tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056750921470924262024-03-14T03:20:56.547+00:00Frutos de las Cucharas* Life: the only frontier. These are the voyages of the blog Frutos de las Cucharas. It's continuing mission to seek out a new way of life and new co-habitation, to boldly go where no spoons have gone before *Lady Spoonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11647712423766571436noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-805675092147092426.post-52624698224907156112016-09-20T20:10:00.002+01:002016-09-20T20:16:54.937+01:00Compramos una Camioneta!We bought a van!<br />
So the summer plan was to save pennies and get ourselves sorted for the off, meaning: buying a van to kit out as a camper or buy one half ready to go.<br />
After browsing the internet, scarily as we'd never done it before, we found a gem in Falmouth, a mere 290 miles away from Se<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">ñ</span>or Spoon and further for me, we took the plunge and bought it, mainly on good faith!<br />
4am, Saturday 3rd saw us leave on our, what became 8 hour journey, in a hire car, I will add: that we had to return by 12 in Penryn, which we only had booked one way, so if we were late or didn't buy the van for what ever reason, we were... let's say up the creek.<br />
But... all was well, we arrived bang on 12, in the pouring rain, got picked up by the owner of the van and were off to his to check it out... in the rain, all the rain.<br />
In summery, we got very wet looking it over, going through all the bits and bobs: solar panels, oven/grill, hob, fridge, bed, engine, batteries... then had a cuppa while we paid the man and sorted tax.<br />
Our chum King Kev became our driver for the whole journey as absolutely none of 4am agreed with me, we drove to Falmouth for a spot of lunch, then we were off to Dartmoor to park up for the night.<br />
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The rain persisted, we got wet, the van wasn't perfectly water tight, but it was better than a tent!</div>
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We had a glorious walk around the centre of Darmoor on Sunday and started our journey across every county on the south coast, we were doing it properly!</div>
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We cracked on up to Sailsbury for chips, as you do, circumnavigated Southampton, then on to East Sussex, stopped for an hour to swap stuff, then to deliver me back to Kent, I got home at 10pm, this being a Sunday night, Señor Spoon and King Kev had to head back...1:30am! Eep!</div>
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But it was SO worth it, we have a van, it was an adventure and the van's had a proper, proper run.</div>
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Señor Spoon's and King Kev have been sorting it out while I've been Kenting, so will have piccies soon!</div>
Lady Spoonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11647712423766571436noreply@blogger.com0Canterbury, UK51.280233 1.078908899999987651.2007715 0.91754739999998769 51.3596945 1.2402703999999876tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-805675092147092426.post-47126605600080679462016-05-23T19:02:00.002+01:002016-05-23T19:03:57.037+01:00'Té, Earl Grey, Frio' Cubos de Hielo'Tea, Earl Grey, Cold' Ice Cubes.<br />
Following from The 'Tea, Earl Grey, Hot' Cake the other day, I had a little think, now, a few years ago I made Chai Ice Cubes, fuckin' lush, but from scratch took many ingredients and time, so thought I could do something similar with the teabag milk thing from that recipe...<br />
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<li>450ml (or 3 times as much as 1 ice cube tray) leche/milk</li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">8 <span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18.48px;">bolsita de té Earl Grey/Earl Grey tea bags</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18.48px;">2 bandeja del cubos de hielo/ice cube tray</span></span></li>
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Photos funked up with: http://photobanda.com/photofilters.php using settings: Tony/Local/RoundLady Spoonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11647712423766571436noreply@blogger.com0Canterbury, Kent, UK51.280233 1.078908899999987651.280233 1.0789088999999876 51.280233 1.0789088999999876tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-805675092147092426.post-25125736608099643922016-05-23T18:24:00.002+01:002016-05-23T18:25:47.638+01:00'Té, Earl Grey, Caliente' Torta'Tea, Earl Grey, Hot' Cake.<br />
It was Mrs. Fox's birthday the other week, I made cake but forgot to take ANY photos...so these are pilfered from FB...<br />
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The idea stemmed from wanting to make a Star Trek themed cake (both geeky fans), I genuinely considered crafting the Starship Enterprise out of cake, but just didn't have the time, so settled for Captain Picard's favourite drink, 'Tea, Earl Grey, Hot', in cake form!</div>
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Recipe tweaked from here: http://www.greatbritishchefs.com/recipes/earl-grey-lemon-loaf-cake-recipe (thanks!).</div>
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<li>125ml leche/milk</li>
<li><span style="color: black;">4 bolsita de té Earl Grey/Earl Grey tea bags</span></li>
<li>115g manteqilla sin sal, blanda/unsalted butter, soft</li>
<li>225g azúcar granulado/granulated sugar</li>
<li><span style="color: black;">2 huevos/eggs</span></li>
<li>250g harina con levadura/self-raising flour</li>
