The cosy vegetarian cafe in Kirkcaldy (Anderson's) has been made-over as a grill house (by the same owners). Paint me heartbroken.
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Week in review: 31st Jan - 6th Feb
- Seedlings sprouting! Tomatoes, squash, cucumber, gherkin, onions. It all begins again..
- Made berry muffins for Greener Kirkcaldy Community Kitchen.
- Reminded myself how the BODS translation workflow works.
- Attended a meeting of the Vipassana Trust Accessibility Committee.
- Found and fixed underfloor problems, and replaced some floorboards in my bedroom. Got the hammock up on the walls! Now I can see the sea from it, which means I never need to get up again. Laid new laminate in my bedroom.
- Dismantled my espresso machine. Cleaned out limescale and gunk. Discovered it never has had a shower screen. Have not yet reassembled it.
- Dave came back, brought Sri Lankan tea, made curry, left again.
- Tinkered a bit with sloph.
- Kirkcaldy Friday markets are back on!!
- Watched all of Reacher.
- Max is back! Walkies.
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The Kirkcaldy Artisan Friday market is back! To celebrate, in exchange for goods, I gave money to Mix Fruit, Hughes Bakery, Grain and Sustain, (Not) Just Herbal Tea, The Happy Go Lucky Dog Company, Ecobean, and The Tiffin. I do love to keep the Kirkcaldy economy moving.
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Weeks in review: 1st - 26th December
- Saw J, F, and E in Fife, finally!
- Enjoyed increasingly festive Kirkcaldy markets.
- Watched Loki, Hawkeye, Wheel of Time, ...
- Read the new Expanse book.
- Lots of Community Kitchen and other baking.
- Crocheted some things.
- Some astonishing sunrises and sunsets and many lovely walkies.
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In case folk wanted a change from mince pies, I made mince pie muffins for the Greener Kirkcaldy Community Meals..
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The great thing about procrastibaking is that at the end of the day when you realise you haven't got any work done, you can console yourself with cake.
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The chocolate cake is my interpretation of Sachertorte because I knew we had some apricot jam lying around in the community kitchen from last week.
And then I get to tell everyone about the time I single-handedly made sachertorte for about 170 people in the mountains outside Vienna a few years ago.
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I accidentally made seitan the other day. I was trying to make a not-omelette (aka nomelette) and was mixing the equal parts flour and water with all the seasonings and stuff but it was going springy instead of batter-y?! I'd grabbed wheat gluten instead of gram flour. Fortunately it was a totally valid seitan mix so I stuck it in the fridge and started again. Now I'm frying it for a stirfry and it's super. Good job, past me.
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Donation to Himalaya Cafe
100gbp (€116.21 / $137.94 / £100)
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Little caterpillars in my kale, your clever camouflage somewhat backfires when you're hiding from someone who only tries to find you in order to not eat you.
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My latest mushroom pins have all aborted, my sourdough starter went mouldy in the fridge, and I rescued my inside tomato from a giant slug this morning.
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Made a dish with multiple kinds of mushrooms in tonight, so if me and Dave get sick later we won't know if it's the ones I grew myself in my kitchen, or the ones I picked from the woods earlier. Exciting!
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Week in review: 10th - 16th May
- One bag of mushrooms yielded one clump. The other bag tried and failed :(
- Too much bok choy sprouted, trying to spread it around. Repotted a ton of basil that grew from seeds. Salvaged the stray tomato that sprouted at the base of the avocado plant and potted it up.
- Most of the replacement cucumbers I bought from B&Q look like they aren't going to survive, for unknown reasons.
- Apple cake, rhubarb crumble, and other things.
- Made many omelettes in the Lang Spoon kitchen. Been about 6 years since I cracked an egg..
- Started making decisions about bathrooms, changing my mind, acquired some stuff.
- TAG not-face-to-face from early mornings to late evenings, with Co-op in between. Somehow.
- Recovered with a fantastic weekend of gallivanting. Went around the coast to Elie and Pittenweem, bought a wetsuit, swam in the sea pool, visited interesting little shops; rescued an excellent bath from the dump and rehomed it in K's garden; then 'helped' with clearing ivy of her shed roof.
- The kayak finally came! I can't lift it myself.
- Finally watched the 1984 Dune movie (over two nights). I quite enjoyed it, though I can see how to people who haven't read the books it is probably completely incoherent.
- I'm still slogging through Mentats of Dune.
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Week in review: 3rd - 9th May
- Second flush of mushrooms has begun, hesitantly.
- Sudden strong wind/rain/hail decimated my plants. We'll see who survives. Chard and bok choy sprouted though.
- Bathroom renovation related panicking. Took a day off work to go tour Glenrothes on the bus to visit bathroom related hardware shops (and pick up some Freegle things). Did a bathroom 3D design at B&Q. Made a spreadsheet.
- Dave took down his fitted cupboards. Not too major disaster underneath. A few holes to patch.
- Some work on Standards Lab again.
- Started at the Lang Spoon Community Kitchen. Made chapati over the open flame on the stove. Super fun.
- Finally rehomed my old sofas. Hopefully they are put to good use.
- Helped to make raspberry plant supports from scavenged fence posts.
- Tried a different sourdough recipe, to make a more sour one. It did not go well. It was too sticky to handle, I overcooked it slightly and had to spend half an hour getting it out of the trays. It tastes okay but is dense and chewy.
- Editorial DID spec stuff.
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Homegrown mushrooms on homemade sourdough, with homegrown lettuce leaves and home-sprouted chickpeas. The ultimate lockdown breakfast?
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Week in review: 19th - 25th April
- Made sourdough again, and sourdough rye, and lemon cakes; falafel and flatbread; pizza; and other tasty things.
- Stayed really warm most of the week. Coffee on the beach in the morning is still as magical as the first time.
- Moved my indoor salad planter to outside, and replanted the carrots in the big tire planter. Promptly lost all four remaining outdoor lettuces to wind and sunburn, alas. Planted bok choy seeds there instead. The radishes look battered, but are growing new leaves and might make it (apart from one). Also planted chard seeds in big pots.
- Got a bunch more planters and pots from Freegle to expand the footpath-garden. Made my inside windowsill garden more civilised, and some chilli and basil have sprouted! Various plant photos.
- Walked through the woods on the way to Glenrothes, up to an ancient bridge. Picked up lots of rubbish on the way.
- Had an exciting trip to B&Q for yet more compost.
- Mushrooms grew dramatically and started dropping spores. So beautiful. Harvested and ate them! Amazing.
- Also crocheted a mushroom.
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