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What is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?
The goal this year (2026) is to lurk less and post and comment more.
And the loop worms. I forgot to add that I also have redbacks and golden orbweavers outside my house, too.
3 garlic cloves, minced
1 tbsp Worcestershire Sauce
2 tbsp dijon mustard
2 1/2 tbsp balsamic vinegar
1/2 cup soy sauce
1/4 cup olive oil
1 tbsp white sugar
2 tsp onion powder
1 tsp black pepper
2 tsp dried thyme
1 tsp dried rosemary.
I mushed it all up in a ziploc bag, dropped the meat in, squished out as much air as I could, and just massaged it in to the meat. Let it sit in a shallow bowl in the fridge, and it's ready to go in 24h! Admittedly, I realise now that I forgot the Worcestershire sauce, but it was still pretty amazing flavour.
Roasting instructions: 240C/450F for 20 minutes, 180C/350F for about 1h after that. I'd check at the 40 minute mark to see if it's reached 44C/111F. I've moved and my oven is a little pathetic, so it took about an hour.
(You can roast potatoes and carrots and things with it too. Put it all under the meat so they roast up nicely and soak up the marinade.)
Whenever it hits 44C, take it out, put a piece of foil over it for about 20m to rest, then have at 'er!
Edit: Oh gods, the formatting of the ingredients, I'm so sorry. I don't know how to fix it other than double-enter them all. Apologies for the extra long post.
Well, growing up, I only saw how my dad ate steak - well done. I think my mum didn't have any issues because it was cooked all the way through so it was much less risk of her kids getting sick.
I've grown out of that. I don't eat steak often but when I do, it is only medium rare.
So you're part of the population who's less likely to get sick, though I feel for your jaw. 😅
Unfortunately, this has flown over my head. :( But thank you? (Maybe?)
Thank you! And I'm sure my partner will be happy to comply LOL.
There's plenty, come on over. You'll have to fight off the swooping magpies first, though, and kangaroos out back. They've all been pretty fierce lately.
I've always liked U2, Coldplay and Genesis, but I also love Barenaked Ladies, The East Pointers, Great Big Sea. More recently, Bear's Den, Sons of the East, Amble, Kingfishr, and The Scratch. Just seen Amble last night and they're incredible live.
Also enjoying KNEECAP, and Chasing Abbey.
Different story to everyone else who's posted so far. I got a job in another province to get my foot in the door because I couldn't get one in mine. One of my friends worked for this company and encouraged me to apply. Eventually I could move back if someone left. I didn't for 3.5 years (1 in Alberta, 2.5 in my home province but 5h away from home), and then I went to Australia and haven't looked back.
Came here to say this. Lock doors as soon as you get in, and start driving. Don't rummage around, it gives time to potential attackers to get you before you even start the engine.
I don't see as many hitch hikers now, but maybe because of my travelling routes. Even then, I still won't pick anyone up.
As someone who's played instruments since an early age, I can say that I'm one of those people who are really shit at chords, so guitar is really hard for me.
I started on clarinet (had lessons), saxophone, flute, and bits of piano and trombone. Once I had the lessons, it made picking up other instruments so much easier. I currently have an Irish flute and whistle and the flute is such a challenge without all of the traditional concert flute buttons.
So like FinjaminPoach, I would also recommend some lessons to start to get the basics (perhaps online videos might suffice, but I've never explored those).
Another bit of advice is to practice, practice, practice. And pick up some music you want to work towards playing, not just Mary had a Little Lamb. That's boring as batshit. There's all sorts of versions for same songs. There's easy versions for beginners, and then there's the harder versions with all of the little pick ups, syncopation, fast parts, etc. that make it sound like the artist's studio version.
Fumble with the easy one, but it gets easier when you commit the notes/fingering/chords to memory first so you don't keep having to look at the fingering chart. Once you memorise those, it feels like you've broken a barrier when you can get through a song with all its mistakes and your effort sounds even somewhat like a real tune you can recognise. From there, it's practice.
I adore steamed fish done this way. Well done! It looks amazing.
Sometimes when I'm alone (rarely), I start to freak out a little bit and feel like I need the social contact. I know this isn't good if I can't be by myself. What I tell myself is that sometimes, I need to be alone to not be affected by anyone else. I need to step away to be able to see things more objectively.
There are some things that are better done on your own, like reading, stitching, making models, meditating. Find things that help develop you and that you enjoy those things.
Like lots of others said, working on yourself, but enjoying doing it and not caring what others think. You can go for a walk to the shops and back and buy nothing, and who would know that was your purpose - just to walk and listen to a podcast? Little things improve your life, even if it's 0.01%. They all, add up and one day, you can look back and admire how far you've come.
This is correct. I'd just leave the garlic/oil mixture in the back of the fridge.
More than 121C/250F for at least 3 minutes. But 400F should do the trick. Would still put it in the fridge because C. bot toxins is no joke.
That side, yes, I agree -- looks delicious!
Edit: I just accidentally learned how to use the quote function.. Taking that out, haha.
Not much. I woke up to do some dragonboating while he slept in, and now he's just finished at the gun range and is going out for dinner with one of his best friends. I know where I sit in this bromance. 😭
Jokes aside, I know he loves me to death, but we don't really do anything for Valentine's day. His birthday was last week and we went on a day-long bike ride, had an epic sourdough sandwich half way through, and I surprised him with a travel pin board.
This afternoon, I have been reading, journalling, nursing sore muscles, and will be having a miso salmon bowl for dinner.
I don't know, I think I would put money down to try a poutine pizza, with some maple bacon. But yes, I've had potato on pizza and it was so good.
Yup. All winter, we have been whinging about single and teen digits and wanting summer to come around. Then we get blasted with 44C. We weren't careful what we wished for... But on the positive side, the rest of the summer will be a breeze. 😎
I'm left handed, and I grew up in Canada, currently living in Australia. I don't drive differently at all.
I guess if I were to nitpick, I prefer driving on the left side of the vehicle solely because of where my cup holder is (centre console), but that's a non-issue if I had a car with a cup holder by the vent at the side window here in Australia.
You get used to driving in your "non normal" side pretty quick. I like to sit as passenger in a car or bus a few times before I start driving in my "new" side again so my brain can readjust.
Thank you!
I did salt both eggplant and zucchini for at least an hour, and then squeezed them dry (flat with paper towel)! So I even went further and baked the eggplant and potato, too. It was 100% the meat/mushroom mix because though it would have been lovely for pasta (a little bit of water that disappears when you mix it through, but comes back as a thin layer on top when the meat mixture settles again), I should have just kept simmering more water out. I was impatient because it was going to be 3h from start to finish and I was starving 😭 there wasn't much water on the bottom, maybe less than 0.5cm/1/4"? The bechemel sauce was thick, too.
It wasn't even the plan to make this, but my body just went "welp, you don't have any other plans and this eggplant isn't going to last much longer."
I don't do white tails, funnel webs or redbacks in the house. Anything else, I catch them if they're smaller than a 5 cent coin, otherwise I chase it out with a broom. You're braver than I!
I've seen some of the deadly snakes out here, and they scare me more. I did a stint on a farm, and on day one, the owner told me to make sure the doors stay closed or the snakes come in. DAY ONE. I did have a "pet" huntsman that ran the house, and I had no issues with it around. It was games of hide and seek every day.