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It's fair to say Le Truffier is a stirrer! You know how the French are with "a little bit of butter…", well Le Truffier has melted a good 200g of the stuff, probably more, laced with grated black truffle, into his improvised bain marie. His advice? You don't need French butter. The local stuff is good too. But he's clear on the salt: Guérande, grey, minerally, unrefined! Cook those eggs slowly, slowly…
There's twenty-odd eggs in there with that little bit of butter, but no pepper. That can come later, according to taste. I know! Put your cardiologist on speed dial. He shrugs. When I leave here, it won't be empty-handed. I will be accompanied by some of Le Truffier's product, and one of my companions on this fine morning happened to have just a few just laid eggs from their new Blue Orpington pullets; just on the lay!
Joy of joys! I don't know the cows whose milk yielded the cream, cultured then churned to make my butter, but there's the ultimate of terroir in my truffles and slow food in those eggs — I knew those layers when they were chicks! Yes, I could make my own butter, as my mother did, with cream from cows with provenance. We'll just have to improvise…
In her style, Cook swaddles these precious jet-black gems in paper towel, nestles them into the eggs, and her stash of carnaroli rice!! There'll be more scrambled eggs in my future, and risotto! Without Guérande salt, we'll just have to improvise…
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This picture might need some explanation ;-)
Even though I have great blinds in my little office, its windows directed south mean temperature can rise sky high sometimes. The blinds aren't able to stop the heat that radiates trough the windows. I have wondered all summer long how I could construct something to survive better, but this idea came up in my head the very last day of August.
A sheet hangs down from a plank to completely cover the main window. I know this solution is really, really improvisation (it looks very primitive, I know), but it should work just well on days like today when the temperature outside rises to over 25 degrees Celsius, and inside it normally would get even warmer.
"Charge all Bayonets!" is not necessarily a last resort command anymore.
Pictured left to right are the T.A.H. MK XII, MK XIV, and MK VIII "Bayonets"
Commonly deployed with small squads of the infantry, multiple variants of the T.A.H. "Bayonet" were seen throughout the years of open conflict. The Mark XII (left) featured upgraded Lancer cockpit cannons and two Farnsworth 52mm cannons on the port side. The MK XIV (center) is ceremonial variant; used for protecting important people, events, and places.
Ridiculously inexpensive to manufacture and equipped with interchangeable weapons systems, "Bayonets" were loved by the Devil Dogs they supported. After their introduction, infantry casualties dropped by over fifty percent. The Corps brass quickly voted for full integration and soon the ratio of Marines to "Bayonets" was five to one. A standard squad would consist of five to twelve Marines and one to two "Bayonets".
The battle ready variant "Bayonets" have multiple weapons mounted on their legs (only unlockable by a fellow Devil Dog).
A capable or injured Marine can also be strapped into the back and offered safety, as the Marines who operated MARK VIII's are trained never to retreat or surrender.
Quilt top using slice and insert method of piecing. Based on the Improvisational Piecing class of Craftsy with Jaquie Gering.
Day 103 (v 6.0) - a planned photo was foiled by the weather turning good. that rainy night shot continues to simmer on the back burner.
It got so warm that there is no snow on the trees, and the sky was bright and uninspiring. So had to improvise to get a half decent image. This is a 2 shot focus stack.
Pity about the steel post in the photo.
In hindsight I should have taken a third shot focused between the float and the ice. But I do like the large area of focus with the out of focus background.
I threw in a large pot a few fresh produce that I found in the fridge. Simmered for a while and added a can of pinto beans toward the end. Sprinkled some chopped cilantro on top and voilà, dinner's ready ! It was delicious and tasted even better the very next day for lunch.
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"Command, this is Lynx 5, heading north east of highway 43 by the outpost ruins, over."
"Copy that Lynx 5, be aware that our satellite reports show hostile activity in the area, Command, over."
"Copy that Command, Lynx 5, over."
- Damn, I don't even recognise this place anymore, I can't belive that I went on vacation here at one point.
- We all know you go on crappy vacation Jac.
- Hey, shut up T, you didn't ever go on vacation.
- Ok, ok boys, its getting way too warm for me in here, just calm down.
-Lieutenant? Why are there construction workers nerby the ruins?
-I don't know, nobody autorised that for what I know, keep the firepower on stand by.
*Construction workers start to fire at the truck*
-EVRYBODY DOWN!
-Stop the car T!
-Jac go for it!
-One down, can't the other one!
To be Continued
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Ok this is a little scene to accompany my Technical as my entry for The Annual Military Building Competition.
Hope you like the scene and this little chessy dialogue :3
Inspirations are tagged and any feedback is greatly appreciated .