• Alamutjones@aussie.zone
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    6 months ago

    I did not end up making the korma, because just the stew turned out to be So Much Food.

    Four meals worth in the freezer. Three meals worth in the fridge. Plus dinner tonight, and the realisation that I’m out of plastic tubs with lids.

      • Seagoon_@aussie.zone
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        6 months ago

        So I can fish the skin out or it comes off easily when cooked?

        because if that is true I am never peeling another pumpkin again.

            • CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone
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              6 months ago

              What I do is cut it into crescents or chunks, put it in a baking dish, add a sprinkle of cumin, chilli flakes, pepper and salt, a slosh of olive oil and roast it until soft. When it’s on your plate and you’ve had enough of eating skin you can just cut it off with your knife because it becomes very soft when cooked.

        • Thornburywitch@aussie.zoneEnglish
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          6 months ago

          Yes. Some kinds of pumpkin will leave a greenish rim after the skin comes off. This is in no way harmful, but can spoil the colour of pumpkin soup. I never peel anything I don’t have to so have been not peeling pumpkin for many years. Actually, the same goes for potatoes. Cook with skin on then slip the hard part of the skin off with a flat bladed knife or your fingers. Usually comes off very easily. As most of the nutrition other than fibre and starch is just under the skin, peeling is wasteful. I recommend rubber gloves as skin comes off most easily when hot and damp from the pot. Also beetroot is tastier cooked with the skin on, but gloves are compulsory when removing skin after cooking. Unless you want to star in a horror film.

  • Duenan@aussie.zone
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    6 months ago

    Heated wheat bag and hot water bottle, check.

    Coffee check.

    Blanket check.

    Footy check.

    Now I’m not moving.

      • Duenan@aussie.zone
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        6 months ago

        I’m sorry to hear.

        Make sure you Get yourself something nice to eat tonight.

        Nothing like a good meal to lift your spirits.

      • just_kitten@aussie.zone
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        6 months ago

        I’m absolutely feeling like trash today too. Physically and mentally. Pretty sure whatever I was recovering from has come back to hit me full on.

        • Duenan@aussie.zone
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          6 months ago

          Aww rest up and have some nice meals as well.

          I hope you feel better soon.

          Today is going to be a cold night so hunker up with a movie maybe.

          • just_kitten@aussie.zone
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            6 months ago

            Yeah I would like something light and funny but my left eyeball absolutely hurts despite having a nap and drinking plenty and not doing much. Thank goodness I have a fair bit of premade food to eat. Day feels totally wasted.

            • Duenan@aussie.zone
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              6 months ago

              Possible you have a cyst on your eyelid?

              Getting some good sleep can really help it go away.

              Oh yeah, having pre-made stuff certainly helps when you’re feeling down and aren’t up to cooking for sure.

    • Baku@aussie.zoneOPEnglish
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      6 months ago

      Lol I feel this. Besides putting on some washing I haven’t gotten out of bed yet because this electric blanket is just so toasty1

      • Duenan@aussie.zone
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        6 months ago

        I’m still debating if I should buy the throw one for couch sitting this week.

        Umming and ahhhing right now about it.

        I’m only going to get up to reheat my packs or to make dinner later.

        Washing done as well!

        High five! 🙌

        • Baku@aussie.zoneOPEnglish
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          6 months ago

          The best and worst part about electric blankets is you don’t have to do anything to make them stay warm. Great because I don’t want to be anywhere except warmth when it’s 10 outside and 12 inside, but bad because it makes it impossible to get out of bed!

  • MeanElevator@aussie.zoneEnglish
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    6 months ago

    Went to the footy today with my daughter. On the way out had to stop at the gent’s. some young lads were kind of trying to chat her up whilst I was absent, nothing rude or lewd.

    The looks on their faces when she said ‘Hey dad’ and I stood there towering over them.

    Kind of feel bad for their egos, but watching them scurry away was pretty comical.

  • oztrin@aussie.zoneEnglish
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    6 months ago

    Finally have some decent weather so I’m going to tackle the garage and hopefully get the last of it cleaned out.

  • Alamutjones@aussie.zone
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    6 months ago

    Washing on, breakfast dishes done. I’m going to the market, and then…

    Then it’s time to cook. I have big plans

  • melbaboutown@aussie.zone
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    6 months ago

    Oh man, I just realised some of my rants about scent and chemicals on here come off as a bit cooked.

    For people who aren’t familiar - I have an elderly asthmatic cat who used to require emergency vet trips and use inhalers before I eliminated nearly all scent and aerosols from the house, have extremely sensitive skin mild asthma and migraines myself, and used to be really mindful about chemicals because I was caring for a bird. (Birds can die if you cook in a non-stick pan around them.)

    Using simpler and fewer products is also cheaper and more environmentally friendly.

    I promise I vaccinate and don’t have an issue with 5G.

    • StudSpud The Starchy@aussie.zoneEnglish
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      6 months ago

      Haha omg melba, I never had the assumption that you’re a cooker! Don’t stress it!

