...
Screw is officially so lose, it fell off.... I went to make a last cuppa for the night, came back and sat down in lounge while the jug boiled... got busy with something on facebook, the jug I have just boils, it doesn't switch off... anyway, I realised the jug hadn't boiled.... grumping to myself, bloody fuse out there has blown again, grump grump... walked around the corner, to where the jug normally is, and no jug.... I looked in usual places... decided screw was lose and came to sit down again, and thin where it might be....
just sat down, and realised i had left the milk out, so went back to kitchen, and low and behold, the jug was IN THE BLOODY fridge. I mean really Lynny, you lose things all the time, but putting the kettle in the fridge....
I'm sending myself to the naughty corner, where I can think about being more in touch with whats happening around me....
Then I can go to bed without anything supper, maybe sleep will tighten those screws, can't have me walking around with screws lose....
I'm going to help cook the community lunch tomorrow, would not be a good look to walk in their trailing lose screws behind me,
10:27
Do Mulberry's grow in New Zealand, I remember a big old tree in Aussie when I was there, and remember the fruit as delicious, I'm sure I have heard of them someone here.
16:58
I have a civil defence emergency here at my place, which may require a Westpac helicopter life flight, I'M OUTTA COFFEE.... although I don't drink a lot of coffee, I need one to get to sleep, and one in the morning at the very least. It will be monday night before I can buy more, so thats 6 teaspoons instant of coffee...
So if anyone needs to rack up some good karma points, and could pass by this way, I'd truly appreciate it. I have loads of teabags if you want to swap.
17:58
using up leftovers for dinner.
This morning I looked in the fridge, freezer and cupboard, sweet fanny adams anywhere.... in the freezer a chicken wing and small skinny drumstick, in the cupboard a handful of lentils, 1 onion, herbs, spices, and things like pasta, cous cous, rice and in fridge a small sad looking wedge of cabbage.
So I browned chicken, added water, cooking on very low heat afternoon, along with lentils, and herbs and spices, someone came this afternoon with silverbeet for the chooks, so took 4 nice leaves for myself, added the fast cooking stuff about 30 minutes ago, and now have enough lovely chicken flavoured soup/stew/food for the weekend.
I just love how I can make something out of what seems like nothing.
Thursday, 25 June 2015
Tuesday, 23 June 2015
Chooks If you can't beat 'em join 'em
00:37
No notifications for a whole hour, facebook must be broken
01:18
If you want to finish first, first you have to finish.
03:35
Oh my Goodness, it is so cold, sitting here in a scarf and warm hat, hood, sweatshirt, 2 t-shirts and singlet..... and still freezing.... war,mer by far in South island. Brass monkey weather
10:23
I want a car, today I really feel like going out somewhere. Reality check, car needs petrol + $20 to spend, Maybe next year..
19:04
If you can't beat 'em join 'em
The chooks(hens) have been escaping and eating my spinach and beetroot leaves, I grow especially for stirfry's. Today I was looking at the white and red stalks, and thought if I cut all the naked stalks off, the young ones might grow faster... some stalks had about half the green or red leaf still on, the rest were less, right back to just the stalks... When I finished, I had quite a bundle of stalks, and though, oh well if you can't bet 'em, I'll join 'em, brought the stalks inside, rinsed them under the tap, and cooked them, they actually tasted very nice, with onion, a little cabbage and grated beetroot, and couscous to soak up the extra juice... so made a meal out of stalks lol...
No notifications for a whole hour, facebook must be broken
01:18
If you want to finish first, first you have to finish.
03:35
Oh my Goodness, it is so cold, sitting here in a scarf and warm hat, hood, sweatshirt, 2 t-shirts and singlet..... and still freezing.... war,mer by far in South island. Brass monkey weather
10:23
I want a car, today I really feel like going out somewhere. Reality check, car needs petrol + $20 to spend, Maybe next year..
19:04
If you can't beat 'em join 'em
The chooks(hens) have been escaping and eating my spinach and beetroot leaves, I grow especially for stirfry's. Today I was looking at the white and red stalks, and thought if I cut all the naked stalks off, the young ones might grow faster... some stalks had about half the green or red leaf still on, the rest were less, right back to just the stalks... When I finished, I had quite a bundle of stalks, and though, oh well if you can't bet 'em, I'll join 'em, brought the stalks inside, rinsed them under the tap, and cooked them, they actually tasted very nice, with onion, a little cabbage and grated beetroot, and couscous to soak up the extra juice... so made a meal out of stalks lol...
Wednesday, 10 June 2015
big deal with Kombucha
Whats the big deal with Kombucha.
As you know I've been making a lot of Kombucha, and a friend pm'ed me and asked what the big deal about it is....
Even if you don't believe all the hype about it, or think it will be great for your digestion, or help/fix many ailments, it is a very cheap way of making a very pleasant fizzy drink, you can flavor with any fruit or herbs or spices.
