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Dal Makhani
This recipe now reflects non-zero actual understanding of the dish (unlike the first time I made it) and has been edited accordingly. Like the other Indian recipes here it is not in final form and I will continue to tweak it, especially for spicing.
Rinse and soak 1 cup of lentils in 2-3 cups of water until they have expanded to about 2.5x volume, ( Read more... ) -
happy birthday...
Remember when we all used to wish each other happy birthday here instead of that other place?
Seems like a thing to bring back. So, happy birthday
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Nabeyaki Udon
I have a good source of udon now, and I had a bunch of veggies to use up, and I've started stocking more Asian pantry goods than before. So I made this:
Put up a kettle with 4+ cups of water. While it is boiling, boil
2 large (not jumbo) eggs
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a prediction comes to pass
Way back in 2011 I made a post about how SpaceX's engine out capability worked with their plans to reuse rockets. Since that time they have had 110 launches, 75 booster landings and, as far as anyone knows, three engine out events. The first of these was shortly after I made my post and before they were even trying to land boosters. The second ( Read more... ) -
scallion pancakes, perfected
I've been making scallion pancakes regularly for a while now and feel like I have got the recipe dialed in. It's actually pretty close to the one I started with, but I've explored the space of flour ratios, rollouts, fats mixed into the dough or for rolling or for frying, frying temperature, and the precise maximum amount of scallions that a ( Read more... ) -
Khao Goon Chiang
I decided at a little after 10 that I wanted Kor Tor Mor's Khao Na Kai which despite the name is made with Goon Chiang (chinese sausage). But Kor Tor Mor closes at 9. So I looked around in the fridge and found some turkey kielbasa. Close enough! I put up some Jasmine rice and fried up some onion and a little bit of hot pepper in some duck fat ( Read more... ) -
Where I slept (and didn't) 2020
Locations in strikeout are where I canceled concrete plans to spend particular nights, not just places I thought I'd get to last year.
Melrose MA
Somerville MA
Boston MA
Gaithersburg MD
Barre MA
Madison WI
Milwaukee WI
Wilmington VT
Scarborough ME
Dennis MA
Woodbury CT
Ann Arbor MI
Marion MA
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what's interesting about blc1 (and what's not)
Some folks at the Parkes radio telescope in Australia have found an interesting radio signal. Some key data isn't public yet, but with my former-SETI-researcher hat on there is one bit of information I find quite intriguing, and some other information that I suspect the mainstream media might latch onto that's really not.
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bragging rights
Long time readers of this blog will know that I live in that house. We're the reason why, for a few years, the Somerville Arts Council had one trolley on the Illuminations Tour visit West Somerville instead of staying on the East side of town.
We haven't been getting as much press attention since the Arts Council went back to a single trolley route ( Read more... )
