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Rendering lard

By On June 6, 2010 · 36 Comments

I’ve stubmled upon a couple of blog posts and recipes that asked for lard. Now I know that in the US you can actually buy buckets of lard in the grocery stores. In Holland you don’t find that. I’m pretty sure you can ask a butcher for some rendered lard, but I [...]

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A totally different take on pork and beans

By On May 24, 2010 · 2 Comments

I’m so, so, so sorry I haven’t found a way to make smelly-pictures yet. I would really love to let you smell the food I made today!

Indonesia once was a Dutch colony. Now the whole colony thing obviously was (and is) frowned upon. The basic rule should be ‘don’t invade countries and take [...]

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breakfast, photo by LdV

Cheese biscuits with ham and a poached egg

By On May 23, 2010 · 37 Comments

Now that I’ve managed to poach an egg, I’ve become somewhat obsessed with it. Well, not really, but I did figure I could give it another try.

Making breakfast when you didn’t think of actually buying breakfast, is always a challenge. I got up and had a growling stomach. Never a good sign. Especially [...]

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Cauliflower and ham

By On May 22, 2010 · Leave a Comment

I taught my first sailing lesson of this season today. It was great fun, being on the water with the kids again. Even though they didn’t actually sail yet, just practiced how to gear up, where the wind comes from and how to get the boat straight again when it’s fallen over, it was still [...]

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