Category: Home Living

Sausage and Cabbage on the Barbie

It’s Saturday. It’s sausage and cabbage. We always have sausage and cabbage on a Saturday. In colder months we do a braise

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Using Airline Service Trolleys to Organize LEGO Parts

When we mapped out the floor plan for our apartment, we included a closet just off the den for hobby materials and practical stuff. Two rolling carts would sit against a wall: one cart would hold boxes of my LEGO Technics and Mindstorms parts, the other would hold my partner’s Architectural LEGO bricks. I investigated…… Continue reading Using Airline Service Trolleys to Organize LEGO Parts

Beans and Beano

Hot-soaked a large pot of dried beans as it towered above our Beano supply. I’ll freeze most of the beans.

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Issue Resolution

Drippy day. A perfect day to resolve product issues with vendors.

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Tuna Salad Musubi

Mmm Mmm Mmm: tuna salad musubi for lunch. Dwight asked me to go easy on the nori.

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Overthinking Polenta

Over-thought soft polenta, it’s been a slow day. I’ve been making it 1:3, cornmeal to water. Looked up the basic recipe in The Silver Spoon (1:2) and Joy of Cooking (1:4). Ultimately, split the difference and opted for 1:3, as before. I guess you just make it the way you like it.

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