Friday is also spicy
Feb. 14th, 2025 11:15 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
walkitoutI’m trying to fit the 25 lb bag of nuts in the pantry, and doing some rearranging in there. I was reminded of the brown mustard seeds, so I got them out, found a recipe for making mustard — which was why I bought the mustard seed bag — and then found the coffee, er, spice grinder. I cleaned the coffee grinder thoroughly (lots of cinnamon in there last time apparently) and then ground the mustard seed and added water from the fridge filter and stirred. It was a little thin, so I added a bunch more mustard seed powder it’s now hanging out in the fridge developing. I put a tiny amount of vinegar in, but I’m mostly waiting to see just how powerful this stuff is first.
Also, if it really is this ridiculously easy, I really am never going to buy mustard for myself again. Finding no salt mustard is a pain, and then there’s the plastic containers, and this would appear to be a way around that. I expected it to be hard, and it may yet be difficult getting the flavor right, but I’m actually not that picky about mustard. I like all of it.
ETA: FF was fun, altho it ended early.
I picked up A. from school and chatted with H. on the drive home.
I made a chocolate cake. Einkorn is really odd in general, and while the cake turned out fine, I think I would use the Frederick white now that I have it. I made a frosting using cocoa butter, caster sugar (both of those nearly used up now) vanilla and orange juice. It tasted like a white chocolate bar, which I never have because there’s usually milk products in that.
Happy Valentine’s Day!
I worked some more on the tour / presentation for the metal artist. As I was looking at pages in Procore, I finally realized the proposal for the ramp in the pool area: wood frame, wood surface, SlipDoctor coating. No. My first choice would be Forbo Coral in almost any of its variations. (Which I should also plan on putting by the stairs down to the pool deck.) That would ensure that water from the pool would mostly be collected before getting out to the stair / elevator lobby and anyone arriving at the pool deck would have anything stuck on their wheels or feet removed. We’ve had a forbo coral mat by the front door for several months now and it’s fine on bare feet and cleans up great and is fantastic at grabbing dirt. If someone gives me too much trouble about that, I suppose we could lay down some RubberCal Ramp Cleat. I could threaten people with that.
Also, if it really is this ridiculously easy, I really am never going to buy mustard for myself again. Finding no salt mustard is a pain, and then there’s the plastic containers, and this would appear to be a way around that. I expected it to be hard, and it may yet be difficult getting the flavor right, but I’m actually not that picky about mustard. I like all of it.
ETA: FF was fun, altho it ended early.
I picked up A. from school and chatted with H. on the drive home.
I made a chocolate cake. Einkorn is really odd in general, and while the cake turned out fine, I think I would use the Frederick white now that I have it. I made a frosting using cocoa butter, caster sugar (both of those nearly used up now) vanilla and orange juice. It tasted like a white chocolate bar, which I never have because there’s usually milk products in that.
Happy Valentine’s Day!
I worked some more on the tour / presentation for the metal artist. As I was looking at pages in Procore, I finally realized the proposal for the ramp in the pool area: wood frame, wood surface, SlipDoctor coating. No. My first choice would be Forbo Coral in almost any of its variations. (Which I should also plan on putting by the stairs down to the pool deck.) That would ensure that water from the pool would mostly be collected before getting out to the stair / elevator lobby and anyone arriving at the pool deck would have anything stuck on their wheels or feet removed. We’ve had a forbo coral mat by the front door for several months now and it’s fine on bare feet and cleans up great and is fantastic at grabbing dirt. If someone gives me too much trouble about that, I suppose we could lay down some RubberCal Ramp Cleat. I could threaten people with that.