<li>1/2 lemon, juice and zest of</li>
<li>200g of icing sugar</li>
<li>decoración/decoration</li>
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<li>Smush the already soft butter (or if not soft ding-box it for like 10 seconds) with the sugar, I didn't have a whizzer, whisky thing, so went manual labour about it and wooden spooned it until pretty mixed.</li>
<li>Add eggs and half the flour, more mixing (it was like an arm workout, so, to ensure even muscle tone swap arms every now and again)</li>
<li>Add rest of the flour and cooled milk, mixy mixy mix.</li>
<li>Plonk in tin/tray/cooking receptacle, Cook. 180 degrees for about 25 mins or until no longer like molten liquid and a bit brown.</li>
<li>The cake will need to be cooled before the icing is put on, so don't, like me make the icing and then wait for about 45 mins. The icing is easy, squeeze the lemon into a bowl and slowly add the icing sugar, mixing as you go, try not to chuck too much in at once as it'll look like an sugary atom bomb and decorate your surface with a super fine sugary dust. Mix until thick but runny enough to dribble down the sides of the cake...mmmmmm. Apply to cake, decorate with shiney things if your friend is particularly partial.</li>
<li>Give it some time to set (as you'll get that lush crisp when you cut into it), tin foil it and take it to your friend's house in a rucksack via bicycle, hope it doesn't slide off the chopping board en route and present, re-telling the story of why you made <i>this</i> cake.</li>
<li>Restrainedly eat dinner and wait for dessert time, decide that you should put the exact quantity of candles in the cake, that isn't normally necessary for an adult, but hey, when you've got them...</li>
<li>Light candles, don't burn the house down,</li>
<li>Birthday girl blows candle out, don't set the smoke alarm off.</li>
<li>Eat cake!</li>
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<i>Mrs. Fox valiantly blew them all out in ONE, massive blow!</i></div>
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The cake was lush and almost entirely devoured! I would definitely make it again, trying to make it a little less brown, first time in a new oven, to be expected really.</div>
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Lady Spoonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11647712423766571436noreply@blogger.com0Canterbury, Kent, UK51.280233 1.078908899999987651.280233 1.0789088999999876 51.280233 1.0789088999999876tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-805675092147092426.post-89503159760577783502016-05-23T16:00:00.003+01:002016-05-23T16:06:17.570+01:00Pesto de Espinacas, ñam!<div>
Spinach Pesto, nom!<br />
We've got tons of Perpetual Spinach up the allotment at the moment, and after the toasty spell we had the other week, and us not getting up there to water, it meant it's bolted, bugger (I didn't think we'd ever kill it). So I took a bunch of the bolted stalks, in an attempt to stop the bolt (it hasn't worked), and thought I'd fashion a pesto.<br />
After some goggling, I found a couple of recipes online to bastardise, they're rarely exactly what you after. So, the recipe is adapted from these 2 sites: http://mariahspleasingplates.com/spinach-walnut-pesto/, http://www.mind-over-batter.com/savory-situations/spinach-basil-walnut-pesto/. The latter is hilarious and is like you're in the kitchen with MissBossLady herself.<br />
My recipe is a little boshed together and I didn't really weigh stuff and that which I did was using scales that are, well, shit...</div>
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<li>2 paquetes (140g) de albahaca fresca/fresh basil</li>
<li>4 puñados/handfuls (250g?, it looked about half of my 500g pack) nueces orgánicas/organic walnuts</li>
<li>4 dientes de ajo/garlic cloves</li>
<li>200/250ml aceite de oliva extra virgen/extra virgin olive oil</li>
<li>1 pizcas/pinches sal/salt</li>
<li>jugo de 1 limón/juice of 1 lemon</li>
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<li>Biltz, pulse and generally abuse the mix until it is somewhat less big and more smushed, it gues until it resembles pesto... huh, who knew. If the mix isn't blending or little-ing, then it might need some more liquid (oil or lemon juice), or a good shake to get the chunky bits down to the blade.</li>
<li>If you need to, do the same to the other half, dumping the first in a bowl, trying not to loose the blade in the mix...! Repeat and add to first batch.</li>
<li>When all ingredients are pesto-like, taste, add extra things: more salt/lemon/oil, it's your batch, flavour as you like.</li>
<li>Shove into sterilised jars, poke to get rid of any air bubblies and top with a bit more olive oil. Store/give away/devour.</li>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">The Spoons, an update.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Well, last time I posted it was frickin' Jan! Cor heck!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">After our housesitting stint in Extremadura, we headed on to Andalu<span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18.2px;">cí</span>a, to <span style="background-color: white; line-height: 16.12px;">Ó</span>rgiva, where we volunteered for some loverly peeps, the reason for a lack of posting was that we were off grid, simply enough, we had no electricity or internet readily available, like we did whilst housesitting. We had to walk an hour with laptop in tow to get it, that is without imposing on our hosts. So our time spent internetting was not, unfortunately blogging, but keeping in touch with family, or in my case a spot of designing. There's lots to fill you in on...