{"id":451,"date":"2009-03-10T11:02:55","date_gmt":"2009-03-10T11:02:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thedomesticsoundscape.com\/wordpress\/?p=451"},"modified":"2009-03-10T11:10:17","modified_gmt":"2009-03-10T11:10:17","slug":"real-pleasures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedomesticsoundscape.com\/wordpress\/?p=451","title":{"rendered":"Real Pleasures"},"content":{"rendered":"

During the weekend I made my own baked beans. I used borlotti beans rather than haricot. I love borlotti beans; they are meaty and nutty and large and succulent and delicious, and they feel decadent. My method was simple and imprecise:<\/p>\n

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1. Soak beans and boil in unsalted water until soft and buttery. Put by in colander.<\/p>\n

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2. Sterilise jars.<\/p>\n

3. In a pan mix the following ingredients to taste: tomato puree, water, salt, bay leaves, cinammon, apple balsamic vinegar, honey, paprika, cumin, chilli and onion.<\/p>\n

4. Add the beans to the sauce and boil together until the onions in the mix have all turned clear.<\/p>\n

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5. Spoon the mix into the jars and close them.<\/p>\n

6. Tidy up the kitchen carnage and wait for the sucking POP noise as the jars cool, and a little vacuum is created in each one.<\/p>\n

7. Eat whatever is left in the pan and marvel at the deliciousness.<\/p>\n

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I also made bread. This recipe<\/a> is infallible, but I do think the fresh yeast makes a difference. I am experimenting now with yeast; I have put by a small ammount with some flour, water and honey and I will use this as the starter for my next loaf. I will always put by a ball of dough from each loaf, mix in some flour, water and sugar and in this way – hopefully – keep my own little yeast supply alive.<\/p>\n

While beans and bread were taking shape, I blocked my 2 new hats. You can see them on the radiator here, along with my beloved green Headigan which got severely re-blocked too.<\/p>\n

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One humbug-mint-style Headigan in the leftover yarn from mine and Emmylou’s Hourglass Sweaters, and one large, red Felicity<\/a> – from Knitology<\/a> – made as a stashbuster, using up random balls of red yarn I had lying around.<\/p>\n

Felicity Hat ravelled here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

This phase in my life is all about the quick, easily assembled, instantly gratifying knits. I want to cultivate simple pleasures and try out many new styles. A restless period of reinvention is afoot, underpinned by the sanity-giving principles of grains and pulses and walking. I am in danger of spending my whole life at home, so it is good that I got out on Sunday to enjoy London and to delight in the wearing of my new accessory.<\/p>\n

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I did enjoy wearing my new red hat in London on Sunday, eating salt-beef bagels on Brick Lane in it and marvelling at the ridiculously OTT marketing campaign of new frozen yogurt bar in Soho: SNOG.<\/p>\n

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Mmm… salt-beef bagel.<\/p>\n

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SNOG in Soho. (Frozen Yogurt bar; amazing lighting.)<\/p>\n

Although the low-calorie joy of SNOG was quite tasty and delicious, very few things compare to the loveliness of a scribble-cake (my name) AKA Mont Blanc taken with tea at the inimitable Maison Bertaux<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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On the other hand, I did start pinging off the walls with happiness when I called in to the lovely Rachael and the sight of her delectable little pencil; perhaps it was the memory of this that prompted me to desire the ‘scribble’ cake…<\/p>\n

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I hope you all get lots of Real Pleasures this week.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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