edwardian house decorating ideas
ro: hey guys, it’s ro! welcome to anothernerdy nummies! ro: today i have a very special guest, itis dominic! dominic: hello! ro: oh my gosh, you guys! i am a huge fanof all of your work. dominic: sweet! ro: x-men, lost! dominic: true. ro: and 1of my favorite geeky, favorite ro: fantasy series, lord of the rings! lookat this handsome face! ro: was merry little hobbits-es i love it!i’m just dying! and now… dominic: i was like this big in those films.ro: yeah, you’re more like there. ro: it’s interesting how they cgi all ofthat to make it look. dominic: no we dominic: just took a lot of medication. ro:uh-huh. dominic: and it shrunk us.
ro: oh like ant man! dominic: and then whenwe were done we ate normal food dominic: and then we came back up. ro: nowdominic is traveling the world, ro: interacting with different species, andit is so fascinating! ro: wild things! where can they find it, wherecan they see it if they’re ro: not familiar and haven’t. dominic: youcan actually see a couple of little dominic: clips of wild things on youtube,which, uh, is kind of a fun place dominic: to go to! but, it officially playson the travel channel. ro: mmmhmm. dominic: uh, 10 o’clock on wednesday nights.ro: mmmhmmm. dominic: we’re about a third of the waythrough the third season right now.
ro: mmmhmmm. dominic: and the next episodei think we’re going to brazil. dominic: which i’m sure as you know is anincredible place for food and animals dominic: and people in general. weather, beaches,ladies, maracas! ro: i’m gonna go put all of his links downbelow, so go check him out, and follow him. ro: today, i had to make something from lordof the rings! dominic: duh! ro: because i’m such a huge fan, and i love thelittle hobbits-es, i feel spiritually ro: connected with them because they lovefood so much! they eat 7 times a day! ro: they have said to eat breakfast, secondbreakfast, elevensies, lunch, ro: afternoon tea, dinner and supper.
ro: so they eat about as much as me. ro: so today we’re gonna be making bilbo’sseed cake muffins and some homemade jam. both: let’s get started! ro: the things you will need, will be: 3-1/2cups of flour, 1/2 a cup of ro: brandy. a lot of butter, we have 1 poundof butter or 4 sticks, ro: 1 tablespoon of caraway seeds, 1/2 a teaspoonof ground cloves, 2 teaspoons ro: of cinnamon, 1 teaspoon of nutmeg, zestof 1 orange, 1-1/2 cups sugar, ro: and 6 eggs. you will also need to makethe homemade jam… dominic: 1 6-ounce package of raspberries,1 tablespoon of sugar, 1/2 a teaspoon
dominic: of yummy lemon juice! both: now let’sput it all together! ro: did you know you’d be dancing? dominic:no i didn’t! very exciting! ro: the first thing that we’re gonna do,in a mixing bowl, we are gonna ro: combine our flour, our dry ingredientsand all of our spices. ro: dominic, will you pour the flour in here?dominic: me? ro: yeah. dominic: is that my job? ro: you’re closestto it, i’ll hold the bowl! dominic: what’s fun about this is that weget to see the color change which dominic: is always exciting. see look itslike painting, ohh-ho-ho! ro: i like this, look how artsy he is youguys!
dominic: these are one of my favorite seedsever as well, caraway seeds… dominic: let me take 1 before it goes in. dominic: so full of flavor! ro: then just whisk it together until it’swell combined. ro: perfect! dominic: finished! done? we justeat that, like that? ro: yeah i wish. dominic: looks good! dominic: ok, so we’ve got all our dry mixtureto the side and now we’re gonna dominic: cream together our butter and sugarright? ro: yeah, yes. dominic: this one’s butter right? ro: yeahthat one’s butter.
