This is after rough grinding, fine grinding, hand sanding, polishing and sharpening. Need to buy paracord for the wrapped handle.
How shiny is it now, you ask?
This shiny.
It’s a hard, hard, haaaard life
Seriously. Beanbag, hand-knitted blanket (which *all* the pets and humans love), her bone, and just the tip of her paw. And the ear malfunction.
I love that dog.
Edit: I completely forgot to mention the stylish and warm cape/cloak that Katy knitted for her.
[recipe] yorkshire pudding
Makes 8 large Yorkshire puddings
3 large eggs
125g plain flour
1 tbsp sugar
1/2 tsp sea salt
Freshly ground black pepper
150ml whole milk
Vegetable oil
Beat the eggs together in a mixing bowl using a balloon whisk.
Sift the flour with the salt and pepper, then gradually beat this into the eggs to make a smooth batter.
Whisk in the milk until combined. Cover and leave to stand at room temperature for about 1 hour.
Preheat the oven to 220C/200C fan/Gas 7.
Put 2 teaspoons of vegetable oil into each compartment of two 4-hole Yorkshire pudding tins. If you only have one tin, you’ll have to do this and cook the Yorkshires in two batches.
Place the tin in the oven for 12-15 minutes to heat up the oil and tins until very hot (this is important for the rise).
Stir the batter and pour into a jug. At the oven (this is safer than carrying a tin of hot oil across the kitchen), carefully pour some batter into the middle of the oil in each hole, remembering that it is very hot. Watch out as the oil will sizzle a bit as the batter hits it.
Put the tins straight back into the oven and bake for about 15 minutes or until the Yorkshires are well risen, golden brown and crisp. Serve immediately with your choice of roast and all the trimmings.
To make 12 smaller Yorkshire puddings, put 1 teaspoon of vegetable oil into each hole of a deep muffin tin (each cup measuring about 7cm diameter x 2.5cm deep), then heat up as described above, before pouring in the batter. Bake the Yorkshires for 12-15 minutes.
Longest run yet!
Just need to add 5 laps and I get to my 1st 10k. This is doable!
That cat has issues
For as long as we have had her, Reenie manages to find the oddest, most uncomfortable sleeping spots. In the summer, she’ll routinely use the patio door doorframe guide rail as a pillow. This morning? Her (full) water bowl.
2020 in a nutshell
This is what 14 years of married life looks like
A sad, horrific milestone
Deaths from Covid-19 exceeded 1 million people on Tuesday, according to a Johns Hopkins University database, the known toll of nine relentless months of a pandemic that has changed everything, from global balances of power to the mundane aspects of daily life.
Corporate communication
We received this by email a few days ago:
With a focus on our environment, we are welcoming sheep to the Vers-chez-les-Blanc campus during October and November. Please feel free to say hello, but be aware of the electric fence and DO NOT feed the sheep.
This was my reply:
Whoever made that decision might regret it. We used to have sheep at my parents’ farm. They look all cute and innocent, but in reality are wooly, stupid assholes that are the malicious embodiment of Murphy’s law.
It was surprisingly well received :)
[recipe] Belgian waffles
500 g of flour
200 g of semi-salted butter
50 g of brown sugar
200 ml of milk
2 eggs
1 pack of instant yeast
150 grams of granulated sugar
2 hours before preparing the dough, bring the butter to room temperature to soften it.
Warm the milk in a microwave to 40C and put it in the bowl of the food processor. Mix in the yeast.
Add the flour, brown sugar and eggs. Knead for 5 minutes at the slowest speed.
Add the butter in pieces and knead at a still slow speed for 10 minutes.
Gather the dough into a ball in the center of the bowl and cover it. Let rise at room temperature for 1h30.
After this time, add the sugar grains and mix in the dough by incorporating them with a spatula.
Take portions of 100 grams and place them on baking paper.
Reserve at room temperature for 20 minutes, or several hours (5 to 6 hours) in a cool room (or refrigerator), before cooking.
Heat the waffle iron at a medium thermostat, 5/6 (no need to grease it if the plates are non-stick). Place the dough ball on the baking sheet, cook for 3 minutes.