Today a day like other days

Today.
I couldn’t get access to the work plan I’m writing until one o’clock. They had some problem with the network service.
I couldn’t add references to my work plan. RefWorks is an idiotic program.
I couldn’t transfer a mouse to another cage since it was running and jumping like crazy. I had to ask one of the animal [...]

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Things that’ve made me happy this week

*The best yoghurt in Finland – Kalinka top, by Ingman. Totally artificial. When other yoghurt brag about containing real berries, this one only contains some kind of froth. But it tastes great!

*After living without mascara for two weeks due to a stubborn eye infection I now have great lashes
*Other things that make you [...]

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How to make blood bread, part 2

You mix some cow blood with an equal amount of beer.

Then you add the flour, salt and some butter.
My mother’s comment: Don’t eat too much, you might get sick!
My grandmother – she started laughing. And then she told my mother that, in the old days, you had to boil the bread before you ate it [...]

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And you thought you had to go abroad to buy strange things from the supermarket!

Yes, it is blood!
At Citymarket you can get half a liter of blood to make, for example, the highly recommended “blood-bread”.
To make this bread you need: 0,5l blood, 0,5l beer, 30g yeast, 1dl melted butter, 1,5tbsp salt, rye flour and barley flour (kornmjöl)
Mix, let rise for 1 hour, and bake at 225 degrees Celsius for 15-20min.
My question is; [...]

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How to make a cake

 
 
1. You make a brulé with vanilla and hazel nuts
2. You make chocolate mousse
3. You make a meringue  with cocoa powder and lemon
 
 

 
 
 
 
4. You put them all together in three beautiful layers
5. You melt chocolate and make a hard chocolate edge around the layers
 

 
 

 
The result: the most wonderful cake ever – and it doesn’t contain [...]

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Today’s shopping list

hazel nuts
whipping cream x2
vanilla
eggs x24
lemons x3
gelatin
200g milk chocolate
50g dark chocolate
150g white chocolate
butter
digestive cookies

It’s hard business to get one year older…

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Medieval market

This weekend Turku celebrates its glorious past by having a medieval market. This is in the same league as Night of Arts in Vasa or maybe something that Skansen would do. So beautiful and really family oriented.

             
Two guys get to beat the crap out of each other. When I first saw them they [...]

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My day

We’re having a lecture series at work. About animal imaging. And I came to the conclusion that I know nothing about it. And that you soon have to know way too much about computers to be a scientist.
One of the lecturers was from Gotenborg. He was a Chinese with a very obvious Swedish accent. Except [...]

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I’m a thief!

Today I stole something. When did I do it last? I can’t remember. Maybe I’ve never stolen anything in my life - I would not be surprised.
Before eating my lunch of pasta and minced meat that I brought with me to work, I took the elevator down to our cafeteria, grabbed a small plate from the salad stand [...]

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Thinking by yourself

A guy at work is presenting his dissertation this upcoming month and he is now looking for a place to have the traditional karonkka or party. When checking out different restaurants online he suddenly exclaims:
- Listen to this; vinaigrette, parfait! Why can’t they just write it in Finnish, this is just snobisms from some chefs that want their food to [...]

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What I’ve been eating lately

All good things come in threes, so here are 3 wonderful things I recommend:
Lasagna with nuts and blue-cheese (lasagne med nötter och blåmögelost)

8 plates of lasagna (preferably fresh)
100 g blue-cheese
100 g cottage cheese
100 g  walnuts
50 g shredded cheese

Bechamel sauce:

1 tbsp butter
1.5 tbsp flour
2.5 dl milk
salt
white pepper

Cook the pasta al dente (if you are using dry plates [...]

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Leftovers

We never got to try the natto that Shinya brought to my party this Saturday, so on Tuesday I reluctantly tried this “delicacy” for the second time in my life. It’s basically fermented soybeans and, how can I put it, not exactly my favourite Japanese dish…
I did however enjoy both sushi and dry seaweed at [...]

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