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Italy
I was going to write something about the very pleasant long weekend I've just had in Italy, but then my sister phoned to check I was ok. I hadn't seen the news about the second earthquake.
So, yes, we're back safely. That was more or less where we were visiting, although the worst effects seem to be in small villages rather than Mantova and Bologna ( Read more... ) -
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IP address tracking is switched off, by the way.
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Quinces
This year I got my first crop of quinces from the garden. Tonight was my first attempt at cooking them...
Peeled, cored and roughly chopped two, then cooked them 'til tender in a covered pan with butter, sugar and lemon juice.
Nom. Not sure I got it entirely right in terms of sugar/lemon quantities, but very tasty nonetheless. :-)
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Supper today was my very first homegrown apple, a huge Peasgood's Nonsuch.
It's one of those 'dual purpose' varieties - supposed to be good for cooking, but also edible raw.
I can confirm that they are actually quite tasty. Which is probably just as well, as the tree may be big enough to give me more than one apple next year. :-)
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Doctor Who
So... "The Girl Who Waited"...
Good, bad or a cause for concern...? I gather that this one has divided opinion...
Posted via LiveJournal app for iPhone.
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Soup of the day - haricot and tarragon
Nigel Slater's 'Appetite' (which is generally rather good) has a recipe for "an earthy, meal-in-a-bowl-type soup" based around pulses. The standard version involves mint and lentils, but it's also got a bunch of suggestions for alternatives...
This one worked a little bit better than expected. A hefty dose of garlic, some chopped onion and some ( Read more... ) -
"Völkerschlachtdenkmal"
Friends who haven't been to Leipzig have occasionally had to put up with my attempts to explain why the war memorial is quite so... memorable. It's partly the scale and it's partly the style.
The phrase "Indiana Jones architecture" has been used by a few people, although it might not be entirely fair (although....). There now appears to be a YouTube ( Read more... ) -
iPhone
Wow. The latest version of the LJ iPhone app doesn't actually suck at all. The last one I had - which was quite some time ago - most definitely did.
This one's got useful buttons for LJ-user links, cuts, bold/italic/strikethrough, uploading photos... and it let's me see my friends page in a useful layout.
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I'm not at work and this morning's going very slowly. It's grey and damp, mostly.
This afternoon is mhw 's funeral. As mentioned elsewhere by stgpcm , it'll be followed in a week or two by the event that Kay would want people to attend.
I didn't post anything to LJ or FB immediately after Kay died, although a lot of other people did. I wasn't entirely sure ( Read more... )