It’s snowing fluffy seeds…
It's snowing fluffy seeds, and unlike poor Colin I have no allergies. It's in the mid 60s in the shade and I'm sitting in the sun on the top balcony out of any wind with my coffee. Life Is Good
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Dog’s nails are done…
Dog's nails are done, hams are out of the brine and soaked overnight in water, cracked rye is soaking in near boiling water. Time to relax. Sitting on the deck watching the snow storm of fluffy seeds...
Today’s brunch. Quartered white mushrooms gently fried in parsle
Today's brunch. Quartered white mushrooms gently fried in parsley infused olive oil with some thyme added, refrigerated until it is a solid, then the lardons fried in it with a bit of extra bacon...
This is one reason why I make my own bacon
This is one reason why I make my own bacon: being able to cut half inch thick slabs and real lardons!
I found a cheap cast iron loaf pan with lid
I found a cheap cast iron loaf pan with lid. It was shoddily seasoned so it spent 8 hours at 500+ degrees in the oven, then got a no-knead rosemary thyme parsley garlic dough. It is really good, and...
Dutch ryebread (“Roggebrood”)…
Dutch ryebread
("Roggebrood"), buttered with Kerrygold, and Dutch chocolate sprinkles (Venz, the kind I can't get here). Lunch today.
My lunch yesterday. Irene made buttermilk biscuits so I split two …
My lunch yesterday. Irene made buttermilk biscuits so I split two - ate one half with Kerrygold as a taste test 😉 - fried up in butter thin slices of the last of the ham I made from the pig we had...
Ok, I’m generally in favor of quality control and consumer education…
Ok, I'm generally in favor of quality control and consumer education, but even I have to say that California has jumped the shark on this one. Lead content warning on a package delivered today:
Grilled Cheese sandwich
Grilled Cheese sandwich. Warning: some people may consider this a bit over the top, even for me. Photos below. Two slices of my own Rosemary Thyme Garmic no-knead bread. Whisk three eggs with salt...
I’m very happy with the texture…
I'm very happy with the texture, crumb, and flavor of the Rosemary Thyme Garlic bread.