tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14994418.post3277971024345567143..comments2023-12-12T11:39:43.504+01:00Comments on Blurb from the Burbs: MedicatedMoohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08609190990579743429noreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14994418.post-23048697968284843392011-09-06T22:25:44.448+02:002011-09-06T22:25:44.448+02:00I do find it interesting that it's socially ac...I do find it interesting that it's socially acceptable to pick your nose. It must be, as with the flicking.<br /><br />Oh my.<br /><br />And as for baking powder... now it makes sense why they only do plain flour things...<br /><br />I hope you get some cake soon. xxAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09345662692259541964noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14994418.post-38155692212515679642011-09-01T10:40:08.184+02:002011-09-01T10:40:08.184+02:00LJP and Red Nomad - I'd love to 'manage...LJP and Red Nomad - I'd love to 'manage' the idea of an Aussie bakery here but my cooking skills would certainly not be up to par. Good business idea though....Kath Locketthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09677312773827236567noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14994418.post-36489551615437297582011-08-31T14:40:12.473+02:002011-08-31T14:40:12.473+02:00Oh, how uncivilised!! The booger-flicking too ......Oh, how uncivilised!! The booger-flicking too ... <br /><br />But how clever of you to identify the tricky correlation between such behaviour and the absence of cake/SRF!!<br /><br />Is there an entrepreneurial opportunity going begging here?? Show them how it's done and open up an Aussie Bakery!!!Red Nomad OZhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03020668094026661054noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14994418.post-8607672259756563132011-08-31T12:09:44.163+02:002011-08-31T12:09:44.163+02:00Eeew!! That's gross. It's weird to think...Eeew!! That's gross. It's weird to think about what you'd miss when you're away from Australia - I never realised how well stocked we were with cake. Perhaps you could trade it on the black market. Once people get a taste, they'll never go back to tarts!!LJPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02283455078061847591noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14994418.post-5086501387052734842011-08-31T08:51:50.408+02:002011-08-31T08:51:50.408+02:00Nutty - we gave her a Pandora bracelet with two ch...Nutty - we gave her a Pandora bracelet with two charms on it. One of them was a letter for her first name and the other was Switzerland's biggest selling charm - a cow! It might mean something entirely hurtful in England but here they're celebrated :)<br /><br />JahTeh, Vienna is on my list. Along with Milan, Paris, Rome, Berlin, Berne, London again.... But I will be baking a bit here at home too.<br /><br />Franzy I never though I'd see you write that!Kath Locketthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09677312773827236567noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14994418.post-63723816573116121062011-08-31T05:30:42.152+02:002011-08-31T05:30:42.152+02:00Okay, you got me.
I'm all out of ideas!Okay, you got me.<br /><br />I'm all out of ideas!franzyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02400212989359954521noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14994418.post-19372264153711264492011-08-31T05:06:16.264+02:002011-08-31T05:06:16.264+02:00Vienna, how far away from Vienna and all its cafes...Vienna, how far away from Vienna and all its cafes and cakes? It would be worth the money to hire a car and load it with cakes to sell to other carb starved ex-pats.<br />And to think I was at Churro's again the other day tucking into some evil looking sugar loaded confection. I am ashamed that I enjoyed it so much not knowing how in misery you were.JahTehhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02007730071564639411noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14994418.post-51148598001059949852011-08-30T22:44:10.286+02:002011-08-30T22:44:10.286+02:00BOGIES and I thought it was a clean country - gros...BOGIES and I thought it was a clean country - gross.<br />Wish Sapphire our best, she will make loads of new friends and that surprise intrigues?? you could be right about identifying a niche on the real cake shop but are the swiss ready for all that wonderful flavour and taste!nuttynotonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14994418.post-20825996224567709062011-08-30T17:36:33.288+02:002011-08-30T17:36:33.288+02:00Lidian it perplexes me that 'SR' doesn'...Lidian it perplexes me that 'SR' doesn't feature in their flour but flour in every other guise does. I have never seen such a reliance on fresh bread, for example but slathering it with honey doesn't a cake make... :(<br /><br />Anonymous see? Maybe we should set up a cake shop and really jazz up their lives!