</span><span style="font-family: inherit;">I'll try and keep it brief.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">We went out with a hope that we would return with a plan, and we actually did!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">So, we planned to spend 2 weeks volunteering (Workaway, naturally), this turned into 7. </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">We stayed at </span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/Cigarrones/" style="font-family: inherit;" target="_blank">Cortijo Vera</a><span style="font-family: inherit;">, with some right lovely peeps. We stayed in a caravan on one of their terraces, everyday we were cooked a big lunch and given copious amounts of tea and biscuits, and given food and could pick pretty much anything from the land for breakfast and dinner which we cooked on a 2 ring gas stove in the caravan, I will add that within about 3 days we did almost burn the caravan down. Advice: Don't, when pissed off with Mr. Spoon and the solar shower which after many hours of 'fixing' still doesn't work, when dressing only in a towel, put the kettle on without checking the gas pipe is out of the way, and burn a whole in the pipe, setting the whole thing alight, almost the caravan and maybe almost the gas bottle itself, no, don't do that, again, ever, please!</span><br />
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These 2 weeks were spent learning how to pick olives for about 5 days straight, getting to know the <span style="font-family: inherit;">family, the area, the locals, who, to our surprise were almost all English, </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">and obviously </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">trying not to blow up the caravan, again. W</span><span style="font-family: inherit;">e soon realised that 2 weeks was not enough, we'd just begun to scratch the surface of what these guys do, stand for, believe in and all that. We </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">had accounted for having a few days in either Granada or Sevilla before our booked flight, so we kind of just stayed and decided what to do. I contacted school to see if it was worth us making the flight - no contracts until March, that conveniently made our decision easier and, oh no, we missed our flight. W</span><span style="font-family: inherit;">e'd been told the place was 'sticky', and yep, they were bloody right!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">The coming weeks allowed us to sow, sort and transplant seeds and seedlings, learn how to (re)build walls and roofs using </span>traditional<span style="font-family: inherit;"> methods and, were possible, eco-friendly ones. We stayed long enough to see our sown seeds germinate and grow: peas, beetroot, potatoes. We had days off and went to 'town', walked around the markets, looked in the super cheap Chinese shops, went for walks and found beautiful orchids sheltering from the crazy winds. Fixed and re-modelled the shower enclosure after said winds, a few times.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">We got to go to Granada, as we initially planned, just a few weeks later, got very wet, while obviously it was not back in </span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 16.12px;">Ó</span><span style="font-family: inherit;">rgiva. Saw the Alhambra and it's multitude of </span>tessellating<span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span>patterned tiled walls, floors, ceilings, everythings. I got a little excited about these and took MANY pictures...<br />
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We made acquaintances and had dinners, went to fundraisers, made pizzas, lunches and I may proudly add: cake in a frying pan! Designed logos, got wet, got sunburnt, got backache, got massaged. <span style="font-family: inherit;">We were there long enough to even see</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"> 3 of the 4 family members' birthdays. Culminating in a 60th birthday bash, where we performed a poem Señor Spoon had written and I'd adorned, our 1st actual anniversary and some early morning bonfires.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">So we made our way down to M</span></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; line-height: 19.2px;">á</span>laga, slept in the airport, after 3 months joined at the hip, went separate ways at Gatwick, but together </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">returned with a plan!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">We met loads of people on the entire trip, the majority of which were English, who travelled around, working either where they could, or spending some time back in the UK earning money which would fund the next bit of travel. We can see that there is so much more we can learn and we are super keen to learn it all. Workawaying offers us the opportunity to learn on the job, helping people as we go, learning techniques, uses of materials, theories and practical things and being welcomed into a community of like-minded peeps, it just suits our outlook and financial situation. Plus, we don't know where we want to be, apart from probably Spain.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">So now back in the UK, the plan is </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">(whilst being very open-minded and flexible):</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Work, work, work to save pennies, live cheaply where possible, </span>Señor Spoon learns to drive, buy a van to do up or part done up.<br />
