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Cha is the name for tea in Guangdong dialect. Portugal was the first European country to import 'cha' where this name is commonly used. The merchant who supplied it came from Guangdong.
This is keemun tea. A favorite of mine. I bought it from a merchant in... Blackburn 😁
The weather has arrived (Storm Austen) and is currently battering the rose gardens up and down the country.
Rosa Oklahoma was developed in 1964 at Oklahoma University and is now the state flower. It grows well in UK.
I think the designer missed a trick by not installing a balcony.
A small block of flats on the site of the old railway stables.
The magpies are out again. Such happy and playful corvids.
I love all the lore and traditions that surround these birds.
Schönen Feierabend! The celebration of the evening, literally. It's time to put the tools down, and kick back a bit.
This is a Becker 'Bel Mondo' tea light, made at Georgshütte, Germany, some time in the 1980s. It's nice to look at in itself, but comes to life when you light a candle in the middle. It's for keep your coffee or teapot warm, but makes a nice backlight for any room.
The factory closed in 1989, so this is a bit of a gem to have found.
And yes, I am feeling a bit nostalgic today!
Heysham Nuclear Power Station and Heysham Ferry Port sit on the side of Half Moon Bay.
There's a nice cafe here that opens every day. A good breakfast spot for a 'full English'. But not for me today.
This tree is a year round joy for me. Always visually interesting and changing colors that charm. Today it's sharing some shade.
I added a jar of korma sauce as a quick way to add some mild spicy flavors today. A bit of market research. It went well. I'll dial this up a bit another time.
Nobody had keys when I rocked up and cooking started late. The carrots hadn't quite softened but there were no complaints, and no returns.
The food processor is still missing so a good chance to practice knife skills.
2 kitchen crew didn't turn up but we were finished 30 minutes ahead of usual. Less chat.
Swede
carrot
onion
White beans
Red lentils
Tomato purée
Passata
Chicken and vegetable stock
Serves 40
One of the places where I volunteer has awarded me a pay increase of 100%. So pleased. So I'll get nothing, as usual, but twice as much nothing. Joy 👍😁
This iron staple, or joggle, secures the plinth on which a stone bench stands. It dates to 1863, the time of the Lancashire Cotton Famine. While the mills stood idle people were set to work on a variety of tasks, such as road building, making a park, and building these stone benches.
The whitebeam trees are now full of berries. They are pretty but can't be eaten as they are; you need to leave them to almost rot on the tree or blet them for a few days in the kitchen. Then boil them up with something else to give them some flavour.
It's better to leave them for the birds and enjoy the view.
What's in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet.
Romeo and Juliet
This is toadflax, specifically ivy leaved toadflax. It's name might be ugly but the flowers are nevertheless very pretty, as they cascade from a crack in the wall.
The morning winter shot that supports health and brings a little clarity to morning haze.
3 lemons
3 limes
A good chunk of ginger
Whole or ground turmeric
A clove of garlic
Honey, mānuka if possible
A stick of lemon grass
1 star anise
500 ml water
Into a jug
juice the fruit
add chopped ginger, turmeric, lemon grass, garlic
add star anise
add 500 ml very hot water
infuse for 30 mins while allowing to cool
remove star anise
pour remainder into blender and blitz
decant into a bottle and chill
drink a large shot everyday to protect against colds and sore throat
youtu.be/iT-ZAAi4UQQ?si=99dl7IqP6JGzl6j0
'Spem in alium' by Thomas Tallis, written in 1570.
When the alliums appear this same old pun goes through my head. Inevitably I will listen to Tallis' epic composition.
In 1840 England was surveyed in detail and mapped at 5 inches to the mile. This helped to map the cholera epidemic as well as apportion land and property taxes and tithes.
The survey also supported the 1841 census (the first of its kind).
I noticed this creature on my jacket today. I think it's an Asian ladybird larva.
Asian or harlequin ladybirds come from Japan and were introduced in some countries to control aphids. They arrived in UK in 2004 by accident.
As predators, they have been known to attack butterfly larvae and eggs, which is a problem.
A 'cover from view' screen obscures the building works behind. A popular car park is to become 39 affordable homes.
Housing in UK has always been problematic. Vast areas of usable and unused land are owned by private landlords and unavailable for use by the people.
It's easy and sometimes safer to remain on the fence when difficult decisions have to be made. But seldom does it end well.
I found a set of four cups and saucers for a pound, so bought them. They are made by Ikea and feature a castellated base to the cup. Who cares? Well, it means that there won't be an air-lock under the cup in the case of spilled liquid - nothing worse than picking up the cup and briging the saucer along, too, only for the saucer to fall away and crash to the floor!
Make lemon curd.
My first attempt.
"Sumayah’s Simple Lemon Curd recipe - The Great British Bake Off" thegreatbritishbakeoff.co.uk/recipes/all/sumayahs-simple-...
Now, doesn't that sound altogether posher than 'fish fingers'?
Minted peas, crushed potato with garlic and cayenne pepper, and Polish-made tomato sauce (from the 'World Foods' section in the supermarket) because it is way cheaper than the others, and tastes better, too.
Linux-users may see the logo for Manjaro (well, it's close). I used to run Manjaro on an old Thinkpad, and it worked very well with that hardware.
In other news, walking is a bit of a problem at the moment, so I haven't been able to get outdoors for today's shot.