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A Neverending Learning Process - March 25, 2006

&171; Hummingbird cake with cream cheese frosting and dried pineapple flowers. (yes, that's really a flower made from pineapple.) &187; Since work has been making for long days at the office, seemingly the only thing I can do that's remotely interesting, aside from rant about the various unpleasantries of my current project, is bake which I put a lot more thought and enthusiasm into than may be readily apparent or wise to admit to. It's still snowing like hell here so there are worse.
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Bring Out Your Dead - March 21, 2006

&171; Kroppkakor, a.k.a. Smlandskroppkakor or body crop cakes, are pork-filled potato dumplings from Southern Sweden. &187; Back when I was making sptzle, I wondered about the lack of dumplings in both traditional Finnish foods and even in the more modern array of products available at the local groceries. One person suggested that the absence of dumplings in the more traditional foods might be due to the expense of wheat and that potatoes didn't arrive until late and, even when they.
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Nyetwork - March 21, 2006

&171; Moving the earth. &187; Lately, I begin to look forward to Friday by late Monday afternoon. The weeks pass slowly and the weekends fly by in a flurry of laundry, cleaning house and dog walking. My project from hell at work just keeps grinding on and on and on, wearing down my patience for and my interest in technology. Or, at least, the janitorial side of technology. After thinking about the jobs I've had over the years, every single one has had at least one guy who knows just..
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As Good As It Gets - March 15, 2006

&171; A lovely almond cake topped with soft, caramelized apples, ice cream and golden caramel sauce. &187; I've noticed lately that, as work gets more stressful, I've been baking nearly every night when I'm not so tired as to fall asleep on the sofa by 10pm. I'm not entirely sure why, but it keeps me out of the pubs and (mostly) out of trouble. I was leafing through the hefty The Professional Pastry Chef after having so much success with the semlorlaskiaispulla and found a recipe.
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