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Deciduous Ponderings: Respect our Elders

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Tuesday, 17 June 2008. There was a fresh creaminess to the scent, which surprised me. I didn't notice it when I smelled an individual flower, but after bringing home a bag it was not long before the scent fragrented the kitchen. I had brought home a bag of elderflowers to make some elderflower cordial. My waste not want not strategy disappeared in a puff of smoke, as I trimmed off much of the stem.). Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Food for Life: Kevin Thornton's Weblog. Pig's Head in Poitin.

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Deciduous Ponderings: May 2008

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Tuesday, 27 May 2008. Get new keys, Politics of Security and lack of intention. Can you trust your keys. In case you missed the whole OpenSSL shabackle with Debian, have a read of this. It describes how some developers made a change to the OpenSSL package in Debian. This change reduced the randomness of generated keys, which wouldn't be a good thing. Here are some links where an OpenSSL developer initates the blame. Monday, 26 May 2008. Has an interesting article on why he works at Google. Well done to t...

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Deciduous Ponderings: Sweet tomato music

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Wednesday, 9 July 2008. The succulent sweetness of tomatoes invigorated with a warm chilli sensation makes Penne All'Arrabbiata. A deliciously divine dish. I initially read the recipe in the Silver Spoon, albeit a friend's copy of it and I didn't have the wherewithall to write it down. I was surprised by how simple it seemed. Fortunately, the Italian Foodies were the saviour. For my taste buds. A reminder for the MBNA Shannon International Music Festival, a brochure can be downloaded here.

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Deciduous Ponderings: Buongiorno Bella!

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Monday, 9 June 2008. A lovely break away, which involved two lovely people getting married, with lots of other lovely people attending. The location was Formia. In Italy, a coastal town in between Rome and Naples. Fortunately, there were no rubbish strikes :-). The weather was lovely and the food was delicious. Some people informed us that they had English soup. Which disappointed me as I think I would have loved it. We were in one restaurant, Ristorante Da Veneziano. We went to Pompeii.

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Deciduous Ponderings: blaming exercise and food

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Friday, 13 June 2008. Blaming exercise and food. Have started already, sigh! I made a nice simple lil salad the other night. Brocolli, feta cheers, tomatoes and a balasamic vinegar dressing. It is from the first Avoca. Cook book. It should include roasted hazelnuts but I didn't have any to use. Apparently, I should be eating more fish, so I am going to try some Mackerel with some Citrus dressing. Next, although the Italian Foodie's branzino e patate al forno. Recipe looked really good and simple also.

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Deciduous Ponderings: March 2008

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Friday, 21 March 2008. I just heard about a very interesting Polish tradition. Monday or Dyngus Day. Do traditions migrate as people migrate? Thursday, 20 March 2008. I was just glancing through some "popular" Irish blogs; I have the word popular in quotes because I don't what value of popular they are. They seem so self-indulgent and so self-important, my blog probably suffers similar ostentatiousness, which leads me to wonder about the quality of blogging and our rationale for doing it. Who found that ...

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Deciduous Ponderings: Stony Gold Soil and well done MGB

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Tuesday, 1 July 2008. Stony Gold Soil and well done MGB. I always knew people from Monaghan had hearts of gold, but now it seems they have fields. I am going to have to manage my time better. Unfortunately, I didn't have a chance to cook anything recently. And especially when I look at various. And their delicious looking photos, makes me so jealous ;-). Well done to Mr MGB. For handing in his thesis. Great stuff! Great minds think alike! And they are 'backpacking' around in hotels Down Under!

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Deciduous Ponderings: elderflowery goodness, sherbert, and music

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Friday, 20 June 2008. Elderflowery goodness, sherbert, and music. We completed the making of our Elderflower Cordial. Last night. There was very little to do, just strain the infusion mixture and then bottle it. I wanted to lick the bowls clean with the flavour of the thick sweet syrup, hmm delicious. It's a lemony taste enhanced with the flavour and smell of the elderflower. I must try making some Ice Lollies with it, or as there are lots of Elderflower sorbet recipes. All sounds so yummy and lovely!

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Deciduous Ponderings: July 2008

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Friday, 11 July 2008. I have never seen a piano been hit so hard by a pianist, but it did create some great music. I attended the UCH. Last night for one of the Shannon International Music concerts, Joanna MacGregor and the Irish Chamber Orchestra. It was a really enjoyable concert with a varied mix of music that caressed and invigorated the senses. I admit I know very little about music, and even less about classical music. Yet I could see the intensity and passion that Miss MacGregor. For my taste buds.