Its great to make your own food, you know exactly what goes into it, so no hidden chemicals.
The thing is, it is very much like an energy drink, I first saw it as kicking my depressions butt, but now i see it as an energy drink. Every afternoon about 3, I would get so very tired, and would go lay down, and often sleep for 3 or 4 hours. but I have noticed the last week, that that tiredness just isn't there. I haven't even had any kombucha at all today, I've had a busy day, and had a really big day yesterday, its almost 4pm, and I'm not sleepy tired at all. I am physically tired because i have done so much, but not nodding off to sleep.
It costs about $1 to make 3 litres of energy drink, you certainly can't beat that.
12:08
I didn't do it, I did a lot of stuff, but I didn't do that!
13:25
I've lost my plot, could you all have a look around and see if I left it somewhere, on your wall, or in a group you are in.
My plot is purple green and black, last time I had my plot for sure was about 3 nights ago, but you know what its like, you never notice something missing, and "the plot's" go missing for short periods all the time. Any way, if you see my plot, please tell it I'm really missing it and wanting it to come back to Me.
As you know I've been making a lot of Kombucha, and a friend pm'ed me and asked what the big deal about it is....
Even if you don't believe all the hype about it, or think it will be great for your digestion, or help/fix many ailments, it is a very cheap way of making a very pleasant fizzy drink, you can flavor with any fruit or herbs or spices.
Its great to make your own food, you know exactly what goes into it, so no hidden chemicals.
The thing is, it is very much like an energy drink, I first saw it as kicking my depressions butt, but now i see it as an energy drink. Every afternoon about 3, I would get so very tired, and would go lay down, and often sleep for 3 or 4 hours. but I have noticed the last week, that that tiredness just isn't there. I haven't even had any kombucha at all today, I've had a busy day, and had a really big day yesterday, its almost 4pm, and I'm not sleepy tired at all. I am physically tired because i have done so much, but not nodding off to sleep.
It costs about $1 to make 3 litres of energy drink, you certainly can't beat that.
12:08
I didn't do it, I did a lot of stuff, but I didn't do that!
13:25
I've lost my plot, could you all have a look around and see if I left it somewhere, on your wall, or in a group you are in.
My plot is purple green and black, last time I had my plot for sure was about 3 nights ago, but you know what its like, you never notice something missing, and "the plot's" go missing for short periods all the time. Any way, if you see my plot, please tell it I'm really missing it and wanting it to come back to Me.
Thursday, 4 June 2015
Teaching Fermenting and chookie love
14:21
Exciting news. I help with a community lunch here in Waihi on a Friday, I was there today helping with the lunch, and got talking about how I made Kombucha, after the usual questions about what it was, what it tasted like, then conversation really livened up.
They want me to go back in 2 weeks, the 19th June, take samples and teach anyone that's interested how to make it. !!! There are a lot of people that live alone and on very low incomes, and I was amazed how many of them were interested in something that would help them with different ailments, especially things that were dietary related. Reflux and constipation especially. Especially since it is so cheap to make.
They are also going to keep their eye's open for some food grade plastic buckets, so we can start a brew going to have with the community lunch, so if you are in or near Waihi, Please help out, I'd be happy with just 2 x 20ltr buckets, and exactic with more.
I'm so excited. I'll have to time a batch to be ready to bottle that day, and before then not flavour the booch from the batch I have just started, so I have plenty to give to people along with a scoby to get their brews going at home
17:53
My chookies love me, another 4 eggs today, so thats 4 eggs on two days, 3 eggs on 4 days and 2 eggs on one day in the past week. Totally 22 eggs, for about $3 of laying pellets ... can't bitch about that. I love my Chickens.
Exciting news. I help with a community lunch here in Waihi on a Friday, I was there today helping with the lunch, and got talking about how I made Kombucha, after the usual questions about what it was, what it tasted like, then conversation really livened up.
They want me to go back in 2 weeks, the 19th June, take samples and teach anyone that's interested how to make it. !!! There are a lot of people that live alone and on very low incomes, and I was amazed how many of them were interested in something that would help them with different ailments, especially things that were dietary related. Reflux and constipation especially. Especially since it is so cheap to make.
They are also going to keep their eye's open for some food grade plastic buckets, so we can start a brew going to have with the community lunch, so if you are in or near Waihi, Please help out, I'd be happy with just 2 x 20ltr buckets, and exactic with more.
I'm so excited. I'll have to time a batch to be ready to bottle that day, and before then not flavour the booch from the batch I have just started, so I have plenty to give to people along with a scoby to get their brews going at home
17:53
My chookies love me, another 4 eggs today, so thats 4 eggs on two days, 3 eggs on 4 days and 2 eggs on one day in the past week. Totally 22 eggs, for about $3 of laying pellets ... can't bitch about that. I love my Chickens.
Sunday, 31 May 2015
stuff
After talking to a friend last night, I'm going to spend a month or so on Stewart Island. Probably in Spring or next Autumn, I reckon i would fit right in....
