Esme smells
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♥Sep. 7th, 2014 // 05:31 pm♥
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Or at least that's what Gytha and Magrat seem to think:
We were planting bulbs in the lawn this afternoon, using the 'dig up a square of turf, throw bulbs in hole, stick turf back in place' method. This generated quite a few worms, which (after The Food Bringer--that would be me--had taken one over to give them the idea) they were very happy to have Mike ferry to their food dish for them to nosh on. I'm not sure, given the age when we got them, that they'll ever be tame enough to follow us around as we garden, but they might be.
A passing comment from ![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png) desperance got me thinking about Balsamic Salt, and that lead to rooting around online to see if it was a Christmas Hamper Worthy thing to make. There seem to be two methods: reduce the vinegar, mix with the salt, dry out in the oven; or mix the vinegar with water, dissolve the salt in it and then get it to crystalise out. The latter seemed tediously slow, so:
I roughly followed this Google-translated German recipe, except for the bit that made no sense (reducing 50ml of vinegar to 3 tablespoons would be a bit pointless) and doubling the oven time (the baking part would be Much Easier with the Aga on). So, Balsamic Salt:
Other than on tomatoes (fingers crossed for the veg box) and just with bread and butter, suggestions welcome for trying it out! |
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