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Nov. 24th, 2014 09:07 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
camwynHaven't actually been working on my Fallout historical fic stuff this past week. Sorry about that, even if I'm the only person reading this who has an interest in it. Will have to get back on the wagon.
Made an apple pie last night; I'd been putting it off for about a week because I didn't want to deal with all the dishes, but a) I really wanted pie and b) the apples weren't gonna last forever. Brought the pie into the office, had some for breakfast. So did a lot of other people. Guess it went over pretty well. I used a mix of Mcintoshes and Fujis, and I cooked about half of them in a frying pan for 5-10 minutes to let the Mcintoshes break down somewhat, as I'd picked out some pretty large apples and didn't have a dish deep enough to accommodate them all. Also added a little boiled cider to the mix (I bought mine from King Arthur Flour; it has no alcohol, it's just American non-alcoholic cider that's been boiled until it's as thick as golden syrup). There was alcohol in the crust, though. My crust recipe uses some vodka in addition to the usual cold water to keep things tender. Baked the whole thing for 25 minutes at 425, then turned the oven down to 370 (my oven runs a bit hot) and let it bake for another half an hour. Turned out well. We'll see if something similar is wanted for Thanksgiving.
I've been playing Dragon Age: Inquisition since it came out. Quite enjoying it so far, although having to do stuff in a place the size of Skyhold is intimidating. I like most of the companion and assistant NPCs, but Sera is probably going to fulfil the vital role of "that one character you always leave behind unless everybody else is too wounded to get out of bed". Right now most of her personality seems to be summed up as "random" and "chaotic neutral" and "supposed to be endearingly crazy but really just grating as hell". Besides, she's a rogue and my character's a rogue. If I want two rogues in the party, I'm bringing Varric. About the only thing she does is make me miss Kasumi Goto, over in Mass Effect. No idea what Cole is like as a character, since he's also a rogue. I sided with the mages because Dorian, so Cole basically just showed up on the doorstep. I may try doing stuff with him later, but again... rogue.
Dorian's awesome, though.
Made an apple pie last night; I'd been putting it off for about a week because I didn't want to deal with all the dishes, but a) I really wanted pie and b) the apples weren't gonna last forever. Brought the pie into the office, had some for breakfast. So did a lot of other people. Guess it went over pretty well. I used a mix of Mcintoshes and Fujis, and I cooked about half of them in a frying pan for 5-10 minutes to let the Mcintoshes break down somewhat, as I'd picked out some pretty large apples and didn't have a dish deep enough to accommodate them all. Also added a little boiled cider to the mix (I bought mine from King Arthur Flour; it has no alcohol, it's just American non-alcoholic cider that's been boiled until it's as thick as golden syrup). There was alcohol in the crust, though. My crust recipe uses some vodka in addition to the usual cold water to keep things tender. Baked the whole thing for 25 minutes at 425, then turned the oven down to 370 (my oven runs a bit hot) and let it bake for another half an hour. Turned out well. We'll see if something similar is wanted for Thanksgiving.
I've been playing Dragon Age: Inquisition since it came out. Quite enjoying it so far, although having to do stuff in a place the size of Skyhold is intimidating. I like most of the companion and assistant NPCs, but Sera is probably going to fulfil the vital role of "that one character you always leave behind unless everybody else is too wounded to get out of bed". Right now most of her personality seems to be summed up as "random" and "chaotic neutral" and "supposed to be endearingly crazy but really just grating as hell". Besides, she's a rogue and my character's a rogue. If I want two rogues in the party, I'm bringing Varric. About the only thing she does is make me miss Kasumi Goto, over in Mass Effect. No idea what Cole is like as a character, since he's also a rogue. I sided with the mages because Dorian, so Cole basically just showed up on the doorstep. I may try doing stuff with him later, but again... rogue.
Dorian's awesome, though.
