...was wonderful, exhausting, emotional, happy, sad, a nostalgic experience surrounded by incredible and much missed friends.
It was the final shows of these boys, good friends, old housemates, step brother and ex-boyfriend. They were amazing and will no doubt be missed greatly.
...so I keep getting told how much Milo looks like me. I can't really see it myself, and it's just the polite thing to say really isn't it?! But my Mum's been sorting out some old photos recently so I asked her to dig out a few of me as baby and email them to me.
There is no doubting we are similar now! It could be the same baby! If it weren't for the obvious age difference in photo quality and early eighties background decor!
Inspired by SouleMama
In her words...
{this moment} - A Friday ritual. A single photo - no words - capturing a moment from the week. A simple, special, extraordinary moment. A moment I want to pause, savor and remember....knitting for my niece...
Inspired by SouleMama
In her words...
{this moment} - A Friday ritual. A single photo - no words - capturing a moment from the week. A simple, special, extraordinary moment. A moment I want to pause, savor and remember.
...I'm sorry I couldn't help it, I am all macarooned out now though I promise...
I made yet another batch today, peppermint (green), lemon (yellow), rosewater (pink) and coffee and chocolate, which I don't have photographed for some reason.
All boxed up and on their way to my Mum as an early mothers day gift.
They may not be perfectly round or all the same size, but they do taste pretty good and I'm still very very impressed with myself!
...I did it!...
I was so so excited when I peeked in the oven to see my first batch with their little feet and lovely shiny tops!
I'm sure this successful result was down mostly to watching this video regarding piping-I was doing it so wrong before. I did also prop the oven door open with a wooden spoon, but I didn't used aged egg whites-purely because I forgot to leave them out the night before.
I used the recipe from this months delicious magazine (which isn't the same as the recipe they currently have available online).
I didn't have any yellow food colouring-so my colours and flavours don't really match up! But I made, rosewater (pink) lemon (blue) and orange blossom (purple).
The first batch were the lemon (blue) I think they were a little undercooked due to the door propping. Also I piped them a little big I think.
The second batch were the rosewater (pink) I baked them closer to 20 mins than the recommended 15 and they were cooked perfectly! They were a little brighter than I intended, the colouring spilt a little as I was adding it!
The third batch were the orange blossom (purple). These are fairly close to perfect, as far I'm concerned anyway! Good size, cooked just right and a lovely shiny shell.
I used a simple butter icing for the fillings and flavoured them to match the macaroon.
I'm so pleased with myself! They taste pretty good too! My favourite of the flavours is the rosewater I think, although I am quite fond of the lemon too.
You can see my previous unsuccessful attempts at these here and here!
...last year I had my first attempt at making macaroons inspired by theblackapple's posts on the matter. Well I failed miserably!
So much so-I don't think I ever thought I would try again (I know they are a tricky customer, but I don't have much patience!) But then I saw this...
...the cover of this month delicious magazine and I remembered why I wanted to make them in the first place. They really are so so beautiful!
So yesterday I had a second attempt-ignoring all the wonderful tips you'll find in theblackapple post, which I followed religiously on my first attempt and just followed the simple instructions laid out in the delicious recipe. Once I got to the piping stage I knew already they weren't going to work. If at that point-I came to the trusty internet and discovered this wonderful video I would have realised that I was piping all wrong-that my macaroons were far to thin. But of course I didn't see that until after all my skinny unsuccessful macaroons were baking in the oven.
I did manage a whole 3 that didn't crack on the top-that did have feet! And they are delicious-even if they aren't beautiful. I made rosewater, lemon and chocolate flavoured ones, I coloured them all too-but now can see that I didn't add enough colour.
If nothing else I have learned a lot and I'm ready for another attempt a little sooner than a whole year this time! Maybe even today! This time I think I will follow the delicious recipe again and follow all the tips I discovered on the internet during my research.
Maybe, just maybe, I'll be able to produce something like this...
photo by sfophoto
...knitting...
Another one of these for my nieces birthday (which is actually next Tuesday-I need some super quick needle action to get this finished in time!).
...working on another crochet chain...
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