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Burn small enough bits and then put it out before completion, and you are creating biochar. Absolutely essential in the most fashionable compost blends these days.
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I cannot wait to see what's going to explode tomorrow. Also... lots of legitimate targets in morgues and hospitals, but there's also a lot of reports coming in of wives and children ending up mangled. So, par for the course for this shitty war.
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Forgive my ignorance here, but would there ever be a form of TPO which stipulates that the tree must be maintained in such a manner that it wouldn't get the chance to escape or become a problem or just otherwise continue to be a tree? That an apple tree, or indeed a whole orchard, could sneak through with the necessary occasional pruning, without having to apply for the work every time? Not necessarily relating to this poor apple tree, just in general. Established big hedges in historical areas, urban Street trees, that sort of thing... Edit: To the OP, knock the tree down, plant at least 3 more, slightly further away.
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Well like many aquatic delicacies, the bit of a sea urchin you eat is just the eggs or milt, so if the idea of swallowing a fat cumshot is off-putting to you at all, best steer clear. More for the rest of us! Yummy yum yum. It isn't fishy at all in the sense of salmon, mackerel, the juice-at-the-bottom-of-a-tub-of-prawns, you know the sort of thing; it is (when fresh) a clean, mineral, umami-driven hit of protein, not a mouthful of brine like with an oyster (still delicious), but a rich, silky, yielding, buttery little nugget of gold. Seriously, they are proper tasty.
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I hear you, many things are definitely improved by a short walk across a hot place, however brief, just to get the fat running a little. But not everything needs it... the absolute all-time greatest marine taste sensation of my whole life, even in front of such great players as monkfish liver and sea urchin (one improved by a quick sear, the other not), was the fatty chunk from just behind the gills of a tuna bigger than me, at dawn outside the Tsukiji fish market in Tokyo. I don't think many food experiences can be compared to quasi-religious experiences, but this was one of them. And while I'm fairly sure being flipped over the coals wouldn't have done any harm, it was already as perfect a taste sensation as you could hope to find that it seems unnecessary. God damn I miss that breakfast.
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I guess that's a no, then.
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I'm not Canadian, but I'm probably a twat, and I always wear a buff under a helmet, whether it's rock or arb. Keeps my beautiful flowing locks under control, because obviously I have to pony tail it all instead of having my usual twat knot. Because you aren't allowed to cut a hole in the top of your helmet to accommodate it. To the OP, I recommend wearing a buff under your helmet, even in warm weather, as it helps sweat to evaporate instead of accumulate.
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Nice. I had a "sharing" bag of posh crisps for lunch yesterday. No photo, sorry.
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I am currently making udon noodle soup for the bambini with peas, cabbage, brocolli, prawns, and leek, with miso paste. Later I will be making gnocchi with leek, mushroom, and tomato, and probably a pile of leaves, because chicks dig salad.
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Between 2 and 3 euros for sure anyway, probably north of that in some locations. I remember when a Calippo was 70 pence!
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Why cook the oyster, why cook the carrot? Why cook the salmon... If your chicken is kept like a pet and then impeccably slaughtered and gutted, you can eat it raw. Chicken sashimi is available in some of the fanciest restaurants in Japan. Some things are worth eating raw, some aren't, and often the only line separating the two groups are based on nothing but society's whim, which can vary from place to place...
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Djaknow what? It was brought to me! I was filling 3000 little pots with compost ready to receive a delivery of primulas, in a baking hot polytunnel with my shirt off, and my colleague, who was in the area anyway but not working, dropped by with an ice cream at just the right moment. Very successful day.
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Well, two things... do you have any German or Eastern European lineage? The raw pork on toast thing is a thing over there, I think. Secondly, if by bacon we can assume pork that has been salted in one way or another for a length of time greater than zero, then it has been cured or prepared in such a way that it no longer qualifies as raw... ...but the big question would be is that a traditional bacon cure, or a modern one? That is, either packed in salt or submerged in brined for a number of days; or injected with brine and/or tossed around in brine in a vacuum tumbler... Man, so many questions. I'm eating a Solero. No bacon involved.
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Maybe don't use the ones that have sat ignored for years... Keep in mind, there is no obligation to use packet nigella with a bar code... any leeks, onions, or chives left to go to seed can provide for you, despite being a completely different plant to the "black onion seeds" of Nigella sativa which, of course, isn't an onion.
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Yeah, someone hasn't been doing their due diligence. I suppose Hezbollah are going to be reviewing their hiring and firing (squad) procedures.
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The joy is real, all right!
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I'll be testing that one out today.
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I'm not sure about that... the photo is quite well zoomed... "Na-an inspired bread" (or translated: bread inspired bread) does suggest that they'd be nigella, anyway. Black sesame seeds are also available. Of course, historically, one of the most important jobs these little black seeds, whatever they were (nigella, sesame, poppy etc), was to hide the inevitable mouse droppings. Same as "crispy leeks" as a popular garnish for fish (is that an errant bone in my mouth? No, probably just a bit of crispy leek...) or a good grind of black pepper when cooking with wild mushrooms, or anything foraged or freshly harvested... hide the evidence.
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Whoever could have predicted that spreading poison everywhere would kill everything!
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No no, no nono no, no no nono, no no... ...there's no limit. Techno techno techno
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Got to see that everywhere I turn will point to the fact that time is eternal...
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No no, you've got it all wrong. It was the KLF. They were justified, ancient.
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Up to nearly 3000 injured so far, with 9 dead... I do wonder just how many of those 3000 were definitely the baddies, though...
