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Hot Chocolate Anyone ?

Hot Chocolate Anyone ?

Hi All

There is a thread operating on the Lived Experience Forum under Night Shift where members who are having trouble sleeping for any reason give a bit of a shout-out, to see if there is anyone else sleepless and looking for company. It's been such a great thing, I thought I would start one over here too.

I have had the odd few nights where I have woken up on and off, and my kids have been having a bit of trouble some nights too, depending on what has happened during the day.

Being a carer can be lonely too, so if you are making an after-midnight cup of something hot, and wonder who else might be doing that too, maybe have a look-in here and see if anyone else is about.

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Hello @KittyMama, @Former-Member, @Faith-and-Hope, @Appleblossom, @frog, @Zoe7

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Evening all. Hope everyone has a nice weekend

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@Anna88
How r u? I hope u have a lovely weekend too!

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'Afternoon @Adge

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Good afternoon @Former-Member

I finally got my groceries (shopping) about an hour ago - I'm nearly all stocked up now...

How are you?

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Hi @Smc Good to see you...

Adge

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Going steady here @Adge, Mr D having a snooze as we did not sleep do well last night, our girl dog curled up on the sofa next to me. I don't mind getting the groceries, was hoping to try a new recipe but the local supermarket did not have Chinese stock. Might have to google (or ask @Smc) how to DIY. Have you still got destructo cat?

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Hello all.

I could really down a hot choc right now. Maybe a slightly exotic one with rose petals.

And searching for this pic reminded me that there's a gorgeous rose called Hot Chocolate too. My Mum has it growing in her garden, and I'm hoping I can succeed in transplanting it to ours as we clear out their place.

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Ooh an exotic hot choc with rose petals @Smc That sounds nice...

I haven't looked for Chinese stock @Former-Member I have many Vietnamese Delhis & supermarkets around me. I'm sure they would have some...

We have a high Vietnamese population here.

Jelly the Destructo cat is still going strong, she's almost 1 &1/2 years old now.

I'm not sure how I even lasted the distance, with her...

Mostly reasonably well behaved - then sudden atrocious behaviour, totally out of the blue.

Like the short shopping trip this afternoon, when she decided to shred a pile of documents (on shelf) into a pile of confetti...

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@Former-Member, this is the recipe I used as my starter. I'll be using my ageing-nicely stock tonight to cook some sausages, and then do the very un-Chinese thing of serving them with mash.

You can tweak the recipe a fair bit to match ingredients you have on hand. No dried mandarin peel? Use a lemony herb or a spoonful of marmelade. No rock sugar? Honey or brown sugar are fine, and I've also used fresh stevia leaves. You can use another white wine. Last time I used my stock I actually gave it a shot of whiskey. I sometimes toss in other spices too, like cloves, fennel, cardamon, but keep it simple for your first try. You can get experimental once you feel familiar with it.

I highly recommend keeping and re-using the stock as per instructions, but definitely as per, so that it doesn't go feral. It's nice freshly made, but amazing after half a dozen or more uses.

https://www.goodfood.com.au/recipes/master-stock--chinese-20111018-29uz5

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