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Gravlax & Waffles -- Daffodil Day, 8th of Germination, Year 225
Lapsang Souchong Gravlax with curry waffles was a good combo. I might make it for Easter, if my folks are hosting brunch while I'm visiting.
Otoh, I definitely need to get my ulu sharpened, because it was almost impossible to get the skin off -- no wonder salmon is used for fish leather!
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Cooking experiment -- Gravlax -- Asparagus Day, 3rd of Germination, Year 225
I picked up some Pacific salmon on sale the other day so I'm trying the recipe for Lapsang Souchong Gravlax from Eat Tea.
If I like it, I'll try making it for a party or the next stitch'n'bitch at
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Pi Day! (Daisy Day, 24th of Windy, Year 225)
Made verde posole using the recipe from the Rancho Gordo posole booklet -- I had to substitute dried peppers for fresh because the grocery didn't have any fresh poblanos in stock. It's good, but extremely hot, so I am planning to make white chili from Bean By Bean and use the posole to heat it up ( Read more... ) -
Peanuts! -- Mandrake Day, 21st of Rainy, Year 225
The peanut seeds have all sprouted -- which is really fast! And of course, I'm going to have keep them inside for the rest of the week at the very least as we may have a bad snowstorm on Monday evening into all-day Tuesday. It's a very late snowstorm for the climate, and we really haven't had a blizzard yet this year, which is very odd for this ( Read more... ) -
Starting the garden -- Doronicum Day, 17th of Windy, Year 225
I turned on my seed starting heating pad, soaked a bunch of jiffy-pots, and started some seeds today. Four each of Anaheim chiles, Poblano chiles, Atilla strawberries, Carwile's Virginia Peanuts, Carolina Black Peanuts, and Table Gold Acorn Squash.
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Movie Rec -- Logan (Goat Day, 15th of Windy, Year 225)
I went to see Logan with several friends today. It was an extremely well-constructed, plotty movie that could have had the entire X-men premise excised, and still been interesting -- it would have been about a middle-aged man dealing with his aging father who had progressive dementia and his newly discovered and traumatized daughter while his ( Read more... ) -
Infinity Mirrors at the Hirshhorn?
Is anyone interested in seeing the Infinity Mirrors exhibit at the Hirshhorn? The next release of timed passes -- they're free, but you have to reserve your date/time -- is tomorrow, for dates between March 14 and March 20.
I could try to get a group of tickets for the 18th or 19th, if people wanted to come.
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Adventures in orchids -- Wallflower Day, 14th of Windy, Year 225
A friend and I went to Behnke's today for the orchid clinic. My tiny phalaenopsis orchids are just grocery stores plants, but the woman running the clinic said they were in fairly good condition -- one of them had a purple-ish 'blush' which is common to healthy orchids with high anthocyanin genetics. She changed out the sphagnum moss and said that ( Read more... )