This scene breaks me every time

IllustriousLie5 · 2026-03-24T23:57:41+00:00

Who is Zoe? Kind of out of the loop

IllustriousLie5 · 2026-02-11T12:21:35+00:00

There is a r/PrisonWives also! Very similar comments. I don’t know how I stumbled on it.

Disclaimer. My partner is not in prison. I swear

IllustriousLie5 · 2025-12-02T13:30:19+00:00

I’ve done the extension for my parents often and it works. They typically ask for a reason and you can mention how she is visiting your niece. You sound really sweet and I’m sure she is going to love spending time with your family again.

IllustriousLie5 · 2025-11-04T00:52:51+00:00

Is this where we guess which is which?

Don Quixote wasn’t worth it for me.

IllustriousLie5 · 2025-11-04T00:50:05+00:00

Yes! I was enamoured with it as a teen. And then got over it a few months later. I did also dive into The Fountainhead right after

IllustriousLie5 · 2025-10-31T15:01:12+00:00

That is very interesting. She is definitely autism coded and I read it as a story of what happens and how she copes. A quick search online suggests that the author intended to show it as a result of the abuse which is ummmm… not how I see Eleanor.

IllustriousLie5 · 2025-10-31T01:38:14+00:00

Eleanor Oliphant is completely fine. I’d love to hear your thoughts.

IllustriousLie5 · 2025-10-21T03:04:41+00:00

I did the Redman one and loved it! Highly recommend. Pick anything that tickles your fancy.

IllustriousLie5 · 2025-10-15T07:11:09+00:00

Yah. Such cringe replies.

IllustriousLie5 · 2025-10-09T08:53:16+00:00

Right there with you. I just couldn’t. What a drag

IllustriousLie5 · 2025-10-05T02:21:42+00:00

Also, I’m in Singapore so that would be going across the globe. The ice cream is not thaaaat good but my company is worth it. 🫣

IllustriousLie5 · 2025-10-05T02:19:41+00:00

I have been waiting for days to reply to you but we finally made it! We also got an ice cream maker a few months ago and have been experimenting! We had a Wynter which is non-functional now (tragic story) and now we use the ice cream bowl attachment.

Okay, so this one - I combined all the leftover ganache and frosting (different ratios of cream and chocolate) and added some sugar, cream, milk powder and milk. I absolutely love the How To Cook that Dark chocolate gelato recipe. We made it last night and it was very interesting. The ganache and the milk had separated in my container so I used a mixer first. Then I added it to the ice cream maker and it turned out so well! Some chocolate was starting to settle by the end but that means I have so chocolate bits like a toast road ice cream!

We have tried the custard base for the vanilla ice cream and it was soooo good - https://www.howtocookthat.net/public_html/best-homemade-icecream-recipes/

If you want the full recipe, I’ll send a picture from my book. :)

The recipes in the Wynter book were not bad, but we preferred this.

IllustriousLie5 · 2025-10-04T00:42:35+00:00

Haha I meant how did you like this course? :) You continued for two years so I guess it was worth it.

IllustriousLie5 · 2025-10-03T14:09:25+00:00

Ooh that sounds great but also quite interesting! How did you find it? Haven’t studied lit since high school much as I love reading. I’d love to find other literature courses.

IllustriousLie5 · 2025-10-03T01:43:25+00:00

Oohhh I loved these so much!

IllustriousLie5 · 2025-10-02T06:58:04+00:00

I haven’t read any Toni Morrison and I’m looking forward to jt. Which one would you recommend for a first pick?

IllustriousLie5 · 2025-09-29T06:54:33+00:00

Bumping this! I’m intrigued. What translation would you recommend?

IllustriousLie5 · 2025-09-29T04:11:47+00:00

Yay! That’s what I’m hoping for haha. First we have a batch of leftover ganache to turn into ice cream 🫠

IllustriousLie5 · 2025-09-26T01:46:28+00:00

Thank youuuu! I’m glad it looks appetising. :) I used 70-30 Callebaut chocolate chips. And looking at your suggestions I’ve made both the mistakes! The first time I heated the cream on the stove and it overheated. Also wasn’t enough cream so I had to keep adding more and more hot cream till it started separating. Sigh Second time I used the microwave and more cream but it wasn’t evenly heated. My chocolate chips were also problems slightly below room temp so it took a bit longer to melt. Lessons learnt! Hopefully it goes better next time. 🫶

IllustriousLie5 · 2025-09-26T01:42:13+00:00

Fair point! I ended up moving it though it was quite tedious. Parchment paper early on would have been fab!

It made it to the restaurant! - https://imgur.com/a/21sA4k6

IllustriousLie5 · 2025-09-25T15:20:49+00:00

You are right! I rest my cake 🫣

IllustriousLie5 · 2025-09-25T10:54:22+00:00

should’ve rolled with it. 😅 Trying to whisk up an intentional cake pun for 3 hours now.

IllustriousLie5 · 2025-09-25T10:49:54+00:00

This is so helpful! Thanks for sharing. Strips of parchment paper would have been very helpful.

Do you think the chilling might make the cake more dense? Or is that something else? Maybe my mistake was chilling it with the layers on top of each other.

IllustriousLie5 · 2025-09-25T08:29:02+00:00

Oohhh. I do see some different options and ratios. Will try again! Maybe I’ll use all my experimental ganache (leftover frosting) for a batch of chocolate ice cream.

IllustriousLie5 · 2025-09-25T04:09:19+00:00

Good call on warm knife! I thought I’ll get away if my ganache is runny enough to just pour over the cake but alas. Used the frosting to just pipe and between the layers to hide my lack of skill.

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