ALDI Gingerbread Man…Persons.

This morning I went to ALDI supermarket for the monthly shop, and one of the things I found was a pre-made Gingerbread Man in a packet with the decorations.  I love good gingerbread and I have made it a tradition for the last few years to get some for Christmas.

The last two years I made it, but it is a lot of stuffing around for someone who doesn’t cook much and the chance to buy a pre-made one was too good to pass up.

It came in a box about fifteen inches long and cost around ten bucks.   Yes, it was a bit expensive, but it’s Christmas.   I thought the actual gingerbread man would be one of those small ones you see in supermarkets on occasion, but it wasn’t.  It turned out to be a good eight or nine inches long.   Plus, there’s two in the box.   Worth it!  Also in the box are a piping bag filled with icing, sprinkles and M&M’s for buttons or eyes.  You get plenty of each.

ALDI Gingerbread Man

I haven’t eaten it yet, so I’m not sure on the strength of the ginger and the density of the biscuit, but I’ll let you know when I’ve eaten him.

 

Jar Key – Best Jar Opener

This is a bit of a weird one for me, but I have to tell you about this gizmo in case you haven’t heard of it before.  It’s a jar opener called a Jar Key.   This is going to sound like an advertisement.  I  am not affiliated with these people in any way.  Although, if they want to send me free stuff, they are more than welcome to do so!

If you’ve ever struggled to open a metal lid jar and tried all the old methods like banging it or running it under hot water, get this tool.  It has little legs that slip under the lid of the jar and up pry it up.  It pops the top and with NO effort allows you to open the lid.   When I first used it I thought it woudl be a gimmick, but it’s seriously awesome.

Being a guy and large etc, I can open most jars pretty easily, but every now and then you get some that stick pretty well.  When they do I use this tool.

If you want to get a great present for Christmas for a mum, especially an elderly woman, you seriously can’t go wrong.

You can get a variety of colours and they are readily available on E-Bay and probably stores like Big W and similar.

 

Thank me later!

Jar Key

Caf-Pow!

Not sure if you watch NCIS, but if you do you’ll be very familiar with the rather unusual forensic specialist Abby Sciuto.  Abby has a strong personality, dresses in a Gothic style and Pauley Perrette plays her well.   A month or so past, 8 perf from the RPF came up with the idea of a label for a cup of Caf-Pow, the fake energy drink often seen in the show.   After some combination of label printing and cup gathering, I was lucky enough to pick up a couple of labels. Sticking them onto the cups provided by another RPF member; Rebelscum, and some careful positioning allowed me to have a pair of these 64oz. beauties in my collection.

Check back in a few weeks and you’ll see a partner of the Caf-Pow cup, Abby’s plush hippo side-kick, Bert the farting hippo.

Caf!	Pow!
Abby Sciuto

Pizza! Pizza!

I cooked a budget pizza tonight for dinner.  I figured I’d share, virtually anyway.  It was some Lebanese flat bread with BBQ and tomato sauce, cheese of course.  Sadly, I had no mozzarella so it was just shitty ‘tasty’ cheese.  Tomatoes, ham, pineapple, salami and pepperoni.  I also had some mushrooms to add.

It turned out ok except for the cheese.  That didn’t melt quite right and went a bit soggy and oily.  It was nice for a change though.

BEFORE!

AFTER!

OMG Dip

Chris' Three Olive

A week ago I bought some dip from Woolworths.  Chicken wraps are something I like making for lunch sometimes and try various sauces and things to have some varieties of flavour.  I picked up some of Chris’  Traditional Dip, of the Three Olive flavour and it is, as they say, to DIE for.  According to the container, it’s a smooth creamy blend of selected Kalamata, Green and Spanish olives.   It tastes more like dark olives to me than green, but I guess it’s all mashed together.

The colour probably will put you off at first. It’s a pale shade of purple-grey, which isn’t really that delicious looking, but get over it.  I swear, if you don’t like this stuff, your taste buds are dead.  Have a funeral for them right now.

$2.89 at Woolworths.  Your prices may vary.