Monday, August 5, 2013

For the Children!

Apple and cinnamon milk risotto


Now that we are eating our main meal at noon, it can be a bit of a free for all later in the day when we're hungry again. The idea is to have something light and sometimes that is fruit or yoghurt, at other times, particularly if the noon meal has been soup, we need something more.  Hanno loves milk rice and rice pudding so I came up with a variation on that theme and yesterday cooked apple and

Doc Martin on Enhancing the Inner Wolf

The actor Martin Clune, who plays Doc Martin, hosted a documentary on dogs a few years back.

Here he is looking at the "inner wolf" inside the Jack Russell Terrier.

 

Who Wants to Play Chicken?

 
"No Trespassing" by Arthur Wardle
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That's the Way to Roll!


Sunday, August 4, 2013

August decluttering challenge


Decluttering is a difficult task for most of us. If you've gone through your life with little money, then it is a real challenge giving away, or selling, items you've saved for. If you've had a lot of money to spend over the years, you'll probably be struggling under the weight of all those shopping trips, and again challenged by the choice of what should go. A reader emailed recently and said

Saturday, August 3, 2013

Great Wall Market


Live Crab



Blackened Chicken

Rabbit


Coconut at far right.



Frozen Cow Penis

Salmon Heads - battered and baked whole as a meal









Live Tilapia
 








Belt Fish

Another Asian grocery in Falls Church, Virginia. This one is called "Great Wall Supermarket" and almost all of its clients are Asian. Lots of strange fish and meat selections, and a pretty good display of fruits and vegetables. Great Wall is smaller than HMart, the store I featured last week.
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Live Big Head Carp