Ma's Things

The Bristol entry is finally updated and over with - see below - there will be no birthday update, but a new exciting project on the way!

Good news everyone! It seems that the last Harry Potter movie (e.g. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows) will be in two parts!
This means double treat for me ^ ^
So hopefully, we are looking at another three movies

Until the news is confirmed, fingers crossed everyone!

Preparation: 15 mn
Cooking time: 35 mn

What you need to make some good gingerbread:
250 g honey (honey with a strong taste like fir honey (miel de sapin) / chestnut honey (miel de châtaignier) / heather honey (miel de bruyere)
10 cl hot milk
100 g butter
200 g flour
1/2 packet of baking powder
50 g brown sugar (or ideally some nice cassonade)
1 egg
a pinch of salt
cinnamon, ginger, clove, nutmeg ... some also put walnuts, hazelnuts, almonds, coconut, but this is not true gingerbread to me, I personnally only put loads of cinnamon, a bit of nutmeg and a touch of orange peel. And it tastes delicious.


Directions:
Whisk the honey with the hot milk.
Rub the melted butter in with the flour (beat vigorously if it goes lumpy)
Add the baking powder, brown sugar, egg and salt
The final touch, add the spices and nuts according to taste.
Pour batter into cake pan.
Bake for 30-35mn at 180-200°C.

MiAm MiAm !!

Harry Potter fans beware! the eighth book is on its way! Its called James Potter and the Hall of Elder's Crossing and has its official website! (don't skip the intro it is brilliantly done). Jk Rowling denied the rumour but its nice to believe, so watch out in 14 days, I will, just in case ;)

It's coming...

We are going to get the new book tonight, Waterstones especially opens at 00.00 excepting quite a lot of people to come and get their copies.

We are happy to welcome two new occupants,
Meet petit Thing and petite Thing !

In the land of the fatty fried food, where twinkies and cookies are stuck with a stick, dipped in batter and fried, (you can even get some fried ice cream!) the latest crazy thing in the US is something called fried coke. Fried coke is made of nuggets of some kind which are dipped into Coca-Cola syrup, then dunked in hot grease, and topped with more Coke syrup. Yum yum.. Now I'm not sure I would like that but still Id want to give it a go

So what's next? Fried pepsi?

Wi Fi glasses, that's the new invention of a group of researchers at MIT's Media Lab in Boston.
The idea is to give long-distance lovers the chance to recreate the intimacy of sharing a drink. Thanks to coloured LEDs, when one picks up his glass, his partner's will glow.

I have to say, I'm a big fan of all these little things, my things.. glowing stars, doorbell, magic hot water bottle, etcher sketcher, twinkling lights - god I miss my lights..- etc. so yes I would probably be delighted to get one of these.
Obviously that might lead to some sort of over reaction from time to time if the long-distance partner doesn't drink back what is he doing its not blinking.. ITS NOT BLINKING!! he didnt drink today, is he using another cup?! Did he forget about our little code.. one blinking he misses me, two blinkings he really misses me!!
And beware long-distance partner, don't even try to fool me, because the cup knows it all. So don't just pick it up occasionally to make me happy because I was "drop drinking" you again, the glass can make the difference between picking up and drinking, the LED will glow brighter when the lips touch the glass.
Now that can make some fun games :D well at least for the first few days..

Ah well, I think I just love lights, that is why I have a fascination for people playing on fruit machines, and probably also why I love Christmas so much