The peas have finally started to ripen and we have had our first harvest. It wasn’t really enough for a portion each, but due to horticultural incompetence our sights are set low and any edible output is considered a triumph!
Category: Food
What Flaubert said
“The whole dream of democracy is to raise the proletariat to the level of stupidity attained by the bourgeoisie.” ― Gustave Flaubert
What Chekhov said
Нет того урода, который не нашел бы себе пары, и нет той чепухи, которая не нашла бы себе подходящего читателя. There is no such freak that would not find his match and there is no such rot that would not find itself a matching reader.
Anti-Spice
Nowadays, everything is very spicy. It is practically obligatory to like everything chilli, cajun, everything hot, VERY HOT etc. On some days, the menu in our daughter’s school canteen looks something like this: chilli con carne pepperoni pizza spicy lentil veggi chilli I was once served a fish soup containing, by my modest evaluation, the entire content of the pepper mill. Makes one think about those Olden Days when spices were allegedly used to hide the taste of food that