Autumn has really arrived...

[wiseheart]

... in the form of frequent raining. Fortunately, it's not stormy rain, just persistent. Enough to get wet like a dog while going to Aldi and back. It isn't easy carrying two large shopping backs and holding an umbrella at the same time.

It also seems I should have been more patient. Pistachios have arrived at Aldi - and a great deal cheaper than in the Bioladen. I bought two satchels anyway (although even so, they were price-y); they'll keep in the freezer nicely until next year. Or until I decide to use them some time in-between. I also bought some Christmas stickers and a large chocolate Santa for Mum.

Today I volunteered for kitchen duty, making a large heap of Roesti and a big bowl of salad, so all we'll have to make tomorrow is soup. Then I was basically lazy for the rest of the day, watching Auf Streife on German TV, for the sake of keeping my vocabulary alive.

In the evening I got my lazy rear in gear and worked a bit on the "Pathways" timeline. I hope to finish the 1999-2000 time slot tomorrow or the day after.

And now soon is TV time again - The Great Australian Bake-off is on re-run, and since we never saw that one before, we're quite excited.

Comments

[noadvertising.livejournal.com]

Didn't I tell you Aldi pistachios were on their way to Hungary? Hubby and I both love soup for lunch, especially in autumn with pumpkins and beetroots... Never found Australian Bake-off on TV. If I remember rightly- I did not find any other bake-off than the German one...

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

I should have listened to you — my bad. :)

We have here several TV channels singularly devoted to cooking and baking, like TV Paprika and TV2Chef — that's where we can watch the British and now Australian Bake-offs. Actually, they come on ViaSat3 and SonyMax sometimes, too. Which is a good thing, as there's very little that would be worth watching otherwise since Spike (not the vampire, the TV channel) was closed. They always had lots of re-runs of old sci-fi shows and films — I loved them!

[meathiel]

I really never thought about freezing nuts. Does it work for all of them?

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

Yes. It prevents them getting runny or any bugs getting into them. You can take them out, get a bit warmed up at room temperature and use them as always. Unlike veggies, they won't get icy in the freezer, either.

[red-day-dawning.livejournal.com]

You’ll be listening to all the accents like mine! Some people seem to like Australian accents, others hate them.

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

Sadly, I can barely hear the original sound. It is overspoken in Hungarian - the poor man's dubbing, I guess.

[red-day-dawning.livejournal.com]

Oh, I thought it might be the original sound, with subtitles.

[elwenlj.livejournal.com]

In Bridlington, rain rarely comes without wind. There's a reason it got christened, "Bright and Breezy Bridlington". It only took me a couple of months to realise that umbrella's are next to useless here, so I just bit the bullet and purchased a good waterproof jacket with hood. It doesn't look pretty, but it works better than a brolly.