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O oh. My over enthusiastic eager greedy eyes selected a 2.8 kg leg of lamb that DOES NOT FIT IN MY SLOW COOKER. I must now activate plan b which is to use my neglected but very capable oven. May the lamb gods deliver me perfectly succulent meat. 🙏
https://www.cookingtimes.co.uk/meat/lamb - for other’s reference, as you’re clearly on top of things cooking wise.
Thanks for that. That’s pretty cool. I’m going for fall off the bone type of lamb so I know it’s going to be in there for at least 5 to 6 hours. It’s not my first rodeo.
All hail the god of tinfoil! Saviour of us all.
I am fortunate enough to own a very large baking tray. Praise be.
Praise be indeed. May all the gods smile on the leg of lamb and may it roast perfectly!
Amen
My dinner
Image of a plate with roast lamb, potato and sweet potato mash, peas, mint jelly and gravy.
Perhaps I should have taken a pic before we hoed in.
Please add NSFW tag next time
Haha. Will do.
That. Is. Sexy…
Thank you. We did eat like piggies.
Drool worthy!
It was really good.
Oh my……my heart be still, where has that been all my life?
God, making someone with ADHD wake up for an 8:30am appointment is pretty funny.
(For those unaware, most people with ADHD have a thing called delayed sleep phase cycle, where our circadian rhythm is different to neurotypical folks who can get to sleep at maybe 10 - 12, and wake up easy in the morning. Whereas for us we fall asleep later and find waking up early hard).
Going to go back to sleep after my appointment, glad to be working from home today!
Edit: oof that appointment cost me way too much. I hate that psychiatrists app only take 15mins and you get a script and it comes to $175 (luckily there’s the Medicare rebate but still).
Psychiatrist fees are wild, man. The only way I’ve not had to sweat about mine is because I’ve already spent such a shit tonne on my health that I hit the $2414 limit for out of pocket fees (for Medicare subsidised items - not including all the completely private out of pocket things). Medicare safety net baby. A $475 appt for 75 minutes gets shaved down to like $50. I’m jamming in all the appointments I can before the end of this calendar year
I’m so happy I got a job so I don’t have to stress about paying for my psych app.
I took psychology in high school and learnt about who can and can’t prescribe certain meds, but it’s wild that I have to go see some dude for 15 minutes every three to six months to just get a script. Like, come on!
I’m hoping my GP might be able to prescribe repeats as I’m pretty sure he’s schedule 8 authorised. But then I’m tossing up the idea of moving interstate next year which probably means starting the whole damn thing all over again 🙃
Yeah my local docs don’t have the authorisation. Just… ugh. At least it doesn’t take me 2 hours to get there and back.
The amount of admin required to manage a condition that affects one’s very ability to execute that stuff is pretty insane, hey. I had a long chat to my GP recently after my diagnosis and the difficulty of getting diagnosed, specialists being booked out forever, etc. Turns out there’s sort of a hidden network? of GPs and psychiatrists who have no problem treating and managing ADHD and have plenty of experience, GP authorisation etc… but won’t mention ADHD at all on their profiles because the reality is they’ll get swamped and be unable to do anything else ever again. I got absolutely lucky on both the GP and psychiatrist front, and it still was a long journey
Yeah, my mum’s friend who was diagnosed with adhd suggested my current psych, because the one my doctor referred me to was I think in the Northern suburbs and he was fully booked out.
It is crazy how tough it is get a diagnosis as an adult.
I only even got anywhere within 12 months because my GP used a general referral rather than one specifically for ADHD. Psych straight up said if it had been an ADHD referral they would’ve not taken it on… And i think that’s why my GP did exactly that. Seems a bit effed up.
The more you talk about your ADHD symptoms, the more I relate I wonder if I should look at testing… jeeze
It wouldn’t hurt. I’d recommend taking online tests before you commit money to getting a diagnosis. But you can always use Medicare code 291 to get a free testing and such.
Still a little bummed about the game.
I wasn’t sure they’d take the whole show, I couldn’t bring my hopes quite that high. But I thought they had a decent shot at making the final.
I love my partner, I don’t think I’d be the person I am now if it wasn’t without them pushing me to my dreams and our dreams.
But man I hate trying to figure out what to make for dinners when we’re together. They’re a picky eater, but I understand why because their family fucking sucks. Like I have issues around certain food (I hate cauliflower, some mushrooms (love me some woodear in ramen), and I hate fat on meat, I don’t mind like some, but I just… I can’t, it’s so gross), but they are such a picky eater. But I just, ugh. I needed a place to vent about this. Again, I know its not their fault, but man it makes it so hard trying to think of recipes that isn’t just meat and chips.
It’s cool if you wanted to vent without receiving suggestions.
But if you did…
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They could flick through a site like http://www.whatthefuckshouldimakefordinner.com/ or plug ingredients you both eat into something like myfridgefood
Or they could tell you whether it was a texture issue. Better yet take over some of the cooking.
Not necessarily asking for suggestions, but I do appreciate the link because even then sometimes I’m like “what the fuck should I make?”.
My 2c worth is to find cookbooks with as little ingredients as possible. 4 ingredients books are good and so are student and kids cookbooks. Don’t like something don’t include it or swap it for something else. My husband doesn’t like ham so I’ll swap it for bacon. I rarely follow recipes to the t.
Usually I will remove something from the dish if it’s something I know they won’t like. But if that’s the main component to the dish, then there’s no point.