I will also do the other two parts of NZ I haven't done, Northland, and i am going down to the Naki, and see that mountain up close and personal..... would fit right in....
oh, I'm going to have to remove myself from some of the fermenting groups I belong to, so many foods that can be fermented, and just not enough time in the day to read about them all, let alone jars to ferment in, ... would fit right in....
The latest things are gingerbeer.... I already have a plant using powdered ginger, now I see one using fresh ginger, Then there is, turmeric fermented health drink, that would be a great one for pain (and only ferments for 24 hours... would fit right in....
and Kimchi, and sourdough bread using kombucha, fermented vegetables, water kefir, milk kefir, lactose ferments, homemade lemonade... oh the list goes on and on would fit right in....
20:23 those people in life you don't like for a start, that you end up liking, are generally the best people.... "Hope" is the bastard son of "Try" 19:19 Be careful what you wish for, you just may get it!
I will also do the other two parts of NZ I haven't done, Northland, and i am going down to the Naki, and see that mountain up close and personal..... would fit right in....
oh, I'm going to have to remove myself from some of the fermenting groups I belong to, so many foods that can be fermented, and just not enough time in the day to read about them all, let alone jars to ferment in, ... would fit right in....
The latest things are gingerbeer.... I already have a plant using powdered ginger, now I see one using fresh ginger, Then there is, turmeric fermented health drink, that would be a great one for pain (and only ferments for 24 hours... would fit right in....
and Kimchi, and sourdough bread using kombucha, fermented vegetables, water kefir, milk kefir, lactose ferments, homemade lemonade... oh the list goes on and on would fit right in....
20:23 those people in life you don't like for a start, that you end up liking, are generally the best people.... "Hope" is the bastard son of "Try" 19:19 Be careful what you wish for, you just may get it!
Friday, 22 May 2015
Making Kombucha
"The conscious mind is the least informed and the last to know" by someone famous.
I made up another lot of Kombucha last night and tonight, I have big thick scoby's everywhere, and about 30 used teabags ready for the chooks tomorrow.
Since I have loads of scobies now, can't believe how quickly they multiplied, anyway, since I have heaps, I have a bottle with just spare scoby's in case someone wants any... and have started to experiment making all an sundry concoctions.
I also broke a scoby into small pieces, and added it to a brew, just to see if it takes longer or the same to finish brewing...
I've had a couple of brews using a smoky tasting tea, I don't think much of the resulting Kombucha, although it might be alright if I flavour it with the same spices as I would use for chai tea... sort of a savory drink just for something different.
I have a couple of plastic lemonade bottles, I will use as "bloody awful, can't fix it" Kombucha, I'll leave an old scoby in there, and let it brew right on until it is vinegar, and will use it for cleaner, I cleaned the stove top really nicely last week with some booch that I spilt.... so I might end up with a chai tea cleaning vinegar yet lol....
Drinking Kombucha is really helping with all sorts of physical ailments, things I don't think about generally... like hair has stopped falling out, and is turning back to grey rather than white. brilliant for reflux, and making sweet foods, and anything with milk not as nice as it was, I'm drinking about a 1/3 of the milk, I was drinking a month ago. Best of all though, its keeping me sane at this difficult time, its sure hitting my depression for a sixer, hitting it right out of the playing field... I can be feeling quite down first thing in the morning, drink about 1/2 glass first thing in morning, and depression lifts within 30 minutes.
That suits me lol... and no nasty side effects, smile emoticon This stuff needs to be made commercially, have thought how a milk tank from a dairy farm would work well... even entertained the idea, since most farms around here are drying off their herds for winter, of getting a farmer to let me use their tank lol.... but still why stop there, a milk tanker truck would be the go, I don't remember how many thousand litres a truck ad trailer hold, but could make a massive brew of Kombucha in one of those.... me and my hairbrained schemes lmao....
I made up another lot of Kombucha last night and tonight, I have big thick scoby's everywhere, and about 30 used teabags ready for the chooks tomorrow.
Since I have loads of scobies now, can't believe how quickly they multiplied, anyway, since I have heaps, I have a bottle with just spare scoby's in case someone wants any... and have started to experiment making all an sundry concoctions.
I also broke a scoby into small pieces, and added it to a brew, just to see if it takes longer or the same to finish brewing...
I've had a couple of brews using a smoky tasting tea, I don't think much of the resulting Kombucha, although it might be alright if I flavour it with the same spices as I would use for chai tea... sort of a savory drink just for something different.
I have a couple of plastic lemonade bottles, I will use as "bloody awful, can't fix it" Kombucha, I'll leave an old scoby in there, and let it brew right on until it is vinegar, and will use it for cleaner, I cleaned the stove top really nicely last week with some booch that I spilt.... so I might end up with a chai tea cleaning vinegar yet lol....
