May 17, 2011, 09:45:37 am »
Hi Cuilidh, Frozzie,

We're picking it from the quay this afternoon after work.  Will be making the Shrimp couscous (with bisque) tonight.  It was the dish Nathalie, my agent made during the demo and it was just divine.  Prepared my shrimps and veggies last night  ;) and the strawberry sorbet for dessert! my colleagues said the cherries are not very nice for sorbets..ok, we'll see  :)

For the picnic, apparently, there is already somebody who will bring chocolate cake, so, I'm thinking of Tiramisu (most of them loves this dessert).  What an exciting challenge! will check on that raspberry brownies...sounds nice too.

Frozzie, what is raspberries in French? framboises?  ???

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« Reply #26 on: May 17, 2011, 10:13:27 am »
hi karen

yes framboises is raspberries in french...i have found that rasperries or strawberries mixed with melon (rockmelon for those of you in oz..just plain old melon here) is divine but it has to be ripe fruit obviously...if you cant find any nice fresh ones i go to picard (you should have one near you) or even just the supermarket and get frozen melon and either rasperries or strawberries and use that for the sorbet...50/50...

i have a neighbour who goes to the markets (a big one near where we live) and buys ripe fruit in bulk then chops it and freezes it that way you have fresh fruit ready to go when you need it for things like sorbets etc etc

its getting close now to the pick up time  :)
Kim :) ... Back in the land of Oz

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« Reply #27 on: May 17, 2011, 11:53:48 am »
Is it there yet?
Marina from Melbourne and Guildford
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« Reply #28 on: May 17, 2011, 12:00:45 pm »
wouldnt be there yet cuilidh as its only lunch time here so a few more hours before she can go pick it up  :)
Kim :) ... Back in the land of Oz

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« Reply #29 on: May 17, 2011, 12:17:51 pm »
Ah, yes, I always get my timing wrong for the other side of the world.  Thanks, Frozzie.
Marina from Melbourne and Guildford
I can resist everything except temptation - Oscar Wilde.