The Juicy Secret to Seasoning Meat | Food & Wine.
No one size fits all rules, here, unfortunately. I suppose that’s a reason to cook more…
So, a week has passed since the marathon sprint that was Ymir garb. Maestra Maddalena says I should promise never to do anything quite that rushed again, and I almost do, but since I have rather strong feelings about promises and whether I can keep them, I’m not quite willing to do so. Still, I can’t think of anything else I’ll be that time crunched on.
There are a fair number of things I want to make / organize the making of for the barony. Still working on plans for that – the problem with regalia is that it ought to be spiffy but persona (and gender, and size) neutral, which is somewhat difficult. While I’d like to make some Court livery for the Champions and Officers, I can’t think of anything other than baldrics, or perhaps hoods or cloaks, that would work. Though fancy embroidered or appliqued baldrics WOULD have some spiff factor.
Now that I have some space, with the house and all, I’d like to do some more silk painting. I still owe a few banners, and I’d like to do yet another one for WM as well – we have some gorgeous emnoidered ones, but one can never have too many banners…
I plan on fighting at war this year, so my armor needs help. So does Girard’s – I think his gambeson is held together by hope.
This, other random stuff, and… Oh! I am going to try to have a garden this year. We bought seeds, and I started the ones that needed starting, and I even identified the one eligible sunny spot in my yard. Next step – raised beds.
How To: Dry Herbs for Storage in a Microwave.
This sounds really cool, especially for when we get the herb garden started.
Tags: herbs
When we left our intrepid heroine, she was mourning the evil kale. However, all hope was not lost… for in addition to the kale of fail, she made reasonably good curry, and really awesome potatoes. In fact, the potatoes were so awesome she had to share…
Tigers & Strawberries » Garam Masala Roasted New Potatoes.
(Honestly, you can do these with any combination of spices that sounds tasty to you. And the 1/3 of a cup of oil called for here? is *really* high – you could probably cut it in half and get the same effect. Still… the indian spices were a Very Nice Touch…yum.)
Tags: good_recipes, modern_cooking
Roasted Kale: One of the Tastiest Kale Recipes You’ll Ever Find.
Or, well, not.
I have a subscription to a CSA that brings me tasty, mostly, veggies every week. Part of the reason the veggies are tasty is that I tell them which ones I want. Unfortunately, what with 12th night, last weekend I forgot to put my order in, and so I got the default “box o’veggies”. Unfortunately, at this time of year? That means, I got kale.
As many people know, veggies and I don’t normally exist on speaking terms, except with a rare few exceptions. Kale was not on that list. But there it was, taking up space in my fridge… so it was time to hit up google.
I figured I knew I didn’t like just “cooked greens”, as it were, and everyone swears brussel sprouts get better when you roast them, so when I found this recipe? well, I didn’t think it was going to be a winner, per se, but I was hoping for edible.
Not so much. To quote Nick: “There’s a reason “kale” rhymes with “fail”.
At least the potatoes were good (see next entry…)
Tags: bad_recipes, modern_cooking
Julia Child Interview – Eating Healthy and Smart – Quotes about Diets – Esquire.
I love Julia Child. I wish she wasn’t gone, as she’s definitely on the list of “people I’d love to have a dinner party with”. As long as I wasn’t cooking, anyway, as that’d be WAY too much pressure.
Tags: philosophy
So I mentioned at the Kappellenberg meeting that we were re-designing Erminespot… this process was expected to take something like a week. Well… I got interested. Which means it’s mostly up now. While most of the content hasn’t changed from the previous Erminespot, and the gallery is still a bit… fugly, there are a few things that are just now seeing the light of day:
Enjoy…
Tags: beer, dress, feast, stcatherine, tacunium
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