Stories Tagged “Food”

Hello my dear readers, Some time ago we have discovered the blueberries and we have seen how they are cultivated, stored, how are used in the kitchen, their nutritional values and properties. https://popsiclesociety.com/2020/04/14/discovering-our-food-blueberries-1/ https://popsiclesociety.com/2020/04/16/discovering-our-food-blueberries-2/ The blueberry is a small shrub with a height between 20 and 60 cm. The leaves are oval and light green in color and have a very slow growth. The flowers are white and have a typical inverted jar shape like all Ericaceae. Flowering occurs in May, while fruiting takes place in July - August. The fruits are small bluish berries. This small berry is a…

What's Cooking in Gail's Kitchen? Table Food: Vegetable Enriched Pasta Meatballs! For a clever way to increase vegetables into your diet, think pasta. The next trip you make to the grocery store could reveal the variety of homemade pasta noodles made with puréed tomatoes, carrots, spinach, and zucchini. Many are cholesterol-free and all-natural, if that sort of thing is important to you. Read the labels carefully. The last thing you want is food coloring instead of the real deal. Chop up fresh onions, green peppers, and garlic, as you normally would. By the time you add marinara sauce and meatballs,…

In the lovely area of Hardanger we had a room booked for the night at the small industrial village of Tyssedal. From the 19th century, Tyssedal has been a tourist destination, also know outside of Norway. European nobility traveled to Tyssedal from early 1800, and even Keizer Wilhelm visited several times. In Tyssedal you can see how  hydro power created the basis for industrial development, growth and welfare at the beginning of the 20th century.  The company “Aktieselskabet Tyssefaldene ” created the basis for prosperity in the region. The company was founded on 20 April 1906 by the Eyde Group,…

A raku firing happened this week and went very well! Keep an eye out for pictures! Harvested all the tomatoes, peppers and cucumbers and received the Food Inspector's approval. Which turned out to be a great decision when the first frost came! New jewelry was added, including this Tree of Life Pendant A frog among the beans, thinking about the seasons changing. That's been the week here. How's your week been?

Until the last oil boom, fresh fish of any kind was a rarity here in the grocery stores. The influx of oil workers from Gulf Coast states changed that, and now we have a pretty reliable supply of fish and shellfish.  Fresh lobsters are still a rarity, and when one of the local grocery stores advertised fresh lobsters, $9.99 each, Husband and I decided to try to get a couple. The sale was on for a Saturday starting at 10:00. Customers were limited to four lobsters each.  We arrived at 9:45 to find the line stretching from the back of…

Fungi Fantasia ~ funky fungi glow nature's unsung recyclers harbingers of life ~                                 Fungi are endlessly fascinating to me. I love the variety of colors, shapes, textures, and habitats they occupy (from the desert to the deep sea.) Did you know they have their own kingdom, separate from plants or animals? Scientists estimate there are 2-4 million species even though only 120,000 have been identified. Their principal function is to break down organic matter and recycle nutrients for plants, trees, insects, and ecosystems. Scientists…

Once upon a time (okay, it was just a few days ago), a comment appeared on one of my posts. I’m always pleased by comments, relishing both the input and the opportunity to provide meaningful output. But in this case, things went a bit deep… The commenter shared this, quoting a line in my post concerning America’s current reputation: “We’re now just a terrible sitcom that should have been cancelled years ago.” You are more correct than you think. I am an outsider. For the past few months, I’ve been following news from your country to cheer myself up…when I…

For our prompt of "Snack" today, I had only a few precious minutes to come up with something to sketch and indeed actually sketch it, so I just sketched the first idea that popped into my head. A little squirrel, and then what he might like to snack on, which was followed with the idea of strawberries. Indeed, as summer begins to turn to autumn it's really me that's already missing those fresh strawberries. Though a squirrel would adore them as well as they pretty much eat or at least taste any fruit or nut in existence, much to the…

I just realized that we never called this The Villa Restaurant. We have always called it Thai Villa Restaurant. I am not sure whether it used to be called Thai Villa but it’s highly possible being that this is one of the longest running restaurants in Riyadh. It practically only serves Thai Food but they had to include Pinoy (slang for Filipino) at the signage because most of their customers are Filipinos given that Thai population in the Kingdom is quite small due to the embittered diplomatic relations triggered by the 1989 theft of gems by a Thai employee. My…

The Acai Berry is a Superfood. Acai is actually said "Ah-sigh-ee". The Acai Berry is sourced from the Euterpe Oleracea. Acai Berries grow on plan trees. The Acai plant is native to South America, and the jungles of the Amazon Rainforest. Indigenous Amazonian trigged contribute majority of their good health to Acai, with over 25% making up their daily food total. The name Acai, is thought to come from the Legend of laca, Acai spelt backwards. The Acai berry has many actives including Reservatrol. They are rich in Vitamin A, B1, B2, B3, B6, C, E and Vitamin K. It…