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Hi! You've found me. This is kind of an experimental / placeholder journal, since the way LiveJournal has been changing recently worries me.
You can find me there under the username m03m. That's m-zero-three-m.

Since I'm (for now) primarily an LJ user, these entries have been copied from there. Some have even been copied from MySpace first!
That causes some problems with linkage. And if there's something about site changes and other ongoing events that makes you go 'huh?' because it doesn't seem to make any sense, it's probably about LiveJournal, not Scribbld. I apologize for any confusion and other kinds of inconvenience.

Oh, and copying the entries from elsewhere means losing all comments, as well.
3rd-Jan-2008 11:41 am - Here's a bit of Dutch tradition for you
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It's a bit obscure, though. (That should make it more interesting.)
Not all Dutch people know about this, so it might be a regional custom to bake (or actually fry) these small, hollow waffles on New Year's Eve; I don't know which region, though.
I was taught how to do these by my family. My grandmother always made them because she preferred them to oliebollen which are quite massive and can lay on the stomach like the proverbial brick. Both my mother and her sister have their own set of irons, as does my father. And of course, so do I.

The irons can be hard to find, but older houseware shops in the smaller villages may have them. Alternatively, I've been told some of the more upmarket cookery stores now stock them because it's quaint and interesting to have obscure cooking utensils nowadays.
Without further ado, here's a picture of my 'vlindertjes-ijzers' (butterfly-irons) and the Vlindertjes I baked on New Year's Eve.

Dutch deep fried waffles, click makes big

As you see, they don't all look like like butterflies. There are wheels and stars and I've seen pictures of card symbols too. But in my family they're referred to as Vlindertjes, no matter which shape they are.

These waffles are made from a normal waffle batter, liquid enough so you can dip the iron into it. The iron should be hot enough to sizzle ever so slightly when you dip it into the batter, so be sure to heat it up in the deep fryer first. Don't dip it in all the way or you'll never get the batter off! The top of the iron should remain free from batter.
If the iron is hot enough the waffle will come loose from it while it's being fried. You may need to help a little with a fork, though. Deep fry it in hot oil until a nice golden brown, turn it over so the hollow side is at the bottom and lift it from the oil. Put it on some absorbent paper to get rid of excess oil. After they've cooled down, the Vlindertjes will be nice and crispy. Sprinkle with a generous amount of confectioner's sugar, and enjoy.

Oh, and it's perfectly normal if the first three waffles stick to the iron. In fact, there traditionally should be a bit of a struggle before you get it right. Or so I tell myself!
29th-Jan-2007 08:10 pm - Oooh look what I got!
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(Originally posted on MySpace)
Time for some shameless showing off here!
Yesterday we went to visit my aunt who had invited us for a family tea & tapas party. Good news all by itself as she has excellent taste in food. A good time was had by all.
Just before we left, she asked me if I'd like something really silly. Of course I said yes. Silly is good.
And then she presented me with something I'd been secretly desiring for years: her Goblin Teasmade!


Click makes big.

Isn't it gorgeous?
Go on, say yes. You know you want to!
But what is it? It's an icon of Britishness: a teawaker.
It's an alarm clock that brews tea and then wakes you up when it's done. Lovely, innit?
The kettle and the tea pot are on a little scale, and when the water is transferred from the kettle to the tea pot the scale is tipped, and that switches off the heat and makes the buzzer sound.

This one is from the fifties or early sixties, it comes with its own tray in bakelite. It's supposed to be in working order, too. I can't wait to give it a really nice spot in the living room and try it.

It'll have to be the living room and not the bedroom, though. The thing is said to be rather noisy. I've read the sound of the water boiling and being forced through the tube into the tea pot will always wake you up before the buzzer does.
Who cares? I was going to show it off anyway.

Here's another piccie of the model I have:

click makes big

You may all start envying me now.
23rd-Dec-2006 09:44 pm - Christmas preparations
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(Originally posted on MySpace)
Tomorrow is Christmas eve and we're having guests for dinner. My parents (sort of), his parents (sort of), his sister and her husband and two kids. Yes, that makes ten!
So for the first time in my life I've started cooking a day early. We just made the soup and dessert so we won't have to do it all tomorrow.
The menu is as follows:

- lassi (mango yoghurt shake), three kinds of pappadums, three chutneys.
- dahl (lentil soup), naan bread.
- yellow rice.
- a sweet curry with sweet potatoes, carrots, coconut milk, almonds.
- a spicy curry with cauliflower, zucchini, egg plant, onions.
- fried okras as a side dish.
- raita (yoghurt based salad) with tomato, cucumber, radishes and mint.
- kheer (rice pudding). See recipe in earlier blog posting.
- coffee and tea with tiny chocolates.

Sounds classy, no? As you see, it's all Indian. I love Indian food. I hope our guests do, too. We're including a sweet curry for those who don't do spicy, so we should be allright.
Now let's see if I can find another plate tomorrow, because we're one short and I really want to have matched plates, just this once!

And we have a lovely Christmas tree. I'll try to take a picture of it. Tomorrow. If I have the time...


5th-Nov-2006 11:00 pm - I'm so proud!
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(Originally posted on MySpace)
My mother wrote a book. It's about growing older. Not the fysical aspects, but the spiritual ones: Is this how I wanted to be, have I lived the life I wanted to live? What are my goals for the remaining part of my life? Are there people or events that I need to come to terms with? Things like that.
The cover looks like this:



Nice, isn't it? The book is available from bookstores all over the Netherlands. If they don't have it they can order it for you.
If you're interested in the subject, you can check out the website we made for her. She did the content, I did the rest. The site is in Dutch, as is the book.

Boy, am I proud of her.
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