Drinking Kombucha is really helping with all sorts of physical ailments, things I don't think about generally... like hair has stopped falling out, and is turning back to grey rather than white. brilliant for reflux, and making sweet foods, and anything with milk not as nice as it was, I'm drinking about a 1/3 of the milk, I was drinking a month ago. Best of all though, its keeping me sane at this difficult time, its sure hitting my depression for a sixer, hitting it right out of the playing field... I can be feeling quite down first thing in the morning, drink about 1/2 glass first thing in morning, and depression lifts within 30 minutes.
That suits me lol... and no nasty side effects, smile emoticon This stuff needs to be made commercially, have thought how a milk tank from a dairy farm would work well... even entertained the idea, since most farms around here are drying off their herds for winter, of getting a farmer to let me use their tank lol.... but still why stop there, a milk tanker truck would be the go, I don't remember how many thousand litres a truck ad trailer hold, but could make a massive brew of Kombucha in one of those.... me and my hairbrained schemes lmao....
Wednesday, 13 May 2015
Coloured Capsicum
00:17
you know those hours between when you have taken something out of the oven until its cool enough to eat.... well it can seem like hours, when you are really hungry....
I have just eaten red, yellow and orange capsicum (bell peppers) stuffed with couscous, bacon, onion and some herbs, wow, they were so good.
I don't know what it is, but food seems to be tasting so much nicer in the past couple of weeks. Anyway, I'm happiness filled, and still have the other halves of eat coloured capsicum for dinner tomorrow... I really do have to start eating at a reasonable hour just after midnight, is a little late for dinner huh.
Gosh I'm a good cook... lol
you know those hours between when you have taken something out of the oven until its cool enough to eat.... well it can seem like hours, when you are really hungry....
I have just eaten red, yellow and orange capsicum (bell peppers) stuffed with couscous, bacon, onion and some herbs, wow, they were so good.
I don't know what it is, but food seems to be tasting so much nicer in the past couple of weeks. Anyway, I'm happiness filled, and still have the other halves of eat coloured capsicum for dinner tomorrow... I really do have to start eating at a reasonable hour just after midnight, is a little late for dinner huh.
Gosh I'm a good cook... lol
Tuesday, 12 May 2015
Feeling Grateful
00:28
Sitting here feeling content. Realised I have eaten tonight so cooked and ate Eggs from my hens, Spinach from my garden, and an apple I was given as a gift.
This house is pretty cold, drafty, however its a heck a lot better than sleeping in a car or cardboard box, like some have to, and my bed is toasty pie warm.... so I'm a pretty bloody lucky woman, I'd say
13:19
I'm a thrilled camper, when down town this morning, and scored a pair of purple slippers from the 2nd hand shop, they fit perfectly....
don't think they have been worn... cost $2.50 instead of the $5 they were marked at....
Its been many years since I have had slippers, so I thrilled...
Sitting here feeling content. Realised I have eaten tonight so cooked and ate Eggs from my hens, Spinach from my garden, and an apple I was given as a gift.
This house is pretty cold, drafty, however its a heck a lot better than sleeping in a car or cardboard box, like some have to, and my bed is toasty pie warm.... so I'm a pretty bloody lucky woman, I'd say
13:19
I'm a thrilled camper, when down town this morning, and scored a pair of purple slippers from the 2nd hand shop, they fit perfectly....
don't think they have been worn... cost $2.50 instead of the $5 they were marked at....
Its been many years since I have had slippers, so I thrilled...
Saturday, 9 May 2015
Got my chookies and stroke 4 years ago
13:26
I have been given 4 laying hens, earlier in the week, and got another 4 eggs today. Yahhh I love my hens.. (Chooks) they love me and reward me with at least 3 eggs a day... I gave 6 away the other day to my fisherman neighbour, and got a fillet of Salmon, I have 7 eggs again now, so will give 6 to my front neighbour, and eat the last one for dinner...
Nothing like eating an egg that is less than a few hours from being laid. Lovely dark yolks, and I know exactly what they have eaten, so know my eggs are healthy as well...
Oh, i just thought, I was reading about putting an egg in kombucha and letting it dissolve the shell, to add calcium to the kombucha. I will try that with an egg tomorrow
14:39
Om my goodness, I'm just drinking kombucha with second ferment with kiwifruit.... YUMMY, its so neat to drink something so good that is also so good for you.
I was reading last night, if you alcohol and make a cocktail with kombucha, the damage alcohol does to your liver, is offset by the healing properties of this drink.... I'm going to take some to a friend that has a still, see what he thinks of the mix, maybe he could make a healthy vodka
17:00
I just realised today is the anniversary of my stoke, 4 years ago today.... heck I have come a LONG way back since then. I have a special empathy for folks that have had a stroke, something I would never have known, if I never had a stroke, I always used to think that a stroke was only about movement and speech loss, and once there were back, your life would be back to normal.... That stroke taught me a lot that's for sure....
