Saturday 1 October 2022

In My Kitchen - October 2022

Aaarrgghhhh!  October already!  I blinked and the year has sped by like a rocket.  This year has certainly had its challenges, and perhaps like many others, I feel uncertain and somewhat ill at ease.  We seem to be weathering many a literal and metaphorical storm.  But let's harken to that meme/thingy: "Keep calm and get your October on."  Okay, I'll try to do that, my friends.  

Anyway, let's jump into our kitchens (literally if you like), and find out what happened during the previous month.  There was lots of baking for me, and reading, and pondering the world.  I still can't believe the orange-haired ex-POTUS is not languishing in a prison cell somewhere, that a dear friend of forty years has passed away, that I've lost a bit more weight even though indulging in winter comfort food, that life is just ... a bit edgy these days.  Hope you all are coping with the weird world we're in at the moment.  But here we are - in my kitchen ...


In My Kitchen:


handmade glass Viking Birka cup from Grimfrost in Sweden

the makings of pickled cukes and radish

Whale rice bowls by Minoru from the Shokunin Store

a cute resin spoon from ... where?

coastal honey and a lovely little bowl

sea salt from the Arctic

strawbs in season so I sliced and froze 'em for porridge and smoothies

there was lime cordial made


I bought some New Zealand pure lime juice just 'cos, so I made it up into lime cordial with a sugar syrup, and topped up with sparkling water.  Very refreshing!


and a painting gifted to me by a friend


This is by Peter Logan, a local Brisbane artist.  Our friend Ms. ML baby-sat him many years ago!  I think this is a portrait of his brother.  Now hanging downstairs in the guest bedroom due to severe lack of wall-space upstairs :=)

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In My Kitchen:



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46 comments:

  1. October is my favorite month! Always happy to see it, although it does always seem to sneak up on one, doesn't it? Love those rice bowls!

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  2. Lots of baking and reading sound really great, Sherry. I love that little cute bowl.

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    1. thanks angie. Yes i'm finding lots of reading very soothing these days.

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  3. In-season strawberries -- always a great treat. The local ones here are only in season for a week or two, then we are back to the much less flavorful ones from California where they are somehow grown all year.

    The whale bowls are very cute.

    Thanks for hosting!

    best...mae at maefood.blogspot.com

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  4. It is hard to believe that it is October already! A month of reading and baking sounds good to me every month!!

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  5. Those rice bowls are so pretty and would match my dinner service 🤪
    from Tandy I Lavender and Lime https://tandysinclair.com

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  6. I love those whale rice bowls, wicked! I would love to get something like that if I traveled so I could think of my vacation every time I used them.

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  7. I love seeing in your cozy kitchen. Love the bowls and all your fun gadgets. It feels like a good day to bake. (And yes, we're all a lot on edge these days too!)

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    1. thank you jeanie. i think i'll bake irish soda bread this arvo...

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  8. I love all your random bowls that you seem to accumulate every month! It wouldn't be Sherry without one :) and I'm wondering why I've never thought about making my own lime syrup now, cos we love drinking sparkling water and a bit of lime would be just so good...

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    1. thanks nancy. oh yes lime cordial is wonderful with some sparkling water.

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  9. I love the little whale bowls and the resin spoon. We use a lot of lemon and lime juice so we always have a container on hand just in case we don't have fresh lemons or limes. Great idea to make pickled vegetables.

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    1. thanks judee. i always have lemons in the fridge! My pickled veg. were a nice surprise as I hadn't made them before.

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  10. I love the look of that salt, or rather the amazing containers they come in. Good to hear that your shedding weight, as midst this crazy world, your health is one thing to cling to.

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    1. yes very cute salt tin but I still love Maldon salt the most :) I am exercising and eating well these days. My clothes are huge on me!

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  11. I'd love to taste the Arctic Sea Salt. It sounds fantastic.

    I hope that truth will win out and Mr. Orange Hair will suffer.

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    1. we can only hope justice and truth win out, but I am not sure that will happen! Yes the salt is a good 'un.

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  12. So many interesting things in your kitchen, love the look of those arctic salt flakes.
    Amalia
    xo

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  13. Do you have Viking events using your birka cup(s)? LOL! Once again I love the whale design... :)

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    1. Tee hee Judi. If only! I do love me a Viking :=)

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  14. I couldn't resist any more and purchased some rice whale bowls. I love that you can see the "whale" on the outside. Little pricey to ship but what the heck it's coming a long way :)

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    1. that's wonderful! They are so lovely. I enjoy eating out of mine. Did you order them from the same shop as I did?

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    2. Yes, from the Shokunin Store...

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    3. I just realized my rice bowls are smaller (I think), have a wood base and the whale is on the outside of the bowls :) Cute none-the-less!

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    4. i think the bowls are the same as mine in regards to the bottom which is a colourful clay. and whales are inside too!

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    5. I can't resist Japanese things - food, ceramics etc...

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  15. You're totally right, Sherry - October snuck up on me, too! However, October also kicks off the best time of the year as far as I'm concerned. I love that Viking Birka cup!!

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    1. yes isn't that Birka cup gorgeous? those Vikings were a clever if bloodthirsty lot :=)

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  16. Love seeing all your wonderful things each month — but this month the whale plates really got me! Fantastic! And the strawberries looked just beautiful! And, as for the orange buffoon? I wish I had an answer. Scary times all around, indeed. ~ David from C&L

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    1. thank you David. Yep love the whale plates. Those clever Japanese.

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  17. October! I know! It'll soon be Christmas Sherry! Ha ha! Love those whale rice bowls!

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  18. Yes, let's get our October on (calmly)! I adore that new painting and as always all your other artistic kitchen acquisitions!

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    1. thanks debra. It's quite amazing that portrait.

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  19. There are some wonderful new things in your kitchen this month. I am happy to see you are continuing with the whale motif. It's difficult to say what I like best, that hand blown cup is beautiful and the resin spoon as well. We can only hope the orange haired idiot gets his come-upping, he seems to have an amazing ability to slime past everything. The coming election is a worry.

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    1. thanks Liz. Yes i do love me a whale :) Woe to the evil Orange Hair Man, and his ilk in Russia!

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  20. Your kitchen always seems so well - travelled - I have never heard of arctic salt - is that from all the beaches up there now that we have global warming (ha ha). The whale bowls are great. I like that there is a little spring in your kitchen with strawberries and lime juice. Glad to hear mostly all is well and you are getting some time in the kitchen, though the death of a longtime friend sounds very sad.

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    1. thanks Johanna. Yes it has been a topsy turvy year this year. And now we are told to look forward to a wild summer weather-wise! Again!

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  21. Have I commented or haven 't I Sherry? Thought I had, life's a blur at the moment. Such a great month in your kitchen and love those rice bowls. Do you think you will use them? I'm trying to use all of my bits and pieces these days.

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    1. yes i use them a lot. and i do try to use all my nice things, otherwise it's a waste isn't it ? :=)

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