Leisureguy

Leisureguy, 3 months ago to food

Latest tempeh batch done. It dressed out at 1420g / 3.25 lbs.

Full story here:

https://leisureguy.ca/2024/02/19/new-tempeh-3/

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#food #recipe #WFPB #vegan #vegetarian #omnivore #health #tempeh

Leisureguy, 8 months ago to food

Called the tempeh done at 80 hours.

The desi chickpea and purple barley batch has now been sectioned and refrigerated. Here's the whole story:

https://leisureguy.ca/2023/09/04/chickpea-purple/

@vegancooking @wfpb
#food #recipe #WFPB #vegan #vegetarian #omnivore #health #tempeh #chickpea #barley

Leisureguy, 11 months ago to food

Just made a sort of combo stir-fry/stew that will serve for multiple meals. This is another of those recipes that I improvise from what I have on hand.

https://leisureguy.wordpress.com/2023/05/27/a-recipe/

#food #recipe #WFPB #vegan #vegetarian #omnivore #health #cooking

Leisureguy, 5 months ago to wetshaving

Trying Cella Bio. Good product, but tub is too small for my taste: makes loading a large brush more difficult.

https://leisureguy.ca/2023/11/30/cella-bio/

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Leisureguy, 6 months ago to random

Back on Planet Java Hive with an iKon razor

After a quick pre-shave prep using Grooming Dept Moisturizing Pre-Shave, I loaded my Antica Barbieria Colla brush with Phoenix Artisan's Planet Java Hive, a CK-6 soap. I very much like the honey+coffee fragrance of Planet Java Hive, and the lather was of course excellent (CK-6). Unfortunately, this fragrance has been discontinued. iKon's excellent stainless-steel open-comb razor is a favorite, both comfortable and efficient.

http://leisureguy.ca/2023/11/02/ava-hive/

Leisureguy, 7 months ago to wetshaving

Extro Arzachena and Henson AL13, with PA Astreus 22mm synthetic brush.

I attached my blog to my Mastodon account, so this post was supposed to go to Mastodon, but it hasn't yet appeared, so...

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Leisureguy, 7 months ago to random

Extro 17 Stormo and El Fantasma “Naranja” Double Slant

My other Antica boar brush, the Barberia Mondial, which I used this morning, seems also to be breaking in as well as the Barbieria Colla I used Saturday. Soon, I must use both brushes in the same shave so I can compare directly. In the meantime, both are much improved. The soap, Extro 17 Stormo, is quite good and thoroughly enjoyable.

http://leisureguy.ca/2023/10/23/extro-naranja/

Leisureguy, 1 year ago to food

I just learned that #hashtags in one's profile don't show up in searches.

So here are some hashtags relevant for me:

#cooking #wfpb #fermentVegetables #tempeh #wetshaving #books #go #movies #jazz #fedi22

Leisureguy, 9 months ago to food

@LifeTimeCooking

As a follow-up to your post on Indian banning the export of all rice except basmati:

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/panic-buyers-load-rice-supplies-075235908.html

It seems clear that we are leaving the "gradually" phase of climate change and entering the "suddenly" stage. Things are happening as foreseen, but now rapidly.

#rice #food #foodWars #climateChan

Leisureguy, 10 months ago to science

@ct_bergstrom

I'm curious about your take on the evolution science in this article. Are the ideas presented well-accepted mainstream?

https://aeon.co/essays/why-did-darwins-20th-century-followers-get-evolution-so-wrong

#evolution #science #education #biology #genetics

Leisureguy, 10 months ago to wetshaving

Tried using a shave oil.

https://leisureguy.wordpress.com/2023/07/13/oil-shave/

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Leisureguy, 9 months ago to wetshaving

An extremely nice shave (and tea) this morning.

https://leisureguy.ca/2023/08/21/italian-prep/

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Leisureguy, 8 months ago to wetshaving

The old standby slant — and a new tea.

https://leisureguy.ca/2023/09/08/sherlock-slant/

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Leisureguy, 9 months ago to random

I'm surprised that cooked grain — intact whole grain — is not more popular. It certainly doesn't require any particular skill, and the grain, once chilled, can be used in many ways: in salads, stir-fries, stews, and on its own.

