Daily tweet

• 21:02 Oh right #eurovision's on, isn't it... should probably start watching. #
• 21:03 In other, more serious news, I had a blackout earlier while walking to my mam's - showed up there with no recollection of walking there. D: #
• 21:04 K, I'm liking this one better than the last one so far #eurovision #
• 21:05 @Ceilidhann Yeah I'm fine (although it's a wonder - to get there I'd have to have crossed a main road but I don't remember doing that) - ty #
• 21:06 K, so far I want Turkey to win #eurovision #
• 21:06 Although admittedly I only turned on half way through Georgia #
• 21:08 This one sounds familiar, Albania... where'd you nick the tune from? #eurovision #
• 21:09 @aleksk We're awesome that way. C: #
• 21:12 Oooo this one's catchy #eurovision #
• 21:13 Although I was confused for a minute... I thought it was /the/ Bjork when the name came up. :( #eurovision #
• 21:15 Hmm... hope it's not going to be this slow all the way through, Ukraine #eurovision #
• 21:17 WTF's she wearing? #eurovision #
• 21:19 @battlewaffles It's on in America too? O_O #
• 21:20 Not liking France's one very much #eurovision #
• 21:23 @battlewaffles Ah. Is the website Graham Norton free? I might join you if so. #
• 21:23 @battlewaffles Can't stand that numpty #
• 21:24 Romania guy kinda looks like John Lovitz... #eurovision #
• 21:25 Squeaky! :O #eurovision #
• 21:27 Why so slow and boring, Russia? #eurovision #
• 21:29 @zestylime What @JSlayerUK said. #
• 21:29 @battlewaffles No camp-sounding Irish voiceovers in between? #
• 21:30 @zestylime I KNEW HE LOOKED FAMILIAR #
• 21:31 I miss Wogan ;-; #eurovision #
• 21:32 Why's that guy dancing with an urn? #eurovision #
• 21:33 @battlewaffles I agree. I am disappoint. :( #
• 21:34 Kinda craving apricots now. #eurovision #
• 21:37 Quite liking the German entry. She has a weird voice; I appreciate that. #eurovision #
• 21:40 Cat's being nuts... better feed him or I won't be able to watch #eurovision in peace #
• 21:42 Portugal's song sounds like something from the end of a Disney film. #eurovision #
• 21:44 Too distracted by Israeli guy's weird lumpy ears to concentrate on the song. #eurovision #
• 21:45 @battlewaffles you a sucker for throaty 'kh's too? C: #eurovision #
• 21:47 Not another ballad... more bouncy europop plz #eurovision #
• 21:48 Kinda sounds like that Mike and the Mechanics song, Denmark... #eurovision #
• 21:49 The Living Years - that's it. #eurovision #
• 21:50 Only heard half of them, but I think I like Turkey & Israel best. #eurovision #
• 21:52 Leo Sayer and clowns... I don't like you, Spain. D: #eurovision #
• 21:52 FUCK OFF CLOWNS DDD: #eurovision #
• 21:54 @zestylime WHAT ABOUT THE CLOWNS? DDD: #
• 21:54 @zestylime HOW CAN YOU LOVE THE CLOWNS? DDD: #
• 21:56 Snacks sound good, #Eurovision guy. #
• 21:58 Moldova had white Grace Jones, apparently... wish I'd caught that one. #eurovision #
• 21:59 And Belarus had butterflies... I really missed a lot. :O #eurovision #
• 22:01 @battlewaffles you could try phoning our number internationally - knock the first 0 off and replace it with 01144 #
• 22:05 @battlewaffles Who do you want to vote for - I'll tell you the number #
• 22:05 @battlewaffles If they put the number back up that is... #
• 22:08 @battlewaffles k - try 011449015222217 #
• 22:13 @battlewaffles Too late now - voting's closed. sry :( #
• 22:14 @battlewaffles Probably would have cost a fortune on a mobile phone anyway. #
• 22:34 @capax_ D: #
• 22:40 @battlewaffles Neighbours always vote for each other #
• 22:50 @zestylime Slovakia love them anyway #
• 22:54 Russia seem to be getting quite the hostile reaction... #eurovision #
• 22:59 @aissle There wasn't exactly a Germany in the 80s, so no. ;) #
• 22:59 OMG @ booing there when Belarus gave the 12 to Russia :o #eurovision #
• 23:02 @zestylime I think the booing's because the votes are coming from neighbours, not because they were particularly bad #
• 23:03 @Ceilidhann isn't that the fun of it? #
• 23:06 @Ceilidhann I liked it better when it was Wogan presenting and Lorraine Kelly giving the UK results while pissed as a fart. :C #
• 23:08 @Ceilidhann I don't think we've had a good entry since the 90s TBH #
• 23:09 @Ceilidhann Last one of ours I remember really wanting to win was Gina G ^^; #
• 23:10 We're last, aren't we? #eurovision #
• 23:10 Yup, we're last. #eurovision #
• 23:11 @Ceilidhann Tradition? *shrug* #
• 23:17 I liked Germany's weird voice, but I still wish Turkey'd won. :C #eurovision #
• 23:18 @Ceilidhann you hate Shakira? D: #
• 23:20 @Ceilidhann I haven't really listened to much of hers, but I like the Spanish version of Objection Tango... #
• 23:24 @bloggerheads Night! #
• 23:26 @Ceilidhann www.youtube.com/watch?v=pKa6CQwPJE4 :D #
• 23:28 @battlewaffles to be fair, we really were shite. #
• 23:31 @thelindsayellis Probably train. #

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Any pasta that isn't lasagne or cannelloni. If pasta actually counts as food and not something that's supposed to be used in children's craft projects, that is.

The texture... rubbery, yet slimy. Like eating half-melted tyres, only less flavoursome. IDK why I'm fine with lasagne and cannelloni though; I guess it's the ratio of pasta to actual food or something.

Posting this for Leigh...

My borshch recipe. :D

• A cheap cut of beef (a couple of pieces of frying steak will do)
• An onion
• A beef stock cube
• 1/2 tsp chilli powder
• Half a cabbage (one of those white ones that look like bowling balls)
• 2 beetroots
• 4 carrots
• A couple of squirts of ketchup (preferably the spicy kind)
• Salt
• Black Pepper
• Smetana to serve (creme fraiche or plain yoghurt will do if you can't get that)

Cut the ends off and peel the onion.
Put in a big pan with the beef, the stock cube, salt, pepper, chilli powder and loads of water.
Bring to boil, then simmer for about 45 minutes, removing surface scum as it forms.
Finely shred the cabbage.
Once the stock's done, remove & discard the onion, remove and put to one side the beef and add the cabbage. Simmer until the cabbage wilts down.
Peel & grate the carrots and beetroots, then saute with ketchup until mushy.
Chop the beef into small pieces, then add both the beef and the red sludge to the cabbage soup.
Simmer for another 45 minutes or so.
Serve with smetana, salt & pepper and lots of bread.
Eat.