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Discussion Thread 🐢 Friday 21 November 2025 (aussie.zone)

submitted 5 days ago by YarraByte@aussie.zone to c/melbourne@aussie.zone

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[–] StudChud@aussie.zone 8 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

Family gathering on Sunday for the October/November/December birthdays, including my dad.

As a present to them, I'll be baking pretzels :3

Gathering ingredients tomorrow and prepping dough, shaping, and then bake Sunday morning before making the trek to Doreen.

I hear cousin is making tiramisu, and uncle (host) is doing something in the smoker or bbq (I'm hoping smoker).

Should be fun!

Edit:

I am being O B S E R V E D

[–] melbaboutown@aussie.zone 5 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Cats love yeast. Be careful he doesn’t eat any raw dough

[–] StudChud@aussie.zone 4 points 4 days ago

Oh yeah in conscious of that! I'm lucky in that he has never been inclined to jump on the benches, even when I was baking every few days during COVID lockdowns. He just never cared to. Jumps on all the other tables, never the benches 🤷🏼‍♀️