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This drain pipe on the side of the recently-vacated bank is both cracked and blocked.
I was so enraptured by this spontaneous fountain that I got soaked while just watching it.
At cooking class yesterday I learned how to cut a single chicken breast to feed four.
There's lardons, onion, garlic, chicken, and cheese in this dish.
I brought some home for tonight's tea.
This is an airvent.
The tuatara (a lizard endemic to New Zealand) and the iguana both have a third eye (the parietal eye) on top of their heads. As they age, the eye becomes covered in scales.
Sometimes the only thing is to flick on the disco lights and pump up the volume to some Hi-NRG. Dancing is optional, but I always do.
Listen, here:
Bring to the boil and then cook for about 15 to 20 minutes.*
Taste and season as it goes.
For extra thickness, I made a slurry of flour and cold water and gently added it during the last 5 minutes of cooking.
Now allow to cool before eating or decanting.
If you want, use a stick blender and do your worst, but I recommend leaving a few bits intact for visual interest.
*After 15 minutes the sweet potato is done, and everything else has some crunch still. Cook for a bit longer if you prefer to have a softer bite.
15 minutes won't cost the earth in electricity!
Serve with a good chunk of bread.
Random markings on kerb-stones fascinate me. It's not easy to do, so why was it done? There has to be a reason. A bit like life, really.
This runs 24/7 and drags out 1/2 a litre of water from the air each day in this room. It is very quiet and efficient. It is way cheaper to run than a heater and keeps humidity to tolerable levels, if not ideal.
Jean Genet's writing appeared on my radar at school. An intellectual outlier. Some would describe him as a wretch.
I hope this copy is still for sale.
So, into a sterile jar. That's four serves of lunchtime soup, or sauce I can mix with pasta for tea.
I have some nice baclava on the cold shelf. But it can wait for another day. Here's the leftover ice cream from the other day. Easy and tasty even if it looks a complete mess!
Washing up done. Coffee drunk. Greetings exchanged. Time to sit and listen to some music.
I hope you all had an excellent lunch too 👍
The temperature dial on my oven is off considerably. I'm using a calibrated oven thermometer today and hope today's results will be a bit better than earlier this week.
Detail of the gates.
I imagine they were perhaps a love gift; flowers that won't fade.
I was reminded of that song by Jacques Brel:
During lockdown I played Skyrim. Being unable to get about as widely as I'd like, I've dusted off my copy of Skyrim and am pursuing some adventures.
Here is my character in assassin's armor and wearing Volsun's mask.
Ash Virgin Women's High Tops.
Nappa leather that is so soft - too bad they are too narrow, and too small, or I would have certainly bought them!
This is my version of kleftiko that i cooked in the microwave pressure cooker. Instead of up to 6 hours slow cooking in the oven, this was ready in 30 minutes. The picture shows the meat as it emerged before i spooned over the jus to serve.
It was tender, tasty, and nothing exploded! I substituted thyme for rosemary which worked nicely.
Hmu for the recipe.
The more attentive will have seen that one of the jobs I set myself today was setting up my 'new' console (it's new to me).
I love finding old tech and re-using it, and I haven't played anything for years. This might be fun. However...
While waiting for the system to update, I thought a bit of lunch would be in order.
Here is this week's guac - too much garlic (for some), sliced baby cucumber, chopped capsicum, cayenne pepper, and a slosh of olive oil (oh, it makes it so creamy!).
The fruit has remained suspended in the matrix. Encouraging.
Still warm and spread with butter this makes a nice breakfast treat with coffee.
Travel broadens the mind, and educates the tastebuds. A friend has recently returned from Thailand and this inspired me to get cooking.
This is my fusion of jerk pork, tenderstem broccoli, and red Thai curry.
No editing - just look at how green that brocolli has remained in the wok!
Honey Fungus
www.rhs.org.uk/disease/honey-fungus-managing-outbreaks
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armillaria
It looks pretty, but ... it is dangerous to trees and spreads through the soil, via root systems. It is the fungus' consumption of the roots that causes trees to die.
You will often see honey fungus on tree stumps, or trees in an advanced state of decay.
There are no licensed fungicides in the EU to deal with this fungus. If you have it, all you can do is remove any affected trees and burn them, and excavate the soil and infected root systems.
Some people eat honey fungus, but only after it has been properly prepared and cooked. Even then, it often causes gastric distress and upset. I'd say it is best avoided.
Americans might suggest Armillatox, which Europeans can still buy. It's just not a licensed fungicide. 'nuff said.
The Temperance Society was a big thing back in the day. Some of the motivation for was the common good, but another big bit was making sure people got to and stayed at work, sober. There was a temperance society hotel at the top of Castle Hill - it's now apartments.
or your medicine will become your food.
So said Hippocrates (maybe). I tend to agree.
Enough of lolling around feeling crook - time to make something nourishing; so here it is.
In the slow cooker:
Cooking bacon - choline (brain function, memory) and more
Mushrooms - protect the gut, brain, immune system ...
Red potatoes (sliced) - potassium (heart), B6 (stress), C, fiber ...
Onions - lower cholestorol, antioxidants, C, K, Allicin ...
Tomato pulp - all of the above, eye health, prostate health, heart ...
Apple - all the above, more quercetin (brain health)
Lemon - all above, and help reduce the chance of kidney stones
Brussels sprouts - all the above, and folate (red cell health)
Garlic - joint health, anti viral, anti bacterial, anti inflammatory
Bell pepper - all the above, lutein (eye health), A, C
Salt and pepper - a bit improves taste, improves immune system, metabolism, and heaps more beside
Vegetable stock - vitamins, minerals, antioxidants, and anti-inflammatory, all of the above
Ginger - pain relief, heart health, digestion, insulin regulation ...
I'm putting this on at the low setting overnight. It took longer to write this than do the prep. Hopefully it will taste half decent!
Where I live tends to be chilly and damp. If I don't eat my bread quickly it will go green in just a few days. And no,making more is not an option!
I read an Australian study last month that tested a variety of methods in similar conditions to mine. The BEST and most reliable way was to store your bread in a linen or canvas bag and keep it all in a bread bin. Here is the result chez moi.
No more green bread 😄
I like music when I work.
Here is Bach's Weinachts Oratorium performed by RIAS Kammerchor and the Akademie fuer Alte Music Berlin conducted by Rene Jacobs.
This recording has mixed reviews but for me it is the benchmark. Jacobs doesn't just inhabit this music, he channels it.
I met a baker friend today going to vote. Haven't seen him for ages so it was nice to catch up.
I saw these azaleas en route and they added some cheer to the walk.
Once upon a time not so long ago I had the privilege of helping to manage a few hives. Keeping bees is a great way to learn about your local environment and its overall health - hungry bees don't produce much honey.
MacFie's book came out in the 1930s and it has become an absolute classic and is well worth reading today.
Aragostine, or sfogliatelle, 'little lobsters' in English, come from the Campania region and are an essential part of Neapolitan cuisine. Uber-flaky, filled with pisatacchio, hazlenut, chocolate, chantilly vanilla, or zabaglione.
These come from the batch which a friend made for this evening's service. I was allowed to have one, which was a huge treat!