Making: Father's Day cards with the kids (and picking out which of their art works will be used for wrapping paper).
Baking: Parmesan and rosemary crackers to go into school lunches. If you like savoury things, you will love these, they beat potato crisps any day ;-)
Dinner: Chick pea burgers on fresh buns with homemade yoghurt and coriander dressing and garden salad. This recipe works really well with pretty much any bean substituted for the chick peas too, such as white (cannelini) beans, with fresh herbs like parsley instead of the spices.
Reading: Ah yes, I love eBay. After keeping an eye out for this book for about a year now (after it was recommended by Rhonda), I finally snagged one in perfect condition (just a missing dust jacket, but who needs that?), which arrived yesterday:
That's going to keep me busy for a while I think ;-)Contemplating: When the weather will be warm enough to have my first bash at home brew beer. I gather the ambient temperature has to be over 20'C pretty much, for it to ferment properly? I don't have a warm room to put it in either, so it would be at normal house temperature, which is still dipping to 10'C overnight. Tell me if this is/isn't the case, all you beer brewers?!
7 comments:
Hi
I just came across your blog. What a good idea listing your simple days. Might play along with you!
Re ginger beer (have recipe on blog) I just brew ours on kitchen bench & we are NZ - I do it all year long & temp doesn't seem to matter - only in summer when it is bottled - if it gets too warm it explodes weeeeee - but makes a jolly mess. So we pop bottles in fridge to cool down.
Nice to meet you
Love Leanne
Hi Leanne,
Thanks for stopping by :-) Yes, I brew my ginger beer on the kitchen bench all year around too. I've recently bought a home brew beer kit though - to brew alcoholic lager and such - which I gather needs warmer temps than ginger beer (which isn't very alcoholic)?
Cheers, Julie
Home Brew.
I used to make a mean batch when we were first married. I didn't use a kit - used the hops & all.
No longer brew our own - don't drink anymore due to allergies - saying that if I had a brandy in the cupboard I would of helped myself to that after taking dd for driving lesson.
I wouldn't worry about temperature - I used to keep mine in laundry - if real cold would wrap it in a blanket. Ahh those were the days! Guys used to turn up to sample my brew & often ending up staying the night as not safe to drive home on their British bikes. Neighbours thought a gang had moved in when we arrived.
Life changes when you get kids & a mortgage he he.
Enjoy your drop!
Love Leanne NZ
(PS I used to play around with putting an extra teaspoon in bottle while bottling - give it a good kick & you a sore head)
Hi
We make home brew all year round we just keep the drum in the kitchen it just takes a few days longer to ferment(stop bubbling) than in the warmer weather. We have done it this way for about 15 years now and no problem at all.
I like the idea of listing your simple days great reading.
Debbie
Debbie and Leanne, thanks for the beer-brewing tips :-) It's good to know that the temperature shouldn't worry it too much, I will have to get out all the gear and instructions now.
Cheers, Julie
Love my back to basics book!
I haven't worried about temp for brewing ginger beer either - don't recall reading that it could be an issue either lol? It's always worked fine though.
Hi Nikki,
Yes, I don't worry about temp for my ginger beer either, but I thought that a hops-based lager might be a different story!
Cheers, Julie
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