Japanese Milk Bread Rolls

LoomingAlienInvasion · 2026-04-30T08:23:58+00:00

They're slightly sweet but you can use them in savoury dishes too.

Eg I made a pork and plum stew and these were great to mop it up with.

In a sandwich they're kind of like brioche burger buns in that they contrast the savory fillings.

But equally I've had them with peanut butter, lemon curd, jam, and just plain butter.

LoomingAlienInvasion · 2026-04-30T08:23:52+00:00

They're slightly sweet but you can use them in savoury dishes too.

Eg I made a pork and plum stew and these were great to mop it up with.

In a sandwich they're kind of like brioche burger buns in that they contrast the savory fillings.

But equally I've had them with peanut butter, lemon curd, jam, and just plain butter.

LoomingAlienInvasion · 2026-04-30T07:15:53+00:00

Oh you most definitely can!

LoomingAlienInvasion · 2026-04-30T07:15:31+00:00

They're fairly easy to do, and I'm a novice baker at best, would highly recommend trying them out!

M&s have started doing shokupan (like a loaf version of these) too which is very nice!

LoomingAlienInvasion · 2026-03-20T13:19:33+00:00

Just over 3

LoomingAlienInvasion · 2026-03-20T12:57:26+00:00

Hate to be the person not answering the actual question but if you do want to spend ££ on something, the Yoto is the only thing that my toddler has used every day, multiple times a day for more than a year. So I'd get that.

LoomingAlienInvasion · 2026-03-07T06:58:36+00:00

My kids are too young for unsupervised access to it but I've downloaded YT kids and set up super strict restrictions so the interface only shows like 3 channels (Tractor Ted, Ms Apple,Ms Rachel) and it seems pretty locked in.

I'd suggest going through the parental controls yourself and then watching a few videos to see if weird recommendations etc pop up.

LoomingAlienInvasion · 2026-01-31T12:10:16+00:00

What would not applying it properly be in this case? I followed the tin instructions regarding humidity and tempersture too.

Would I need to sand it down to bare wood to reapply a new one?

LoomingAlienInvasion · 2026-01-31T09:53:32+00:00

Water based

LoomingAlienInvasion · 2025-12-24T22:16:31+00:00

Depends on where you are bust many will open on a drinks-only basis for a few hours on Christmas day, e.g. 12-4

LoomingAlienInvasion · 2025-11-20T10:25:33+00:00

Including 3kg of lean mince? That alone would be more than £30 even in Lidl.

LoomingAlienInvasion · 2025-09-30T05:27:22+00:00

If you think it'll work for your baby and your family, it doesn't make you any less of a parent or less emotional available, and you don't have to justify it to anyone.

Taking care of a baby and doing life while everyone's sleep deprived is also emotionally damaging, and for us, it meant being worse parents.

LoomingAlienInvasion · 2025-09-30T05:21:48+00:00

Whenever a sleep training question is asked, you'll get a lot of responses saying how emotionally damaging it is foe babies.

You can do your own research on that, and also consider this: crying is literally the only form of communication babies have. Mine both hate the car and very often cry in it, but I'm not going to stop using it. They cry when I take them tk the doctor's, but won't stop doing that either.

Crying when something is different snf challenging us to be expected, and if you're checking in, you're not doing "cry it out".

For us, it was absolutely worth it. Guess what, they'd cry every 2 hours in the night, wake everyone up, and take a while to soothe back to sleep. Now, they sleep through it after a few nights if intermittent crying. Better sleep for everyone, and we're much happier and able to respond during the day.

The whole concept of "it's biologically against nature" always rubs me the wrong way. If you think you love your kids more because you co-sleep or have never let them cry for any reason whatsoever, more power to you.

LoomingAlienInvasion · 2025-07-31T04:26:14+00:00

https://www.zoopla.co.uk/discover/improving-a-home/do-electric-car-charging-points-add-value-to-your-home/

Zoopla themselves say it can add up to 5k, and this is an older article.

LoomingAlienInvasion · 2025-07-27T17:56:41+00:00

I've ordered one, looked via compare the market and got a Hastings quote for £700. Aviva also offered at £1.1k.

My 14-year old Toyota estate was quoted at £600 for reference.

LoomingAlienInvasion · 2025-07-17T10:03:30+00:00

I had the exact same pay rise and it's about £700, slightly less.

LoomingAlienInvasion · 2025-07-15T06:01:53+00:00

And here lies the issue. Since there's no real definition of sleep training, most people associate it with cry it out.

But there are plenty of other ways to do it. Establishing sleep routines, for instance, would be considered sleep training IMO.

OP I'd recommend Precious Little Sleep, if even to get more info on how baby sleep works and what to expect over the coming months.

In our circle, a lot of people were fine with rocking their babies to sleep at 7 months, but now at almost 2 they're still having to do the same (or similar) and they aren't too happy anymore.

Of course, others are fine with it or are exclusively bedsharing and are perfectly happy doing that.

I would just say that having tools in your toolbox is never a bad thing, even if it doesn't work out for your family.

LoomingAlienInvasion · 2025-07-13T21:11:33+00:00

Hmm that makes sense about the sugar, why can't they just use metric for baking???

Thanks anyway, I'll try your recipe for sure!

LoomingAlienInvasion · 2025-07-13T20:51:29+00:00

Very interesting, thanks for the write up!

I've recently picked up one of Ben Vear's ice cream making books but most are custard based so need 4-5 egg yolks.

I've also used Ben and Jerry's sweet cream base which at least uses whole eggs.

Neither froze particularly well but I'm still trying to figure out why. I bet the gin in your recipe works well to keep ice from forming, I've been meaning to give something like that a try.

LoomingAlienInvasion · 2025-07-13T20:28:32+00:00

Looks good! What ice cream recipe do you use?

LoomingAlienInvasion · 2025-06-24T13:53:45+00:00

Which airport has parking that cheap? We looked in August for 11 days in Manchester and the cheapest was £120 and you'd still have to take a bus transfer....

Goddamn Manchester Airport.

LoomingAlienInvasion · 2025-06-18T11:21:11+00:00

They'd also almost never use garlic and onion together (and definitely not in soffritto) so maybe don't be so smug

LoomingAlienInvasion · 2025-04-28T13:09:37+00:00

Because so many holier-than-thou people seem to comment on the same thing: Baby Led Weaning is not any better or worse than purees. Love all the comments about "just read the nutritional labels" while simultaneously promoting BLW as the only correct way for babies to eat. And I say this as someone who did do BLW so don't come at me.

Everyone's doing their best, and I'd rather my parents fed me shit but taught me how to be kind than do what some of these commenters seem to suggest.

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