That’s true but you shouldn’t go without just because they don’t like it. Those days could be a GYO day. Get your own. Sometimes I just feel like toast for dinner so the others GYO.
I don’t live with my partner, so we see each other like once a weekend every 2nd week.
It’s hard, I have a few friends like that. Luckily my partner is up for anything, we both like trying new recipes. The people I know with food issues are happy to eat a favourite meal repeatedly, is it easier to make something you know they’ve liked before? Novelty is not a factor for everyone.
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so many low cost hobbies or new skills to learn exist
just lies on side in Family Guy death pose
Oh my god Reno is soooo seedy lol
I went for a walk, it wasn’t even dark but close to it… and the only people out on the street were junkies/homeless people. I put on my “don’t fuck with me” walk/look which I’m going to say worked even if it didn’t make a difference. Then it started to rain and get dark so I got on a rental scooter and scooted back to the hotel post-haste.
I did stop by the dispensery though… 😎
Edit: also dinner is going to be a Patty Melt and a Cherry Coke 🍔🍒
lots of the smaller places in Nevada are pretty seedy and you find all kinds of shops and cafes have slots. It’s insane.
thai curry chicken pies have been made, served with home made tomato sauce, some eaten, many left for lunches and dinners 🤤🥧
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Do you heat the pie maker up first or put the bottoms in cold? Because I found it hard to put them in when it’s hot because the pastry stretches.
Cold for the exact reason you stated. 👍 And that also means it has cool down between batches which is annoying.
Bang. Thanks for that. I thought there was something wrong with me.
Nothing wrong with you at all. The instruction booklet it came with is wrong. 🤨
The first time I made pies I went this is bullshit. Waited for it to cool down. Had no problems.
Hot, i use the stretch to finesse over tte crimp moulds and seal the little slot overlap
Nah. I value my fingers. I shape it into a cup then place it in the mould when it’s cold. I must add though my pie maker has deep holes.
Depends on type - both ours are brevilles, but i hotplate the one-person pies while coldplating the family sized.
Popped the heated throw on to get a bit of heat through my bed before I got in, so naturally the bed immediately filled up with the fuzzy children of the house who have left me a generous sliver of space.
Don’t you know? Furbabies go in the middle because they’re smaller, delicate and susceptible to cold. The humans sleep on the edges to guard them from drafts and predators
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Of course. You must hold the baby
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Lambo is now in the oven. He got smothered in mountain pepper, wattle seed and native thyme. This thing is going to feed us for days. My kid is gonna hate me “What’s for dinner?” “Lamb roast” “What’s for dinner?” " lamb souvlakis" “What’s for dinner?” “Lamb soup” “LAMB AGAIN? WHAT’S WRONG WITH YOU”.
Ohh Black Betty…
Would it surprise you if I said that I do in fact sing and talk to my meat while I lovingly massage oil in. They are more lullabies and prayers though.
😆😂
Comment would’ve been more vividly imagined if you were of the bodily male variety, but it still works.
May I recommend “Ruby Tuesday” as a crossover of styles.
Hush little lambie don’t say a word
Mama’s gonna turn you into delicious food
And if that delicious food don’t cook
Mama’s gonna go really crook.
If they don’t want it I’ll have their share. Lamb forever!
Lamb 4 eva.
Lamby’s 4 eva.
Shepherd’s Pie too. And lamb olives. And the good old lamb hash too. Wish I had 2.8k of lamb in the oven rn.
I had bananas and custard for dessert. I have not had it in years, but it was a good choice.
Red sky in the morning, shepherd’s warning. Take a brolly folks.
Kitty was not adequately sedated by gabapentin so she had to have a muscle injection and monitoring for a few hours (an extra $300+) but at last they got the blood sample. Got a stack of bupe for her if needed to chill her out until the results come back. She’s fine but wobbly and confused at the moment. Poor, poor, poor soxcat. I hope they get to the bottom of what the issue is with the poor girl :(
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The bupe itself was only like $7 but the “dispensing fee” which is a flat rate was freaking $40 which is why I asked for as much as I could to last even after her owner gets back. But yeah the whole thing costs a bomb. Blood test alone - $330. Sedation and clinic fee for a few hours of monitoring - another $320. I don’t envy her owner right now…
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😭 Hope Soxcat is okay :(
She’s calm and settled for now, if still a bit sad that she can’t go into most of the rooms in the house (because I can’t trust her to not pee on the couch…) but I hope she gets out of her hormonal whatever phase soon so we can have a nice cuddle on the weekend. At least she’s eating a bit more than she was before…
Thanks Just_kitten for the update.
Some pats for you Soxcat.
Where the hell has the week gone?
Sydney. There was a soccer match.
Ah yes. I heard about a big big soccer event.
where the hell have the last 3 decades gone 🥺
Don’t worry just another 3 or so more decades of working life to go
my family are long lived, I might have another 3.5 decades to go
Yay we’ll live through the peak of climate change together🫠
there’s still 20% left
20%?? Where the hell has my maths gone?
to the 80%
🤯
bin
I’ve been sleeping at a consistent and reasonable time most nights recently (save for the night I went to Mildura and didn’t sleep at all). It feels pretty weird, I always thought of myself as quite the night owl but I’m realising that naturally I don’t seem to be
I used to joke I was “a morning person, if by morning you mean 1 - 4am”. Now days I prefer to be in bed by 10pm so I can wind down and get a decent night of sleep. It feels soooo much better.