Next part of the plan:<br />
My job (teaching English) finishes at the end of August, Señor Spoon's job (working on an organic farm) finishes in October, once the van is sorted and respective work contracts are finished, we set out on the adventure back to south Spain, visiting old and new friends in France and Spain, and volunteering: free accommodation and food as we go, with a van to exist in as we travel from one to the next.<br />
So, let's go teacher about this:<br />
Aims:<br />
To visit various locations to make an informed decision of where to settle/buy/stop.<br />
To learn skills of how to live sustainably from people who are currently doing it.<br />
To meet like-minded people and build our own network of knowledge and amazing people.<br />
To decide if this is really what we want to do, seriously.<br />
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That's all for now, it wan't very brief really, was it?<br />
More news soon!<br />
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Lady Spoon xLady Spoonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11647712423766571436noreply@blogger.com0Canterbury, Kent, UK51.280233 1.078908899999987651.2007715 0.91754739999998769 51.3596945 1.2402703999999876tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-805675092147092426.post-38580583736261658822016-01-05T15:06:00.000+00:002016-01-05T15:15:00.194+00:00Crumble de Membrillo y KiwiSo, it was Señor Spoon's Cumpleaños the other day, I gave him the option of cake or cumble (and custard) - I think you can decipher what he chose...<br />
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So, the recipe is appropriated and slightly amended from the Good Food website: <a href="http://goodfood.uktv.co.uk/recipe/quince-crumble/">goodfood.uktv.co.uk/recipe/quince-crumble/</a><br />
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<li>7 membrillos/quince</li>
<li>7 kiwis</li>
<li>6 clavos/cloves</li>
<li>2 tsp canela molido/ground cinnamon (1 tsp in each: quince mix and topping)</li>
<li>200g azucar/sugar (100g in each: quince mix and topping)</li>
<li>300 g harina de trigo/plain flour</li>
<li>100 g mantequilla/butter</li>
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<li>Right, this bit takes for-ages, so, rope-in a willing, or not, volunteer, even it is his birthday. Peel, core and chop the quince into chunks, chuck into a pan of water as you go, 'cos they'll start to turn brown in the time it takes to do them all! "It's worth all the prep" Señor Spoon states!</li>
<li>Drain off water some water to leave just enough to cover the quince pieces, add cloves and just 1 tsp cinnamon.</li>
<li>Give the pan a hat and bring it to the boil, add in 100g of sugar, you'll need the rest for the topping - cover and simmer for 5 minutes.</li>
<li>Simmer quince mix, without a hat, until the quince is cooked - around 15-20 minutes (the original recipe asked to simmer until the liquid is syrupy, but mine didn't get that far before the quince were soft).</li>
<li>While patiently waiting, peel and chop up the kiwis and plonk in your allocated crumble dish.</li>
<li>Make the crumble topping, ratio I use is 1:1:3, butter:sugar:flour, chuck butter and flour to bowl, using finger tips, rub together until bread-crumb-like, mix in remaining 100g sugar and teaspoon of cinnamon, keep about the place.</li>
<li>Back to the now cooked quince, remove lumps with a slotted spoon and add to kiwis, fishing out any cloves you can see, see, see.</li>
<li>Stick pan of not-quite syrupy liquid back on the heat to get a bit closer to syrupy liquid, add to other fruit when you're happy with viscosity.</li>
<li>Liberally sprinkle crumble topping over fruit. </li>
<li>Stick in the oven, now the one here is, erm, nuclear, so I have no guidelines, other than until golden brown (texture like sun - <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AtTsky80XmQ" target="_blank">feel free to listen to the song, it could help, if you don't know what to look out for</a>). I reckon 30 mins in a normal oven will do it!</li>
<li>Eat with lashings of custard!</li>
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Lady Spoonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11647712423766571436noreply@blogger.com0La Codosera, Badajoz, Spain39.2075633 -7.1722916999999639.195259799999995 -7.19246169999996 39.2198668 -7.1521216999999595tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-805675092147092426.post-48164928961361786712016-01-01T12:34:00.003+00:002016-01-05T13:34:55.543+00:00Nochevieja Chilli sin Carne<h4>
New Year's Eve Chilli without meat</h4>
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Firstly, Happy New Year!!</div>
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Secondly, photos are not loading from my phone, so I'll add them later.</div>
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Thirdly, Chilli!</div>
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New Year's Eve with a Chilli by the bonfire down by the stream, among the orange trees you say? Yes, yes please!</div>
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I concocted a recipe from stuff we had about the place, use different stuff if you like, this was pretty lush though!</div>
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The stuff:<br />
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<li>1 taza lentejas marrones/cup brown lentils</li>
<li>600ml aqua/water</li>
<li>1 cebolla/onion</li>
<li>1 tbsp olive oil</li>
<li>3 dientes de ajo/garlic cloves </li>