I know people eat brown rice, black rice, and wild rice (in North America), but wheat berries, whole rye, einkorn, Kamut®, emmer, spelt, barley, .... They're all good, but don't seem to be eaten all that much.

I guess people prefer pulverized grain: bread, pasta, ...

Leisureguy, 3 months ago to random

I'm backing off from Mastodon a bit: too many crumbs, not enough cake. I want to use time formerly spent on Mastodon to read books.

Still will post from time to time, but not so much time spent here.

Leisureguy, 4 months ago to random

First sprout in indoor planter

The purple basil is first out of the gate, but I can see rosemary and garlic chives starting to stir. I added new seeds to green shiso and red shiso, though they may simply take longer to germinate. Germination times: basil 3-10 days; rosemary 14-30 days; chives 14 to 20 days, shiso 7-21 days.

The weird lighting is from the grow lights. To my eye, the light is white, but the camera doesn't see it that way.

#herbs #indoorGarden

Leisureguy, 2 months ago to food

New ferment finished

I gave this one 22 days.

https://leisureguy.ca/2024/02/29/new-ferment-finished-3-weeks-1-day/

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#food #recipe #WFPB #vegan #vegetarian #omnivore #health #ferment #veggieFerment

Leisureguy, 10 months ago to food

Thanks to @LifeTimeCooking for pointing out the benefits of eating sprouted grain and a Canadian source of sprouted grains (and pseudo-grains and beans and lentils).

I blogged the details, and note the warning against doing the sprouting yourself Grains apparently are more risky to sprout than the usual run of seeds.

https://leisureguy.wordpress.com/2023/07/22/sprouted-grains/

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#food #WFPB #vegan #vegetarian #omnivore #health #grain #beans #quinoa

Leisureguy, 6 months ago to random

My cooking plan faded

I had grand ambitions, but what with cleaning and grocery shopping and making a salad for lunch, making 4 chia-pudding breakfasts, and getting in some reading (Naomi Novik's In His Majesty's Service), some projects have been pushed to tomorrow. The salad, however, was excellent. 1/4 small red cabbage, chopped 2 big handfuls chopped kale, massaged 1 large yellow bell pepper, chopped…

http://leisureguy.ca/2023/11/05/plan-faded/

Leisureguy, 5 months ago (edited 5 months ago) to food

Fermented cayenne pepper sauce now complete..

It also has a few red jalapeños. I fermented it for 3 weeks but could have gone longer.

https://leisureguy.ca/2023/12/02/fermented-pepper/

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#food #recipe #WFPB #vegan #vegetarian #omnivore #health #ferment #pepperSauce #hotSauce

Leisureguy, 5 months ago to baking

The Best Holiday Cookie Ever, IMO

I love these cookies. Totally wonderful.

https://leisureguy.ca/2007/12/04/best-holiday-cookie-ever/

#cookies #christmas

Leisureguy, 4 months ago to random

The fatal flaw of Libertarianism

Libertarians seem to me to be trapped in a cage of logic, unable to move beyond that. As Oliver Wndall Holmes, Jr., noted, "The life of the law has not been logic; it has been experience."

Example: Logically, a person who does not distinguish continuous v. discrete in using less and fewer will also fail to make the distinction in using much and many — but experience shows that, most who fail at less/fewer succeed at much/many.

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Leisureguy, 11 months ago to fediverse

@feditips

When I look at some profiles, I see no Follow button at all. Why is that?

#Mastodon

Leisureguy, 8 months ago to wetshaving

I don't see all that much in the way of mergers & acquisitions in the shaving business, but here's one today.

https://leisureguy.ca/2023/09/20/lothur-razor/

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Leisureguy, 6 months ago to random

Yet another great Monday-morning shave, with Yazu/Rose/Patchouli and the spectacularly good Superslant

This Plisson European Gray badger shaving brush was a gift from The Wife, who bought it on the recommendation of the last Master Barber in Paris. He was right, although at the time I was hypnotized by silvertip badger and failed to realize what an excellent brush it is. Over the years, I have come to appreciate it more and more, and this morning I greatly enjoyed the…

http://leisureguy.ca/2023/11/06/great-monday-3/