Here are some newcomers to my kitchen and household.
The City Grower by
Matt Franks is a new urban gardening book for my collection. This
book contains many useful tips for urban gardeners, good advice about
planning a small garden and choosing the plants. The book is full of
beautiful photos and illustrations. I just posted an update about
what's currently happening on my balcony gardening wise, so I'm very
keen to read about urban gardening in general.
Furthermore
related to the gardening theme, a mister.
I just had to get this cute mister for my plants, even though it has
been purely decorative so far. My succulents have also been doing
well lately.
I
bought this razor-sharp peeling knife in
Denmark. It's so sharp that it makes me a little scared, but it peels
just beautifully and the handle is pleasant to hold. I have never seen such shiny carrots after peeling.
Mind your fingers though when using this!
My
mum got me this Polle tin
container for Christmas, so it's not brand new, but hasn't made an appearance on the blog yet. The cartoon pony Polle was one of the most
important characters in my childhood, I just loved reading about its
adventures. Below is a short comic strip in Finnish as an example. I was thrilled to see that people are still (or again)
making Polle products and my mum spotted it in the shop.
I
have been chewing daily Finnish Jenkki Raspberry-Liquorice
chewing gum. It's very good to the teeth due to the xylitol and the
raspberry-liquorice flavour is also great, as I happen to love
liquorice.
I
have been enjoying lately many beers by the Mad Hatter
Brewing Company from Liverpool.
The beers are very good and I also like the rabbit character on the
bottles a lot.
Pearled spelt stew with harissa and
halloumi has almost been the
dish of the month, as I could just eat it every day. I normally put
in some roasted peppers and tomatoes, pearled spelt seasoned with
harissa and golden brown fried halloumi.
Have further a nice week everyone!
Your
VegHog
Lovely! I like to think of Polle and that Mad Hatter Rabbit cavorting about the kitchen when you are out :-) That stew looks delicious and the gardening book sounds interesting. Obviously you need some garden for your mister!
ReplyDeleteI'm sure that Polle and the rabbit do exactly that. :)
Deleteso many cute things in your kitchen I love the mister. I like the look of the book, but my efforts in the garden seem to be poor, so no urban gardening books for me. As for the peeler, good thing - its an essential in my kitchen . PS I have recently made a salad with pearled spelt and it was delicious, hope to share soon on my blog.
ReplyDeleteIsn't pearled spelt just the best, looking forward to seeing your dish!
DeleteThe mister is gorgeous - nice to have around even if you don't use it!
ReplyDeleteI think so too! :)
DeleteVery cute cartoon characters! They don't seem to have appeared in anything I've read or seen. We're so dominated by Disney and Warner.
ReplyDeletebest... mae at maefood.blogspot.com
I think the pony cartoons are originally from Sweden and not so widely spread, but to me they were more than normal beside all the usual American stuff. :)
Deletei have never heard of Polle but s/he is very cute. I love rabbits so i really like the labels you have there. Raspberry liquorice sounds interesting. i do like dutch salted liquorice; i remember that from my childhood as we grew up in an area that had a lot of dutch migrants. what a great peeler tho i would be scared of the sharpness too.:)
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