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While the artichokes roast, knock up a sauce from tomatoes, onion, garlic, chopped capers, anchovies, and fresh sage. Add mascarpone and stir while heating gently.
The Herbarium is an indy café bar restaurant in Lancaster. It has deep connexions to cultural life including poetry night once a month. Oh, it's vegan, too 👍🌿
I have no idea if that's a real 'thing' but it sounded good =]
So, taking that heap of leaves that I had pruned from my tomato plants, what to do? Throw on the compost heap? I don't have one. Instead, it's time to make pesto in my little-used food processor. 'Pesto' doesn't just mean smashed-up basil; if it's not a poisonous leaf and it tastes nice, turn it into pesto!
Equipment:
Food processor
Spatula (for wiping down the sides, and to assist with decanting)
Sterilised jam jar
Jam funnel, if you've got one (get one! They are really useful for all sorts of jobs, such as filling your cafetiere!)
Ingredients:
2 cloves garlic, peeled (I like garlic - you might prefer to use just one clove, especially if going out!)
1 lemon; juiced (you can add the zest, too if you like)
1 tspn sea salt - rougher the better, I find - it helps to break down fibers (you could reduce this to 1/2 tspn, but don't omit it)
1/2 cup oil - I used canola, but olive oil is fine (but don't use anything with strong flavor)
1/2 cup cheese - you can waste time grating it; I just roughly cut into small cubes (I used an old and hard lump of sharp cheddar)
1/4 cup nuts - I used almonds, because I have them on the shelf. Use anything you like.
1 mixing bowl full of tomato leaves - I used the side-leaves and left the big ones alone; the bigger leaves lack flavor and are just bitter
Method:
In a food-processor
Add the garlic and salt; chop until a paste starts to form
Add the cheese; chop until cheese is incorporated
Add lemon juice; pulse once or twice
Add the nuts; pulse for a few times to get nicely chopped
Add the leaves: pulse a few times; not a lot seems to happen until
Drizzle in the oil while chopping
Continue chopping until you get to the consistency you like
Immediately decant the fresh pesto into a sterile jar - I used an old marmalade jar, which was just the right size
Store in the fridge for up to a week (longer, if you're me)
Add oil to cover the surface in the jar before replacing the lid - it helps to reduce exposure to air and oxidation.
Use it with pasta, as a dip for (sweet) potatoes, on salad, in a sandwich. whatever takes your fancy.
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Afternote: I mixed it into fresh pasta tonight, and it was 'banging'! Served with a mixed salad and balsamic dressing. Nice =]
A mystery mark outside a doorway in Queen Street. I wonder what it was for. We are constantly walking over history.
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I rather like these - I wonder if they will be there next week?
Those handrails are made from ash - they feel beautiful; you can feel the grain on the wood.
A Utility Scheme chair, made from laminated wood, sometime between 1942 and 1949.
Note the use of rivets to attach the back. Less metal needed than a turned bolt.
It's standing on facsimiles of the Utility Buying Permit and unit tokens. These were issued to priority customers, such as people whose homes had suffered bomb damage, and newly married couples.
The Utility Scheme ended in 1949.
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.
I went to buy one thing in the grocer's and came out with a heavy bagful of stuff. It was hot, and I didn't fancy schlepping through the city with a heavy bag, so I weakened and took a taxi.
I'm not ready for one of those "old lady" wheelie bags (yet!) but a sack barrow would have been handy. Well, today I found the frame of one of those trollies lying in the street. I've attached a used coffee sack and this is what you get. It looks the part, to me. Green, wheeled, up-cycled, and practical. Not sure about how it will affect my street-cred, but not as badly as a flowery shopping trolley.
What do you think? Would you use this?
To 'spend a penny ' was a British euphemism for going to the toilet, common until 1971 when UK changed its coinage.
I saw this yesterday and almost panicked. Now this is just an ornamental lock.
(today it is common to pay 40p in this town to use a public loo. An increase of 7 shillings and 11 pence in old money!).
These shells are from mitra episcopalis, a predatory sea snail.
I thought they looked quite jolly, like an ordo of bishops bustling to get into the refectory at dinner time.
Well, I am very happy now - I just stumbled across the UNDOK app which allows me to control my internet radio from my phone. The previous app I used was withdrawn ages ago,and using the supplied remote control was a pain.
If you have an internet radio, or other 'connected' radios, this might be useful for you, too. You can get it for Android and Apple phones from the respective app stores. And it's free.
"The UNDOK app is a remote control application for Frontier Silicon Limited-based audio devices, such as Smart Radios and connected speakers. It allows users to control various functions of their audio devices, including turning them on/off, selecting audio sources, managing multi-room groups, and streaming music."
Of course, YMMV etc =]
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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 😁🍕🍲️
Butterflies and moths are in serious trouble in England. It was so nice to see this speckled wood close to my front door.
A bee visits some common ragwort.
This plant is potentially lethal to horse and cattle but is the natural feeding plant for the cinnabar moth, whose numbers are down considerably in the last few years. This particular plant was also full of bees doing their pollination job. Humans should not touch this plant either as it can cause rashes and other irritations.
As I stood next to it in the sunshine, there was the most amazing smell of honey coming from it.
Preston Guildhall. Opened in 1973. It has a troubled history and is a potential money pit. The use of aerated concrete in its construction troubles today's structural engineers due to some safety concerns.
Just realized I've spammed you with trees but not my usual food shot. So here are my first ever cinnamon rolls cooked in an air fryer. They were a little dry so i knocked up a swift chocolate sauce from cupboard leftovers. Made a passable afternoon coffee break and only 400 calories for the lot. Took 30 minutes including baking time. And there are another 8 on the cooling rack, ready for the week 😁
The importance of Elizabeth David in being instrumental in the transformation of British cooking after WW2 can not be overstated.
Here is my latest addition to the kitchen library. Three books reprinted in one cover. I'm looking forward to exploring.
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.
A bee visits some common ragwort.
This plant is potentially lethal to horse and cattle but is the natural feeding plant for the cinnabar moth, whose numbers are down considerably in the last few years. This particular plant was also full of bees doing their pollination job. Humans should not touch this plant either as it can cause rashes and other irritations.
As I stood next to it in the sunshine, there was the most amazing smell of honey coming from it.
Served. 250ml per portion, with sourdough bread (bought in).
44 serves today.
Today is the Feast of the Assumption, hence the name I chose for today's soup.