I’m staying in, giving my brain a rest for a few days. Today’s excitement: the final countdown, just under five hours to go, 28-hour tonkotsu (pork bone broth). If I can’t go to Japan, then Japan can come to me
Category: Home Living
Mr. Têdé, Socially Distanced
Stayed home, recuperated, maintained social distance from Mr. Têdé.
Three-Day Bone Broth
Walked home, avoiding puddles, with ingredients from an Asian supermarket. Most Americans would throw out some ingredients, but I’ll use them for three days of slow cooking a chicken bone broth, then carnitas, then a pork bone broth. We are not in a hurry.
International Cuisine
Traveled to Japan via Hawaii with Spam musubi for lunch: sushi rice with rice vinegar, fried Spam with a shoyu/sherry glaze, nori, and sprinkles of furikake. The journey started in Austin, Minnesota, also known as “Spam Town USA,” home of Hormel
International Television
This evening we’ll choose a show to watch from the USA, UK, Canada, Japan, South Korea, or Denmark.
Eggplant Parmigiana
Tonight eggplant Parmigiana. I blast the sliced eggplant in the microwave for 6 minutes at 60% to get it on its way before breading with Japanese panko crumbs then shallow-frying.
New Year in Madrid
Decided 5:00 p.m. was late enough to see in the new year, so “went to Spain” (7 hours ahead of Central time) by streaming Madrid TV. Grape Lady squeezed booze out of one of the plastic grapes; love that cork. Once it was 2021 in Spain, made paella for dinner.
Gimme, Gimme, Gimme
Made the mistake of asking The Google to play upbeat music while I showered. This stuck me with a Cher/Abba earworm: “Gimme, gimme, gimme a man after midnight.” I’m now trying to mitigate it with Donna Summer: “Someone left the cake out in the rain… .”
Simple Gratitude
Looking forward to a day of simple traditions, including our minimal Christmas tree, with gratitude.
Learning in a Time of Covid
In these days of Covid, travel is not an option. Instead, learning new stuff has been fueling our ikigai (getting us out of bed in the morning), and giving us plenty to talk about over dinner. Until one of our dinnertime conversations, I thought grow lights were pretty straightforward. Apparently the cognoscente measure “photosynthetically active…… Continue reading Learning in a Time of Covid