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Saturday, 11 June 2011

Thoughtful

You Are Thoughtful

You need to know someone a long time before you open up. You are enigmatic and reserved.
You are a visionary. You have big ideas for the future.
You are inventive and easily inspired. You like to put your spin on things.
You work best alone and at your own pace. You have a quiet and low key way about you.

The Day at the Beach Test

Blogthings: We'll Tell You The Truth... Someone Has To!

Friday, 10 June 2011

Shadow Dancer & 90's IRA funeral

I looked this elegant, for the 90's IRA funeral, for "Shadow Dancer".. LOL.. (pic by DF)

Our little group for most of the day..

Wednesday, 8 June 2011

Tescotise..

Nice rainbow, earlier on, when I went to Tesco.. I'd have gotten better pictures of it, but didn't want to whisk Valentine out in the light rain..

On the way back, awesome evening clouds..

I was out of everything.. =)

I might get addicted to these.. Mmmmm..

Tuesday, 7 June 2011

Finally watched Camelot ep.9

My best ego screenie =D (This bit was shot in March, in Lugalla - totally different time and place than the rest of that scene!)

I'm there as well - on the right, under the flag..

And there's my head - I was carrying dear Crunchy Bunny.. Right in the centre of the screenie..

(More screenies in my Camelot set)

Sunday, 5 June 2011

Nuked salmon with salad

This is one of my favourite ways of having salmon - and it's probably the quickest and easiest way to cook it as well!

See the picture above.. Cut small chunks of salmon (about two fingers wide), and organise them on an empty plate as in the picture*, leaving the centre of the plate empty. (You'll be adding the salad or other stuff later..) There's no need to oil the plate first, and I don't add any seasoning, either. Just the chunks of salmon.

*There is actually a reason to arrange the chunks of salmon like this - it's the best part of the plate for balanced nuking! I've experimented with this..

Then, nuke the salmon! =D (Yes, that means microwaving it..) In our nuker, it takes about one minute and 20-30 seconds for this amount of salmon, but it's good to keep watching it as if you nuke it too far, you might have a little salmon explosion in the nuker, and that's a joy to clean.. If you hear any tiny bursts at all, it's probably done. (Just in case anyone happens to be totally unfamiliar with salmon - when it's raw, it's kind of orange, and when it's done, it's the kind of pink you see in this photo..)

Now, just add your salad, or whatever you're having with it. (Not a fan of salad? Try mash or chips / pasta / rice / bread..) I like a simple salad, so here I had just iceberg lettuce, cherry tomatoes, and stuffed olives, with French dressing.

I also love the mild flavour of salmon itself, so I never add anything to it. No salt, no seasoning of any kind.. However, I've tried it with adding prawns to the salad and using sweet chilli sauce for dressing, and that was quite lovely as well.

It's healthy, it tastes really good, it looks good, and it only takes a few minutes to make =)

It's a Beautiful Day..

Found Cahore..

Of all the places I've seen in County Wexford, I'd say that Cahore is my favourite.

The Strand Bar is lovely, with a great view, and it's always a joy to find a clean and fresh toilet! =D (Especially on Friday, after seeing the uber-filthy public toilet in Courtown, where I just walked in to make a 180° turn and walk right out again.. *shudder*)