I have been given 4 laying hens, earlier in the week, and got another 4 eggs today. Yahhh I love my hens.. (Chooks) they love me and reward me with at least 3 eggs a day... I gave 6 away the other day to my fisherman neighbour, and got a fillet of Salmon, I have 7 eggs again now, so will give 6 to my front neighbour, and eat the last one for dinner...
Nothing like eating an egg that is less than a few hours from being laid. Lovely dark yolks, and I know exactly what they have eaten, so know my eggs are healthy as well...
Oh, i just thought, I was reading about putting an egg in kombucha and letting it dissolve the shell, to add calcium to the kombucha. I will try that with an egg tomorrow
14:39
Om my goodness, I'm just drinking kombucha with second ferment with kiwifruit.... YUMMY, its so neat to drink something so good that is also so good for you.
I was reading last night, if you alcohol and make a cocktail with kombucha, the damage alcohol does to your liver, is offset by the healing properties of this drink.... I'm going to take some to a friend that has a still, see what he thinks of the mix, maybe he could make a healthy vodka
17:00
I just realised today is the anniversary of my stoke, 4 years ago today.... heck I have come a LONG way back since then. I have a special empathy for folks that have had a stroke, something I would never have known, if I never had a stroke, I always used to think that a stroke was only about movement and speech loss, and once there were back, your life would be back to normal.... That stroke taught me a lot that's for sure....
Friday, 8 May 2015
Kill Bill whistling song
11:03
Wow, I feel like I'm a millionaire, I just had brunch, and it was a great big thick slice of Salmon.
I got some chooks during the week, and gave my neighbour thats a fisherman, 6 fresh (1 day old) eggs this morning, he came back over with this salmon steak. (I was on the winning end of that deal)
I've only had salmon fillet a couple of times in my life, and wasn't very impressed with it, I didn't have a clue how to cook it, I just added a wee bit of salt, and whatever I did, lightly fried, and let it stand, produced a taste sensation.
I just went over to thank my neighbour, and heard the story of how he come to have it, and how fresh it was, I guess I have not eaten really fresh salmon before, cause it can't have been my cooking, that was just too easy.... so delicious
11:47
Going to go out for a ride on my mobility scooter, just as something to do since its a lovely sunny day. I'm going to get one of those movie camera that straps on your head, someone suggested I get one awhile back.... record the people I meet and the mischief I get upto on my travels
13:18
Kill Bill Vol. 1 - The whistle song. youtube.com
lol, I REALLY have to start behaving myself....
I am teaching myself to whistle, and the only whistling song I know is the one from Kill Bill....
So imagine this, you are gardening, down on your hands and knees, pulling weeds, mind your own businesses.
You hear someone whistling coming closer and closer.... you recognise the song, that spooky song from Kill Bill....
the whistling gets louder and loud, just like the song.... next thing its at the end of your driveway, you look out from behind bushes, and there is this old tart, whistling.... driving her mobility scooter.... lol
Wow, I feel like I'm a millionaire, I just had brunch, and it was a great big thick slice of Salmon.
I got some chooks during the week, and gave my neighbour thats a fisherman, 6 fresh (1 day old) eggs this morning, he came back over with this salmon steak. (I was on the winning end of that deal)
I've only had salmon fillet a couple of times in my life, and wasn't very impressed with it, I didn't have a clue how to cook it, I just added a wee bit of salt, and whatever I did, lightly fried, and let it stand, produced a taste sensation.
I just went over to thank my neighbour, and heard the story of how he come to have it, and how fresh it was, I guess I have not eaten really fresh salmon before, cause it can't have been my cooking, that was just too easy.... so delicious
11:47
Going to go out for a ride on my mobility scooter, just as something to do since its a lovely sunny day. I'm going to get one of those movie camera that straps on your head, someone suggested I get one awhile back.... record the people I meet and the mischief I get upto on my travels
13:18
Kill Bill Vol. 1 - The whistle song. youtube.com
lol, I REALLY have to start behaving myself....
I am teaching myself to whistle, and the only whistling song I know is the one from Kill Bill....
So imagine this, you are gardening, down on your hands and knees, pulling weeds, mind your own businesses.
You hear someone whistling coming closer and closer.... you recognise the song, that spooky song from Kill Bill....
the whistling gets louder and loud, just like the song.... next thing its at the end of your driveway, you look out from behind bushes, and there is this old tart, whistling.... driving her mobility scooter.... lol
Sunday, 3 May 2015
ACC Again
20:39
Darn, I should change my profile picture, since its been this one, I have all these friend requests from guys all over the world, between 2 and 6 guys A DAY, the one just now, must have been all of 20, lol..... darn don't they even click through to my page, and see I'm just an old tart.... funny, I never used to get friend requests when I had a pig as a profile picture, yah have to wonder why that was huh...
21:15
ok, I did all the dishes, so that ensures I won't have visitors, until the bench s a shambles again, so if i don't cook i should be good to go.
