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Home cook writing down simple recipes for my daughterπ©βπ³ ππ‘ Original poetry & other words πΌοΈ π βοΈ Random nice things Website: www.stewedpears.com Poems: https://stewedpears.com/category/life/ekphrastic-series-based-on-food-art/
Today's sourdough is pretty #hobbybaker #homemade #foodie #Whatscooking #breadsky #ferment #sourdough ππ½οΈ
Anyone else notice the growing number of automated accounts such as π lately? Bluesky saw a 40% drop in daily active users (presume that means real?) in the 12 months to Oct 25 & might move from the public square to a Reddit approach: π www.cnbc.com/2026/06/04/b... Shame. I like the public square.
Recent followers. Can anyone explain this to me please? Are they all the same content aggregator/bot? Is this the growth we see on @bsky.app?
#AlphabetChallenge #WeekEforEphemeral "Things that exist very briefly." Like a sunset and a dog in the same frame. Not my dog.
Figs - part 2. White ones, all caramel and honey, with white wine
"I love anchovies (I call them 'lil hairy boys'), and I'm always happy to see them on a plate."β Gen Fricker "Baked fennel with anchovy crumbs"!! "Anchovy Bread (pane con acciughe)" !! π€© π #TeamAnchovy #recipes #food #foodsky #cooksky π
Fishy business: 20 great anchovy recipes
Anchovies add depth of flavour to all sorts of dishes, from biscuits to braises. It's true that not everyone likes them, but these great recipes just might change their minds!
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Wattle season not only smells great but also means: spring is arriving soon. Well... After it arrives and winter comes back with a vengeance and drags on and on before finally the warm weather begins... In any case. Wattles give me hope of a warmer future. #wattles #springisuponus #australia
Only very marginally to do with food and drink. An old, cranky poem of mine. #food #foodsky #poetry #poem
My Cowboy Toes - A Poem - Stewed Pears
My Cowboy Toes was accepted for a literary journal that disappeared before the poem got published, so I thought why not publish it here
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So much strife everywhere, but apparently August 2 is National Ice Cream Sandwich Day, so leaving these here as, hopefully, a sugared timeline cleanse ... #food #foodsky #cooksky π
When life gives you almond cookies, make ice-cream sandwiches. #food #foodsky #cooksky π
"The Norwegianisation of the taco" "hard shelled, filled with minced beef, & topped with cheese, sour cream &lettuce...In the hunter-led northern reaches, reindeer & moose can appear...while smoked salmon, shrimp & other fish versions crop up along the coast." Oh, & it's Taco FRIDAY #food #foodsky π
How tacos became Norway's national comfort food
An oil boom, a supermarket opportunity and decades of adaptation transformed the taco from a Tex-Mex import into one of Norway's most beloved traditions.
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Recent followers. Can anyone explain this to me please? Are they all the same content aggregator/bot? Is this the growth we see on @bsky.app?
Thinking of a new logo. These are just some early drafts I threw together on Canva just for fun. Can I get your opinions please? A (left) or B (right)? π
Was a little bit disappointed with Blueskyβs growth, so out of curiosity spent 1 minute over on Twitter (though I left it for good reason) & now I need paracetamol and a lie down. Itβs Thunderdome over there but dumber (with a βbβ).
Great argument for tuna mornay (casserole) followed by a dried fruit compote with yoghurt. #food #foodsky #cooksky π 3-cheese tuna bake: stewedpears.com/three-cheese... Christmas compote bsky.app/profile/stew...
We all need to start thinking about our bone health. Here's what to eat
Our bone density begins declining earlier than you might think. But ensuring our diet is rich in certain nutrients can help to keep our skeletons strong.
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The last dish I cooked in Ivan Day's historical kitchen. Yorkshire Pudding cooked in a pan set below roasting beef or mutton. Initially called Dripping Pudding, it was first called Yorkshire Pudding in Hannah Glasse's 'Art of Cookery' in 1747. We used beef, which is shown here roasting on a...
A reminder to take off our rose-coloured sunglasses and be a better tourist, if we're lucky enough to travel. Tourism and "authenticity" are coming at an increasing cost to the locals. #travel
Unsurprisingly, l also have a few thoughts on the subject⦠open.substack.com/pub/shawnhen...
Reading this at the moment. Coffee was thought to cure dropsy, scurvy, gout, and scrofula, among other things, and was considered the Viagra of the 1600s. #food #foodsky #coffee π
It's #InternationalCoffeeDay! Celebrate with a read of @drmatthewgreen's essay on the halcyon days of the 17th and 18th-century London coffeehouse, a haven for caffeine-fuelled debate and innovation which helped to shape the modern world: publicdomainreview.org/essay/t...
"Let the jack go swiftly round, Let me have it nice and brownβd. On the table spread the cloth, Let the knives be sharp and clean, Pickles get and salad both, Let them each be fresh and green. With small beer, good ale and wine, Oh ye gods! how I shall dine." -Jonathan Swift, "Mutton" #food #poem π