Sunday, May 22, 2011

It seems that the spring is really getting here, finally... although according to some locals we have another week of pre-spring, when anything can happen, and I also predicted two more snowfalls. The river has risen, the Greenbelt is closed and my grass is still in semi-dormant state... so I attempted to revive it by another batch of seeds, some spoil in the low spots and such... we'll see. That was about all the gardening I've done this weekend. My compost bin content looked so unchanged the whole time I decided to dig in and check it out, which was relatively easy when using some tarp on the ground. I was surprised to find some, perhaps half of the material, decomposing... So mixing it hopefully helped and in the fall I might work some of it into my yard :)
But it also means I might need to make one more bin for this year's clippings...
It was after a while a nice evening, warmish even after dark, Chompy got three walks in her little legs today and is sleeping very soundly already... poor little bugger. I bought a pair of running shoes and so I am planning on taking her to the park solo, perhaps on some mornings.
And in two days the tulips made their minds and decided that they would bloom. It was about time.
No food pictures this time, the bread rolls and cake I made yesterday got eaten, so did the burgers and stuffed mushrooms and it was good... good that it got eaten :)

Saturday, March 19, 2011

still there :)

 Poppy seeds from last year seemed to survive the storage relatively tasty, my grinding technique seemed to work as well just about right, so why not to use more of them and re-visit crazy jewess' recipe? BTW, the dough is easy and with food processor even easier... and seems that it would work with tiny little modification on more than just Kugelhopf... I'll try to make it into different shape next time. Sorry I didn't capture the progress...:)


Sunday, February 27, 2011

It's hard to say whether it is just my cravings for sweets, my attempt to re-create a bit of Czech home feeling or desire to show off... but I do love to make this danish with a Czech twist.



 
Half prune filling based on Julia Child, half poppy seed filling from crazy Jewess. Hard to beat.
I have had plenty to say when I started, for example that I use baking to show my appreciation and love. But my brain went to off mode today, so that's all I have to say for now.