Month: October 2016

Thanksgiving Weekend Cooking

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We did a bunch of home cooking this weekend. Here are some photos.

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Locally picked cranberries transformed into cranberry juice and cranberry sauce.
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Cranberry juice subsequently transformed into cranberry gin cocktails.
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Eggs benedict on a bannock base.

We got a cabbage and are trying our hand at lacto-fermentation: sauerkraut and kimchi. Results will be available in 1-2 weeks.

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***Update: Kimchi and sauerkraut were a success!

We got together with friends for a Thanksgiving feast. We brought the aforementioned cranberry sauce, bread, candied yams, and scalloped potatoes.

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Also, adorable mini-quiches.

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Home calisthenics rig

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Ingredients:

  • 1 Skeleton of a children’s swing set salvaged from dump
  • 4 Stumpy wooden posts, cut to roughly the same length
  • 3 Long pieces of scrap wood
  • A few salvaged screws or nails
  • 1 Pair of cheap gymnastics rings purchased before leaving civilisation

Procedure:

  1. Combine ingredients
  2. Take photo and post to blog
  3. (optional) Use for exercise

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Cross fox buddy

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An attractive fox has built a warren somewhere along the road to the Northern Store. We see him hanging out sometimes, mostly unconcerned about people. Apparently he harasses the dogs 🙂

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A cross fox is a colour variant of the common red fox.