<li>sobrante tallo de brócoli/ leftover broccoli stem</li>
<li>algunas zanahorias/a few carrots</li>
<li>algunos coliflor/some cauliflower - 1/4 of a head (?)</li>
<li>algunas calabaza/some squash - 250g(?)</li>
<li>1 tsp azúcar/sugar</li>
<li>algunos vinagre de ciruela/glug plum vinegar</li>
<li>1/2 tsp chilli en polvo/chilli powder</li>
<li>2 tsp comino molido/ground cumin</li>
<li>2 tsp semillas de cilantro/coriander seeds (crushed in a pestle)</li>
<li>1/2 tsp pimentón dulce/sweet paprika</li>
<li>1/2 tsp canela molida/ground cinnamon</li>
<li>Sal y pimiento negro/salt and pepper (as per taste)</li>
<li>1 cup lentejas peladas/yellow split peas</li>
<li>800g lata de tomates/tin of tomatoes</li>
<li>400g tarro garbanzos/jar chickpeas</li>
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And yes, I am practising my Spanish, but that's my fix for the post though...<br />
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<li>So, get them lovely brown lentils with the water in a saucepan and on to boil - about 20 mins until almost cooked or 'al dente'.</li>
<li>Meanwhile in the next 20 minutes, at a stove near you, get the oil in a big ol' pan that you'll be cooking the whole thing in and whack up the heat.</li>
<li>Find a chopping board, in the dishwasher, dirty, tend to this, find a knife in same state as chopping board, *good start, don't add that to the blog* *ahem*. Roughly chop up the onion, realise something's a bit smoky in here, take pan off flame, open window. Once a bit less nuclear stick onion in pan and back on the heat, nice a hot (but keep an eye on it this time).</li>
<li>Return to chopping board, stirring onions occasionally, crush and smush garlic cloves and roughly massacre the rest of the veg: broc, carrots, cauli and squish.</li>
<li>Now for some stickyness *mmm*, add sugar to onion, stir, let it get a bit gloopy, add a glug of vinegar, more mixy, more gloop. Theory is a caramelised onion base - naughty!</li>
<li>Check lentils, burn tongue on spoon (not Señor), take off heat if ready, don't drain!</li>
<li>Now, add all the spices to the gloopy mess and stiiiiiiiir, let them have a few minutes.</li>
<li>Add all chopped veg: garlic, broc, carrots, cauli and squish, stir into gloop.</li>
<li>Add the yellow split peas, tomatoes, and the entire pan of lentils (as long as they're done), water and all! Stir, stir, stir.</li>
<li>Check seasoning, be bold about the spice and add another 1/2 tsp of chilli powder, 1 tsp sugar, plus s&p.</li>
<li>Boil, simmer, simmer (with a lid on), until split peas have turned to mush and veg is cooked, I usefully didn't time it...40 mins(?)</li>
<li>Take off heat, taste test: add as needed, realise you've forgotten to add the chickpeas, drain, rinse and add, plus some oregano as you saw it on the self and thought why not?! Stir.</li>
<li>Admire chilli lovelyness, don't take photo for your blog because your phone is dead and the lighting in here is rubbish.</li>
<li>Leave on stove until bonfire is lit, roast potatoes are cooked and you're ready to see the New Year in (give it a blast of heat before serving).</li>
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We just had two, generous, portions from this giant chilli - I'll see how many we get out of it and report back, plus the other things we have with it or concoct with it...</div>
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Happy New Year's Day!<br />
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Reporting back - 05/01/15:<br />
I had grand idea of eating the left overs with exciting side dishes, as I suppose you could, but we went with homemade bread and generous portions! So this giant chilli did 6 generous portions, I reckon you could stretch it to 8, if you so fancied...LS x</div>
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Lady Spoonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11647712423766571436noreply@blogger.com0La Codosera, Badajoz, Spain39.2075633 -7.1722916999999639.195259799999995 -7.19246169999996 39.2198668 -7.1521216999999595tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-805675092147092426.post-32937016328768242622015-12-31T10:03:00.000+00:002015-12-31T10:03:15.500+00:00No puedo parar jugandoSo, as per usual I've got distracted by stuff and keep tinkering with the design of the blog...<br />
But hey, I found this cool pallete selector: <a href="http://paletton.com/" target="_blank">Paletton</a>.<br />
Taking the background chopping board image:<br />
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If you were witness to the first few designs, then the tealy (left) colour is not far off what we had to start with.<br />
Now I've got it to this point, I'm really hoping It'll sate my need to keep playing with the design and just write down the stuff I have done!<br />
We'll see...Lady Spoonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11647712423766571436noreply@blogger.com0La Codosera, Badajoz, Spain39.2075633 -7.1722916999999639.195259799999995 -7.19246169999996 39.2198668 -7.1521216999999595tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-805675092147092426.post-40826179878238328322015-12-30T10:57:00.000+00:002015-12-30T11:09:02.846+00:00Proyectos para otro diaMornin',<br />
So, I've got tons of things to post and ideas to try, but I'm just getting distracted by stuff and things, and dogs and life. So I'm going to collate a list of ideas here to return to...<br />
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<u>Uses for orange/clementine peel:</u><br />
10 uses: http://www.condoblues.com/2009/02/10-easy-ways-to-use-orange-peels.html<br />
