We were invited to Weihnachtsfest 2009 at Christiane & Bill's place, where we learned about the White Elephant Gift Exchange. Being deliberately obtuse, I made a white elephant for our contribution (it went down rather well with Elena).
One of the best moments, however, was when someone loudly referred to the pavlova Mort made as, "that famous Kiwi pie".... In front of an Australian. The room became perceptably warmer, I can tell you.
We spent the week leading up to Xmas cat-sitting/nursing Minnie, Johanna's cat in acute renal failure. She's the sweetest thing, and extremely forgiving of all the poking & prodding. It was really nice to have a cat around.
Because we're living with a vegan, I've been keen to try making tofu. This was our first try - first we made soy milk, then coagulated it with gypsum:
The finished product - 500g of soy beans (about $US 0.80) made 700g of soft tofu. A bit firmer next time, I think - I want to be able to fry it.
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