CoTT 2 House of Cards

[Headstall]

2 hours ago, clochette said:

Omg it's so cooold! 🥶 we had a bit of snow last night, about 2cm. The temperatures are freezing! -2°c this morning and it'll be -1 this afternoon and the forecast is for -6 tomorrow morning and -3 tomorrow afternoon. A polar front coming from Scandinavia Some places could go down to -15°c . The lock of the letterbox was frozen

Hey, Tink!   -12 here at the moment, and much colder last night. Going to be even colder over the next week.  

[Headstall]

28 minutes ago, Albert1434 said:

Aloha All

Aloha, Albert!    

[Headstall]

3 hours ago, Marty said:

Don't you mean my courgette and plums?  

Lol. Let's just call it your vegetable patch.   G'day, bro.  

[Albert1434]

It's 27F/-2.7c

[Albert1434]

Aloha Gary

[Headstall]

Happy Monday, all!  

[Albert1434]

3 minutes ago, Headstall said:

Happy Monday, all!  

You need a ride Gary

[clochette]

9 minutes ago, Headstall said:

Happy Monday, all!  

Hey my Sexy Lumberjack

Ooops I forgot to put his belt on

[clochette]

I'm torn. I'm bored so I'm thinking of going to do the little shopping that's on the list but on the other hand it can wait a day or two and I dont want my ass cheeks to end up like popsicle

[Timothy M.]

3 hours ago, Marty said:

(If this weather is coming from Scandinavia, I hope @Timothy M. is keeping well wrapped up...

It's bloody freezing here, and we had snow today. Not too bad in Copenhagen, but some parts of the country got 10-30 cm, and more is coming. Brrrr - luckily I could work from home today.

 

[Albert1434]

Aloha Tim

[clochette]

I decide to go shopping if just to get a bit of air. Though I'm only going to the local small shop by foot as my car door is frozen close. The air is fresh and crisp but it feels good to be out

Edited February 8, 2021 by clochette

[clochette]

I did good buying news winter/snow shoes a few weeks ago at Decathlon. They're a mix between hiking boots and snow boots. Good sole with a gripping design to not slip, fur inside and they're ankles high and very flexible. And very important they are warm!

Edited February 8, 2021 by clochette

[Bucket1]

1 hour ago, clochette said:

Ahah don't tempt me

We just sold all of my grandfather's home brew beer equipment, if I had known I would have sent it to you Clo 

[Bucket1]

1 hour ago, Albert1434 said:

I thought Clo might enjoy this!

How to Brew Your Mead Like a Viking - 3 Bold Recipe Variants – Advanced Mixology

Nice read

[clochette]

Just now, Bucket1 said:

We just sold all of my grandfather's home brew beer equipment, if I had known I would have sent it to you Clo 

I love those homemade thing. You'd thing beer and wine would be like a complex science but you can actually do it yourself that's so cool. 

When we emptied my grandparents house there was an old cider press my great grandpa used. It wouldn't have been good to use anymore but a cider museum/association one of my uncle knows was interested to restored and exposed but my "dear aunt" took it to turn into an outdoor flower pot  by now it's probably rotten in an abandoned corner of her garden

[Bucket1]

1 minute ago, clochette said:

When we emptied my grandparents house there was an old cider press my great grandpa used.

My grandmother had a wooden trouser press that I ended up with. It got used for craft projects and creating a herbarium. It worked really well.

[Bucket1]

@clochette, you might like to read Young's Demonstrative Translation of Scientific Secrets. It is full of little snippets of how to make a huge range of stuff from inks to Extending honey to gunpowder to Beer and wine to solder to Lead paint (not advised) to pickling asparagus. It’s a great read full of weird and wonderful recipes.

http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/5763

Published in Toronto in 1861

[clochette]

1 minute ago, Bucket1 said:

@clochette, you might like to read Young's Demonstrative Translation of Scientific Secrets. It is full of little snippets of how to make a huge range of stuff from inks to Extending honey to gunpowder to Beer and wine to solder to Lead paint (not advised) to pickling asparagus. It’s a great read full of weird and wonderful recipes.

http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/5763

Published in Toronto in 1861

That looks very interesting thank you B

[Albert1434]

Pickle asparagus I put them in my bloody Mary's I make my own

Edited February 8, 2021 by Albert1434

[Bucket1]

2 minutes ago, Albert1434 said:

Pickle asparagus I put them in my bloody Mary's I make my own

298. ASPARAGUS PICKLED

Cut and wash the heads of the largest asparagus; place them in cold water for two hours; scald carefully in salt and water, then lay on a cloth until cool; make a pickle of salt and vinegar and boil it; to one gallon of pickles put a quarter of an ounce of mace, two nutmegs, a quarter of an ounce of whole pepper, and pour your pickle hot over them, cover tight with a cloth, and let stand a week, then boil the pickle, and let stand a week again, and boil again, when cold, cover closely.

[Albert1434]

Pickled Asparagus 2 *****

5 cups white vinegar (5% acidity)
1 qt. water
2/3 cup sugar
1/2 cup Ball Salt for Pickling & preserving
4 tsp. dried crushed red pepper
2 tsp. pickling spice
7 lb. fresh asparagus
12 dill sprigs
6 garlic cloves, crushed
Ball Pickle Crisp (optional)
 

Bring first 6 ingredients to a boil in a 3-qt. stainless steel or enameled saucepan over medium-high heat, stirring until sugar and salt dissolve.
Rinse asparagus. Cut spears into 5-inch lengths to fit jars, discarding tough ends. Place 2 dill sprigs and 1 garlic clove into a hot jar. Tightly pack asparagus, cut ends down, in jar, leaving 1/2-inch headspace. Add 1/8 tsp. pickle crisp to jar, if desired. Ladle hot pickling liquid over asparagus, leaving 1/2-inch headspace. Remove air bubbles. Wipe jar rim. Center lid on jar. Apply band and adjust to fingertip-tight. Place jar in boiling-water canner. Repeat until all jars are filled.
Process jars 10 minutes, adjusting for altitude. Turn off heat; remove lid, and let jars stand 5 minutes. Remove jars and cool
 

[Albert1434]

Snow-Obsessed Dog Finds An Awesome Snow Cave And Moves Right In

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James Dean

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James Dean in Giant 1956