Sometimes China is difficult
I am enjoying China and I hate when little things like today detract from my life here.
I want to bake some bread, but I don't have a candy thermometer to check the liquid temperature (my favorite sweet dough recipe). I searched and searched. GP has never heard of such an item. The super-Walmart type store (Auchan) had no candy or oven thermometers. Other stores with import items (like loaf pans) didn't have any.
I left the last store and went back to my electric scooter to find someone had damaged the ignition and broken a key off in it. Probably trying to steal it :( This was at 1pm Saturday afternoon outside a very busy shopping center right in front of KFC. Why? Makes me sad.
GP took a taxi to meet me and help me get it fixed, luckily right around the corner from the store. She says they targeted my scooter because it is clean and in good shape. The same reason was used when my bicycle was stolen last year - it looked too nice, a tempting target.
So, the scooter is ok, though I have *6* keys for it now - ignition, top box, front panel, battery, 2 locks. Maybe I'll dirty it up and bash it a few times to keep it from being so tempting.
More importantly, does anyone know how I can check the milk temperature so it doesn't kill the yeast? I can't even order a thermometer from Amazon as they only ship books and DVDs to China :p Maybe this is an excuse for a long weekend trip to Hong Kong ;)
I want to bake some bread, but I don't have a candy thermometer to check the liquid temperature (my favorite sweet dough recipe). I searched and searched. GP has never heard of such an item. The super-Walmart type store (Auchan) had no candy or oven thermometers. Other stores with import items (like loaf pans) didn't have any.
I left the last store and went back to my electric scooter to find someone had damaged the ignition and broken a key off in it. Probably trying to steal it :( This was at 1pm Saturday afternoon outside a very busy shopping center right in front of KFC. Why? Makes me sad.
GP took a taxi to meet me and help me get it fixed, luckily right around the corner from the store. She says they targeted my scooter because it is clean and in good shape. The same reason was used when my bicycle was stolen last year - it looked too nice, a tempting target.
So, the scooter is ok, though I have *6* keys for it now - ignition, top box, front panel, battery, 2 locks. Maybe I'll dirty it up and bash it a few times to keep it from being so tempting.
More importantly, does anyone know how I can check the milk temperature so it doesn't kill the yeast? I can't even order a thermometer from Amazon as they only ship books and DVDs to China :p Maybe this is an excuse for a long weekend trip to Hong Kong ;)
posted by Matt aka Maxiu at
3:26 PM
2 Comments:
Awww, I'm sorry you're having a crappy day. That just sucks...
Sorry to hear about your crappy day oo matt. Can you not use a regular thermometer, or a meat thermometer? I can buy one here in the states and ship it to you if you want.
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