Mundane News

[Reynard]

Anyways, off to see to getting a bread going.

 

[tyred]

I bought my washing in just in the nick of time as it has really started bucket down now. Tonight's ride may end up being cancelled if it doesn't stop raining.

 

[Hebe]

You do realise cottage cheese is really easy to make at home? And it tastes much nicer than anything you can buy.

As long as you've got the means to sour full-cream milk (lemon juice or a small splooshette of vinegar), and remember to salt the end result (about 1.5% salt) the job's a good 'un. I always do mine with garlic, parsley and chives. Oh, and sliced radishes on the side.

I has questions please. Would semiskimmed milk give me reduced fat cottage cheese? If the milk is already starting to turn can I still use it? Thank you.

 

[pawl]

Summer has arrived 64 F here today.Actually went out in shorts and short sleeve top. .Few others out today Just a gentle bimble

 

[Reynard]

I has questions please. Would semiskimmed milk give me reduced fat cottage cheese? If the milk is already starting to turn can I still use it? Thank you.

No reason you can't try it with semi-skimmed milk to give you low fat cheese. I use full-fat milk, because that's what I buy. Mesdames Poppy and Lexi turn their little noses up at anything that isn't...

And yes, milk that's starting to turn is ideal for cottage cheese. Saves you having to get it to sour in the first place.

 

[biggs682]

Another day of grindstone done

 

[Hebe]

No reason you can't try it with semi-skimmed milk to give you low fat cheese. I use full-fat milk, because that's what I buy. Mesdames Poppy and Lexi turn their little noses up at anything that isn't...

And yes, milk that's starting to turn is ideal for cottage cheese. Saves you having to get it to sour in the first place.

Thank you! This could solve the Too Much Milk and Not Enough Cottage Cheese problems simultaneously 🤓

 

[oldwheels]

You do realise cottage cheese is really easy to make at home? And it tastes much nicer than anything you can buy.

As long as you've got the means to sour full-cream milk (lemon juice or a small splooshette of vinegar), and remember to salt the end result (about 1.5% salt) the job's a good 'un. I always do mine with garlic, parsley and chives. Oh, and sliced radishes on the side.

We call it crowdie but to make it properly like my granny did you need non pasteurised milk. They had several milking cows so no shortage of milk. It varies according to area as well. What they made in Isle of Lewis was totally different from Sutherland. What you sometimes get in shops called crowdie nowadays is a pale tasteless imitation.

 

[postman]

Postman has caught up with his jobs.The last bit of weeding has been done.Day off tomorrow,it's a cafe visit.Not sure what Thursday is bringing but Thurs or Fri I need to go in to Leeds Market and find some painters overalls,the full boiler suit job.Plus a few new tools,filling knife,large roller and rather than a paint tray,I am going to get a paint scuttle which is really an oblong paint bucket,I have been getting tips off YouTube,from an American decorator they are superb...I have been using a hand held roller for years and doing it all wrong.It's best on a pole.

 

[oldwheels]

Pouring with rain and has been for hours. Wasted day and got nothing done apart from inventing a kind of potato cake to get rid of some going a bit soft.
What on earth do they do with root veg nowadays? Potatoes going soft after a couple of weeks and carrots generally are worse. Leeks a couple of days but at the moment I do not seem to have what a wholesaler told me were “ worry onions” as they seem to keep ok hanging in a string bag. Savoy and green or red cabbage seem to be ok but the last mushrooms I bought barely survived the journey home.

 

[Reynard]

Focaccia dough is doing its final proof.

I am sitting down with a and watching the news.

 

[Reynard]

Pouring with rain and has been for hours. Wasted day and got nothing done apart from inventing a kind of potato cake to get rid of some going a bit soft.
What on earth do they do with root veg nowadays? Potatoes going soft after a couple of weeks and carrots generally are worse. Leeks a couple of days but at the moment I do not seem to have what a wholesaler told me were “ worry onions” as they seem to keep ok hanging in a string bag. Savoy and green or red cabbage seem to be ok but the last mushrooms I bought barely survived the journey home.

They've been washed - and that does reduce the keeping time by some margin.

You should try Polish placki kartoflane with sour cream if you've potatoes that want using...

 

[Reynard]

Just fed the cats. Soon it will be time to feed me.

 

[rockyroller]

since Wifey tested positive Sunday my employer asked me to stay home Mon/Tuesday & test today/Tuesday. woke up today Tuesday 5/17 w/ some mild symptoms such as body aches & head ache. my test appears to be negative EXCEPT for a little shadow where the 2nd positive line would be. took a pic w/ my cell & darkened it, so I could see it better. needless to say, I'll be testing again later or tomorrow, before my dental procedure. either way, I won't be in the office tomorrow
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ok test 2 is a different brand. at first glance it looks negative w/ no editing

same test darkened like the first test this morning

dentist says keep your appointment if you feel OK
night job at the big box says come on in
going for PCR in a bout an hour - cpl days from now should be interesting!

 

[rockyroller]

Another day of grindstone done

nice to be needed