No, I'm sorry, I haven't tried selling prints online. I've never set anything like that up before- but it's certainly not a bad idea. Regardless, I'm so glad you like it!
Hmm... I'm not sure! It always reminds me of stained glass, or like colour-block minimalism.
Acrylics, 24"x36" canvas.
I found this at a thrift store a few years ago and I've struggled to identify any of the symbols. I've tried online symbol databases, I think I tried reverse image searching, and I've tried just scrolling endless "fish" symbols to no avail. It's handmade and uses poly-fabrics, so it's certainly not an antique (or at least not a really old antique).
I love it. I think it looks really cool. I don't want to hang it up, though, if it has meaningful and/or religious meaning that would make that inappropriate.
Can anyone toss a theory my way? Is this religious imagery? Will it curse my descendants? Is this someone's Saturday afternoon craft, and they had no foresight that their fun "designs" would torture the back of my brain for years?
Saw a panel discussion where the devs called it "kuhd". I refuse to surrender. It will always be caved of "could" in my heart 😮💨.
I'm awful for following a recipe. Unfortunately I just looked at a handful of recipes for "apricot chicken tagine"to look for the right kind of spices and the tequnique. And I think I just decided to add almonds. Here's basically what I did, though:
Essentially, you soak the tagine for a little while to allow it to absorb some water, and mis en place all your other ingredients. Marinate some chicken, sauté 2 med (thinly sliced) onions in a pan with some eevo until translucent and starting to brown.
Layer the onions on the bottom of the tagine. Add marinated chicken thigh pieces, dried apricots, lightly toasted almonds, repeat, then pour a little chicken broth in so the onions don't burn.
Bake for 35-45 min or until the chicken is cooked through. We added some garlic slices, but they didn't cook fast enough and were a little overpowering, so... I wouldn't do that again. I'd add some crushed garlic to the marinade instead, next time.
I would think of it as just a terra-cotta pot- something to bake and steam whatever your imagination can come up with! :) I feel like it would do a mean potato and onion dish...
Which was promptly smothered in cilantro as god intended.
Second try at making limoncello; the peels were infused for 8 weeks in a locally distilled 45% gin. Used a coffee filter to filter out any impurities, and I think I trapped too much of the oils... leading to a crystal-clear liqueur, rather than the cloudy-neon-yellow I was going for. Oh well. Next time I'll get actual 180-proof grain alcohol and will avoid paper filters. I'll also use less simple syrup. Boy howdy... lessons have been learned.
Decided to try using those leftover alcohol-soaked peels and making them into something useful... Decided on dried lemon peel powder. I wonder if it will still be 'boozy'? It smells glorious, anyway.
(This finished limoncello is roughly 20%ABV, though we like to mix it with soda because it's so. stinkin. sweet.)
It's been years now, but especially started ramping up once I bought a house and had the cellar space to expand- my little appartmemt wasn't ready to handle the collection before that. I had a bad habit of going to my local international foods markets, seeing a spice I didn't recognize, and bringing it home to research later. Even the weird one-offs get a jar, a label, a kiss, and a place on the shelf.
Almost all are individual spices, but I do have a handful of blends. Except for one that was a gift, they're all homemade blends, though (taco seasoning, Donair spice, chaat masala, garam masala, lemon pepper, Japanese curry powder...).
All my baking stuff is left in the pantry (cocoa powder, cream of tartar, BP, BS...) So they aren't counted in with the spices. I tend to just throw together my own grill seasonings in the moment.
Honestly, I love my collection. Aside from the fresh ing. I would need, it makes me feel like I'm capable of making literally any dish I can think of. A million flavour combinations and opportunities to be creative.
If you're in the US or Canada, they've already been cleaned! :)
Yeah, definitely not Inkheart. That book/movie was about being stuck in/out of books, not drawings.
Well, the little "seeds" on the outside are nuts by def. The red fleshy part is an accessory fruit.
Yeasted buns with walnuts, oats, poppy seeds, almond slices, sesame seeds, currants, cardamom and cinnamon.
Yes, this has been a recurring debate in my kitchen, too. I try to organize alphabetically to help my partner find the right ones when I send him out to the cellar to gather spices, but it's also a contentious issue that I tend to ignore the adjectives (like "green cardamom" and "black cardamom are both in the "c" area, not g and b) when organizing.
They're from all over- for years I kept and reused all my old pickle, sauce, and jam jars to accommodate the collection as it grew (in addition to a bunch of thrifted mason jars). Glass feels easier to keep tidy and to find what I need.
There are still a handful I've never tried (hwentia, dundicut, black lemons, pomegranate peels, sorowisa...) but I like to experiment whenever I can. Some of my favorite foods to make are Indian dishes like chicken korma or goan-style pork vindaloo, which both use many spices.
Separated all the chilis/pepper varieties onto the top, and moved all the salts to the cupboard to the right, since those two categories took too much space. Final count was 109. Phew.
Clearly AI isn't taking over the meme industry just yet 🧠
Something a little different than my usual?
A gift for my partner! It's not as creepy and weird as I'd intended it to be, but I like it.
My old person trait is that no one is allowed to be mad at me for not answering a random phone call. Sometimes it's ok to leave your phone in the other room while watching a movie, or (gasp!) At home while you're out gardening.
Any and all suggestions/criticism are welcome! It's a WIP.
Excited to see this community get bigger. 👋