Monday 11 June 2012

Game of Thrones party

Hello internet.  It has been a while.  I thought I would show you what me and the Roomies got up to recently.  We had a Game of Thrones party to celebrate the finale… not that I wanted the show to be over or anything.

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I had the day off and spent pretty much all of it stressing out about cooking turkey legs.

Also, apparently this is what you wear to a party you are hosting.  Pyjama bottoms.

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I did mean to change but because they are so sneakily comfy, I forgot until about halfway through the night that I was wearing them.  Oops.  Oh well, my party- my rules.

Girl Roomie made crowns for everyone.  Everyone.

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And yes, that is a mixture of fear and hatred in her eyes.  She really does love me, I promise. 

We ate in the dark, lit only by candles.  We drank cider.  We wore wigs.  Just because.

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My friend Kristy is posing for the picture.  Boy Roomie is not.  He is tearing into those turkey legs.  I realise that my American friends are all familiar with turkeys but we really don’t eat it at all over here.  I could NOT believe how giant turkeys are.  Do y’all have giant ovens to cook those monstrous beasts come Thanksgiving?!?!

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I baked a lemon poppyseed cake and the recipe can be found here. It came out amazingly! I don’t really trust my baking skills so I was very surprised that I made something so delicious by my own hand. The original recipe didn’t call for frosting, but in my mind it’s not a cake unless there’s frosting.

Hopefully I won’t leave it a week between posting stuff!  Missed you guys!!!

6 comments:

Katie said...

That looks like a seriously awesometastic party. Plus, those turkey legs are hilariously epic.

thelittlebluefishy said...

I remember cooking my first turkey for thanksgiving in Canada it was epic and very amusing, so different
Your cat makes the same faces as mine, I love you but if you leave it on the one second longer I may kill you

Abigail said...

Turkey legs are the best. We get them in Disneyland. Ahhh, Americana. That poppyseed cake looks delicious, too!

Totally wish I had been at that Game of Thrones party. Such a fun idea!!!! Maybe next time ;).

Jenna said...

Sooo...your blog posts aren't showing up in my dashboard. That makes me angry...verging on volatile. I was just thinking I hadn't seen much from you so I stopped by and low and behold you HAVE been posting. *shakes angry fist at blogger*

PS - the lemon cake looks delicious and I want to eat it...but that would mean I would have to bake it...and I'm sure it wouldn't turn out like that.

You guys look like you had a blast!! PS - is Magic Mike coming out in theatres there???

Jenna

Chef Kittie said...

Laura, your party looks Fantastic! I've always wanted to host a Game of Thrones themed dinner, and I'm honored you picked my lemon poppyseed cake to share. Is that lemon frosting? I'll have to give it a whirl!

Gentri said...

hahaha! Hilarious and awesome! I can't believe you guys don't eat or cook turkeys! Thanksgiving= turkey is a staple!! Even for Christmas!

Did I say I miss you? Cause I do.