Making Money and Cake

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Mr Random Sweet Chilli Sauce Fan

This smiley random man knocked on the door this morning asking if it was too cheeky to see if I had any sweet chilli sauce for sale!!  He had bought some at one of my market stalls a while back, had run out and apparently once tasted, going back to store bought just wasn’t an option!

By law a street address is required on labels, so he knew where to drop in. The great thing was he bought FOUR bottles! I just made 20 bucks and didn’t even break a sweat!

(recipe here if you want to have a go at this)

I figured if he was cheeky enough to come directly to the manufacturer, I could be cheeky enough to get him to pose for a photo! 😀

That started us off on quite a chat as he was interested in photography and travel too!

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Jeff earning some pocket money

The new neighbour offered Jeff $50 to mow his paddock! I tell you – the Millar’s are rolling in it today! 🙂

The weather continues its soggy behaviour. I am still collecting water (old habits die hard) and often use the barrels that are around the yard to hand water potted plants. Saves a bit of electricity as the pump kicks in when the taps are turned on, plus I like hand watering.

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One of my water catchment management systems…

My cider vinegar experiment seems to be going along well…

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Fermenting nicely

I got hit with the apply smell as soon as I opened the cupboard door! It also frothed up nicely when I stirred it!

I figured I had better try that apple cake recipe myself and see how easy/hard it was.

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So much of my kitchenware is rather old fashioned! matches up nicely with my recipes!

Adding the bicarb soda into the cooked apples to watch it ‘frizzle’ was pretty excellent!

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Taking frugalness to the next level

One thing that caught my eye about Ruby’s cakes, was her use of butter paper as a tin liner. I am a massive fan of baking paper, because I haven’t got the hang of greasing a tin well enough to get a cake out in one go.  But it isn’t that cheap. I have been saving my butter papers to make use of in cooking. I don’t really think I will save a squillion dollars, but every little bit helps, and I love reusing things that normally get thrown in the bin with no second thoughts.

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Yay

That was todays success!! Turned out perfect!

And below was todays failure

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Ow.

I have spared you the image of the gaping cut and blood. My other finger only just healed and I tried to cut this one off!! Damn that knife was sharp! I was cutting apples for the dehydrator. One slipped and I went to catch it with my knife in hand… ok – really I don’t know how I did it, but my live-in nurse patched me back up with a lot of eye rolling and a promise to buy me a tube of crazy glue.

By late in the afternoon after finishing up in the kitchen (I also did a spag-bol for dinner using one of those containers of tomato, garlic etc packs I made a while back) and feeding more mash to the spoiled chickens and fussing about with this and that, it was really nice to sit down to a hot chocolate and a slice (or three) of that Chocolate Apple Cake!

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Break Time

Here’s hoping for a break in the weather tomorrow so we can enjoy getting outdoors properly for a while!

Cheers

PS there is a really cool little “Visit Tasmania” tourist video I put on my facebook page, just in case you want to get all inspired to visit. 🙂

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I miss summer already

 

 

 

Author: Lisa

A happy traveller through life! Right now living in NW Tasmania with a gorgeous Nurse-Husband, a fool of a Siamese Cat and several chickens. We love our fairly simple lifestyle of growing a lot of what we eat and enjoying the stunning surrounds of our little patch.

6 thoughts on “Making Money and Cake”

  1. I have recently found your blog and I am loving it. I am the U.S. in a small state called Mississippi. I am so intrigued by the way everyone around the world does everything, even the small things. So similar and completely different at the same time. I love your pictures, recipes, and your family. Keep up the good work, I truly enjoy it!

    1. Hello! Thanks so much for coming over and checking out my blog. I am definitely having some fun with it! I agree about seeing how other people live their lives around the world – the differences and similarities! I have never been to Mississippi, but remember how to spell it because of that chant they teach you in school “Mrs M Mrs I” etc lol thank-you for your encouragement! 🙂

    1. lol – cutting apples is acceptable – sticking your hand under a lawn mower is not!! 😀 (But very glad your digits are still in tact!!)

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