I was going to say “first, you kill yourself”.But although that’s true, perhaps we shouldn’t put up something that looks like click-bait. Potentially harm-causing click-bait, at that.Yet, how else do you move into a new incarnation, without shuffling off this mortal coil?The reference is deliberate, because a bit like becoming a monk or nun and… Continue reading
Date Archives → March 2023
The princess of peas
I recently learned of dermatographia – in which pressure causes hives. Exhibit 94015444 of why I don’t trust many doctors: The Cleveland Clinic says it is a common and benign skin condition, then in later paragraphs admits that it could be a sign of an autoimmune disease. *insert katja screaming at the top of her… Continue reading
I obviously didn’t think this experiment through
I think I totally overlooked how very annoying and repetitive and utterly senseless it would be for someone else to come across my personal list of “what to keep along on my journey towards a slightly more minimalist life”. Or is it “towards a slightly less burdened life”, because I don’t think I’ll ever hit… Continue reading
Seems silly because of all the other gear in the kitchen, the Fissler soup pot set and the mini snack set are the ones I use the most consistently, but, again, we’re being scientific here.
Used the 18 cm saucepan to cook Napa cabbage in chicken stock for dinner. Heated up some wood ear milk in the 14 cm saucepan.
Had to split the cabbage into two portions because of the lower volume of the saucepan. Would’ve used the 18 cm soup pot if that’d been available but that’s apparently Lil Bro’s pot of choice as well.
Noting if we have the space, we should have at least two of those.
The question is, haha, in this case do I count Lil Bro’s pot use at all in my research, because he’s possibly going to be living with me when I move, or do I just count myself and what I wanted to have used?
Still have the skin plague from hell and running a low fever (37.3 C). Not sure if it’s the ezcema and hives combo turning into a staph infection or just ye olde “normal” period time low fever.
So dinner was three eggs and peanut toast. The toast was a maple butter tear apart Danish, so, much fancier than you’d think at first glance.
Used the Iwachu pan for the eggs and wheee. Released like a dream. Noting the handle did get toasty this time, because I was impatient and turned the heat up high instead of using a medium low like I did last time. Will try again and see if the handle still stays comfortable or not.
Got a waffle today; it was …just…really disappointing? It seemed like they’d taken an overnight waffle and custard that’d been left uncovered in the fridge and slapped it together with some canned whipped cream.
Tossed it into an oven safe container with a splash of milk and put it in the oven for ten minutes. Edible, but still not great.
Might try making mini pancakes with the mini-cake pan next time instead.
The 5 inch cast iron “skillet”…
So pans are an interesting beast. Take cakes, for example: you look at an 8 inch cake and think that’s far far too much cake and think maybe half of that would be more than enough, so you buy a 4 inch cake pan… A 4 inch chiffon cake pan, at that. And that 4… Continue reading
The Iwachu omelette pan (22cm)
I have a deep and abiding fondness for Lodge – they were my first piece of cast iron and they are cheap (or used to be and even if they aren’t any more, you can usually find them for affordable at second hand shops in the US) — but I think, if things keep going… Continue reading
Easing towards simpler housekeeping (?)
I have new cast iron pans. A mini cake pan and a muffin tin by Lodge, and an omurice pan by Iwachu (that might be too shallow for the use I want to put it to but I digress). This is a wonderful thing — except we really don’t have the space to store all… Continue reading