Nooooo!

I have no idea how this happened. I used the mixing bowl two days ago (more on that in a moment) and it was fine - I went to wash it up today and this crack was there. It didn't crack while I washing it, it was just there when I picked it up to wash it. I immediately went out and bought another one of the same, as although it's more than I'd like to pay for one it's a good size, has an anti-slip ring on the base and is available in the supermarket around the corner.

Two days ago, I tried making the amazing Post Punk Kitchen's green tea cupcakes, but using 'mocha' yoghurt (basically coffee with chocolate flakes) instead of plain yoghurt and coffee granules in place of green tea powder. It didn't work. They weren't cooked enough when I took them out, and I was in the middle of making something else (by the same author, but low fat and savoury) so I didn't check. When I came back to them later, several had collapsed in the middle like souffles, and they were all quite soggy. Himself suggested cutting them up and using them in something else.

I took that idea and ran with it. Ladies and gentlemen, with the addition of double cream and mascarpone and a bit of cocoa powder, I give you my first homemade tiramisu. We'll both need some exercise after this.

End of an era

I no longer remember when I bought this stationery set. I remember where I bought it - in Kiddlyland in Tokyo, along with a whole load of other Nyanko products including a little soft toy key ring Nyanko beer and Nyanko ebi-furai that himself still has somewhere. I'm pretty sure there was a Nyanko in a gyoza that you could unwrap too.

I guess this means more crazy stationery for me when I go to Japan again in May/June. Oh, the pain.

(For those not familiar with Nyanko, they are cats in food. Yes, you read that right.)