Written by: adekun on 18 August, 2010 3:02 pm - Filed under: garden —
Some herbs and rogue grasses at the start of last month
I’ve hardly watered the garden this year. The summer has been very dry and very hot. It looks set to be long too. This year’s summer vegetables have finished. All that seems to be doing well are the weeds. What herbs that go to seed have done so leaving little worth checking upon except pumpkins. I should have done a lot more. It is remarkable just how quickly things go awry.
Tags: chilli peppers, garden, weather
Written by: adekun on 11 August, 2010 9:51 am - Filed under: recipes —
Nearly gone
Flambéing half the rum seemed to dull the coarseness. Perhaps ice cream is best use of Barcardi.
- 65 g raisins
- 65 ml dark rum
- 4 egg yolks
- 80 g caster sugar
- 200 ml milk
- 200 ml cream
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Tags: recipes
Written by: adekun on 4 August, 2010 8:51 pm - Filed under: blog —
Sweet corn in the freezer
From upon my perch, I espied a good many crows circling the sweet corn. Perhaps unbeknown to them, worms burrowing away have already started to dine. Bustling in on the love triangle, beetles also threaten. I decided to grab the lot. Without shucking the ears, a few dozen were crammed into the freezer within twenty minutes.
I do wonder the best way of storing food; how to deal with those short-term gluts. How this frozen sweet corn will compare to that just picked?
Tags: garden, pests, sweet corn
Written by: adekun on 28 July, 2010 10:48 am - Filed under: garden —
アイコ (aiko) tomatoes
This year by far, has been the best for tomatoes. They were looking good before, since then, quite perfect. Only about six feet away, the father-in-law’s specially fed vines have started to shrivel. One in the corner began to yellow, soon after the rest like dominoes. Hopefully, there is enough space between each other’s and not too much flying back and forth. 
The plan has always been to grow a variety of tomatoes, with the expectation that some will be a bit hit and miss. I think the yellow cherry tomatoes boast the best flavour with the yellow aiko down at the other end. Continue reading
Tags: garden, tomatoes
Written by: adekun on 21 July, 2010 9:57 am - Filed under: blog —
It might not be the case in the larger cities, but here it is impossible to find affordable sunscreen/sunblock. There seems to be only a few other alternatives: imported Hawaiian Tropic (SPF 0) at ￥1600 a bottle, or bottles (SPF 50) the size of a dental floss dispenser, about half the price. Probably need one bottle of the latter for the front and another for the back. Continue reading
Tags: japan, weather, whinge
Written by: adekun on 14 July, 2010 4:06 pm - Filed under: blog —
The children started nursery earlier in the year. As the charges are income based, we had a letter from the city office beforehand. It was a bit of a surprise months later, to get another letter to say the fees have been increased c. 400% and will be applied retrospectively. Continue reading
Tags: politics, whinge
Written by: adekun on 7 July, 2010 12:24 pm - Filed under: garden —
Kabocha sitting on garlic necks
Amongst the sea of grasses a couple of kabocha have plumped up nicely. They look to be somewhere in the expected 500 g to 800 g range. Not sure when will be the best time to harvest them. The skin should be darker anyway.
Tomatoes are good. Following a deluge the larger ones tend to burst before the crowns have had chance to turn red. However, this year, the fruit have ripened fully and been picked before any such calamity. Not so many made the kitchen. 
Tags: garden, kabocha, tomatoes, weather