      I took your advice about vinegar for carpet moths and it’s worked a treat! No more grubs have come out of the carpet. Apparently the acidity damages the grubs and eggs, so I hope I’ve broken the cycle. But I’m super thankful because I was stressed about that bug spray chemical that cats can’t metabolise. You are a legend! 💜

      • melbaboutown@aussie.zone
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        6 months ago

        No problem! Vacuuming super regularly and hot washing/drying all the cloth in the house is what gets them too. (I’ve done some more today)

        If you’re still struggling for a cat safe insecticide there’s the Frontline spray (out of stock at Petcircle but also a similar cheaper price at Budget Pet Products). Or there’s the Sundew flea control spray which I don’t use because scent and aerosol, and which doesn’t seem to be in pet shops anymore.

  • Railison@aussie.zoneEnglish
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    6 months ago

    I’m gonna get my biweekly run outta the way, though it would’ve been better in the rain

  • melbaboutown@aussie.zone
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    6 months ago
    Online is being legislated again

    Oh wow these new laws are something else… pr0n is gated behind age verification in Texas and under-18s are now barred from having social media accounts without parental permission in Utah. I’m still trying to work out what the latest with KOSA is

    It seems like something that might not affect all of us, but the thing is that many sites are hosted in America and subject to US law. And the material being gunned for also includes anything to do with LGBTIA+, sexual health information, or seeking terminations.

    So there’s the possibility that even if you’re not a citizen you may be asked to provide ID to use American social media or general websites. Or the owners may try to scrub the site of that information/certain users.

    I was aware of this stuff being fought but now it’s slowly starting to go into effect.

  • Alamutjones@aussie.zone
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    6 months ago

    Returned from the market with everything I need for the week, including a bunch of gerberas.

    Let the games begin

  • Baku@aussie.zoneOPEnglish
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    6 months ago

    Hmm. Potential problem. I dropped my bowl of ice cream on the floor and told it it was an arsehole. My computer wasn’t a fan of that and turned off. Then it got stuck on a black screen and I had to switch it off at the PSU to make it stop. Then it booted up perfectly normally like nothing ever happened which I don’t know is meant to be better or worse than a BSOD.

    I dug through the event logs and the 2 errors I noticed were both related to graphics card issues. I really hope it’s not a graphics issue (at least one I can’t fix) because I do not have new GPU money, and my CPU doesn’t have integrated graphics. But like most errors in windows, it can either be a direct or refered error. Apparently although the error comes from the GPU, it can be caused by anything stretching from a minor driver glitch to memory (RAM) problems.

    It’s never done it before and hasn’t done it since, but I suspect it’s probably because of the damage the fan sustained the other day. As far as I can tell, the wifi card only damaged the fan, so my suspicion is perhaps the fans not doing a very good job anymore so it overheated and shut down. But because windows doesn’t believe in descriptive errors I can’t really confirm or rule out anything

    ^ leaked footage of me trying to get any useful info out of windows

    (That was meant to be a gif but uploading gifs to Aussie zone turns them into webMs for some reason so I just embedded the MP4. You’ll probably need to click on it to animate)

    • melbaboutown@aussie.zone
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      6 months ago

      Not my field of expertise but can you replace just the fan? Might be cheaper than the graphics if you suspect damage and subsequent overheating. Then if issues persist it’s possibly something else

      • Baku@aussie.zoneOPEnglish
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        6 months ago

        Not my area of expertise either, it looks like it is possible. Voids the warranty, apparently, and I’ll need to redo the thermal paste at the same time. I’ve redone my CPU thermal paste before and although I hate it and probably don’t do it very well, it still worked afterwards. Although I’m not sure if GPU fans are soldered or not. If they are that’d way beyond my level of technical skill and I’d have to take it to a shop

        A GPU upgrade has been on the cards for a while now, but stalled because the people at centrecom said I wouldn’t notice any performance increase with an upgraded GPU as it’d still be bottlenecked by my mobo and to a lesser extent my CPU. I might look at upgrading GPU anyway and worry about bottlenecks later

          • Baku@aussie.zoneOPEnglish
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            6 months ago

            Nah, this one’s a pre-built from scorptec. Honestly not sure the GPU would still be under warranty, I got it a while ago

            • melbaboutown@aussie.zone
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              6 months ago

              If something ever happens to this one you might be able to get a low cost computer from Computerbank

              Edit: They have secondhand parts for sale too

  • Baku@aussie.zoneOPEnglish
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    6 months ago

    Ok I tried to watch the godfather and I just couldn’t get behind it. I managed to get an hour and a bit in but then I started nodding off. Finished off the other half of crocodundee, now that’s a movie I can get behind

    • calhoon2005@aussie.zone
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      6 months ago

      Try the book. It’s one of my favourites. Read it basically in one sitting whilst solo camping in the Daintree about 20 years ago.

      • MeanElevator@aussie.zoneEnglish
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        6 months ago

        The book ruined true movie for me.

        Read it before watching and thought the movie was overrated.

        Godfather II is better anyway