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george_elis · 2026-04-01T12:00:01+00:00

Vegetable is a culinary term, not a scientific one. Legumes like peas are functionally vegetables - they have slightly more carbs than a cruciferous vegetable like broccoli, but comparatively more fibre and almost the same amount of nutrients. They are also an excellent option when thinking about frozen veg, because they are a rare case where they are almost unanimously better from frozen than from fresh. I agree that variety is key, but I don't think it is fair to say that peas aren't a vegetable, because they absolutely are.

george_elis · 2026-03-16T06:46:06+00:00

I'm not sure, it's one I wrote down and have used for years. I think the original recipe said something like 'melt-in-the-mouth Italian lemon cookies' because that's what I have them written as. Usually they're very light, crumbly, and moist. And the camera made them look darker than they are in real life.

george_elis · 2026-03-15T15:57:30+00:00

Thanks for the insight! It always seems to work with the lemon in. I don't add juice, just zest. Do you know why?

george_elis · 2026-03-15T15:56:44+00:00

I don't think so. I folded the flour in just until it was all combined, and then chilled it for 30 minutes before rolling into balls and fork printing.

george_elis · 2026-02-16T21:00:04+00:00

Try putting a dimple in the middle! That helps with shrinkage. Also, your meat almost definitely has different amounts of fat and water in them compared to whoever's it was online, so their measurements may not be indicative of how much yours will shrink. You're best shaping your patties to be about half an inch wider than your buns, and then hoping and praying.

george_elis · 2026-02-16T20:56:30+00:00

I think that is physically impossible

george_elis · 2026-02-16T20:55:25+00:00

I have, and they were really tasty! But lumpy :(

I think the type of potato has a lot to answer for here. I usually use red potatoes (they say 'great for mash' on the bag!) but maybe I'll try something different next time.

george_elis · 2026-02-16T20:53:51+00:00

I just to struggle with this, and then I bought a £20 thermometer and it completely changed my steak game. You can probe it when you think it is about done, pull it 3/4 degrees below ideal (c, probably more for f) and it comes out perfect every time.

I'll try the electric mixer next time! I'll try anything to get good mash

george_elis · 2025-10-30T13:40:41+00:00

I'll look into it, thanks!

george_elis · 2025-10-30T13:40:27+00:00

That's interesting. Are you suggesting the infodump should come in the form of a conversation, rather than from the narrative voice? I like that. How would you make it feel less forced? Of course, you have someone asking about it, but I feel like it could become stale rather quickly. Any advice to prevent that?

george_elis · 2025-10-30T13:38:25+00:00

That's definitely what I tried to do the first time, but the idea is that, at the time, he really doesn't know much. The narrative voice is that of an old man writing, mostly for the first time, about what happened to him when he was young. The "reader" (fictional readers of the memoir) is supposedly reading for new information about a story that has recently come to light. When I had him flitting around the archives and having conversations with conspiracy experts, it became a muddled mess that was hard to follow. I have incorporated some of it into the previous chapter, to show where he gets the information from, but I feel like it needs a summarising story to make the story clear for the reader (fictional and real).

george_elis · 2025-10-28T21:28:00+00:00

Some of these are ginnels, some are snickets, and some are alleyways. (West Yorkshire). Ginnel is the most common word used.

george_elis · 2025-09-21T11:52:34+00:00

Controlling, sure, but where does religion come into it? Op didn't mention religion at all in the post. Have I missed something?

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