I decided to do a little more research on the Abacus. The device is ancient and is found in cultures from Asia to Africa and parts of Europe, with a similar idea, found in South America, using string The abacus is a testament to a) the cleverness of the human mind, b) the inventiveness of […]
I have a few ideas for blogs “brewing,” but they need a little more time. Since I like to write about things that are random, eclectic and idiosyncratic, I went back to www.portent.com‘s idea generator to try out a few things. I like it because it is the epitome of randomness – key in a word
Skybluepinkish commented on my post yesterday that life was too short to peel hazelnuts. Her comment got me thinking about all the things that I omit doing because they are too fiddly or time consuming to be bothered with. For example: 1. I never seed tomatoes and rarely peel them. When the recipe instructions call
Well, I don’t use this little gadget daily. In fact I haven’t used it in a long time. I keep it around because my son uses it. It’s a small rotary grinder which I bought for the sole purpose of grinding nuts, most specifically, hazelnuts. I was taking a series of cooking courses years ago
…or maybe it’s the other way around. Anyway in yesterday’s post, I was bemoaning the fact that we have lost some ground in cooking with the basics or from scratch. We no longer do what a generation or two did before us – make our own preserves, bake our own bread, do our own processing
….or box or tin..etc… I was reading a review on the weekend of a new book by Michael Pollen. His first, “The Omnivore’s Delight,” is an expose of the modern industrial food chain – think corporate farms, with a huge eye on the bottom line. His second, “In Defense of Food,” moved the ideas developed
The old saying goes, “It ain’t over ’til the fat lady sings.” Maybe no one considered that one day the lady wouldn’t be there to sing. I must apologize for using the adjective “fat” however, it is one of the obstacles, among many, that Rita MacNeil overcame in her long struggle to be a successful
I had started a while ago celebrating “things” around the house in an effort to enrich the daily slog. I decided that I didn’t have to actually go out and “buy” something to give me a lift. I could just try to lift up something that I already had, thereby making my life a little