I'm in for a rough week this week, ACC reckon they will give a decision by the end this week.... I started this process 3 years ago, its been a hell of a long haul, its either going to be great news, or crap, but hey, we are talking about Accident Compensation here, they aren't known for great news, like I've never heard "Awesome and ACC" or "Bloody Great and ACC" in the same sentence, pretty sure the best I've heard was "Good to me, and ACC"
Anyway, I'm going offline, or off facebook, for the most part, so I'll catch up with y'all the other side, when I know whats what
Darn, I should change my profile picture, since its been this one, I have all these friend requests from guys all over the world, between 2 and 6 guys A DAY, the one just now, must have been all of 20, lol..... darn don't they even click through to my page, and see I'm just an old tart.... funny, I never used to get friend requests when I had a pig as a profile picture, yah have to wonder why that was huh...
21:15
ok, I did all the dishes, so that ensures I won't have visitors, until the bench s a shambles again, so if i don't cook i should be good to go.
I'm in for a rough week this week, ACC reckon they will give a decision by the end this week.... I started this process 3 years ago, its been a hell of a long haul, its either going to be great news, or crap, but hey, we are talking about Accident Compensation here, they aren't known for great news, like I've never heard "Awesome and ACC" or "Bloody Great and ACC" in the same sentence, pretty sure the best I've heard was "Good to me, and ACC"
Anyway, I'm going offline, or off facebook, for the most part, so I'll catch up with y'all the other side, when I know whats what
Saturday, 2 May 2015
Chai and Not humble
01:46
"If you are on noone's watch list, you should be ashamed of yourself"
My Indian neighbour is getting me be their sober driver, and making me Chai when we get home, as a thank you. I'm developing quite a taste for it, but what to do, once they have gone to bed for the night..... it just occured to me the Five Spice, smells a bit like Chai, so just made some of my own recipe of chai, chinese five spice, and cinnamon, its not too bad at all, I've never made it before, and just had to google a few recipes, seems I also need cardamom pods, but otherwise, I have the basics.... pretty pleased with myself...
22:43
I just tasted the beef bone stock I'm cooking, holy hell I'm a fantastic cook, its tastes so darn good, exit stage left humming "Oh lord its hard to be humble.... "
"If you are on noone's watch list, you should be ashamed of yourself"
My Indian neighbour is getting me be their sober driver, and making me Chai when we get home, as a thank you. I'm developing quite a taste for it, but what to do, once they have gone to bed for the night..... it just occured to me the Five Spice, smells a bit like Chai, so just made some of my own recipe of chai, chinese five spice, and cinnamon, its not too bad at all, I've never made it before, and just had to google a few recipes, seems I also need cardamom pods, but otherwise, I have the basics.... pretty pleased with myself...
22:43
I just tasted the beef bone stock I'm cooking, holy hell I'm a fantastic cook, its tastes so darn good, exit stage left humming "Oh lord its hard to be humble.... "
Friday, 1 May 2015
glasses, coloured wool and soup
00:23
Ok, so I went to the $2 shop today, and brought a couple pair of cheap glasses, I just remembered them, 12.05am and wandered out to the kitchen cupboard with my new glasses, to read the recipe on the side of a packet of packet of rice.... I needed mustard for the recipe, picked up the tin of dry mustard powder, opened lid to see how much was in there, it had like a spider web over one corner, and all inside the top of container... while flicking that web out, saw this little white caterpillar... ewww.... looked in rolled oats, same spider or caterpillar web in there, and the bloody rice as well, and the...
never mind, lots of stuff has wriggly things in it...
moral of story, never wear your glasses when looking in the food cupboard, the recipe didn't sound very good anyway, and if i hadn't seen these wrigglies everwhere,
I would never have known, and would have just wondered what that odd taste was every now and then
22:28
Darn I come up with some hairbrained schemes at times.
I have just opened a parcel I got on about Monday, its a sheep's fleece from a coloured sheep, lovely colours and about 8 or so kg's i think, but I'm buggered if i can remember what I wanted it for now....
The lounge is smelling very sheepy right now.... how the hell am I going to wash this fleece, and what on earth did I order it for 6 months ago .....
02:02
I have a big pot of beef bones slowly simmering on the stove, making beef broth, they have been cooking about 6 hours already, and should be ready for adding vege's by tomorrow lunchtime-ish dunno may do them 24 hours, so before I get into any more mischief or strife I better hit the hay, night folks.
Ok, so I went to the $2 shop today, and brought a couple pair of cheap glasses, I just remembered them, 12.05am and wandered out to the kitchen cupboard with my new glasses, to read the recipe on the side of a packet of packet of rice.... I needed mustard for the recipe, picked up the tin of dry mustard powder, opened lid to see how much was in there, it had like a spider web over one corner, and all inside the top of container... while flicking that web out, saw this little white caterpillar... ewww.... looked in rolled oats, same spider or caterpillar web in there, and the bloody rice as well, and the...
never mind, lots of stuff has wriggly things in it...
moral of story, never wear your glasses when looking in the food cupboard, the recipe didn't sound very good anyway, and if i hadn't seen these wrigglies everwhere,
I would never have known, and would have just wondered what that odd taste was every now and then
22:28
Darn I come up with some hairbrained schemes at times.
