Category: Food
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Bean to Cup?
More like Bank to Box to Bean to Cup. Scratch that. Birth to Business to Bank to Box to Bean to Cup, if we’re being accurate about it. Yes, this is my first foray into the world of Bean to Cup coffee machines after exploring Aeropress, a manual espresso machine (Saeco Poemia), the V60, mokka,…
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Platelets and PlayStation
This is a late one, but I’ve crept in just before the deadline. The week got away from me this time, and as much as I tried to get this post started in the early hours, I was a little distracted. First someone stabbed my finger. Then my arm. Then I was told not to…
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The Tool Wall
Back to long overdue projects, starting with the workshop. In order to fit the water cylinder and other equipment for the heat pump I had to remove some storage and the units built by the previous owner of the house. The engineers kindly left me a big square of wall space that I could work…
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A Capacitor in Time Saves Nine?
The dramatic conclusion to our sewing machine epic is finally here. Will it work? Read on and find out for yourself. I like to fix things. We’ve covered this multiple times before. If I can stop something going to landfill unnecessarily, I’m always up for taking something apart and tinkering. Sometimes it’s an easy fix…
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D&D (Darkplace and Dining)
Come with me now, dear Reader, into the depths of my very consciousness. To a place of darkness and true horror. And discarded Peperami packets. A Dark Place This week we stepped into a particularly dark place. A place so dark, in fact, that it is difficult to even begin to explain exactly how dark…
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Twas the Thursday after Christmas – Gluttony and Gaming
We’re firmly in that weird period between Christmas and New Year’s where the desire to sit around and do nothing is pitted against a restless energy to get out and explore. You’ll be pleased to hear that doing nothing won out. Well, not nothing. Sitting around and playing the PS5 while in a food-induced stupor…
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Christmas Eve (the Prequel) – Preparation
Christmas Eve is here once again. It hardly feels like a year has passed, yet on reflection a lot has happened. For now, we’re staying firmly in the present on the lead up to the feast. Every year I go all out for the big day. It’s a great excuse to try things you’ve never…
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Thoughts on a Train
A service of light humour will be available in this post. It’s apt to be more reliable than the train… I am feeling inspired. Inspired enough to kill some time on the journey back from London to Plymouth. Three and a half hours is nothing to sniff at and one needs distractions while travelling in…
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Gohan ご飯. It’s not just Rice (Asia 2023 Part 3)
Gohan ご飯 refers to cooked rice, but in a broader sense it can mean food or any meal. And broadly speaking, this installment in the series is all about food encountered in Japan and Korea. I have been a fan of Japanese cuisine ever since trying sushi made by my brother many years ago. He…
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Workshops and Hedgehogs
DIY, ice cream, and more! Advanced Workshop Repair It’s not terribly advanced in reality, but more cobbled together from a variety of bits of wood laying around. There was a removable top over the sink in the workshop when we bought the house. It was fine for a temporary measure, but not that secure when…
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