Friday Art - Seasonal Pieces

This is a piece I did when Covid was just starting up.

Here is an unmasked face for the season.  It is also an older piece.

Linking to Nicole's Friday Face Off and Gillena's Art For Fun Friday.

 

Rain's Thursday Art and Dinner Date - Gift Wrap and Egg Drop Soup

Welcome to Rain's Thursday Art and Dinner Date!

Here is my piece for the 'Gift Wrap' theme.  It is an ACEO (2 1/2" x 3 1/2").

 For the dinner date, this is my egg drop soup, it is so easy and delicious. 

Ingredients:

 2 eggs

 1 tbs light soy sauce

2-3 green onions diced

 3 c low sodium chicken stock 

 In a medium saucepan bring the chicken stock to a boil, add the soy sauce. In a bowl, whisk the eggs and green onions with a fork. Drizzle this into the stock and stir until the egg is cooked. It will float on top.  Enjoy!

 

Wednesday Memes

 

Joys of Aging, Not

 I had a follow up doctor  last week.  So my bone density test revealed I am borderline for osteoporosis, he will retest me in a year.  It could be age related.  He told me to take 2000 iu vitamin D daily and to drink lots of milk.  He advises against drinking coke soft drinks, unsure how that relates to cholesterol but it can't hurt for me to stop I guess.   As far as blood test results it seems my cholesterol is a bit high.  I never had a problem with that before.  Maybe I can eat less shrimp and shellfish, I am thinking.  Red meat is another culprit.

DNA horrors

We are having unseasonable weather, mild and not a lot of snow this year.

 My sisters and I were having a discussion on DNA testing.  One sister mentioned a few horrors some of her friends have experienced.  One discovered a full sibling out there.  Her mom changes the subject and he is not answering her messages to connect.  Another friend discovered her dad is not her real dad.  She found out she had unknowingly met her real dad but he is now deceased.  Another sister said the father of  a friend of  had donated to a sperm bank, and discovered a number of half siblings out there.

There is good in DNA science in that they have managed to find rapist killers 30 years back sometimes.

My friend was telling me she saw on TV that they isolated a kind gene in dogs that was not present in wolves.  It explains their lovable trusting nature.  She said unfortunately that gene does not work well in humans.  They isolated the gene in a human boy.  It turns out he was overly trusting and kind to the point of it not being normal.  You simply can't trust everyone blindly.  I found this article that seems to relate to my friend's information.

Roasted Leg of Lamb

 I got this leg of lamb roast on sale.  I set about roasting it as follows:

3 1/2 -4 lb leg of lamb

5 cloves of garlic

2 tbs lemon juice

1-2 tsp dried rosemary

1 tbs Dijon Mustard

2 tbs olive oil

1/2 tsp salt

1/2 tsp pepper

Preheat oven 375F

I opened up my roast and cut it into a slab a couple of inches thick.  Lay it flat on a baking dish lined with foil and then parchment paper.

Marinate roast with all the ingredients  Bake until the internal temperature is 135-140F.  It took me 55 minutes.  Rest and slice into 1/4" thick slices.

As a guide, I used this link.

I was happy with the results.

Irish Colcannon

 Jan posted about a cabbage and potato mash recently and I found this recipe for an Irish Colcannon to try.  It is delicious!  Here is what I did:

Ingredients

3 medium potatoes cut into chunks

3 cooked breakfast sausages or bacon slices chopped

2 tbs butter for the mashed potatoes

1/4 c milk

3-4 tbs olive oil for sauteing cabbage and onions

1/4 cabbage cut into small pieces

1 onion chopped

salt

pepper

Instructions

Boil potato chunks in lightly salted water for about 15 minutes until tender. Drain the potatoes when cooked, add butter, salt, pepper to taste and mash.

  Meanwhile cut the cooked sausage or bacon into chunks and the cabbage into small pieces.  Saute the onion in olive oil, add sausage or bacon pieces, then add the cabbage and continue sauteing until cooked, 10-15 minutes.  season the cabbage mix  with salt and pepper.  

Mix this into the potato mash.

Repeating myself, it is delicious!