Optimistic Friday
It’s a beautiful day out. I don’t want to talk about how Chickenhead was also killed night before last, or how The Engineir very thoughtfully tried to protect me from seeing her ravaged body by burying her before I woke up, or how I had to see it for myself to see if there were [...]
Mujadara
I wrote this a few days ago, and promptly forgot to post it. No photos, as my kitchen is not conducive to after-dark photography. “Do I really feel like chopping up two pounds of onions and sauteeing them for nearly an hour? Do I really?” I posted this mostly-rhetorical question on Facebook awhile ago, as [...]
Making Pickles, Part 2 of (N)
Because I’m new to This Canning Thing, I’m not fully equipped properly. For instance, I don’t have “a canning pot,” which is somewhat, y’know, important for the whole process. A canning pot is very, very huge. It’s tall enough to fully cover quart-sized jars with at least an inch of boiling water on top of [...]
Making Pickles, Part 1 of (N)
In our last episode, we saw A Giant Pile of Cucumbers. All told, it yielded about six pounds of sliced cucumber – with another 2.5 pounds left untouched. I officially have 6 pounds of pickles in the works people. I also have a few cucumbers to give away. No promises on ripeness perfection, because, not [...]
Holy Giant Pile of Cucumbers
Today, I decided to learn how to Make Pickles. The bread and butter recipe I’m going to try calls for 2.5 pounds of cucumbers, so I sallied forth into the garden, hoping to find enough. At first, I started picking even small ones to ensure I’d get somewhat close to the weight. These are the [...]
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Now Reading
Planned books:
- Bringing It to the Table: On Farming and Food by Wendell Berry
- The Lovely Bones by Sebold Alice
- A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson
- Luka and the Fire of Life: A Novel by Salman Rushdie
- The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest by Stieg Larsson
Current books:
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The Art of the Commonplace: The Agrarian Essays of Wendell Berry by Wendell Berry
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The Girl Who Played with Fire (Vintage) by Stieg Larsson
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Poachers: Stories by Tom Franklin
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Song of Ice and Fire Set: A Game of Thrones, a Clash of Kings, a Storm of Swords, a Feast for Crows, by George R. R. Martin
Recent books:
- Ill Wind by Nevada Barr
- A Superior Death (An Anna Pigeon Novel) by Nevada Barr
- Track of the Cat by Nevada Barr
- Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter. by Tom Franklin by Tom Franklin
- Safe from the Sea by Peter Geye
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