Tinned fish: we eat divine tuna fish from a specific boat that is like tuna steaks in a can. We order big cases of it and treasure it. (Can't remember the name off the top of my head: will provide recommendation.) But it's not a cheap thing. So i'm looking at sardines and kippers now. I've had several tins of Season sardines (skinned and boneless) ( Read more... )

So i had overnight buckwheat last night which was pretty good. But then i had some thoughts about safety. I'm guessing from the stats here https://wholegrainscouncil.org/blog/2021/07/can-you-eat-raw-grains i've roughly 1/100 chance of getting sick. ( Read more... )

Wow. Hmm. That is a long gap between writing ( Read more... )

The cake is WONDERFUL! I need to fix my notes about the agar agar -- I used 1% the weight of coconut cream and the eggs and boiled it earlier in my instructions, i think, but my scale seems to be .. wonky at the single gram level. And i added 2/3 c confectioner's sugar to the coconut cream. It set up beautifully. Also, i love parchment paper. I ( Read more... )

Lunch yesterday ( Read more... )

I wanted to use my flame weeder Sunday, but only had a small window before the winds kicked in. I did get the drive done. Goal with flame weeder was specifically to make sure the whole width of the drive is used as opposed to letting the edges go to tough weeds. Use an herbicide, was the general advice, but flaming it seems slightly less of a ( Read more... )

Savoring ( Read more... )

Lots of random snippets

Before last night, I did not understand why i am so cold. I don't recall it being so hard to shift to being comfortable, indeed, i recall being delighted that it was finally not hot and humid. It does remind me of how -- before the wonderful shade tree was cut down -- our Mountain View apartment's concrete walls held a cool. ( Read more... )

Lunch adventure - no, not eating out yet. This was eating some produce.

First there are Tough Beans. It's hard to find the green beans, and i'm leaving some that seem far too mature for dried beans. But there's the borderline beans, where there are lumps in the bean pod from the seeds forming, but not yet looking past the green stage.

Then there's ( Read more... )

I go through breakfast phases, and it seems like i've been eating the meal forever, but in fact, not.

Right now i have Fage 0% yogurt with either Fiber cereal or Wasa bread for breakfast. When i first open the tub of yogurt, i take the first serving of yogurt out the center, making a well. I'm likely to have this first serving with cereal. The next ( Read more... )