I found this at a thrift store a few years ago and I’ve struggled to identify any of the symbols. I’ve tried online symbol databases, I think I tried reverse image searching, and I’ve tried just scrolling endless “fish” symbols to no avail. It’s handmade and uses poly-fabrics, so it’s certainly not an antique (or...
I would think of it as just a terra-cotta pot- something to bake and steam whatever your imagination can come up with! :) I feel like it would do a mean potato and onion dish…
I’m awful for following a recipe. Unfortunately I just looked at a handful of recipes for "apricot chicken tagine"to look for the right kind of spices and the tequnique. And I think I just decided to add almonds. Here’s basically what I did, though:
Essentially, you soak the tagine for a little while to allow it to absorb some water, and mis en place all your other ingredients. Marinate some chicken, sauté 2 med (thinly sliced) onions in a pan with some eevo until translucent and starting to brown.
Layer the onions on the bottom of the tagine. Add marinated chicken thigh pieces, dried apricots, lightly toasted almonds, repeat, then pour a little chicken broth in so the onions don’t burn.
Bake for 35-45 min or until the chicken is cooked through. We added some garlic slices, but they didn’t cook fast enough and were a little overpowering, so… I wouldn’t do that again. I’d add some crushed garlic to the marinade instead, next time.
Second try at making limoncello; the peels were infused for 8 weeks in a locally distilled 45% gin. Used a coffee filter to filter out any impurities, and I think I trapped too much of the oils… leading to a crystal-clear liqueur, rather than the cloudy-neon-yellow I was going for. Oh well. Next time I’ll get actual...
You dumped out the water ten minutes ago. The pot is cooled off, and empty. It only had whole eggs in it, still in the shells. Now tell me, do you wash that pot? Get out the sponge and the soap and scrub it like usual? Or do you give it a quick rinse and slam it in the drying rack? No judgement here, only curiosity.
I need help finding a movie about a girl trap in her own drawing. It was a movie that was filmed on HBO or somewhere in 2010s right before or after the movie Paper Town. The movie is about a girl trap in a mostly black and white drawing on her wall and she traveled with a thief of some kind to find a silver mirror to escape....
Separated all the chilis/pepper varieties onto the top, and moved all the salts to the cupboard to the right, since those two categories took too much space. Final count was 109. Phew.
There are still a handful I’ve never tried (hwentia, dundicut, black lemons, pomegranate peels, sorowisa…) but I like to experiment whenever I can. Some of my favorite foods to make are Indian dishes like chicken korma or goan-style pork vindaloo, which both use many spices.
They’re from all over- for years I kept and reused all my old pickle, sauce, and jam jars to accommodate the collection as it grew (in addition to a bunch of thrifted mason jars). Glass feels easier to keep tidy and to find what I need.
Yes, this has been a recurring debate in my kitchen, too. I try to organize alphabetically to help my partner find the right ones when I send him out to the cellar to gather spices, but it’s also a contentious issue that I tend to ignore the adjectives (like “green cardamom” and "black cardamom are both in the “c” area, not g and b) when organizing.
It’s been years now, but especially started ramping up once I bought a house and had the cellar space to expand- my little appartmemt wasn’t ready to handle the collection before that. I had a bad habit of going to my local international foods markets, seeing a spice I didn’t recognize, and bringing it home to research later. Even the weird one-offs get a jar, a label, a kiss, and a place on the shelf.
Almost all are individual spices, but I do have a handful of blends. Except for one that was a gift, they’re all homemade blends, though (taco seasoning, Donair spice, chaat masala, garam masala, lemon pepper, Japanese curry powder…).
All my baking stuff is left in the pantry (cocoa powder, cream of tartar, BP, BS…) So they aren’t counted in with the spices. I tend to just throw together my own grill seasonings in the moment.
Honestly, I love my collection. Aside from the fresh ing. I would need, it makes me feel like I’m capable of making literally any dish I can think of. A million flavour combinations and opportunities to be creative.
I asked if people chose iPhone for the blue bubbles elsewhere a couple days ago, and while there was some good discourse on that post, the blue bubbles definitely also came up as a reason....
My old person trait is that no one is allowed to be mad at me for not answering a random phone call. Sometimes it’s ok to leave your phone in the other room while watching a movie, or (gasp!) At home while you’re out gardening.
Everyone from Canada will have their favourite recipes, but here is a good looking one that is a good base- simple ingredients, an explanation for cheese curd substitutes if you can’t find them in the cheese section at the grocery store, and some good footnotes and tips- no backstory to read through, either.
Once you try the basic recipe, you could try different spices, toppings, combinations etc.
Any aspiring symbologists out here? (lemmy.ca)
I found this at a thrift store a few years ago and I’ve struggled to identify any of the symbols. I’ve tried online symbol databases, I think I tried reverse image searching, and I’ve tried just scrolling endless “fish” symbols to no avail. It’s handmade and uses poly-fabrics, so it’s certainly not an antique (or...
Sci-fantasy roguelike Caves Of Qud is getting a full release in 2024, after 15 years of development (www.rockpapershotgun.com)
Apricot and almond chicken tagine (lemmy.ca)
Which was promptly smothered in cilantro as god intended.
sploot (lemmy.ca)
Fresh batch of limoncello and lemon peel powder. (lemmy.ca)
Second try at making limoncello; the peels were infused for 8 weeks in a locally distilled 45% gin. Used a coffee filter to filter out any impurities, and I think I trapped too much of the oils… leading to a crystal-clear liqueur, rather than the cloudy-neon-yellow I was going for. Oh well. Next time I’ll get actual...
You've just made four hard boiled eggs in a small pot
You dumped out the water ten minutes ago. The pot is cooled off, and empty. It only had whole eggs in it, still in the shells. Now tell me, do you wash that pot? Get out the sponge and the soap and scrub it like usual? Or do you give it a quick rinse and slam it in the drying rack? No judgement here, only curiosity.
Need help finding a movie cause i deleted my access to R/Tipofmytongue
I need help finding a movie about a girl trap in her own drawing. It was a movie that was filmed on HBO or somewhere in 2010s right before or after the movie Paper Town. The movie is about a girl trap in a mostly black and white drawing on her wall and she traveled with a thief of some kind to find a silver mirror to escape....
Sweet and seedy breakfast buns (lemmy.ca)
Yeasted buns with walnuts, oats, poppy seeds, almond slices, sesame seeds, currants, cardamom and cinnamon.
Finally got around to organizing my spice cupboard alphabetically this week. (lemmy.ca)
Separated all the chilis/pepper varieties onto the top, and moved all the salts to the cupboard to the right, since those two categories took too much space. Final count was 109. Phew.
Is having an Android really a deal-breaker for some people?
I asked if people chose iPhone for the blue bubbles elsewhere a couple days ago, and while there was some good discourse on that post, the blue bubbles definitely also came up as a reason....
What's your "old person" trait? (feddit.ch)
My old person trait is that I think ‘ghosting’ is completely unacceptable and you owe the other person a face-to-face conversation.
American poutine. (beehaw.org)
This is what passes for poutine in America (as seen in the SanFrancisco airport).