dominic: this one’s sugar as far as i understand.ro: yep. dominic: so we’re gonna put these two thingstogether? ro: mmmmhmmm. dominic: ok, butter first you think? ro: yeah,do butter! dominic: that is a lot of butter now! ro:it is a lot of butter, ro: and in this recipe's defense it does makea lot of seed cake muffins. dominic: how many do you think? ro: like…it doesn’t make just like 2, ro: you aren’t consuming all of this inlike you know, 2 servings. dominic: this is enough for like a gang ofhobbits. ro: yeah. dominic: not just one of them. dominic: now this thing? ro: now take a handmixer.
dominic: ok, i’m very nervous that i’mgonna like go off into a different direction here. dominic: what, what speed should i put iton? ro: just put it on about a medium, maybe a3. and just mix together until ro: it’s well combined and fluffy, lightand fluffy! ro: there you go. dominic: i’m having agood time. ro: i’ll turn the bowl for you! dominic: thanks ro, look at this, teamwork!ro: yeah, i’m putting him to work! dominic: i’m gonna gamble here i’m gonnago maverick and turn it up to a four! ro: do it! do it! dominic: oh now it’s goingeverywhere! ro: crank it up! dominic: i’m going to turn it back downto a three, i’ve got butter all in my face!
dominic: maybe eat some of that, when you’renot looking. ro: mmmhmmm… ro: look at that! dominic: mmmm, it’s butteryand sugar! ro: we just put our butter and sugar off tothe side and now we are gonna mix ro: together in our small bowl our eggs andbrandy! and… dominic: this looks like the fun part of themixing stuff. ro: mmhmm! ro: this is, i just gotta make sure this isok! dominic: oh yeah let’s check. can i havea little try? ro: yeah, oooh yeah! ro: that’s pretty good! dominic: obviously to make tasty muffins youwant to have good ingredients,
dominic: so you choose a good brandy right?ro: mmmhmmm! dominic: something royal! ro: yeah we wanted it to be really good, hobbitseslove beer, they love brandy, ro: this is what’s up! dominic: oh that’llput hairs on your chest! dominic: ok. ro: alright, we are going to cracksome eggs, are you ready? dominic: yeah, can i show you my 1 handedegg cracking trick? ro: huh!?! dominic: well it’s not reallya trick, but i can crack an egg with 1 hand. ro: i’m very impressed, let’s, let’ssee it! dominic: if it goes anywhere near dominic: your feet just ignore it. ro: it’sfine, i get messy on this show! dominic: huhhh! ro: look at you! whoa! youguys!
ro: we’ve got a pro here! dominic: you can do it right? you're a professional! it’s true! ro: i’m very impressed! dominic: thank youro. ro: oh my goodness! dominic: you can do it too! dominic: there’s a little bit of shell inthere. i’m not sure if that was dominic: me, could have been me. ro: that’sok, that’s ok! dominic: that’s alright, it makes it crunchy,crunch muffins! dominic: brandy, hold on, just make sure thatthat is good. ro: yeah, just, give it a tastetest, make sure this is ok. dominic: high quality there, oh yeah!
dominic: now if you were to drink 6 raw eggsand some brandy you’d probably dominic: feel quite ill. all the stuff thatwe made up until now looks dominic: quite appetizing but to be fair,6 raw eggs and brandy… dominic: it looks like a giant has sneezed. dominic: ok, now we’ve got our 3 thingstogether, ro: mmmhmm. dominic: we’ve got our dry mixture, ourbuttery sugar… ro: mmmhmm! dominic: and our brandy egg thing. ro: mmmhmm! dominic: i’m not gonna add the egg thingto the sugary butter while you do dominic: the hard work and keep stirring isthat right? ro: yeah!
dominic: because you’re the strong 1 outof the 2 of us. ro: i’m the pretty buff 1 here so… dominic:you’ve got the guns. ro: i’ve been doing… i’ve been doingburpies! dominic: oh nice! they’re not easy! ro: no they’re not! dominic: good for you! dominic: be strong, be strong. ro: this isteamwork you guys! dominic: no pain no gain! ro: now that our egg mixture and our buttermixture are combined, now we ro: are going to add our flour mixture. andi’m gonna have you fold. ro: just scoop down, flip over the top. dominic:to fold like this, you have to dominic: be quite physically strong, um, that’swhy i, i’m doing the dirty work here.