<br /><br />Thanks EC. Aussie men aren't really known for public nose diving, are they? Farting and belching yes, but nasal-related activities seem best left to the shower....<br /><br />Leclerc, Baino? It's now imprinted on my brain.<br /><br />Andrew the vegemite is sitting there, barely used. Seeing as proscuitto is pretty much the only affordable sandwich filling along with the heavenly gruyere, the 'ol V has been neglected!<br /><br />And never fear, I think I did finally find some tiny sachets of baking powder. If not, I'll order some over the net and risk arousing the suspicious of Customs.<br /><br />Elisabeth, I could accept the 'fastidiously clean' bit if they didn't then *flick it* off in any general direction. And usually by such beautifully dressed and groomed men, too!<br /><br />Thanks Vanessa - first day is tomorrow and all books, stationery and several new outfits are ready. Plus a surprise that we'll give her tonight........<br /><br />CatJB, the fact that your youngest is three excuses me but seeing twenty to sixty year olds doing it - distract them with cake!<br /><br />Au contraire Monsieur Franzy - EVERYTHING here revolves around wheat - fresh bread every day (in varieties I've never heard of) is essential, as are all manners of croissants, pastries, pastas and tarts. But cake....? Why NOT?<br /><br />Helen Balcony we can but hope that Sapphire continues to remember that potential suitors here are likely to be snot searchers as well. The chocolate - affordable and divine. Well the supermarket blocks are anyway. And I hear you about cholesterol - my last reading was 7.1!<br /><br />No buns Jill, but plenty of croissants and bread rolls. Hummingbird cake is the stuff I dream of!<br /><br />Thanks for the offer dear River, but I have since found the magic sachets and have purchased a large tupperware container in order to have my own stash of semi-precious SR flour. Cakes will soon feature in my future....<br /><br />Anji you are spot on - 'poudre à lever' is what I found and I hope to visit Carrefour soon (we have a car in about two weeks' time).Kath Locketthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09677312773827236567noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14994418.post-6837532637816078582011-08-30T17:01:10.393+02:002011-08-30T17:01:10.393+02:00Look for Levure Chimique or poudre à lever. In Fr...Look for Levure Chimique or poudre à lever. In France it's sold in little sachets, try looking by the sugar or by dried fruit in the supermarket. Leclerc and Carrefour are the stores to visit for if you get over the border. And if you do you'll have to try a gateau moelleux au chocolatAnjihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02562210585479814093noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14994418.post-82779540460214374022011-08-30T11:57:23.821+02:002011-08-30T11:57:23.821+02:00Public nostril mining???
OH YUK!!!
Email me your ...Public nostril mining???<br />OH YUK!!!<br /><br />Email me your address and I'll send you some baking powder. A nice big packet. With a lemon chiffon cake recipe attached. <br /><br />School will be starting soon over there? Sapphire will have a whole new set of friends to grow up with, hang out with. <br /><br />The tart thing kind of explains my mum's fondness for apple pies.<br /><br />WV:splurtic=the sound made by a booger hitting the window.<br />oh, now I'm shuddering....Riverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14794655013673748992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14994418.post-19697045742805383292011-08-30T11:36:38.009+02:002011-08-30T11:36:38.009+02:00Sounds like they have enough cake (from their nose...Sounds like they have enough cake (from their noses - yuck!!). Now, I do like a tart, I have to admit - but I can understand your frustration. If I could I'd send you a big chunk of Hummingbird cake (with passionfruit cream cheese icing) as I know you are partial. I would also be looking for a good yeast bun - any of these around? xxxJillynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14994418.post-91579115770749619522011-08-30T11:35:51.453+02:002011-08-30T11:35:51.453+02:00At least with the nosemining Sapphire isn't li...At least with the nosemining Sapphire isn't likely to want to stay in Geneva forever with a boyfriend once your time there is up.<br /><br />But the chocolate, Kath, the chocolate. How is the chocolate???<br /><br />(Bad news over here. I had Tests. Blood sugar - borderline. Cholesterol - borderline. Chocolate eating severely curtailed. LE SIGH.)<br /><br />w/v = ingenodHelen Balconyhttp://castironbalcony.media2.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14994418.post-56329690420499719082011-08-30T04:48:35.265+02:002011-08-30T04:48:35.265+02:00Ah, wonderful.
