They are here at last!
Little baby has cut her top two front teeth, as one of our chairs found out!
She'll be able to bite things properlly now!
Jean, The Family | sarah | 
Tue 23rd May 2006 12:06 am | 
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Yesturday me and Al put in hooks to hang Jeans alpherabet fairy lights along the main bean in her room! They look so cool especially as we fitted the whole alphabet on one side!
We also put up the irredescent, purple, butterfly bead curtain in her window - this was the curtain we had at the top of the stairs in the Essex flat - of course we had to trim the bottom but it looks really cool. We also put up her Trum (erm something like that German for dream or something?) Spiral which is rainbow coloured and twists round - she loves it. Whilst we were at it we also put up the plastic irredescant spirals that Clair (The one with funky nails) got me last year for my birthday - they too are in Jeans window along with the Taz that Mark, Simon and Fraser (the Physicists) won me at a Summer Ball at IC 🙂
Oh and last but not least we put up on of those tuby net things - like lots of compartments that hand down from the ceiling - into which we have been stuffing her cuddlies!
Her room is almost there now - we are quite proud of ourselves 🙂
Domestic, Jean, The Family | sarah | 12:00 am | Comments (0)
Once upon a time, I worked for Internet Vision. I started as a programmer, then towards the end of my time there, I was their chief technical architect also looked after the internal library (which I found incredibly satisfying). The technical architect thing meant I was involved in nearly every project, working on the design of the software and troubleshooting problems that the developers hit as they coded.
Alaric, Work | alaric | Mon 22nd May 2006 8:17 am | Comments (1)
Ingredients:
Dressing - Balsamic vingar and Hazelnut oil to taste
Make sure that the ransom (wild garlic) makes up just over two thirds of the salad greens, mint one sixth and the rest a mix of the remaining leaves. Radishs are a lovely addition though are not a wild leaf!
When picking the spinache make sure that you only pick the new/young leaves, same with the dandilions.
Once the leaves are picked wash them then tear them wroughly and place in a bowl together, chives can be cut up as can the radishs.
Add pine nuts and dressing then toss salad to get even coverage and serve.
We have served this up to people and they love it though no one has yet guessed whats in it even with hints!!!
The ransoms due give it a garlick flavour so if you dont like garlic this isnt the salad for you though it is a subtle flavour and not over powering, the mint makes a fresh contrast and the hawthorn a nutty one. This salad will also be full of nutrients.
Recipies | sarah | Sat 20th May 2006 11:15 am | Comments (1)
Well we are pretty much burried under dandilions here the fields that surround us are just covered in the things so I thought why dont we do something useful with this little lot! So out came the herb books, the food for free books and the wine making books!
Since then (which was about a month ago) I have been drying the petals for wine, I have quiet alot now but it still wont make much wine. My plan is to steadily pick and dry them all throught the summer as I still get in so much pain when standing or picking etc... this way it doesnt matter if I cant pick enough to start the wine off strat away. Having said that I still hope to make a batch from fresh dandilion flowers so that we can compare the two wines when they are ready!
I had a few demijohns already thanks to dad! and then Babara has lent us the stuff that Ron (Al's step granddad) used to have for wine making - thisw basically includes everything we were missing including a big bucket that is graduated (has measurements on) with lid, and a corking machin!
I am very excited and cant wait to get going with this properly!
The leaves have made their way into many a salad we've been eating and now I am drying the roots to make a coffee substitute. I will also be drying the leaves as a herb in its own right and making tea from the leaves and roots - dried again. The main reason for the tea is that it is a dieretic that helps and is prescribed for people with gout and as poor mum has gout - not nice not pleasant and very painful - I thought it might help her!
So the dandilion problem is still a problem cos they are everywhere including blocking the doors to the little garage but I will be making much use of them:
Wine Herb Salard Root vegtable Tea Coffee
Pretty good for one plant that is seen as a weed!
Wines and Preserves | sarah | 10:56 am | Comments (7)
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