Darkmoon and Professions

The Darkmoon Faire is giving skillups for Dragonflight professions – along with profession knowledge and Artisan’s Mettle

However you will need to have at least 75 points in the classic profession!

You can’t just roll a char, boost to 110, learn the Kul’Tiran professions and then get +5 skillups from the Darkmoon Faire!

Darkmoon Faire for +2 to professions!

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Mount farming 101 – master post

So far my most popular post has been related to soloing raids – something I’ve mostly done for mounts.

However that post has a problem – it assumes that you’ve done the encounters at the level they were intended for and thus know the mechanics which can be ignored. And those which can’t.

Soloing raids in more details

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Goodbye to WoW?

I’ve been playing WoW for some time; over the past 15 years or so, I’ve never felt the need to take a break in the game. There’s always been something fun for me to be doing – even during content lulls.

But, of late, I’ve not really been enjoying the game. And I’m thinking a break is needed.

tl;dr unless the main story line improves & the dependency on borrowed powers goes away in 10.0, I’ll likely stop playing.
Its the story… or lack thereof

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Gluten Free syrup pudding

I’ve been doing more cooking with suet of late – helped by finding a source of gluten free suet!

I’ve made Jam Roly Poly a couple of times after finding a good gluten recipe for it, but I couldn’t find a recipe for syrup pudding, so I put the following together & the end result worked quite well.

Syrup pudding

The recipe

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Cooking: Reverse Seared Steak

This isn’t a recipe; it’s a good technique to cook tasty steak.

The end result – medium rare


The method

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Cooking: Gluten free & vegan gingerbread cookies

These were fun to make! A friend is vegan so, after making some gluten free gingerbread cookies, I thought I’d take a stab at ones which were vegan as well!

I had a look at quite a few vegan recipes, which generally contained wheat as well. I ended up creating the one below from what I’d read & my previous experience

The recipe

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Cooking: GF gingerbread cookies

The recipe & method for these lovely gingerbread cookies can be found on the Doves Farm web site at https://www.dovesfarm.co.uk/recipes/gluten-free-gingerbread-men

The recipe

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Cooking: GF Muffins mk II

The recipe

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Cooking: gluten free profiteroles

This is something I’ve been working on for a little while; making gluten free profiteroles was something I wanted to do, not only because they’re tasty, but because it would be a step up in baking for me!

These are filled with creme patissiere which needs to be prepared ~day in advance; if you don’t want to wait you could always replace that with whipped cream – I’d add some caster sugar to the cream if you do that.

The recipes

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Cooking: protein pancakes

I’ve been playing around with protein powder in cooking some more; this is a first try at pancakes with that.

The recipe

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Cooking: gym flapjack/granola bar

Flapjack – or granola bar if you’re in the US – is something I use during a gym session after some HIIT cardio. I find it helps to keep the workouts which follows that more on track.

However this isn’t based on oats!

The recipe

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Cooking: cheesecake

I’ve been meaning to make cheesecake for a while; never made it before so this is a trial run more than anything!

Seemed to come out okay, although there are definitely things I’d do differently next time.

The recipe

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