Wednesday, April 25, 2012

VirtualBox and Unity in Ubuntu 11.10 CTRL-ALT-Right

If you use Ubuntu and VirtualBox, and need to flick between workspaces, you need to press the Host Key, which key this is mapped to, is set in VirtualBox itself. I've got a Sun Microsystems keyboard, so I use the "compose" key.

I think the default on most keyboards is Right-CTRL. Press this once, then press CTRL-ALT-Right / Left / Up / Down

Everyone's a winner!

Sunday, April 22, 2012

My Mum's Blackberry and Apple Crumble

Ingredients / Shopping List:
Metric
  • Flour (Plain, S/R, or Wholemeal) - 110g
  • Butter (or Stork Margerine.) - 55g
  • Light Brown Muscavado Sugar - 55g
  • Blackberries - Handful
  • Cooking Apples (Bramley) - 2 Large
  • Cornflour - 10g
  • Golden Granulated Brown Sugar - 10g
Sneering Imperialist
  • Flour (Plain, S/R, or Wholemeal) - 4oz
  • Butter (or Stork Margerine.) - 2oz
  • Light Brown Muscavado Sugar - 2oz
  • Blackberries - Handful
  • Cooking Apples (Bramley) - 2 Large
  • Cornflour - 2 tsp
  • Golden Granulated Brown Sugar - 2 tsp
Method:
Making the Crumble Topping
  1. Rub the Butter into the Flour.
  2. Mix in the Muscavado Sugar, breaking up any lumps.
Making the Filling:
  1. Peel and chop the Apple into cubes
  2. Stew the Apple in a pan with a spot of water to stop it burning to the bottom. Do not let the Apple go mushy, just soft on the outside.
  3. Add the stewed Apple to a Souffle dish or a Vegetable Dish
  4. Add the Blackberries to the same dish
  5. Mix the Cornflour and Golden Granulated Brown Sugar together in a separate bowl
  6. Add the Cornflour Sugar mix to the main dish and stir it into the Apple and Blackberries to coat them
  7. Pour the Crumble Topping over the filling. Do not press it down, just spread it over the entire dish.
  8. Bake in the oven on Gas Mark 5 / 190C until browned on top, or when the filling is sneaking out up the sides (approx. 30mins)