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SRDas, 9 days ago to Japan

Mini shrine
#Okunoin #Koyasan #Japan #Mosstodon

SRDas, 11 days ago to food

Among the 'boxes' in my pantry I treasure, is one marked 'Salts: different kinds'

From that here's one

Black salt , kala namak (Hindi), beet noon (beet salt; Bengali). Terrific stuff but in very small doses - smells like rotten eggs, hydrogen sulfide.
Use in lassi, chaat or as I did recently, in Kolkata style rolls 👇🏽
https://mastodon.online/@SRDas/112527801868835844

See: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kala_namak

#Food #ingredients #Salt

SRDas, 14 days ago to Japan

Engyoji
Atop Mt Shosha #Himeji #Hyogo #Japan
#DasInJP
#Travel #TravelPhotography #Photography

SRDas, 14 days ago to Japan

40 s time lapse video [no audio] on the Mt Shosha ropeway in #Himeji #Japan - to get to Engyoji temple

#DasInJP

Time lapse video looking down at Himeji town as the cable car goes up to Mt Shosha

SRDas, 15 days ago to random

Americana

A short metal pole with a spiral top that can hold a drink - with a beer can in a cozy in it, stuck into the grass/lawn next to the driveway. A portion of a folding chair is visible next to the drink holder

SRDas, 16 days ago to food

#Corn Elotes

#Food see AltText for details

SRDas, 16 days ago to cooking

Double okra
Double happy

#Cooking

SRDas, 18 days ago to Pittsburgh

Sorry to learn of the passing of Prof. Alan Waggoner here in #Pittsburgh a couple of days ago.
He was an all round terrific person, besides being a great scientist. He developed the #Fluorescent Cyanine dyes (Cy3 Cy5 and others in the series) that had a significant impact on biological #imaging , in the 1990s

An #obituary is here:
https://www.freyvogelfuneralhome.com/obituary/AlanStuart-Waggoner

Here's a pic I took (in 2018) of the licence plate that used to be in the Molecular Biosensors Imaging Center

#Chemistry #Biology #Science

Picture of Alan Wagonner, with his warm smile (I don't think I've ever seen him not smiling like this or more)

SRDas, 23 days ago to Pittsburgh

Decided to give the kids a bit of a treat and perhaps support the not kids anymore but young band nevertheless - #GretaVanFleet playing at PPG Arena in #Pittsburgh
Up in the nosebleed with kids (partners enjoying quiet time at home). Opening act Mirador is pretty good.

Stage in darkness lit up with blue lights from high above
Indoor stadium setup with a stage in the distance

SRDas, 25 days ago to Oakland

Oh another fixture gone!
Lost phi bar a few years ago (turned into a Chipotle ☹️) at Craig & Forbes in #Oakland #Pittsburgh

Now next door Orient Express is slated to close. (But ps notes a new restaurant will rise in Fall)

Sheet of paper posted on the glass. Text reads: A bittersweet announcement: After 19 years of business, Orient Express will be closing its doors for the last time. We are very proud to have served CMU and the greater Pittsburgh community our best Cantonese recipes since 2005. Our patronage spanned folks of all walks of life and cultural backgrounds, and it was our sincere pleasure to meet you all, learn your favorite flavors, and serve you our staple dishes. While the operations of Orient Express were often grueling, our wonderful customers gave us reason to work tirelessly. The owning family members are all moving onto different chapters. May, the matriarch is (finally!) retiring after 40+ years in the restaurant biz. Shirley is in the process of interviewing for industrial design related positions, but in the meantime, can be found enjoying her funemployment. Stanley, who transitioned from Front-of-House Manager to Head Chef, is taking an overdue staycation after the long hours manning the wok. Following a few weeks of well-deserved rest, he will be searching for new employment opportunities, so please reach out if you think he'd be a good fit. If you need to get in contact with us, please find Stanley at stan@oeonforbes.com We wish everyone the best. Good luck and be kind. Orient Express P.S. Keep an eye out for a new restaurant opening this Fall! P.P.S. Martin, if you see this, we can refund you your remaining gift card balance!! Email us!

SRDas, 26 days ago to food

Had a couple of really nice people over for dinner. Hadn't seen, met them for year+ maybe 2 and they're leaving for new (and most terrific) positions next week. Both former grad students, now finished postdocs and the most wildly accomplished/published kids. Kerala-esque sour fish curry (meen moilee) and Bengali style alu among other things. And they got for us Brazilian laddoos (ok brigadeiros; I ❤️ condensed milk but wow these were sweet, ok I ate 3)

#Food

Kerala style fish curry with coconut milk, yellow from turmeric in a white bowl
Table with a number of dishes and rice and salad
Small round Brazilian laddoos - brigadeiros - small balls in small paper liners, some white with coconut flakes and others chocolate & covered with 100s&1000s (round sprinkles)

SRDas, 27 days ago to random

Blood Orange

(random appreciation post)
#Fruit

Cut half of a blood orange

SRDas, 28 days ago to Pittsburgh

They've changed some of the routes, so I ended up on the wrong bus and got off downtown at not my usual spot and had to walk a bit to get to the train station. So here you too can enjoy some nice downtown (or dahntahn as they say in) #Pittsburgh buildings in this lovely blue sky weather

Old Church with two towers and tall skyscraper and blue sky with high white wispy clouds
Old Church with tower and spire with tall skyscraper in 3 buildings behind and blue sky with high white wispy clouds

SRDas, 30 days ago to food

Light lunch - "tiffin" perhaps
Uppuma and sambar

South #Indian #Food

SRDas, 1 month ago to baking

It is risen!
And after the 2nd rise this morning, ah - soft as a baby's bum

Partner gets busy with dough this Saturday morn...
[developing thread 1/n]

#Baking #Cooking