Orange extract: http://www.condoblues.com/2011/04/how-to-make-orange-essential-oil-from.html<br />
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<u>DIY soap without Sodium Hydroxide/Lye:</u><br />
http://www.humblebeeandme.com/why-there-is-no-such-thing-as-making-soap-without-lye/<br />
https://blog.udemy.com/how-to-make-soap-without-lye/<br />
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<u>Potpourri:</u> (resurrecting the 70s)<br />
http://tipnut.com/homemade-potpourri-101/<br />
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And more to follow...Lady Spoonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11647712423766571436noreply@blogger.com0La Codosera, Badajoz, Spain39.2075633 -7.1722916999999639.195259799999995 -7.19246169999996 39.2198668 -7.1521216999999595tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-805675092147092426.post-6787880156115638582015-12-28T11:49:00.000+00:002015-12-28T11:49:03.064+00:00Reciclaje de candelas<h4 class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
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A backdated post, as I was playing with candles last Saturday, it took me so long to write the first post that I'm way behind...</div>
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So, there are loads of little dead bits of tea lights and candles around the place that I though I could recycle them into something that'd actually burn again.</div>
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Much internet research was done with many, many opinions, the thing I knew I had to suss out was the wick, melting wax would be easy, in theory.</div>
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The many ways for wick range from: buying them from the local craft store - not an option for me, plaiting cotton string or using sticks - either to be dipped in wax, or soaked in oil. Now to see what supplies I could find around the hacienda. </div>
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I was hoping for your classic ball of white string, I could imagine dipping it in wax and it soaking up nicely - nope, none around. I found some cotton sewing thread which I tripled up and twisted and twisted and twisted until it did that twist-back-on-itself thing (don't get blown away by the terminology), then dipped in wax. I'd also found a massive 'ball' of twine, I guess you could call it, soaked it in olive oil. And a thin stick from the kindling box, *that's got to work, she says to herself*, and also had soaking in the oil too. An experiment was imminent...</div>
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Oh, before experimentation, there's the other issue of these wicks - they need to stand in something. And oh for Pinterest: use the ring pulls of cans...genius!</div>
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*beams with joy over the fact it actually resembles a candle*<br />
So, what I learnt with this one was:<br />
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<li>Pouring direct from a pan with no spout, results in covering the worktop in wax, but also a cold jug means the wax solidifies a bit too quickly to pour - next time: warm the jug?</li>
<li>Using old recycled wax has loads and loads of crud in it, it sinks to the bottom of the candle, what you can't see in the photo is the entire bottom is black and well, chunky - next time: pick out the chunks / sieve?</li>
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So excited with fashioning one, and with loads of bits and different wicks to try I cracked on with round two - this time three!</div>
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<li>Three different wicks: stick soaked in oil; twine soaked in oil; twisted sewing thread dipped in wax, stringy ones tied or smushed into ring-pulls, stick stuffed into old wick base, clipped with pegs to hold in place.</li>
<li>Pour hot wax, into warm jug, into candle receptacles, spill only a little on the worktop as using a jug is amazing, don't pour the remaining chunks and detritus into the candles but onto a paper towel to bin.</li>
<li>Repeating the last two bullets: down tools and admire, move to location for blog photoshoot.</li>
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Round two lessons:<br />
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<li>Warm jugs work well for keeping pouring temperature and allowing scud to settle at the bottom - next time: definitely use.</li>
<li>I couldn't find a knackered sieve to use, and as I'd already taken the only useful jug out of action, I couldn't do it - however using the jug did help in reducing the crud.</li>
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The next part of the experiment was the lighting test. I just needed to wait until they'd properly cooled - and oh my god, it took forever! I was like an impatient child, kept poking them, picking them up, moving them. What I did slowly see happen was that the wax was shrinking in the centre in a concave fashion, I assumed this was due to the cold jars cooling the wax at different speeds - I did recall reading about warming them before, but didn't discover why or what the point was, I suspect it was to lessen the shrinkage.<br />
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So, it was lighting time, finally!!<br />
(top to bottom): 002 twine in oil; 003 stick in oil; 004 thread in wax; 001 thread in wax.<br />
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I'm not sure how well the photo portrays the results, but:<br />
