So yesterday after a boring week me and Dad hit up Spud Shed when I spotted a huge box containing huge watermelons for the cheapest price in Australia (quote). Watermelons larger than a toddler!

Naturally what that meant was we wanted to buy one, and Dad picked what looked like the smallest watermelon, which was still a rather big watermelon. Then I made granitas out of watermelon and mint. Granitas are a refreshing summer drink that consists of frozen sweetened crushed fruit, and are shaved blocks of ice looking akin to slushies. They are so nice to have after a hard day's work.

Might continue making those refreshing summer desserts and drinks, since I hate consuming warm beverages during the hot summer. What I mean is that it is really frustrating that I now have all the ingredients for miso soup except the tofu, but seeing as it's really hot I would like to go for frozen drinks instead. Something like berry parfait is next on the list.

Why Did I Make Them So Tiny?

Again, me being noob at baking, piped my choux pastry expecting it to rise heaps. Obviously, that didn't happen.

So now I have a problem; how should I fill those tiny things?

Some Things Are Better Left Unsaid

I went to an annual church camp a few days ago and it was great, and I just got back from it. Usually said camp provokes an out pour of emotional blog posts detailing what I did/what happened (similar to a just as emotional event that happens twice in the year and also known as folio), but I won't go into that yet.

Anyway, I made something on the bake list again...

It's some trifle, which is technically a summer dessert, not a winter dessert. Regardless, I chose the trifle over originally making mousse, because I wanted to use up the remains of the savoaradi left over from making tiramisu. Didn't have an ideal glass bowl to place the dessert in though, so I had to use a left over plastic container.

That said, I never tried it, I brought it out and it was all gone by the time I attended to it, which was half my intentions since I had made it on the last day of camp and needed people to eat all it up. From what I've heard it's delicious, but maybe they're being nice to me.

Biscotti

Another one off the bake list, and it's biscotti. Mum thinks they're tasty, even though they are too hard in my opinion. It's too hard to chew on them :(

Well at least they still look like they come from the coffee shop, even if I forgot that the biscotti should be thinner and longer.

The Bake List So Far

I added more to the bake list since last week to include a lot of other desserts I had not tried yet (eg creme brulee), but since then I've only made two things on my list, having to wait until Saturday to hand to the youth to finish off all the excess food I make from not halving recipes.

I have made so far tiramisu and sicilian creams. I will probably attempt biscotti this week. (sorry for very very crappy photos and lighting)

Keeping with the dessert theme next week I'll try choc mousse at the church camp, since that doesn't need me intervening in the kitchen in the main hall for the oven, and doesn't require too much ingredients either.

To Bake List

1. Biscotti

2. Tiramisu

3. Udon

4. Ramen

5. Ladyfingers

6. Ratatouille

7. Macaroons

Justin's Birthday

is today.

After the aftermath of the Steam sale, I have got:
- GTA4 (which I am unlikely to play until forever)
- the GTA4 expansion pack (ditto)
- Bioshock
- Half-life 2
- Mirror's Edge (playing that now)
- Audiosurf
- Battlefield: Bad Company 2 (which was gifted to my brother as a birthday present instead)

The problem is, I shouldn't have brought that many games, because I have only a week to play them before leaving for overseas. (When I get back from holidays I have to start uni straight away, so I will have to put them all back on the shelf)