ro: that’s why i really invited you over.dominic: thank you! ro: when we met i was, i went like this…dominic: i remember that! you did grab my muscles! dominic: if you have anything in the housethat’s broken, or you want me to dominic: chop a piece of wood or sawing, ican do that once we’re done… dominic: manly work! dominic: ok, so now that our batter’s ready,we’re gonna start scooping it dominic: into these little cute muffin traysyou got here. ro: you want to make sure, that before youput the batter in, i just put ro: a little bit of butter, and then sprinkledflour so that the muffins won’t stick.
dominic: so they come out when you’re done.ro: mmmhmmm. dominic: easy-peasy! dominic: as opposed to like, bits being inthere, and then you have to eat dominic: out of the tray, it’s horrible!ro: yeah, and then we just have to eat them out of there! dominic: ok, this i believe is an old edwardiantorture device, am i right? ro: yes. dominic: which doubles as like anice cream scoop. ro: scoop, yeah ro: it’s about 3 ounces, so if you guys have a scoop at home that's about 3 ounces, that’s what we’re ro: going for, perfect! yeah! dominic: andthen you do that! ro: perfect! boom! dominic: is that alright? ro: and then your’e gonna do this to therest of your tray, just fill ‘em up.
dominic: boink! ro: once your muffin tray is ready, we’regonna pop these in the oven at ro: 350 degrees and bake for 20-25 minutes,and while those are baking… dominic: yes! we’re gonna combine the raspberries,the sugar, and the dominic: lemon juice in a little pan so thatwe can make our jam. mmmmm! ro: yes! dominic: jam! ro: homemade jam youguys, is amazing! ro: now let’s head over to the stove! ro: in a small saucepan combine the raspberries,sugar, and lemon juice. ro: then turn your heat to medium low, onceeverything is warm and soft,
ro: mash it up with a fork. continue to cookthe jam, stirring frequently ro: so that it doesn’t burn. do this forabout 5 minutes, until the jam thickens. ro: now turn off the stove and remove yourjam from the heat to cool. ro: we took the jam off the stove, it is cooling,and while it is cooling i ro: thought, lets have some afternoon tea,just like the hobbitses! dominic: it’s very english! ro: this isthe 5th meal of the day or whatever. dominic: yeah, yeah! ro: and this is where i want to just bug you a whole bunch and ask you about everything about wild things. dominic: thank you. ro: here i’ll let youpour, do you want me to pour?
dominic: ok, you can pour! ro: ok, tell mewhen. dominic: you can be mother, dominic: that’s what they say in england,shall i be mother? that means dominic: shall i pour the tea for you. ro: oh shall i be mother? ro: so on the show wild things, what countrieshave you gone to? ro: what animals have you interacted with?dominic: all kinds ro. dominic: we’ve done 38 countries up to now.so let me see how many i get. dominic: we’ve done kenya, cameroon, indonesia,malaysia, south africa, dominic: madagascar, mozambique, peru, brazilfor 2 episodes, laos,
dominic: vietnam. ro: mmmhmmm. dominic: australia, new zealand, florida… dominic: not really a country. the show tendsto be about animals, i’m an dominic: animal fanatic! but i also love theworld, so we do do animals, but dominic: we do young people, we do sport,we do a lot of street food which dominic: i’m sure you’re passionate about.ro: oh street food! ro: so, i was looking on the world wide web.dominic: i’ve heard of this place! ro: did you find a different species of spider,you came across? dominic: i would say that’s like 87% true.i was with an arachnologist, someone dominic: who has a degree in spiders. ro:cool!