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<li>002 twine in oil - once lit, was amazing and I think would work well for outdoor candles as the wick is so thick - maybe with citronella or another the like.</li>
<li>003 stick in oil - did not light. Maybe not soaked for long enough or wrong type of wood (?)</li>
<li>004 & 001 thread in wax - lit, not the brightest flame, but from the one I concocted by hand I was pleased it lit.</li>
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So as 003 did not light and not wanting to waste stuff, I thought, as I still had some twine soaking and it was the most burny, I would bodge it and stab the twine, using a skewer I'd appropriated for candleing, into the candle and see what happened - bootiful it was, bright and burning. Four candles (not Fork Handles)!</div>
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Over the next couple of days we lit the candles over dinner, and lunch and breakfast, where each time I tried to not keep poking and playing with them. 004 & 001 burnt slowly and almost drowned in wax, the occasional saving was needed, after this happened a few times, I took the same brutal approach to 003 and stabbed a length of twine in them both - roaring they were, in comparison.</div>
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001, the first and with the dirtiest wax, the melted part turned a chocolate brown, not the foggiest why. And that's about where we're at.</div>
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A week and a bit have passed, I will be playing with wax again, especially as that jug is still out of use and cluttering up the side, I think Señor Spoon has accepted it as part of the kitchen furniture, oops. Next candle action plan: twine in oil, big candles, citronella or other oily bug deterrent.</div>
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Lady Spoonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11647712423766571436noreply@blogger.com0La Codosera, Badajoz, Spain39.2075633 -7.1722916999999639.2075633 -7.17229169999996 39.2075633 -7.17229169999996tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-805675092147092426.post-21673007090658347452015-12-24T15:07:00.000+00:002015-12-24T15:26:49.902+00:00Hice un gifAs our friends are away for Christmas, and we know they'll be missing their pooches, I decided we should make a gif of them with a Christmas message. I was harder than expected to get them together and interested in the camera...we managed to get 2 stills - Jane was having none of it, Leila half interested and Wolfie, quite excited.<br />
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My first attempt at a gif, I may add. In the quest to find a tutorial I came across loads which were pretty crap, but this one...this one actually worked, with clear instructions and images. Thank you lovelies at <a href="http://www.gimmesomeoven.com/life/how-to-make-an-animated-gif/" target="_blank">Gimme Some Oven</a>.<br />
<br />Lady Spoonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11647712423766571436noreply@blogger.com0La Codosera, Badajoz, Spain39.2075633 -7.1722916999999639.195259799999995 -7.19246169999996 39.2198668 -7.1521216999999595tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-805675092147092426.post-41164323237790065282015-12-24T11:41:00.000+00:002015-12-24T15:06:38.478+00:00Es víspera de NavidadIt's Christmas Eve and the first time I've actually felt Christmassy. Spain in winter has so far been like late summer or early autumn, today however it's super, super chilly and pretty foggy! The dogs have insisted on being indoors, the cats incessant as ever and I think we can confidently say it's going to be in indoor day for us too.<br />
So, I've got a list of things we've done in the last couple of week I've been meaning to post, but first things first...<br />
In this Christmassy mood that's struck me, I have fashioned our Christmas tree! Every year we fashion a tree from found and natural things this year we have the luxury of pine trees and oranges on the land! I couldn't help myself from bringing a few decorations from home (stocking, handmade wooden and card decorations that we've been given over the years). I did also bring some <span style="font-size: x-small;">tiny</span> fairy lights, but they are up already, adorning a felt snowflake garland.<br />
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Wonders what you can do with 3 branches of pine, some string, an orange and some cloves.<br />
Merry Chrimbola!Lady Spoonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11647712423766571436noreply@blogger.com0La Codosera, Badajoz, Spain39.2075633 -7.1722916999999639.195259799999995 -7.19246169999996 39.2198668 -7.1521216999999595tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-805675092147092426.post-21346707240277054032015-12-22T15:17:00.003+00:002015-12-24T15:08:18.654+00:00Bienvenido, me explico...Greetings the Internet *imagines addressing the ether*, I'm Lady Spoon. I'm quite fond of a chap called Señor Spoon, we hang out together in the cutlery draw, among other places, and make, craft, play, write and draw stuff and things.<br />
We're kind of, at least hoping to be, embarking on a quest of co-habitation, self-sufficiency and go-your-own-way in life (to name some hyphenated things and a <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ul-cZyuYq4" target="_blank">song</a> [feel free to listen at the same time as reading]).<br />
In the world beyond the cutlery draw, we are searching for an alternative way to live our life together, one thing I think we've always had in common, a life which isn't the default we are constantly faced with, certainly in a city within the UK.<br />
