Tim Ehhalt's blog

where did did everyone go?

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A view FROM the water looking BACK at the wall. There was fog in all directions.

'Vegan' Nigella Lawson's Chocolate Christmas Fruitcake

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I saw this recipe last year on TV and promised myself I would make it 'next' year. So I did. Not bad tasting. Actually one of the better fruit cakes I've had, and I usually don't like them. Interesting fruit zest and Chocolate flavor. Very season appropriate taste. The prunes do make for more challenging cake cutting. But I do reccomend trying it, vegan or not. It's not hard, just time consuming. Set aside at least 2.5 hours for prep, stovetop, cool, and bake time. Original recipe here and here.

I used ENER-G potato starch for the egg replacer and a non-dairy margarine for the butter replacer.

ice on the windsheild.

I didn't move here from the fatherland in 1979 for this bullshit. The weather is not allowd to fluctuate more than 19 degrees year round. It's SF law.

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Friend discovers I have Egg Nogg

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A typical morning

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My desk at 6:37am consists of coffee (in my old San Francisco Examiner cup), bowl breakfast paste (frozen raspberries, almond butter, 25gm scoop of vanilla protein powder), green spray bottle to keep Friend away, and my favorite web design site and podcast Boagworld dot com.

Magnolia gets OFF with me.

"Will sit for food."

We are doing dog school, people. She needs it, she loves it. Hey if someone gave me an Almond Joy every time I added 5 plus 5, I would have stayed longer. And enjoyed it too.