I try and not think about anything. It only causes problems and leads to anxiety.
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Working from home
Working from home today. Stepped away from my laptop for 5 minutes to make myself a coffee. 5 MINUTES.
I thought this only happened in the movies.
I had an email composition screen filled with gibberish and 8 open remote desktop connection prompts.
CATS!!!
[recipe] Pain au lait
500 g bread flour
1.5 tsp salt
1.5 tbsp sugar
1 packet yeast
350ml milk
60 g butter, cubed, softened
Dough
In a stand mixer bowl, combine the flour, salt, sugar and yeast. Pour in the milk and mix approx. 5 minutes with the dough hook. Add the butter and smooth everything out for approx. 5 minutes until you get a smooth, shiny dough. Cover and let rise for approx. 2h at room temperature.
Shaping
Cut the dough into 8 pieces, form balls. Press the handle of a wooden spoon in the middle of each ball to obtain the typical shape of a small milk bun. Place the milk rolls on two baking sheets covered with baking paper, cover and let rise for approx. 30 min at room temperature.
Egg washing
Brush the milk rolls twice with beaten egg.
Baking< Bake each sheet approx. 15 min. in the middle of the oven preheated to 220C. Take the bread rolls out of the oven and let them cool on a rack.
Brexit fatigue
So it happened. Boris banged a gong and had beef-and-stilton-filled mini yorkshire puds. Nigel was smug but didn’t get his booze and fireworks because of council ordnance bans. A new 50p coin was (re-)issued. A “we’re sorry, we’ll be back” message was beamed on the the white cliffs of Dover.
While the world didn’t end from one day to the next, the “real” fun hasn’t begun yet. We’re in the transition period now. Things kind of stay the same. We still pay EU dues, but have no representation in parliament. Now, the government really needs to get all its long-term agreements sorted out before the timer runs out. Boris is already trying to be bombastic, but he’s soon going to realize that the “position of power” he’s claiming to have exists only in his head and not in the real world. The US is already salivating at the prospect of having access to the NHS (to raise drug prices) and food markets (to dump less regulated products like chlorinated chicken).
Ring demoted to pendant now
As an unexpected consequence of my weight loss, all of my rings are too big now. One I can reform to tighten, one I can move to a different finger, one can’t be resized because of what it’s made out of. This one however has to be made into a pendant because, as soon as my finger gets slightly wet, it goes flying. As in, I’ve already almost lost it down a bathroom sink at work and, this morning, I had to fish it out of a cafeteria recycling bin.
Canadian Internet Authority Launches Free Stock Photo Library
The Canadian Internet Registration Authority (CIRA) has released their very own stock photo library packed full of hilarious images of Canadian stereotypes. Hockey, maple syrup, poutine, moose, they’re all there and they’re totally free to use as long as you give proper credit.
The point of the stock photo library, explains the CIRA, is to enable people to “add a little Canada to your website,” with some “maple syrup-infused visual masterpieces.”
I must incorporate one (or more) of these into my next deck for work.
Image credits: All photos by CIRA/.CA.
One less defective pet in the menagerie
Flash has left the building. When we took the cage back into the living room, post Lily, we found him lying unmoving in front of his coconut house. It must’ve happened during the night. Ben’s OK with it. It’s never pleasant, but he had a long life of benevolent neglect and honestly lived much longer than we expected him to, after having eaten his cage mate years ago..
Stressed-out dog
Lily was over for the week while her human was away for a family emergency. Its a hard life…
[recipe] Greek salad dressing
1/2 cup extra virgin olive oil
1/3 cup red wine vinegar
1 large lemon, juiced
2 tsp minced shallot
2 tsp dried oregano
1/2 tsp dried thyme
1/2 tsp dried rosemary
1/4 tsp sea salt
1/4 tsp fresh black pepper
Put all the ingredients in an airtight container and shake to combine. You will need to re-shake before each time you serve it.
Feedback on chicken tikka biryani
First off, the recipe isn’t clear, but you need cook the rice and prep some caramelised onions. I added a stock cube and some cinnamon stick to the rice. I made my own tikka mix (see below).
2 tsp. ground ginger
2 tsp. ground turmeric
1 tsp. ground paprika
1 tsp. garam masala
1 tsp. ground coriander
1 tsp. ground cumin
1 tsp. kosher salt
The recipe is super tasty, but needs more veg. Next time, I’ll add cauliflower and peas to the curry sauce. Maybe some spinach.