finding your own song in the kitchen
finally the term is over and i can take a break from tests and other annoying things until september. however i haven't been lazy during my first free week. i have cooked a lot, taken up a knitting project again that i started in february, killed a few hundred aphids, made rose jam which involved killing yet more aphids, bought vegetables from the school of horticulture in my vicinity and resolved to tidy up my room (this time i really mean it).
over the last few weeks i have come to friendlier terms with the concept of "salad as an edible dish". i found a way i actually enjoy preparing the hitherto abhorred dish - i use my mortar to produce a pesto-like dressing with olive oil and herbs or nuts as a basis, then add either a little vinegar or lemon juice, salt, pepper and perhaps a little garlic. also important: the salad leaves must not be cut but torn roughly.
