Musings

The new phone comes with a slo-mo video setting that some are raving about, but I haven’t tried yet.

I’m still messing with the less-fancy options.

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Marshmallow choppers and almond fangs.

I neither made nor ate them….

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Last night I heard a rumor that the S stuff may put in an appearance this coming weekend. Here.

Right now it’s raining—just started.

So, good thing I made applesauce this morning when it was merely overcast!

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That’s my (legendary?) Buck-mug, which I took with Buck‘s permission from his grill and diner in Burwell way back in the mists of time.

Up here in the middle of nowhere, we are using a French press (aka plunger pot). The coffee that is slightly more mellow with our home drip machine tastes a bit edgy here, but I’m getting used to that. Yes, along with the extra steps it takes to rinse the grounds off the press-parts out by the long grass (aka substitute for a compost pile).

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Good thing I did this yesterday; it’s all rainy today. The Guru and I walked from tree to tree in the upper orchard area, tasting apples and picking a few here and there for the applesauce. Some cooked to mush and some didn’t. Too bad I didn’t keep track for pie-making….

My sense is the apples had better size, and less scab this year. And less icky problem areas that had to be cut away before cooking, in general.

Is this an effect of climate change? Har.

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We got crazy and lunched out. At a beer place. Root beer for the Guru!

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I saw the green-white logo and knew I was supposed to think SBux, but really, the rest of that design mishmash doesn’t look SBux at all.

*…at the waiting room for the service area at the car dealership.

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These ca. 10 cm zuccs have become a favorite. They’re really uniform in size, a mystery to me. Are there vast fields of plants with synchronized blooming?

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I couldn’t get excited about any menu I could think of for dinner…just couldn’t tune into that wavelength…. My Sweetie saved me! Took me out for a fine restaurant meal!

Italian. Had a sautéed calamari app (not breaded) that was really special…well, actually, it was all tasty!

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I haven’t made this in quite a while, one of those dishes that just fell off the rotation out of distraction rather than dislike. It’s my riff on the filling for spanakopita or ravioli or lasagne, with ricotta and spinach, some sautéed onion, and, in this case, some Gruyère and a bit of monterey jack, plus lots of freshly ground black pepper. Just the filling, though, without the wrapper. And an extra dusting of jack at the end….

Sometimes I put in an egg or eggs; this time I used one. The crucial angle is always how much of the water I squeeze out of the spinach. This time I wasn’t terribly diligent, and I should have squeezed it a bit drier.

I have some ricotta and Gruyère left; I think that in a few days I’ll make a mixed veg version to use that up.

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