Your last few posts have been full...Ah, wonderful.<br /><br />Your last few posts have been full self-doubt and even terror.<br /><br />This one is about the niggle of not having any cake and the very familiar BftBs topic of bodily secretions.<br /><br />I think everything's comin' up rrrosssessss .... ahhhh ...<br /><br />Also - if I could just be a bit educatively pedantic here: cake? Why none?<br />Look where you are. <br />Look at what cake's made from.<br />Now tell me, have you ever seriously heard the phrase "The Rolling Wheat Fields of Switzerland"?<br />How is a country with no broad, irrigated planes to speak of going to foster a culture of sweetening up wheat-based carbohydrates?<br /><br />Just saying.franzyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02400212989359954521noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14994418.post-56430287306681261792011-08-30T04:40:10.810+02:002011-08-30T04:40:10.810+02:00Oh my gosh, that's rather revolting, even my 6...Oh my gosh, that's rather revolting, even my 6 yr old keeps that sort of thing private, though my 3 yr old loves to entertain the public with his delving when he thinks I'm not looking.<br /><br />And, there is NOTHING like a good cake, tarts just don't cut it!Cat J Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09392607219027350143noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14994418.post-28183339836397561942011-08-30T04:40:08.719+02:002011-08-30T04:40:08.719+02:00Baking powder in the mail! I could not live withou...Baking powder in the mail! I could not live without choc brownies and raspberries and cream as my weekly treat (although I substitute sucrose with dextrose). <br />Nose picking in public - revolting.<br />Good luck for school Sapphire!Vanessahttp://www.vanessawith3.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14994418.post-65814758016231069472011-08-30T04:26:00.145+02:002011-08-30T04:26:00.145+02:00Great post, Kath, all though unsettling. Maybe we...Great post, Kath, all though unsettling. Maybe we in Australia are more squeamish than the fastidiously clean Swiss or maybe this careless disregard for the sensibilities of others comes as a function of cleanliness first, the personal nose picking variety above the needs of the public aesthetic.<br /><br />As for baking soda. Why not get some online? You must be able to buy it, or ask a friend to send you some sachets. How awful, never to be able to eat cake.Elisabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04015624747225433940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14994418.post-36790528890945242432011-08-30T03:39:55.199+02:002011-08-30T03:39:55.199+02:00I expect, nay know, quite a bit of that happens on...I expect, nay know, quite a bit of that happens on Melbourne's number 16 tram. Why not buy some baking powder over the net or get someone to send you some. I brought a specific brand back from a holiday in NZ for a friend. Customs found it interesting, but no real bother. How is you supply of Vegemite going anyway?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14994418.post-55036484714606321992011-08-29T22:33:21.398+02:002011-08-29T22:33:21.398+02:00Oh God it's bad enough sitting in traffic next...Oh God it's bad enough sitting in traffic next to someone who's oblivious to the fact that the world can see them picking their nose in the privacy of their own vehicle. Never noticed that in Switzerland, nor the lack of cake. Although come to think of it, everything is rather tarty or gelatinous. I remember nice eclairs at Ivoire. Good luck on the hunt. If you do get over the border, France has a huge store called Leclerc (I think that's how you spell it) lots of cake.Bainohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14156193098088048637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14994418.post-83377032982444729032011-08-29T21:57:15.935+02:002011-08-29T21:57:15.935+02:00It puts 'Let them eat cake' into perspecti...It puts 'Let them eat cake' into perspective doesn't it?<br /><br />It is early here and I am about to play on the buses. I will admit to some trepidation after your excavations story. Will the men in Oz refrain (and just adjust themselves a lot) or will they prove us to be a multicultural society? Aaaaargh. Not good options.<br /><br />Just the same, I am really pleased that you are sounding so much better.Elephant's Childhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06650565833097914052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14994418.post-59128838432670683832011-08-29T20:02:47.721+02:002011-08-29T20:02:47.721+02:00I don't know of any cake producing nations aro...I don't know of any cake producing nations around Switzerland. The French, Germans and Italians all only do tart. <br /><br />Bloody tart.<br /><br />I found a place that made chocolate cake - yes CAKE - and took one to work one day. My boss actually called her husband and he left his workplace and came around to get some. The rest of them looked like they'd just experienced an orgasm for the first time.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14994418.post-6463642425431559322011-08-29T17:21:27.393+02:002011-08-29T17:21:27.393+02:00I had no idea either about the nose-mining - or th...I had no idea either about the nose-mining - or the lack of cake (the things I learn from reading blogs, especially most excellent ones like yours, Kath)...I can't imagine why either of those things should be. The Swiss are surrounded, are they not, by cake-producing nations? Is this part of some odd culinary neutrality thing?<br /><br />I remember missing muffins in England while eating a so-called blueberry muffin that was...not. But they do have excellent cake, of course.<br /><br />We are also gearing up for school here. Packing up eldest for university - am feeling rather sad and weird as the date approaches...Lidianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14609618027313982020noreply@blogger.com