I have just opened a parcel I got on about Monday, its a sheep's fleece from a coloured sheep, lovely colours and about 8 or so kg's i think, but I'm buggered if i can remember what I wanted it for now....
The lounge is smelling very sheepy right now.... how the hell am I going to wash this fleece, and what on earth did I order it for 6 months ago .....
02:02
I have a big pot of beef bones slowly simmering on the stove, making beef broth, they have been cooking about 6 hours already, and should be ready for adding vege's by tomorrow lunchtime-ish dunno may do them 24 hours, so before I get into any more mischief or strife I better hit the hay, night folks.
Wednesday, 22 April 2015
Pigs head and Kombucha
16:25
I brought a pigs head from the supermarket to make some bone broth, it was quite meaty and I added carrots, marrow, and a few other veges, and some angle hair noodles, the broth is very jellified so I mixed some of those meat off the head, and made a sort of a brawn, I didn't like the brawn, it was a bit bland for my taste, but boy oh boy, my new cat Terabyte looves it, I guess its jelliment without the nasty catfood smell.... Terabyte is still shy, but likes the food I'm giving.... t
here will be about 3 or 4 kgs of food, plus some broth for me, and while I will freeze most of the jellimeat, and give other foods as well
I know most people will be grossed out, but I think Terabyte is a lucky cat, and will be a healthy spoilt cat.
17:18
Kombucha I just sampled my 1st brew of kombucha and you know, its not to bad at all. Definitely ready, so I'm just boiling the jug, to start soaking the next lots of teabags, I made it in three big containers the first time, and while the scoby's all look odd, and each batch tastes a bitch different, I'm already planning how to make changes to brewing times, and ingredients used. I've decided to use a crockpot for the next brew, that will make a massive scoby lol....
I don't have anything thats not steel to cut the scoby's with, I guess i could put gloves on and tear it apart.... the new scoby is sorta stuck to the mothers I used. I'll do a test run, using just a piece of scoby, rather than a full round, pretty sure all you need is some scoby.... anyway, this is fun.
What with drink Kombucha and hemp seed oil, I should be healthy in no time.
I brought a pigs head from the supermarket to make some bone broth, it was quite meaty and I added carrots, marrow, and a few other veges, and some angle hair noodles, the broth is very jellified so I mixed some of those meat off the head, and made a sort of a brawn, I didn't like the brawn, it was a bit bland for my taste, but boy oh boy, my new cat Terabyte looves it, I guess its jelliment without the nasty catfood smell.... Terabyte is still shy, but likes the food I'm giving.... t
here will be about 3 or 4 kgs of food, plus some broth for me, and while I will freeze most of the jellimeat, and give other foods as well
I know most people will be grossed out, but I think Terabyte is a lucky cat, and will be a healthy spoilt cat.
17:18
Kombucha I just sampled my 1st brew of kombucha and you know, its not to bad at all. Definitely ready, so I'm just boiling the jug, to start soaking the next lots of teabags, I made it in three big containers the first time, and while the scoby's all look odd, and each batch tastes a bitch different, I'm already planning how to make changes to brewing times, and ingredients used. I've decided to use a crockpot for the next brew, that will make a massive scoby lol....
I don't have anything thats not steel to cut the scoby's with, I guess i could put gloves on and tear it apart.... the new scoby is sorta stuck to the mothers I used. I'll do a test run, using just a piece of scoby, rather than a full round, pretty sure all you need is some scoby.... anyway, this is fun.
What with drink Kombucha and hemp seed oil, I should be healthy in no time.
Saturday, 18 April 2015
Recipe Book
Oh boy, I'm so excited..... The very first thing I did on a computer, back in about 95 or 96 was write a cookbook.... it was for people that lived on low food budgets..... just a few minutes ago, a facebook friend, sent me an email, of that cookbook, she has scanned and made the words back into an editable "Word" format, so I can change some recipes, add new ones, and get it all printed again. Or maybe sell online as a PDF.
This is one recipe, its just a fun one, that I thought some of my friends may get a smile from. Dona, would this be like the recipe you use for your cakes
BEST CHRISTMAS CAKE EVER
1 Cup Sugar
1 tsp Baking Soda
nuts
4 large Eggs
lemon juice
1 cup Dried Fruit
1 cup Brown Sugar
1 cup butter
1 tsp salt
1 bottle Whisky
Sample the whisky to check for quality. Take a large bowl. Check
whisky again. Turn on electric mixer and beat 1 cup of butter until large and fluffy.
