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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.
It's a policy that makes a lot of sense. If you buy everything online, don't be surprised to find an empty high street.
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
A BMW i8 stops outside my kitchen while I pause for a moment. It's not a Deliveroo driver making a collection. How cool that would have been!
Heat some oil on medium-low, add a chopped onion and cook till translucent. Add 2 cloves of chopped garlic and some ginger. Stir and don't allow to burn.
Add rice and water to the rice cooker and switch on. The rice will be ready when the rest has cooked.
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.
Using Adrian Cronauer's catchphrase and catchy artwork, I was attracted by this packet of coffee beans.
The beans do indeed make a pleasant pour over - a delicate. floral taste. I once bought Vietnamese civet cat coffee. The cats eat the berries and excrete the beans ... you can read about it elsewhere. It was OK but not worth the expense. And now I'm looking for some Black Ivory coffee - these are beans from northern Thailand that have been eaten by elephants, which partly ferment in their guts prior to excretion.
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.
living in an apartment need not exclude gardening from ones routine. I've planted hyacinth and frittilaries for next year. and potted up the specimen that I rescued from the trash. it's been recovering over summer and has put on some strong growth.
The last slice of apple pie. The pastry had softened, so a few minutes of heat, and some yogurt, strawberry sauce, and pistachios made this quite a passable dessert.
This is a national dish of Colombia. It has lots of tripe which i adore. My mother brought me up on offal and its hard to find anyone serving it these days. I had this at Tooting Market. And yes it really is that yellow. Colombia has many beautiful exports and their cooking is just one. Mondongo. You want some, don't you?!
I had a friend who added salt just like this. He did it to take the micky out of pretentious TV chefs ("pretentious, moi?!), but he did it so often that it became part of his style.
Another introduced species from the Victorian era. Used in Cantonese cooking and some medicinal use though results are questionable. Big stone in the fruits so I'll leave these for the birds. Pretty to look at though.
Despite the apparent repetition each one is a subtle variation on a theme. Knocks and scrapes differentiate each one.
A report has been published this week by the Meteorological Office whose records began in 1884. The UK climate is different now from just a few decades ago. England is now hotter and wetter than before.
Being mid July I was hoping to dispense with my sou'wester and oilskins for a few weeks more. Seems not.
Time to enjoy some Chopin played by Daniil Trifunov:
The "Radical Steps" in Kirkby Lonsdale lead down from the churchyard of St Mary's Church down to the banks of the River Lune, near Ruskin's View. The steps were built in 1820 for Dr Francis Pearson, who had a reputation as a political radical, to divert the existing public footpath that ran through his garden! There was a lot of opposition to the building of steps, which thereafter became locally known as the "Radical Steps".