Our journey began with a Workaway last September, in the very place I am currently sat, house-sitting no less! We decided to go on holiday, but completely put off by the idea of a package holibob, and not into splashing the cash, we discovered <a href="https://www.workaway.info/" target="_blank">Workaway</a> - an awesome website offering, you may have guessed it, working holidays. This website links hosts and volunteers from all around the world, it's wicked, similar to <a href="http://wwoof.net/" target="_blank">WWOOF</a>ing (World Wide Opportunities on Organic Farms), with more than just organic farms. So in September 2014 we embarked on our first Workaway to Extremadura, Spain, where we helped out a fantastic couple on their finca in the middle of nowhere, it was glorious, and exactly what we had in mind for our break. While we were volunteering, many discussions were had about how and why, plus what they do to survive; financially, linguistically and ecologically. It was apparent that it was where we could see ourselves in 15 years time.<br />
And so, following this experience we started, albeit slowly, on our journey to now. Returning to the UK, full of desire for living in Spain with a little finca in the sticks, living off the land, being as eco-friendly and low impact as we can. The first thing we struck upon was an allotment, and one with no waiting list to boot! A local, society run allotment, with free plots! So, by mid October we had our own half plot, and a shed, and I had applied to the CELTA course to pursue teaching English. Christmas came and the only thing we asked for was seeds - to attempt to grow on our new allotment. January, I started the CELTA course, part-time, and continued to work at the printers. Also keen to learn all we could on our quest, we started to look for our next Workaway and, naturally, looked up our previous hosts for any news from the hacienda, their we saw a very early plea for some housesitting over Christmas and New Year, ceasing the opportunities when they arise, we voiced our interest and with an overwhelming reply of 'yes, yes, yes please' we commenced the count down.<br />
We continued to battle the unknowns of a new allotment, and me to studying hard, I proudly earnt myself a Pass B in May, by the end of June I started a shiny new job teaching English at a summer school, while also agreeing to a spot of design work (my previous job was as a graphic designer) for the school at the same time, win, win! The changing of career seemed to be worth it as my contract was extended, then extended some more.<br />
Before the summer we were in discussions with a farmer to move to into a caravan - live cheaply, save money etc. After confirming we should hand in our notices on our respective rented rooms, it, obviously, all fell through and we had to source some emergency accommodation for the end of July, we got really lucky with a lovely lady called Diane with some very similar ethics and outlook on life, and who we discovered we'd previously met. However, in such situations, the room was only available for a few weeks, so as soon as we'd moved we were in the search for our next place, by this time we knew we couldn't afford to rent a place of our own, especially as we were due to be away, by this time 2 months - our house-sit, extending to fit in a bit of Lisbon, another bit of volunteering and a bit of a look around south Spain.<br />
So, following the end of summer school, Señor Spoon and I moved house again - the day before I headed to Austria to teach for three weeks, I came home knackered, to a house I'd spend just one night in, in a little village a few miles from the city. For three months we lived village life - cycling or bussing it to the city, the only shop with irregular hours - not depending on a 10 minute walk to Tesco, taking a torch every where we went, and most importantly remembering to take everything you needed for the day out with you when you left, otherwise rendering the day useless! So we learnt a few valuable things about living in the sticks. My return was with no work lined up - the perils of seasonal work, but Señor Spoon was still working and since moving in together, our outgoings, were massively reduced. I picked up a spot of design from the school I'd worked for over the summer, and some cover teaching, plus a bit of design work from the printers. It was autumn we were winding every thing up ready for Spain.<br />
So, the very end of November, Señor Spoon left his job as a chef in a vegetarian café and we said our many goodbyes and Merry Christmases, early December we packed up our room, collected all our belongings we'd stored at various friends' houses and shifted it all to my parents' for storage. We flew to Lisbon for 2 nights, got the bus over to our friends' and here we are...<br />
We are currently on day 15 in Spain and day 9 of housesitting. As we have charge of this lush hacienda, and enough spare time to have naps and wallow in our unemployment, the idea has occurred that Señor Spoon and I should start a blog about our adventures, discoveries, projects...and mishaps - I'm certainly hoping it'll be a nice place to document and share the random stuff we do.<br />
So, here's to stuff and things...<br />
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<br />Lady Spoonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11647712423766571436noreply@blogger.com0La Codosera, Badajoz, Spain39.2075633 -7.1722916999999639.195259799999995 -7.19246169999996 39.2198668 -7.1521216999999595