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Bullying
There has been some talk lately in the Internet about hitting back as a ( Read more... ) -
Shrink-pot
A few days ago I decided to experiment with shink-pots (krympburkar). So far I like the technique and the end result.
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Tattúínárdœla saga
This is awesome: someone is writing the Saga that was supposedly the source for that George Lucas used when he wrote Star Wars. Anakinn himingangari, Víga-Óbívan, Þúsundár Fálkinn, Dauðastjarna...
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Sock dryer
This is a home-made version of the crappy plastic ones you sometimes see in Sweden. You get 16 clothespins, that can be suspended in some suitable spot (in my case over a woodstove) to dry socks, wet mittens, cloth sanitary pads, underwear, etc. And it breaks down for storage!
How to make
Not very complex to make in its basic form, but could be ( Read more... ) -
Moose bolognese
500 g minced moose
1 large onion, chopped finely
2-3 cloves of garlic, chopped
1 large carrot, chopped finely
1/2 celeriac, chopped finely
200g bacon, diced
400 g crushed tomatoes (1 can)
2-300 ml stock
pepper
ground nutmeg
balsamic vinegar (1-3 tbs)
thyme
bay leaves (2-3)
soy (1-2 tbs)
olive oil
- Add a little olive oil to a heavy pot, allwo to ( Read more... )
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Moose fat and jelly
I just took care of a big bag of fatty moose scraps. So now I have another 1.5 kg of clean moose fat (in addition to the kg I have since before), and about 1 kg of what an best be described as moose jelly (bland stock with so much gelatin in it that it is dry to the touch and quite rubbery). At least some of the fat will be made into soap (we are ( Read more... ) -
Moose herders pie :-)
This is an adaptation of a shepherds pie recipe, thus the name ( Read more... ) -
Book meme
Fifth sentence, page 56 on the nearest book:
Following mating, Aplysia switches its behaviour from feeding to egg-laying, which involes a series of specialized behaviour patterns not seen at any other time ( Read more... ) -
mustard
Lumbard mustard inspired
- 70-100 g mustard seed (about half black and half yellow)
- about 1-1.5 dl honey
- 4 tbs balsamic vinegar
- ginger
- cinnamon (ceylon)
- cloves
- nutmeg
- mace
- pepper
- Grind mustard seed fairly coarsely
- Heat the honey
- Mix the vinegar with the honey
- Add the mustard seed and stir
- Add spices to taste
- 70-100 g mustard seed (about half black and half yellow)
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Spiced apple sauce
This one is nice with e.g. a roast, the christmas ham, etc. Also nice on porridge, unless you have silly notions of keeping your breakfast bland at all costs. The source claimed it was "18th century style", but gave no source recipe; it could be Kajsa Warg, but I have not checked.
- 3 kg apples
- 1 kg sugar
- 2 dl water
- 1 tbs aniseed
- 1 tbs allspice ( Read more... )
- 3 kg apples