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May 4th is known for a number of things. Here it is the Feast of the English Martyrs, when people can remember the hundreds of Catholics who were killed in England and Wales for their beliefs between 1535 and 1680.
In Lancaster, Catholics (mostly, but not exclusively) meet outside the castle to walk the route taken from the castle to the site where the 15 Catholic martyrs were executed.
I have installed a rotating disco light in my kitchen. It is awesome and soothing simultaneously.
Dance Wave on the radio from Hungary completes the mood for cooking up a storm 😁🍕🍲️
Improbable, yes. But National Carrot Day was celebrated in England on 3 October. It coincided with National Poetry Day, so I wrote a limerick to celebrate both. However, I will spare you that forgettable moment.
As I had some French beans, I thought they would make a nice garnish.
If anyone wants the recipe, let me know and I will post it here later.
See those little black things? Not dead flies but caraway seeds! As they are, they add a little anise surprise in every slice. I added 2 teaspoons to the dough for an 800g loaf, but I think I'll up that to a tablespoon next time. This cost me about $1 to make - it would cost heaps more to buy from an artisan bakery.
This dish is thrown together. That's where the name comes from... translating idioms often doesn't work, hence the daft stories about this dish.
Be careful not to burn the garlic.
These are fallen seed pods from a lime tree. There are 10 species of lime tree in UK, some of which are hybrids. Europeans might call them Linden trees (as in Unter den Linden, in Berlin) or Basswood in the US. The wood is pale and straight-grained and does not warp, making it good for piano keys and sounding boards.
I was surprised to see all these down so early this year. A hard winter follows? Who can tell.
From Youtube, I learned how to remove the top of the Wonderboom without trashing it - use a blunt kitchen knife to pry open the retaining clips, and lift off.
It takes me back to when I used to drive a CVR(T) [a little tank that was used in the recce/recon role, usually]- whenever that broke down, the first thing the 'spanner ops' asked for was that we removed the top armor.
Here's today's mise en place. Next time I'll have more butter beans and a lemon or two.
Celery (allergen) and a carrot or three as wel. The delivery to the supermarket was delayed today, hence I missed them out.
It was received well.
These pictures are records for the kitchen inspector as much as anything.
A freighter approaches having navigated around one of Europe's largest offshore winds farms. Pinch to zoom and you might make out this forest of turbines .
When I am not sure which wine to buy, my system is to look for a favorite bird or animal on the label. With a kangaroo on the label, this is guaranteed to be bonza!
My friend is a committed Wiccan. He celebrates Yule. I've put this pentacle on my front door so he knows he will be welcome should he visit.
I've seen a few spiders today, here on Flickr and in the real world, too. This beauty was high on the wall, doing nobody any harm, so I left her there, to await the arrival of her lunch.
Sometimes called the Daddy Long Legs spider, she is also known as a Cellar Spider. They take on all sorts of bugs and wotnot, and will even go for (and kill) a redback spider. "Oh, but they are only in Australia." Not so - they made it as for as Preston, Lancashire in a container of vehcle parts from Australia. Who knows how many escaped into the wild before the pest man came to get them? I'll be keeping my cellar spiders close!
Read more, here:
everythingnothuman.com/uncategorized/cellar-spiders-your-...
One day I will learn to use editing software. Meanwhile, here's dino from the other side of the glass.
Once the base has been cooked (onions, garlic, celery, herbs) it's time to add the chopped cabbage, add a glass of water, cover and allow to steam for a few minutes.
No work on Friday but I missed making soup. Here's my version of a soffritto, just not so finely diced as I see in the books.
The sauté setting on my Instant Pot is quite fierce; it's essential to keep things moving.
Revithia is a Greek chickpea and vegetable stew. Here is my own take on it. I've added some basil as a garnish because I have loads of it growing right now.
It originates in Sifnos and was made in a clay pot on Saturday night and left in the embers. Hence, it's sometimes called 'Sunday soup'.
It is cheap to make and full of flavor. And it's even good for you, with loads of protein and zinc, and other handy dandy minerals and vitamins.
Look it up or HMU if you want the recipe.
Kali orexi!
Another kerb stone on Castle Hill. This one outside the original workshop of Gillow, the famous cabinet maker (later to become Waring & Gillow).