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Very little grows on jagged rock.
Be ground.
Be crumbled, so wild flowers will come up where you stand.
Rumi
The broccoli and peas, post addition of stock, and blitzed in place with the stick blender. Added some plain water after this to add volume.
More cabbages, and more apples. And a nice red capsicum for a splash of interest, with green lentils for a bit of protein.
If you have been paying attention, you will see that this recipe has rendered 750ml of something easy, nutritious, quick, and cheap. That's three generous portions.
I've had a broccoli head lying about for a few days. Nothing planned for it, so I made it into soup this afternoon.
It's quite warm today, so I cooked this in the microwave pressure cooker (flic.kr/p/2pWzFis), to try and keep the kitchen cool.
If you only have a pot and a hob, just consider cooking for a bit longer.
One head of broccoli
2 small sweet potatoes
1 clove garlic
5ml Italian herb mix (or leave out, and use nutmeg instead)
500ml vegetable stock
salt
Pink peppercorns (about 8 - optional)
Yogurt (optional)
Peel and smash the garlic, add to pot
Grind and add the salt
Add the dried herbs
Stir all together well, to help release oils
(You can also do this stage on the hob in a pan - it will release even more flavor)
Chop the broccoli into florets (I also use the stalk)
Add to the pot
Peel and finely chop sweet potatoes and add to pot
Cover with about 500ml stock (I used veggie, but chicken can work)
Seal the lid and microwave on high for 15 mins
Cool for 5 mins and blitz with immersion blender
Add 2 or 3 tblspn of Greek yogurt and stir well
Serve, or allow to cool and refrigerate for up to one week.
Serve hot or cold, with a slab of good bread. Add some grated cheese on top.
Lines. They are everywhere. If you step over them you get shouted at. But if you've lived behind them the stress is sometimes overwhelming.
Lines are everywhere today. It hasn't always been thus. We were supposed to know our place. Toe the line. This far and no further. Hard lines of you got it wrong. Write a 100 lines, i will hold the line. The thin red line. The medic puts in a line. The triage nurse puts you at the end of the line. The orderly sees your name in the lined ledger and goes over it with a line. No more lines.
At the back of the yard were some pretty thistles. Bees like them, which means I like them. Seeing this on a bigger screen is telling me to use my camera instead of my phone!
Lancashire Police horses visit Lancaster as part of the summer action plan against anti social activity.
On a grey morning what could be better 🌞
One orange, whole
half a lemon, whole
a good lump of ginger, say 3 cm
some cardamom seeds
4 dates for sweetness - pitted ofc
an equal volume of water
blend till smooth
chill
drink
garnish ad lib. mint leaves would work.
similar to expensive health shots in an expensive UK supermarket
Below Lancaster Priory is a pretty field. It's left in a semi-wild state which encourages wildlife and is a nice place to walk, or sit and just 'be'.
Pre-decimal pricing.
Encouraging, gentle marketing.
Too bad that internet and supermarket shopping killed off companies like this.
Some interesting titles listed here.
Dinner out last night. Feeling very much overfed.
Rachmaninov on the radio.
Black coffee from Nicaragua.
Juice is apple from Poland, orange from Morocco, almonds from USA, and cinnamon from Vietnam.
5 continents is what Ill call this drink. it needs ginger. next time.
Here's a slice of pie, with a dollop of Greek yogurt.
I pre-cooked the apples, orange peel, and spices in the pressure cooker for 15 minutes - I'm happy with the mushy finish. It was easy to spoon into the pie case and push around in order not to leave any gaps.
I added a single layer of sultanas to the top of the apples before putting on the lid - the plan was to avoid the lid becoming soggy from sitting on top of the apples. It seemed to work. A few cuts in the lid with a paring knife allowed the steam to escape.
My new rice cooker has a porridge setting. I never make porridge now - it always goes wrong. So I gave it a go. 60 minutes later and a decent offering results.
Made with 50:50 water:milk, and a few turns of salt. Finished with some honey and dusted with ground cinnamon.
As Goldilocks might have said, "just right."
Rice as the staple, with steamed bok choy, sweet corn, beans, tuna. and pickled cabbage. Finished with a sprinkling of garam masala.
Easy, tasty, and nutritious.
At low tide I counted 17 trundlers lying on the river bank, as well as assorted bicycles, a wheelchair, and goodness knows what else.
First sold in 1807 in Oxford Street. London, the soap was targeted at the gentry. Later. his business partner Barret launched the eponymous Cyclopædia to help advertise the brand.
To be clear, this is a valve cover in the pavement. But when I saw the characters, 'ATM', I experienced a familiar shiver. I hate using those 'hole in the wall' bank machines.
The world's first Automated Teller Machine appeared in Enfiled, North London, in 1967 at a Barclays Bank branch. What has that to do with Lancaster? Banking and Quakers (where they still have a Meeting House).
Quakers back in the 18th century could not be in the 'professions' so many became bankers or merchants. Barclays Bank was founded by Freame and Gould (Quakers) and were later joined by Barclay (another Quaker).
More about ATMs, here:
"What hath God wrought" Numbers 23:23
This was the first message sent by Samuel Morse on his new telegraph in 1844.
This wrought iron balcony inspires awe, I think.
I'm letting these cool for 30 minutes to let them firm up a bit. It works for my bread so it might work here.
What to do with 20g of this flour,80g of that, and so on?
Throw them all together and make bread.
Although there was some 20% wholemeal in here I treated it all like white bread. Voilà you see the result. I'm especially pleased with the crunchy crust.
Seagulls greedily peck into garbage bags when left outside for collection. These over bags prevent that and the ensuing mess.
Brits have no idea what a fadge is and I have no idea what these bags are called here. There's a nice German compound word, of course. I have a wheelie bin, fortunately.
Bargain of the week from a thrift store.
Not the famous Venetian kind of waterbus, but a steam generator - sometimes called a steam cleaner.
My kitchen floor is squeaky clean - I can hardly wait to set about my curtains and furnishings!
I'm thinking about hanging some veggies from the washing line and steaming them, too!
Real Bread Week is approaching. I've been making my own for about a year now. This Cubano white is my favorite so far by a country mile. Not the prettiest but it suits my needs and is easy to make.
Like the mountain, K2, when you look at the queue for Wimbledon tennis snaking down the street and covering Wimbledon Park, it must seem like an impossible dream to get to the end.