To be sure it is of the highest quality, pour a level cup of whisky and drink. Repeat.
Add a teasp sugar and beat again. Make sure whisky is still O'K cry another cup. Turn off beater. Break 2 leggs .
and add in the bowl and chuok in the dried fruit. Mix in the turning thing.
Check the whisky again. If the fruit gets stuck in the beateti deal to it with screwdriver.
Check the whishe again to check for tocsisticity.
Next, sift 2 cups of salt or something.
Check the whisy again. Now sift
the lemon juice and strain your nuts.
Add one battlespoon of brown sugar or any kind of sugar you have. wix mell, Grease oven. turn cake
pan on to 350 gredees. Throw the bowl out the window
Check wishkey
and go to bled.
Gosh, I need proper glasses....
I just took a break from the computer for a couple of hours, and did so crocheting, it was fun to do it again, I haven't picked up a hook for 20 or 30 years... however, I avoid looking at anything close up, I have some cheap glasses from the $2 shop, the strongest ones they make, and generally just use them to read labels on products, or the odd bill that comes in the post.
I had to use glasses to see what I'm doing especially for a start with crocheting.... I have 4 sets of glasses, 3 have one arm missing, and 2 have a lens missing, none have everything they need.... About 20 minutes ago, I looked back at computer, my monitor is about a meter from my eyes, and I can barely see the words. Usually my eyes are ok, after the first hour or so when I wake up. OK, I have the text at 250% but I can read it generally.
But still now, I have area's on my screen that are so blurry, I have to move my head, so I can see the area with a different part of my eyes.....
I have always avoided getting glasses, my close vision has been bad for 7 or 8 years, heck I can't care for the $2 pairs, and just know I would lose, sit on or stand on a pair that costs $100 just as easily.
On the other hand, I can and do do without a lot of things in my life. My eyesight however, is not something I don't care to find out if i can live without.
I guess it will mean a trip to Tauranga to get my eyes tested. yuk.... but like it or lump it. I gotta do what I gotta do huh....
I have now separated all recipes from chapters into one recipe per post, please add your comments... if you cook any of the dishes, and take a photo of the result, feel free to add your photo, and please feel free to add your own recipes.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/HungryTums/
This is one recipe, its just a fun one, that I thought some of my friends may get a smile from. Dona, would this be like the recipe you use for your cakes
BEST CHRISTMAS CAKE EVER
1 Cup Sugar
1 tsp Baking Soda
nuts
4 large Eggs
lemon juice
1 cup Dried Fruit
1 cup Brown Sugar
1 cup butter
1 tsp salt
1 bottle Whisky
Sample the whisky to check for quality. Take a large bowl. Check
whisky again. Turn on electric mixer and beat 1 cup of butter until large and fluffy.
To be sure it is of the highest quality, pour a level cup of whisky and drink. Repeat.
Add a teasp sugar and beat again. Make sure whisky is still O'K cry another cup. Turn off beater. Break 2 leggs .
and add in the bowl and chuok in the dried fruit. Mix in the turning thing.
Check the whisky again. If the fruit gets stuck in the beateti deal to it with screwdriver.
Check the whishe again to check for tocsisticity.
Next, sift 2 cups of salt or something.
Check the whisy again. Now sift
the lemon juice and strain your nuts.
Add one battlespoon of brown sugar or any kind of sugar you have. wix mell, Grease oven. turn cake
pan on to 350 gredees. Throw the bowl out the window
Check wishkey
and go to bled.
Gosh, I need proper glasses....
I just took a break from the computer for a couple of hours, and did so crocheting, it was fun to do it again, I haven't picked up a hook for 20 or 30 years... however, I avoid looking at anything close up, I have some cheap glasses from the $2 shop, the strongest ones they make, and generally just use them to read labels on products, or the odd bill that comes in the post.
I had to use glasses to see what I'm doing especially for a start with crocheting.... I have 4 sets of glasses, 3 have one arm missing, and 2 have a lens missing, none have everything they need.... About 20 minutes ago, I looked back at computer, my monitor is about a meter from my eyes, and I can barely see the words. Usually my eyes are ok, after the first hour or so when I wake up. OK, I have the text at 250% but I can read it generally.
But still now, I have area's on my screen that are so blurry, I have to move my head, so I can see the area with a different part of my eyes.....
I have always avoided getting glasses, my close vision has been bad for 7 or 8 years, heck I can't care for the $2 pairs, and just know I would lose, sit on or stand on a pair that costs $100 just as easily.
On the other hand, I can and do do without a lot of things in my life. My eyesight however, is not something I don't care to find out if i can live without.
I guess it will mean a trip to Tauranga to get my eyes tested. yuk.... but like it or lump it. I gotta do what I gotta do huh....
I have now separated all recipes from chapters into one recipe per post, please add your comments... if you cook any of the dishes, and take a photo of the result, feel free to add your photo, and please feel free to add your own recipes.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/HungryTums/
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