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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:
one of my most treasured possessions is my cutting block. End grain beech that is hard but won't blunt my knives. I clean it with salt and vinegar, and treat it with vegetable oil. And like a mattress, turn it regularly to keep the wear even.
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.
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.
Pausing in the sun. The red squirrel benches are all over the area. The red squirrel was the emblem of the old Furness Railway, and a number of replicas of these railway benches were made in 1996, which was also the year of the red squirrel. For every bench sold the council donated towards an effort to preserve the habitat of these endangered animals.
Comfortable to sit on and take a moment to take in the view.
I'm a terrible landscape photographer, but every now and then the scene just opens up for you and all you have to do is point your camera in the right direction.
Sooc from the Xiaomi 13 Ultra.
Soften the onions
then the garlic
dump in the frozen peas
chop and add broccoli
chop and add the mint
cover and steam for 10 minutes
add the veggie stock
or chicken stock if you prefer
Staiger was a German company that made scientific instruments and excellent barometers until 1985. I found this one in a charity shop (or 'chazzer', as the young people apparently call them) this week.
Living in the rainiest city in England (Glasgow is wetter, and the rainiest city in UK), I am obsessed with the weather, and if i need to carry an umbrella, jacket, hat, gum boots ... you get the picture.
So, I am delighted to have obtained this fine instrument. Thanks to the Internet, I have been able to check the barometer's calibration, which is spot on, as are the thermometer and hygrometer.
This is an aneroid ('no air') barometer, perfected by Vidi in the 19th century. It is also the mechanism of early altimeters. Before GPS, a pocket altimeter was really useful in mountainous regions, where you could use it to support your map and compass work to be sure of where you were situated. I found it invaluable in Norway, which is very corrugated in places!
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.
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!
Lords-and-Ladies is also called naked boys, cuckoopint, cows and bulls, Jack in the pulpit, and starch root. There are probably more. The flowers are pollinated by owl midge flies and the berries are eaten by birds such as blackbirds and thrushes.
I have a habit of forgetting the tomatoes in my fridge and end up throwing some away.
Now I slice some up and put in a jam jar with garlic, basil, oil and a touch of vinegar. In the fridge these will last a while. Just right for when I've run out of fresh ones.
3 shots of water to 2 doses of coffee. Slightly milder than my usual breakfast brew. Accidentally made a nice change.
Enjoy your day 👍
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 👍
However empty you might feel, just look up to find new vigor.
How alive this tree remains!
Mad green. Idk how to fix this. A konica look, i guess 😁
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.
It's Friday so that means it's soup time for a crowd. The biggest challenge is getting the soup to reduce in time without cooking out the flavors. This one seems to be on track.
Last time I looked this kind of coffee maker is called a moka pot, and a cafetiere is otherwise known as a French press.
Formerly the Cooperative Society's building. Now a bar.
I especially like the skep that's carved at the top of the building. Busy bees.
I literally found these shelves next to a dumpster today. Most of my cookbooks will fit on them. I realise I have far too many! But I love how Nigel Slater writes, and Jamie is just fun. But now I have some more space on my counter to clutter up, and I am looking for a used mixer or sausage maker now.