dominic: i was with him, in laos, in southeastasia, in an underground cave. dominic: and he and i were searching for thelargest spider in the world which dominic: is called the giant huntsman. andhe had said that he thought he dominic: had been seeing spiders that he thoughtwere potentially things dominic: he had never seen before. he said,you know there’s a pretty good dominic: chance that one of these spiderscould turn out to be a new species, dominic: and if it is, you can name it. dominic: so he said, i’ll let you know.3 or 4 months later he emailed me and dominic: said it was a new species, do youwant to call it the dominic spider?
dominic: and i was like, no, no, no! callit the monaghan spider because then dominic: that’s all my family. and he recentlyfound a new spider, which he dominic: named after david bowie. so there’sthe david bowie spider now. ro: i just can’t believe that you have aspider! dominic: i know! ro: like, that is so neat! what’s somethingabout spiders that i wouldn’t know, ro: or people wouldn’t know. dominic: a cool spider fact for you, whichmakes them kind of interesting… ro: yeah. dominic: is that, spiders are known for spinningwebs, right? dominic: a lot of spiders use their web indifferent ways, so, for instance,
dominic: a black widow spider, an animal thati keep at home, will have different dominic: types of webbing in it’s house.ro: huh. dominic: so where it lives, in its littlekind of bedroom area, that’s a very dominic: cushion-y soft kind of webbing. butin the places where it’s catching dominic: food, those things are very brittlelike guitar strings. dominic: and it also has the ability, if youwere to pick it up and it got dominic: annoyed, it can exude a webbing that’svery slimy and sticky, because it wants dominic: a predator to kind of get it in it’sface and get annoyed. ro: that is amazing! dominic: fascinatingcreature!
ro: i think the muffins are done! dominic:let’s do it! ro: and the jam, let’s take a bite! dominic: my muffins are done! ro: we gotta do a taste test! dominic: ok, i’m gonna copy you, so you’regonna cut it in 1/2. ro: yeah! ro: we’re gonna see if bilbo would be proudof us, i think he would. ro: we got our homemade jam, oh my gosh! youguys! dominic: i’m very excited about this homemadejam! ro: i love homemade jam, it’s so good! dominic:well duh! ro: taste test. dominic: cheers! ro: let’sdo it.
dominic: mmmm! it’s very buttery! ro: oop!mmmhmmm! dominic: oh wow that jam is amazing! ro: mmmmm! dominic: wow this is good, this would getyou up to mordor! dominic: it’s yummy! i recommend it! ro:oooh, steam, hot! dominic: it’s quite hot! ro: it’s very hot though, oooh! dominic:it is quite hot though! dominic: i dropped some jam on your kitchencounter. ro: that’s ok! i do it all the time! ro: this is probably the most used room inthe house. dominic: nice, mines, mines the dungeon. ro:take a little sip.
ro: i don’t have one of those. dominic:oh i’ll get you one. ro: but i better get one. ro: i, i think i need to get one. dominic:i have a dungeon builder, he’s dominic: excellent, i’ll recommend him toyou! ro: thank you! dominic: you’re welcome!ro: ok, well just dm me, we’ll figure it out. both: ta-da! ro: here are bilbo’s seed cake muffins thatwe made today! ro: they are so good! dominic: yummy! ro:with some homemade jam! ro: and, you guys, a huge thank you to dominicfor being here, thank you for ro: helping me bake today!
dominic: it was lovely hanging out with youand cooking some food! ro: you’ve got some skills. dominic: thankyou! ro: and so much knowledge, i love it, youguys go check out wild things, ro: i’m gonna put all of his links downbelow, so you can find him and go check ro: it out! super cool! and if you have anyother ideas for any other nerdy nummies… ro: let me know, leave me a comment down belowand i will do my best to ro: make it happen! also, we’ll take picturesof these and post them ro: on social media, instagram, facebook,tumblr, and twitter. ro: and if you guys make these, please takea picture and send it to us,
ro: we would love to see your baking creations!it makes my day! ro: thanks again you guys, bye-bye!