WHAT ARE YOU DOING TODAY (PICS)
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Turned 45 years young today and Hot Ingrid took me out for dinner last night to celebrate. We went to a place that does some Norwegian specialties balanced out with some other European cuisines.
My entré was a mini smorgasbord with the highlight being dried, smoked whale meat with a little parmesan, there was some local sour cream, smoked salmon with roe and cured ham as well.
For the main course I went for the lutefisk which is a seasonal classic that divides opinion. It’s cod fish that is dried then cured in lye over a period of weeks. The lye is then washed out, the fish soaked and finally steamed before serving. When it’s done well it’s spectacular and this place was good. The best part of the cod is used, the right amount of lye and curing time are employed and the frills were perfect (diced, fried bacon, new potatoes, mushy peas, then a white sauce based on fish stock, then a selection of mustards, berry preserves, syrup and brown cheese). As with all traditional Norwegian food, beer and akevitt is the best libation. As is also traditional they keep on bringing pieces of fish until all the sides are gone or you refuse more.
Hot Ingrid had the lamb because she’s sensible.
While I have quite a sweet tooth, my favourite dessert is a good cheese plate and a spot of calvados…
We then went to get our cocktail on…
I was wearing my IHW-13-GR, IH-666-PQ and IHWE-5…
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Making me hungry with the food pics. What does whale taste like?
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You might get mugged for that shirt bruh!
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Happy belated Birthday Reuben [emoji322][emoji322][emoji322]
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Happy belated Birthday Reuben [emoji322][emoji322][emoji322]
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Cheers buddy
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Ah that’s lovely Reuben! Happy Birthdy my friend!
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Sweet gum leaves? Liquidambar styraciflua my favorite fall tree.
Forestry major@Matty123 No kidding! I majored in Forestry and Forest Products. Never used the forestry aspect in subsequent employment, but the BSc has come in handy. Where'd you study? I went to the University of Wales, Bangor.
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That’s awesome! I went to UMASS Amherst. Class of 2000. I worked commercial landscaping for my entire life until recently. Funny thing is when you were talking about Gingko bonsai it reminded me of a class trip we took
To the Arnold Arboretum outside of Boston. I saw a 300 year old Gingko Bonsai that day. 300 f’in years old! -
Cool! I just recently found out one of my buddies/coworkers went to UMASS back when the Pixies were starting out and saw them play in somebody's house… plus he was apparently on 'saying hi' terms with Frank Black. I was suitably surprised and impressed.
I did a few months of landscaping not long after moving stateside. That's some grueling work, right there! Hope your new job's easier on the back. And knees. And everything.
A 300-year-old ginkgo bonsai would be cool to see! No idea how old my one currently is.
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Last night we were at the Weston Super Mare Carnival . . .
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They look amazing Barclay. Think I'll be putting that on things to do next year.
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^ Was an eye opener for me with 80 separate "floats". It rained the whole time we were there and the wind was strong. A great event for little kids and big kids like me & Jules.
The word "float" comes from the original Lord Mayor's Procession which was down the River Thames on barges back in the day.Sent from my CLT-L09 using Tapatalk
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Ran another 5K today. This one is organized by the Restaraunt I work for. It’s called the “Hot Oil 5K”
Hot oil is our signature topping that originated in our restaurant.
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I'm getting good news- to the surprise of everyone, it appears that I did not break my finger.
