Surprising both myself and the naughty pitchfork-wielding Sara that was perking up on my left shoulder, I pushed the trolley right on past. Nothing to see here. Once home I biffed dinner in the oven then involved myself in some real stress relief - pushups and pullups. The upper body workout. My favourite thing!! With two exclamation marks, I am almost convinced. Halo Sara wins. For today.
After all that drama, I finally got around to creating a new form of life in the kitch.
This is sauerkraut happening. I used this technique, realising after two minutes that I'd clearly performed the krauting and the workout in the wrong order. Jelly arms there.
It's quite amazing. I thought my jar would be far too small but as the water leached out, the cabbage diminished in volume. There are four cups of cabbage in this 400ml jar:
I shall now impatiently await the results.
While trying to accelerate the process by speed chopping the cabbage before washing it, I accidentally committed murder. I hacked a poor slug into five bits! Ew. It was completely traumatising. I console myself with the thought that it was a very quick end. I don't know why I feel so bad. I can eat an animal that someone else dispatches, but when it comes to bugs in the produce, I go to any lengths to save them and set them free.
I suffered the guilts over Mr Slimy, but had relatively few issues with roasting up Mr Clucky for dinner. Is anyone else illogical in this way?
Dinner:
Chicken salad with roast kumara, asparagus and sauteed onions and mushrooms.
F3 Challengers: the end of week three is racing up! It's time to fire up the determination and really make things happen. Shall we all resolve to reach a new level (of effort, compliance, training intensity) in week four?
Absolutely with you on the bug killing. I mean, OK, I eat dead animals, but I'm not a MURDERER. Geez.
ReplyDeleteHa, that's hilarious about your slug-slaying-guilts!
ReplyDeleteYay for kraut! I love the stuff - it's annoying how SO much only creates a tiny amount though (I'm greedy!)
Hmm, I haven't had kraut in years. Do you have a good recipe? Poor old slug, he lived a risky life.
ReplyDeleteI used this recipe (there is a link, but for some reason they are not showing in blue as they should):
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Nothing complicated. You can add things to it I think, but as my first try, I'm keeping it simple.
OMG that poor slug.. but I also feel like throwing up! I can't stand slugs in me food! If I found half a slug in me salad I would be tipping the rest into the compost bin!
ReplyDeleteCannot, will not... eat slugs.
Are you sure you found all of him?????? ha ha ha
I think so! I was a bit paranoid about it and washed the rest of the cabbage several times anyway!
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