In the garden, and RAIN!!!!
POSTED BY: SIGNYM
UPDATED: Thursday, December 25, 2025 04:27
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Out for my walk on a wet Monday morning. Need a couple of things.
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Was heavy rain on my walk back but its stopped. All things done including paper recycling. Going to have to start doing that in smaller bits.
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If I'm up to it I'm going to make Ethiopian red lentils tomorrow.
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Pity would be no more,
If we did not MAKE men poor - William Blake
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I hope you feel well tomorrow, Signy! If you do make the lentils, let us know what you think.
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Well,I did a trial run today, and there are things I would change.
But first, bc of my altered sense of taste, I'm not the one to judge how close it comes to Belai***'s cooking.
So, I would not use red lentils again. They're very small, don't stand up to cooking bc they turn into mush. I was looking for something with more body.
Mainly, I was disappointed in the commercial berbere spice. It was too "sharp" and "dry"... too much cardamon perhaps... not enough aromatic/sweet/savory notes. It was definitely too hot for dear daughter! As I recall B's cooking, while it was spiced it wasn't necessarily hot.
So, I know there are as many different versions of berbere as there are cooks, but this was not as expected. There is another spice that is used- a finishing spice with cinnamon and sweeter spices. Perhaps that would be the thing to add, and reduce the berbere.
I was hoping for a bright red color. Didn't get that either! Possibly another thing would be to add some sweet paprika.
I would definitely use more tomato paste, and cook the onions, roast peppers and tomato longer, to a smoother consistency, and add the lentils later to preserve the lentil form. And add the spices to the veggy, NOT, the lentils, to give more time for the flavors to blend during cooking
Overall, hubby liked it, but- like I said, not as I expected. Needs more work.
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Pity would be no more,
If we did not MAKE men poor - William Blake
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Weather calling for rain mixed with snow or if you prefer snow mixed with rain for tomorrow. Have to see. Right now it is dry out.
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About 9:15pm, a small thunder and lighting storm rolled through my area as well as rain and snow. Though the temp is sitting at 1C.
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Originally posted by SIGNYM:
Sounds like you have your work cut out for you, but it'll be good to have your appliances back in place.
Yeah. I haven't done anything with it yet. I haven't adjusted to the cold weather yet since it's been unseasonably warm up until 3 days ago and the bottom fell out. Going to be zero tomorrow night around here.
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Out for my walk soon and taking my cane because of the snow which arrived here last night.
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