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Yesterday's rabbit hole that I fell down is microwave cooking. Partly because sometimes I just can't be bothered with the oven (which is gas powered), and also because I've had this microwave for ~18 months now, and barely used it except to reheat stuff, and cook ready meals - both of which have happened very rarely. I don't really know what made me look it up, but I did, and now I have an entire bunch of recipes to try out, including cakes that are not in mugs (I have yet to make a mug cake, as it happens). Which is good, because I bought some eggs a couple of days ago, thinking I needed them for making scones.
You do not need eggs to make scones, unless you're putting a glaze on top. I do not glaze my scones.
So I made some scones this morning. They're just plain because I have failed spectacularly at getting any dried fruit (I want some cherries and sultanas, but keep forgetting about that when I am in places that sell them! and my local shops don't have anything beyond raisins, which I can't stand).
I might try making a microwave cake later today, and see how it goes! I've got one for a banana cake that I really want to make, but I have no bananas :( So it will have to wait till after I've done my big food shop next week.
I haven't done any baking in over a year (!!) so I'm looking forward to trying some of these recipes I found out!
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In other news: I have beaten Persona 5 Strikers!
It was an okay game, but I think I enjoyed it more for the characters than for the story and the gameplay (not a fan of being mobbed by enemies). Sophia still needs longer pants, dangit!
I didn't like how the story was essentially the same as P5, but with a few differences here and there. I think the jails even follow a similar pattern with regard to sins as the ones in P5 do? At least, that's how it felt to me. And EMMA's reason for changing the world was exactly the same as Yaldabaoth's - ah the wiki informs me it's another name for the Demiurge, so they're the same bloody thing??? UGH OKAY.
The final boss was the Ark of the Covenant, because reasons, I guess, and it was really easy (helped that I had Dominion, who has both Hamaon AND Kougaon, both of which it is weak to), and I beat it in one go and, honestly, I am a fan of that. It wasn't difficult, and I am also a fan of that!
I am decidedly not a fan of having to beat the Reaper AND jump through a whole bunch of hoops to do so to get my New Game+, however.
I might start into it, but I don't know that I'll finish it.
I found a lot of the story very repetitive and samey - I liked it when we broke from that for a couple of dungeons (Okinawa and Kyoto, I think? I know Okinawa was one of them, because it was where a whole load of plot suddenly happened), but then the next one was right back to the formula. This is why I think I was playing it more for the characters than the gameplay or the story - which felt very light in comparison to original P5. I guess it's not meant to be as dense, but I feel like more could have been done with Ichinose and, while I'm glad she got redeemed somewhat (even though it's not her fault EMMA became a pseudo-god), I feel like there could have been more to her. She doesn't exactly feel one note, but she's also not around enough to get a feel for.
I did like Sophia's story throughout the whole thing, though! I mean, why wouldn't I? She's an AI learning how to human, which is like catnip to me. Also IDK, I just like AI characters in general.
And I think all that disjointed babble is all I really have to say at the moment!
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I thought I had other things to say, but I do not!
EDIT: Remember that video of Johnny Chiodini and their friend Joe eating a bunch of British crisps? Well now they've made a video about British party food.
A lot of it looks revolting, and frankly is, and I say this as a British person. I thought this video was interesting, but I liked it less than than the crisps one (only because I don't like most of the food shown in it) but it is as funny as the crisps one, and that's why I'm sharing it with you lot :)
Also you get to see what horrific things pass as party food on Plague Island. [/edit]
You do not need eggs to make scones, unless you're putting a glaze on top. I do not glaze my scones.
So I made some scones this morning. They're just plain because I have failed spectacularly at getting any dried fruit (I want some cherries and sultanas, but keep forgetting about that when I am in places that sell them! and my local shops don't have anything beyond raisins, which I can't stand).
I might try making a microwave cake later today, and see how it goes! I've got one for a banana cake that I really want to make, but I have no bananas :( So it will have to wait till after I've done my big food shop next week.
I haven't done any baking in over a year (!!) so I'm looking forward to trying some of these recipes I found out!
~
In other news: I have beaten Persona 5 Strikers!
It was an okay game, but I think I enjoyed it more for the characters than for the story and the gameplay (not a fan of being mobbed by enemies). Sophia still needs longer pants, dangit!
I didn't like how the story was essentially the same as P5, but with a few differences here and there. I think the jails even follow a similar pattern with regard to sins as the ones in P5 do? At least, that's how it felt to me. And EMMA's reason for changing the world was exactly the same as Yaldabaoth's - ah the wiki informs me it's another name for the Demiurge, so they're the same bloody thing??? UGH OKAY.
The final boss was the Ark of the Covenant, because reasons, I guess, and it was really easy (helped that I had Dominion, who has both Hamaon AND Kougaon, both of which it is weak to), and I beat it in one go and, honestly, I am a fan of that. It wasn't difficult, and I am also a fan of that!
I am decidedly not a fan of having to beat the Reaper AND jump through a whole bunch of hoops to do so to get my New Game+, however.
I might start into it, but I don't know that I'll finish it.
I found a lot of the story very repetitive and samey - I liked it when we broke from that for a couple of dungeons (Okinawa and Kyoto, I think? I know Okinawa was one of them, because it was where a whole load of plot suddenly happened), but then the next one was right back to the formula. This is why I think I was playing it more for the characters than the gameplay or the story - which felt very light in comparison to original P5. I guess it's not meant to be as dense, but I feel like more could have been done with Ichinose and, while I'm glad she got redeemed somewhat (even though it's not her fault EMMA became a pseudo-god), I feel like there could have been more to her. She doesn't exactly feel one note, but she's also not around enough to get a feel for.
I did like Sophia's story throughout the whole thing, though! I mean, why wouldn't I? She's an AI learning how to human, which is like catnip to me. Also IDK, I just like AI characters in general.
And I think all that disjointed babble is all I really have to say at the moment!
~
I thought I had other things to say, but I do not!
EDIT: Remember that video of Johnny Chiodini and their friend Joe eating a bunch of British crisps? Well now they've made a video about British party food.
A lot of it looks revolting, and frankly is, and I say this as a British person. I thought this video was interesting, but I liked it less than than the crisps one (only because I don't like most of the food shown in it) but it is as funny as the crisps one, and that's why I'm sharing it with you lot :)
Also you get to see what horrific things pass as party food on Plague Island. [/edit]