September 20, 2009
This weekend we went to see the exhibition ‘A day in Pompei’ at the Melbourne Museum. Suzy was very impressed with the whole exhibition and I enjoyed parts of it. The casts of the people who died are surely the most powerful part of the exhibition, they really take you back to the very moment when the blast hit the city and people were engulfed by the ash. It is very moving to see the people in the very position they were in when it all happened. The other parts of the exhibit showed items from the city of Pompei recovered by archaeologists. It struck me how their implements are much like ours. I should have found that amazing but I just found it boring; 2000 year old household items that look just like what you see at any old market today. Suzy was a bit more sensible though and enjoyed how the exhibition brought live in the city right before your very eyes. The exhibition also depicted the story and timeline of the actual event but there were such a huge crowd that we could not really be bothered discovering more than we already knew about the event. The 3D animation was probably pretty good though.
November 23, 2008
Já, ég komst að því hérna úti að Hollendingar búa ekki til Íslenskar pönnukökur, þeir búa til Hollenskar pönnukökur, og þær eru allt öðruvísi en okkar pönnukökur. Í gær varð ég mér úti um pönnu til að gera þessar pönnukökur og prófaði að gera þær sjálfur í fyrsta sinn. Þær eru ekki sætar en í staðin þá geturðu valið um að hella yfir sætindum, eins og á þessari mynd, eða setja ost og annað meðlæti sem er meira eins og máltíð. Allavega, þá mæli ég með þessum pönnukökum, þó ekkert komi náttla í stað þeirra Íslensku. Upphafið að þessu var reyndar að ég ákvað loksins að kaupa almennilega pönnukökupönnu að Íslenskum sið, eftir að hafa notast við matar pönnuna í mörg ár. Úti í hinum stóra heimi heita þær þó ekki pönnukökupönnur, útlendingar standa víst í þeirri meiningu að pönnukökur séu Franskar að uppruna og kalla þær Crepes. Ég fann þó Danska Crepes pönnu sem mér leist vel á og fyrst það hafa að öllum líkindum verið Danir sem komu með þennan sið heim til Íslands þá verður það að duga fyrst enginn selur alvöru Íslenskar pönnukökupönnur hér hinumegin á hnettinum. Scanpan Ceramic Titanium Classic Crepes Pan verður að duga fyrst Alpan Icelandic Classic Pancake Pan er ekki til.
October 22, 2007
I have a funny story to share with you guys about some knives that we got at the Chefs Hat. A couple of weeks ago we were buying homey stuff for our place and I wanted to get a set of knives but being particular about my knives I wanted to get some reasonably good ones. However, since we were buying so many other things I was reluctant to spend the necessary $200 (10.000kr) on a single knife. Suzy then found this set of cheap knives at $50 for a whole set and I consented it made more sense to get something like that. I looked at the brand and to my surprise it was actually a quality brand called Victorinox so I was confident that even though they looked cheap these would be good knives. We then went home and started cooking for the dinner party we had planned for that night. As Suzy was cutting some vegetables it became apparent that the knives were unnaturally sharp. She cut her self and telling her to be more careful I took over the cutting. I was cutting some carrots and using my fingernail to guide the knife, as you do. That knife however was not like most knives though and instead of being guided by my nail it simply sliced a part of my nail off! I instantly started treating those knives with more respect and have handled them much more carefully since but none the less I have managed to cut my self three times since then. Now we treat those knives with more care than we have ever treated any knives before and I highly recommend the Victorinox knives, provided you treat them with sufficient respect.
February 14, 2007
This comming monday Icelandic kids get to wake their parents by spanking them. In return for each spank they achieve before the parents wake up and stop them the children get creamy, chocolaty buns. It’s Bun Day! Unfortunately as we dont have any kids and Suzy is not your typical Icelandic housewife I dont expect to get any buns at home. However the bakeries will be full of them so that is where I’ll be headed. read more »
February 4, 2007
I have just realized that my beloved recipe program, RegiDean does not have a distributed database. Meaning that I have to copy every recipe between computers and even if I do there will always be an inconsistency between different versions, and also I cant run it on the handheld computer that I use in the kitchen. So eigther I have to find a website that helps you organize your recipes or, I can just blog all my recipes and put them into categories that make them easy to find. Since the blogsite is on my own hosted space I think I´ll just blog it, and thereby share it with everyone. read more »
January 28, 2007
Recently I got the urge to make my own Bagels. As bizarre as that sounds I just really wanted to see if I could make them my self and get them fresh from my own oven using only good healthy ingredients. Needless to say I trawled the internet until I found a good source and gave it a go. The result was surprisingly good. On the website The Fresh Loaf I found a good article on the subject and followed the recipe and instructions. Here follows my version of the recipe (be sure to check out the original too though): read more »
January 16, 2007
This is the famous recipe for aunty Auður’s red cabbage. She has been using this recipe for christmas for the last 50 years with famed results.
- Head of read cabbage
- Butter
- Sugar (I use Agave syrup)
- 1 tbsp Redwine vinegar (optional)
- The juice of one lemon
First cut the cabbage into small pices. Heat up a pan or a big pot on medium high to high and put in the butter. Once the butter starts to turn brownish then add the sugar and let it simmer till the mix starts to mildly caramelize. Add the cabbage and simmer in the mixture untill soft. Add the vinegar and lemon juice. Let this simmer at medium heat for 20-40 minutes.
