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I was craving a curry all day; I haven't eaten one in years. I wasn't going to go to a takeaway, so I made one (my first).
Here is my best go at at tarka dal, made with red lentils.
It gave me the excuse to buy a jar of lime pickle, which I love.
It tasted a lot better than it looks.
'Ruby Murray' is rhyming slang for curry (duh) and you can listen to the eponymous Ruby (an Irish pop singer from the 1950s) here:
Semi macro of a pink beach hut showing the wood grain.
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New kicks - in a sale, of course. When I see 'Goodyear' I immediately think of blimps! They seem to make an awful lot of them.
I've had trouble with my achilles for a month or so, and someone suggested I try a pair of Skechers. They aren't pretty, but I've been walking in them for the last few days and I don't have the same amount of pain when I make dinner now.
I often wonder how public libraries will survive in the age of the Internet. John and Cuthbert Grundy, local artists, provided some funding to build this, along with Blackpool council and steel magnate, Edward Carnegie.
Things that different people have said:
"The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation."
Henry Thoreau
"Clive, you are living your best life."
"This is normal life for you now."
Being at a loose end, I took a trip to Morecambe to buy some paint, and stopped at Lewis's for a 'natural dairy' ice cream, and paused a while on the promenade to consume it while looking across the bay at the Lakeland Fells.
Nothing is ever perfect, but I felt blessed today.
Timing is everything. Just a few minutes later and this bus would have been full of students.
The potholes combined with the hard suspension made this an almost terrifying journey. The first bang made me think we were being shot at. Really.
It was strangely very hard to find an Advent calendar. By chance I found this at Oxfam. The chocolate is very nice and fairly produced.
The colors complement those of my disco light 😁🎄
"The arts are essential to any complete national life. The State owes it to itself to sustain and encourage them."
Winston Churchill, speaking about the Royal Academy
While not his greatest fan, he spoke sense in this instance.
A new baking mold for the trust air fryer. With helpful handles that got in the way so a swift bit of scissoring fixed it.
The sun sets over the old power station. It looks like a fortress on some lights. Noisy shot, but i liked how it looked.
2kg of fresh plums have rendered this many jars of jam which is now cooling on my counter.
This is the first time I have made jam and time will tell whether it is any good.
Apprarently I needed to get this to 105DegC for the sugar to change structure, and set properly. Try as I might, my stove wouldn't deliver enough to go over 102degC. We shall see in a few hours if it worked. Or not!
Checking on my snake plant, these pups look to me like a clutch of baby birds in the nest, demanding food.
Here's an oak-smoked herring; what I would call a 'kipper'. To be traditionally correct, any fish that is smoked is a kipper, and once a smoked haddock was (confusingly) called a kipper, too. Somked haddock are also called 'finnan haddies' which comes from Scotland. Nowadays, if you ask for a kipper you should get a smoked herring.
I've worked in a smokehouse making these things, and can say that this fish has been done quite well. I would have liked it a bit darker, but it's hard to find fish done that way now. Usually, a dark kipper these days has been dyed, rather than deeply smoked, and is best avoided.
This one has been re-warmed in the oven, and given a light coating of butter, lemon juice and black pepper to bring out the flavor, which is phenomenal.
Served like this (unfilleted) it is best to have a slice or two of bread to hand: if you get some of the very fine bones in your mouth, eat some bread and they will go down nicely. They won't do any harm, and the bread technique saves a lot of mess and faffing about at the table (which I cannot abide).
Kippers are full of heart-loving omega-3 fatty acids, as well as vitamin D. Eating them will help to reduce cholesterol in the blood, too.
This fish comes from the North Sea, where herring stocks are healthy, and strictly controlled.
What to do with a surfeit of nuts? I roasted these in a mixture of melted butter, honey, and a bit of cinnamon. Spread to cool on parchment, and given a few twists of sea salt Just 7 minutes in the air fryer to transform the good to something better!
I've had an order for another jar. I'll add sesame seeds this time at the cooling stage.
I'm normally gentle with my kitchen tools but I have fruit to use up. Packed in to the max line.
Apple
Orange
Nectarines
Almonds
Walnuts
Cinnamon
Water
Looking through the canal bridge, one can see the canal. It's still there but is now silted up. It's not just a case of clearing out the weeds, but that would be a start.
Afternoon tea with my new tea cosy. So hard to find now that few use a teapot and loose tea.
to keep me going till dinner is a Chorley cake. This is filled with raisins and baked in short crust pastry. Sometimes called fly cake for obvious reasons. Nice with a bit of butter and Lancashire cheese on the side.
Tea is lapsang with a bit of Ukrainian honey.
it's reet good!😄
The pattern of the tiles is picked up in the anaglypta on the staircase. Wonderful attention to detail.
I see where I want to go but it's not always obvious how to get there. Time for a flanking manoeuvre perhaps.
From 'Address to a haggis', by Robert Burns
Ye Pow’rs wha mak mankind your care,
And dish them out their bill o’ fare,
Auld Scotland wants nae skinking ware
That jaups in luggies;
But, if ye wish her gratfu’ prayer,
Gie her a Haggis!
It is the anniversay of the birth of Robert Burns, so it's time for a Burns Night Supper (as far as I can manage):
Haggis, neeps and tatties, and a wee dram.
I'm not a Scot, so I have granted myself the luxury of some gravy, to go with the whisky sauce, too. And you already know that I am partial to some of Burns' poetry.
Slàinte mhath!
Sold in pairs, I wonder where the other one is.
Art nouveau or Jugendstihl, I love this style. There's not enough of it about!
Tea's up. Served with some salad - I love summer salads - and a sprinkling of fried onions for some crunch.
Damp has caused my Brabantia canisters to go rusty. So off to the bin with them.
I've found this and one other in the thrift shop. Just the thing next time I head off on safari.
Heracleum mantegazzianum, aka giant hogweed, was introduced to England in the 19th century as an ornamental plant. It has since spread to Australia, New Zealand, USA, Canada... It's highly invasive and the leaves and stalks can cause skin rashes. The sap can make you blind. And here it is choking the river bank.
Some jurisdictions require you to notify the authorities if you see it.
As pretty as it is, don't handle it.
A childhood memory is of the bizarre mush that daleks ate. It looked like this.
Homemade basil pesto. Mad color, that's completely natural.
A tell tale of over loading or overheating from a Nutribullet is leaking from the base bearing assembly. No such eventuality today.
This made a pleasant if innocuous breakfast smoothie.
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