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Feb. 13th, 2022 08:32 pmReading. White Fragility, Robin DiAngelo. Continuing to plod through this. ( Read more... )
Playing. A little bit more of Samarost 3, though we have ended up slightly stuck and mostly sad it isn't more Creaks.
Cooking. More of the blood orange & ricotta cake, which came out with an even better texture this time, probably because I drained less whey off the ricotta, even though I did make a mess of turning it out from the tin such that it was rather less photogenic... I still need to work out how to bake this so as not to wind up with the sugar "topping" leaking everywhere, though.
Another attempt at pizza. I am continuing to improve at the dough, though I am not quite there yet.
To accompany another round of the butternut squash and caramelised onion tart, I had a go at a modified fennel and blood orange salad (plus green beans, minus the lemon and lime). It was perfectly edible but I think we are unlikely to repeat it.
Eating. IT TURNS OUT, we discovered, when we went to try to donate a pile of stuff to a charity shop on Monday, that the charity shop we'd first thought of... has been replaced by a branch of Kokoro UK, a Korean Japanese takeaway... and this branch is doing a takeaway approximation to bibimbap! (It's using sushi rice & served in a takeaway tub not a dolsot, but it exists, which given that I was not previously aware of anywhere in Enfield that was willing to sell me bibimbap, let alone within takeaway distance...) (This is particularly exciting because Korean & Japanese food is generally stuff that remains both palatable and desirable when I am mid-migraine. More Easy Migraine Food is extremely welcome.)
Exploring. A signpost to the Freud Museum...
Making & mending. I helped Adam apply the rotary tool to various bits of cast iron that needed tidying up and reseasoning, though this was mostly a him job, AND I applied it myself to several garden tools that similarly needed cleaning up and oiling. The shears he got me cheap off eBay are hopefully now actually usable for their intended purpose!
Growing. The passionflower now has two Actual true leaves and one in potentia and has not died yet.
Observing. The pair of robins, dithering back and forth between the pot that contains my Chaenomeles japonica/Japanese quince (in riotous bud!) and the hedge, where I can but presume they are Building A Nest.
Playing. A little bit more of Samarost 3, though we have ended up slightly stuck and mostly sad it isn't more Creaks.
Cooking. More of the blood orange & ricotta cake, which came out with an even better texture this time, probably because I drained less whey off the ricotta, even though I did make a mess of turning it out from the tin such that it was rather less photogenic... I still need to work out how to bake this so as not to wind up with the sugar "topping" leaking everywhere, though.
Another attempt at pizza. I am continuing to improve at the dough, though I am not quite there yet.
To accompany another round of the butternut squash and caramelised onion tart, I had a go at a modified fennel and blood orange salad (plus green beans, minus the lemon and lime). It was perfectly edible but I think we are unlikely to repeat it.
Eating. IT TURNS OUT, we discovered, when we went to try to donate a pile of stuff to a charity shop on Monday, that the charity shop we'd first thought of... has been replaced by a branch of Kokoro UK, a Korean Japanese takeaway... and this branch is doing a takeaway approximation to bibimbap! (It's using sushi rice & served in a takeaway tub not a dolsot, but it exists, which given that I was not previously aware of anywhere in Enfield that was willing to sell me bibimbap, let alone within takeaway distance...) (This is particularly exciting because Korean & Japanese food is generally stuff that remains both palatable and desirable when I am mid-migraine. More Easy Migraine Food is extremely welcome.)
Exploring. A signpost to the Freud Museum...
Making & mending. I helped Adam apply the rotary tool to various bits of cast iron that needed tidying up and reseasoning, though this was mostly a him job, AND I applied it myself to several garden tools that similarly needed cleaning up and oiling. The shears he got me cheap off eBay are hopefully now actually usable for their intended purpose!
Growing. The passionflower now has two Actual true leaves and one in potentia and has not died yet.
Observing. The pair of robins, dithering back and forth between the pot that contains my Chaenomeles japonica/Japanese quince (in riotous bud!) and the hedge, where I can but presume they are Building A Nest.