Phaedra's Adventure

[ducks4you]

No, you don't roll it out with a rolling pin, you roll it up after you formed it.
Just a thought bc I have found that temperature can make a difference in handling.

 

[Phaedra]

Friday for the veggie and fruit bags! When we arrived Lidl about 0720 in the morning, there were 10 bags, and each of them looks nice. I again picked three of them.

The amount of fruits and veggies is quite balanced. 9 Euros for about 10kg food.

After some simple cleaning-ups, they are as charming as new ones.

As usual, I soaked the cherry radish leaves in the water, and they perked up in about 10 minutes.

Hens are happy, too, they get their shares.

Look at these cherry radishes, aren't they adorable?

Then, we went to another discounter for a few special offers. I brought back three 50% discounted plants.

The mini Azaleas are totally healthy - they just terribly dehydrated. I soaked them immediately inside a deep tray with water and a few drops of tomato fertilizer.

Till the evening, they already looked better, so I brought them inside the unheated room to avoid low temperature shock from staying in the greenhouse. They absolutely need a few more days to adapt.

There is no chance to become a super hero and save a lot of lives. However, every now and then, I can rescue some food and plants, good enough!

 

[Alasgun]

“There is no chance to become a super hero and save a lot of lives. However, every now and then, I can rescue some food and plants, good enough!”

And in doing so you might be surprised at how that impacts people around you so you may be doing more saving than you’d imagine?

 

[SPedigrees]

No, you don't roll it out with a rolling pin, you roll it up after you formed it.
Just a thought bc I have found that temperature can make a difference in handling.

So just laying the cake between the two layers of waxed paper, rolling it up, then unrolling it later, replacing the top layer of waxed paper with the filling, and re-rolling the cake with filling inside? Yeah that could work.

 

[SPedigrees]

Friday for the veggie and fruit bags! When we arrived Lidl about 0720 in the morning, there were 10 bags, and each of them looks nice. I again picked three of them.
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The amount of fruits and veggies is quite balanced. 9 Euros for about 10kg food.
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After some simple cleaning-ups, they are as charming as new ones.
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As usual, I soaked the cherry radish leaves in the water, and they perked up in about 10 minutes.
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Hens are happy, too, they get their shares.
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Look at these cherry radishes, aren't they adorable?
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Then, we went to another discounter for a few special offers. I brought back three 50% discounted plants.
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The mini Azaleas are totally healthy - they just terribly dehydrated. I soaked them immediately inside a deep tray with water and a few drops of tomato fertilizer.

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Till the evening, they already looked better, so I brought them inside the unheated room to avoid low temperature shock from staying in the greenhouse. They absolutely need a few more days to adapt.

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There is no chance to become a super hero and save a lot of lives. However, every now and then, I can rescue some food and plants, good enough!

Your chickens eat better than I do. I thought it was some sort of delicious stir fry before I read the caption!

Those azaleas are beautiful, and that is a marvelous bounty of fresh vegetables and fruits. It would have been such a waste for these items to be thrown away.

 

[flowerbug]

i think it would be a problem to roll and unroll and reroll again later. but i've never done it myself. me, i would leave it flat and covered by a slightly moist clean lint-free towel until i could get it spread with the filling and then rolled - but i'm intererested in what those with actual experience would do. my sister makes pumpkin rolls, i think she uses towels too, but i've never seen her do them.

 

[Phaedra]

Everything has a price, same as owning and maintaining a greenhouse. I had no idea why the first house owner decided to have such a semi-open, glass-roofed outdoor space (We hired the same company to seal it as a winter garden and divided it into two compartments.) The old glass roof is the most difficult one to clean, and we are still considering how to proceed it.

Anyway, we can still do what we can do now. After a whole year, especially a pretty wet year (and winter), it is screaming to be cleaned. I also ordered a dehumidifier to manage the humidity level better in the future.

I removed the shelves on this side and started cleaning both the glasses and metal frame. Pretty terrified - a lot of dead insect bodies as spiders also became residents.

I finished 95% glass cleaning yesterday and today, and DH helped me cleaning the upper metal frames. Now it looks much better from all sides.

The side facing the lotus ponds - we also started re-doing the flowerbeds and removed the roses to somewhere else. The goal is to make a new area for two loungers to enjoy the view of the ponds.

The side facing west - also my main working space for sowing, plant-caring, and some DIY projects.

Working, working, working~

Much much better and brighter after cleaning from both sides

Can't wait to enjoy the cherry blossom from the greenhouse, too.

Let's call it a day, and the azaleas look much happier this morning.

The taros (in fact, they are eddoes, not real taros) sprouted from the compost are growing well indoors, too. I will say they are also nice-looking indoor plants and should be able to produce fresh roots to eat this year.

 

[Phaedra]

i think it would be a problem to roll and unroll and reroll again later. but i've never done it myself. me, i would leave it flat and covered by a slightly moist clean lint-free towel until i could get it spread with the filling and then rolled - but i'm intererested in what those with actual experience would do. my sister makes pumpkin rolls, i think she uses towels too, but i've never seen her do them.

Yes, it's unnecessary to roll and unroll and reroll again. If the parchment paper is big enough (I will suggest buying a roll instead of pre-cut sheets.), it's easy to grab two sides and use the parchment paper to roll the cake directly.

I just rolled a (pumpkin spice) chiffon cake roll with apple compote and Crème fraîche. After it's rolled, just let it stay in the parchment paper and sit in the fridge for one hour to set.

After one hour, the cake roll is ready to serve. It can stay as it is in the fridge for two days at least, but it never can survive for that long usually.

The apple compote was made in advance, and I love to add a bit brandy to finish it. The ingredients are simple, too - diced apples, sugar, lemon juice, a bit butter, and a bit of corn starch.

I also prefer using Crème fraîche instead of whipped cream, much less work, but more flavor.

Let me present the apple cinnamon chiffon cake roll, a very natural (no additive, all ordinary and common ingredients) and rich (in flavor) homemade treat.

 

[Rhodie Ranch]

Her photo of the three bags of produce from Aldi's was 9 euros. I looked it up. About $9.75 in us dollars.

Oh. My. GOSH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[ducks4you]

i think it would be a problem to roll and unroll and reroll again later. but i've never done it myself. me, i would leave it flat and covered by a slightly moist clean lint-free towel until i could get it spread with the filling and then rolled - but i'm intererested in what those with actual experience would do. my sister makes pumpkin rolls, i think she uses towels too, but i've never seen her do them.

Dunno, just suggesting bc most baked goods are made with butter and butter behaves Better when it is chilled.