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snarkysteff

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Words for hire. Canadian, so… funny-ish? West Coast. Foodie. Oxford commas are a hill I’ll die on. Traveller. Anti-Nazi, pro-science.

In 2015, I sold everything to travel the world for over 4 years. I stopped 3 months before the pandemic. 25 countries in the Before Times? Worth it.

I share photography, tasty things, & cooking tips. I'm also political, left-leaning. Victoria, Canada.

And I swear. A lot.

#politics #yyj #travel #food #cooking #writing #writer #photography #canadian

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From my walk tonight.

Somewhere, there’s an HOA that thinks this house would look better with a grass-covered yard. (Idiots.)

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@ComicContext and it’s not even mid-April. I can’t wait to see what it’s like in June.

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@gneilyo my neighbourhood is probably “the garden capital of Canada,” because it’s all next level yards and 6 months of constant new blooms.

Lotsa 1900s era homes and such. I’m lucky to live here.

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@Giliell hah. Yeah. Well, I’m Canadian and it baffles me!

snarkysteff, to food
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Soup and sandwich.

Bacon-avocado-tomato on a ciabatta* bun, and some asparagus soup.

*Homemade, gluten-free.

snarkysteff,
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@drwhitt it is the Loopy Whisk (blog) ciabatta bun recipe. They have some pretty snazzy gluten-free recipes. :)

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@drwhitt I think it’s their flour tortilla I also make. People rave about their Challah loaf as well.

snarkysteff,
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@drwhitt good luck. :)

Facebook has some great gluten-free baking groups where I’m learning a lot, FYI.

snarkysteff, to food
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I don’t have any room in my freezer, so I reduced all my turkey stock down to a thick jus.

Now I have to add 425 ml of water to each of these “stock cubes” to rehydrate it.

Space saver! Into the freezer it goes. I’ll pop it into a little container after.

snarkysteff,
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@jonobie I dunno, about an hour or so? But I have a “quick boil” burner so I kept that maxed out.

snarkysteff, to photography
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Stumbled on an engagement/wedding shoot last night. What you can’t see here is how freakin’ cold it was. She must have been dying in that dress.

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Listening to a song I haven't in a long time - turned it up loud when it came on in my home shuffle mix:
Axel F


Here's a version
https://youtu.be/L2cstHtZ4gQ?

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@SRDas how old are they now?

snarkysteff, to random
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(No, I don’t think we are all going to die in the eclipse. So dumb. There will be an 18% eclipse where I live. It’ll get dimmer. Yay. Whatever.)

snarkysteff,
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@michaelrussell I renewed my passport in Vancouver and was running errands during that. I did get a look but I didn’t have proper glasses. It was pretty cool tho.

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Only two more sleeps until we all die in eclipse hellfire. So sad.

Sigh.

Nice sunset though.

(Victoria B.C. Canada)

snarkysteff, to random
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I guess this is the song of the weekend, then.

https://youtu.be/lcOxhH8N3Bo

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This post got a lot of buzz yesterday.

If you are new to gardening & have a small space, I highly recommend “grow bags” — they come in a variety of sizes. I use 5-gallon bags for herbs like oregano, thyme, etc, because they can grow abundantly.

For tomatoes, I use 10-gallon bags.

The herb and the bag are about $6, plus soil. My herbs have been performing well since 2021, so that’s a pretty great investment.

Get good quality soil, it helps!

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@TheJen oh, that's neat to know -- cool. :)

snarkysteff,
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@KatM @thepoliticalcat oooh, neat idea. do you have a pic of that?

snarkysteff,
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@Catawu I have never grown my own potatoes. How many pounds could I get out of a 10-gallon bah?

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@KatM @thepoliticalcat What a cool idea though! Neato. THanks.

snarkysteff, to random
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April 5th and I already had to harvest 6” of oregano last night. Gave it to a foodie neighbour. I expect to do 5-6 harvests by November.

I still have a jar of dried oregano I’m using from last year.

It was 5 harvests last year, but it is the healthiest it has been since I planted it in 2021. I think my new habit of misting it each evening is going well. Water in the morning, a light mist at night.

Not bad for a plant I paid $4 for in 2021.

Buying established herbs usually goes well.

From above, my grow bag of oregano shows a dense new growth coming in, and a quarter of it is still big and floofy

snarkysteff,
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@bici but I also cut it down to the ground in the winter so it comes back fresh in the spring on its own accord.

snarkysteff,
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@bici yeah — 5 gallon nylon “grow” bag. They’re great for patios and they keep the soil well drained. They don’t crack or expand in cold snaps and you can wash and reuse them. Mine are 4 years old. I grow tomatoes in 10-gallon bags.

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@bici I haven’t pruned it as severely as I did this winter, but it looked pretty bad. Turns out that worked well! Only left an inch or two.

snarkysteff, to random
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What’s happening to libraries is right out of Maoist China and Stalin.

When they come for the thinkers, you best be paying attention, because democracy’s on the outs.

I mean, that’s if you already have been sleeping through the terrorizing of women’s bodies and trans rights and racial oppression and all that jazz.

snarkysteff,
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@Ruthie Well, sure, with all those homeless people going in for warmth and bathrooms, they're a dangerous place! (sigh)

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