Scotch and Miltonic

Sigh

Cinnamon.

Large butternut, piloncillo, spices

Chopped butternut

Dry roasting the spices

Simmered, spiced, tender butternut

Calabaza en Tocha.
Butternut squash simmered in a heavily spiced sauce of piloncillo, star anise, common and cloves. I'm boiling down the sauce to a thick glaze.

Air fryer basket full of garlic, onion, seranno and jalapeno peppers, tomatillos, a drizzle of olive oil, pinch of sea salt

Blended salsa Verde

Salsa Verde: Air Fryer edition.

Large butternut squash

Dried corn stalks, butternut vines, and beans.

Large butternut squash

A little late-season visit to the Milpa. Maize cacahuazintle grew but didn't produce much, the butternut was very productive, and the beans are still going.

Early sunrise over the Sierra foothills. Venus is visible (please zoom)

First Light over the Sierra foothills

Well my first fermentation is on day 11 and I wanna check the PH. I'm excited and nervous. I feel like you're supposed to try and not open the ferments if at all possible but I only really wanted 10 days initially up to 21. If it's below 4.6, I'll blend it up and prepare for bottling. #fermentation

Just gave my brine a taste test, the heat has mellowed, the lactic acid is starting to come through, and the garlic is punching above its weight class. pH is still low 5/high 4, and it's just delicious.

This needs so many more likes. That color is phenomenal

Bam. What size are the bottles?

Abuelita hot chocolate. Instant, delicious.

This stuff is divine.

Chicken and vegetable soup, made from rotisserie chicken carcass, (strained, pick and chop the meat), carrots, celery, the carcass stock, onion, white pepper

Cooked pasta shells, tossed in a little pasta water, schmaltz (skimmed from the stock) and parsley

Soup and noodles combined. Pasta remains perfect

So. If you don't want soggy glue for leftover soup, cook the noodles separately. Tossed with a little schmaltz, pasta water and sea salt. Combine for each serving. Store separately.

Sierra Nevada, covered in snow

Sierra Nevada, covered in snow

"Sierra Nevada" translates roughly to "Snowy Sawtooth."

Fading sunlight highlights the western facing foothills

An unusually monochrome sunset for California, but there's a storm blowing in.

Golden hour on the hills, a very clear sunset.

The last light of day ☀️

GE-Proton 10-18 brings fixes for Wayland, Company of Heroes 2 & 3, Blue Protocol: Star Resonance A fresh batch of fixes have landed for running Windows games on Linux / SteamOS and Steam Deck with GE-Proton 10-18 now available.

Update to the GE-Proton article, as hotfix 10-19 was just released
#Proton #GEProton #Linux #SteamDeck #SteamOS #OpenSource

Hell yeah, brother.

As soon as you have everything figured out, things change.

Competitors, alternatives, employees, customers, the economy, epidemics, and other things whose identities are also unpredictable.

So you can never stop talking to customers or rethinking strategy.

Is this like a "Medal of Freedom?"
I think you can get one of those pretty easily nowadays.

It takes a Stoic mindset, for me, to even get out of bed.
I can't control the stupid around me, but I can try not to be stupid.

A little rain in the forecast

A LOT of rain in the forecast

Locally, this is called "raining buckets." We only get about 12 inches (giggity)/year, so this is significant, and early.

FAQ: Why America just bailed out Argentina with a $20 billion lifeline | CNN Business The Trump administration is bailing out Argentina in a move critics are saying has more to do with politics than economics or American interests.

How much money did we send to Milei?

FAQ: Why America just bailed out Argentina with a $20 billion lifeline | CNN Business share.google/D6fwgvn3fg35...

I was just talking to my boss about tradeoffs. Everything has a cost, and if that cost is saved in wages, you're wading into exploitation (if we're being honest).

Long-haired black and white cat stretched on her back on green patterned sofa with her front legs relaxed and head tilted completely back.

This #Caturday, why not be more Mitzi? 🐈‍⬛

Chicago priest Fr. Larry Dowling describes procession to ICE facility: “No one had the courage to speak directly to us. No one from Homeland Security could stand in the presence of the Monstrance holding the Blessed Sacrament. No wonder. Evil is repelled, recoils in the presence of Christ.”

Mines on a shelf, no direct light (it's behind the coffee, lol), 24 C. I was sick yesterday, but I'm excited to get a pH test today.
So awesome to find another ferment wizard out there!

I'm neither Catholic nor terribly spiritual, but I can say this: these are fundamental, timeless good works, and to deny it is well beyond criminal. We know this already, tho.

5:28 am in rural California, dogs are reading the news to each other.
Might be a coyote afoot? A weird leaf? Not sure.

I was going cheap and analog, lol. That said, I found a pH meter on AliExpress for $5, it's on its way! What I'm happiest about is that the ferment is stable on the counter, no weird mold, smell or taste.

I am writing this because it has swiftly become crystal clear to me that many people have no idea what is happening or how this works. Here is a thread for non-academics to put into context what just happened to Dr. Mark Bray, a fellow historian.

Looking East down Hermosa in Lindsay, Ca

Burrito Machaca Mojado

A gem of the San Joaquin Valley, El Maguey in Lindsay, CA, serves an absolutely divine Burrito Machaca Mojado.