hey, chef, so, yeah, things don't suck so much right now. i'm actually enjoying it. i just hate deadlines. actually i'm on a tight deadline right now, suffering, and this is my escape/procrastination. i should get back to work! but i have attention deficit disorder.
i haven't slaughtered/butchered for about 18 months (fall/winter is when that happens). but not sure i will again. it makes my wife cry and cry to think of the dead animal. so i'm not sure i can go into charcuterie. we're sort-of-vegetarian at the moment. kinda. yeah. i'm doing mesophilic lactic cultures though-- room temperature stuff. cultures from finland, estonia, scandinavia. easy and lazy and makes a nice drinking thing, maybe buttermilk. piimä.
i was born and raised in the metric system so i get your frustration with the imperial units. they're medieval.
putting honey in the cabbage is a great idea! honey + water + time = mead. so is it a bit alcoholic? i've been thinking about making mead this summer but so far i've been jammed with deadlines-- not for horrible work-- just deadlines. which i hate. i hate time. time is horrible. but yeh-- i should make mead. you know what that is yes? honey wine.
those breads are a beauty. i don't use the oven in the summer because of the heat--- but i'm mentally dipping those loaves in olive oil with salt and a little crushed red pepper. or a french tomato salad.
i do make flatbreads though-- you can make those on the stove top or a grill. like a grilled pizza.
oh i should get back to work instead of talking about this fun stuff. i have about 10 hours to get on the highway and bring my work to some place and i'm not nearly done ha ha ha ha.
ha ha ha ha
let's see what happens
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