Tuesday 4 - A Few of My Favorite Things

A Few of My Favorite Things

1. Do you have a favorite family recipe? Would you share it?

Not really, but I make "erwtensoep" (pea-soup) the same way as my gram did. We never used a written recipe.

In a large (14 l) pan:

All in small pieces.
Meat can be sliced later.

• piece of good meat
• pieces of carrot (1kg or more)
• celeriac (1 or 1,5 large one.)
• leek (2 or 3 thick, large ones)
• a white onion
• a red onion (my addition, gram didn't have them)
• bag of soupvegetables (large bag) (throw bag itself away)
• slices celery leaves
• lots of dry half peas
• rookworst/smoked sausage
• water
• salt, white pepper
• if you want: 1 or 2 bags of powdered peasoup
• maggi cubes to the taste
• add a few potatoes, sliced in very small parts, an hour before using. If needed you can cook them seperate, cube or smash and add.
• if you like add a bit of bacon, very small pieces.

slowly bring to a boil, turn low, leave it for hours, stir regularly.
When the bottom starts to burn, pour in other pans, clean the pan, and put everything in it again.

When pouring in a bowl:
put some slices,cubes of smoked sausage/rookworst in it
and/or small pieces of bacon
add the soup.
Enjoy!!!

2. Do you have a favorite book? How about a movie? TV program?

I have quite some favorite books. What comes to mind right now:
Ernest Shackleton - about antarctic expedition. I have two editions: one very old, maybe a first, and one more recent. He was a huge inspiration and it taught me that one has to look beyond the preset situation with creativity, positivity and hope. Things can be done, even when we think it's time to give up.

Movie: Out of Africa.

Tv.
I like programs about expeditions, like to Antarctica, Amazon and Himalaya.
I stop for Programs about Tibet and old fashioned Tibetan Buddhism.
Casualty, doctors and scientifically based medical programs.
etc.

3. What is your favorite snack? Favorite sandwich?


Choriso
Sandwich with prawns

4. What is your favorite color for a home exterior...a car...a room ?

Exterior of a house:

• A normal house: red brick
• A cottage: white
• A tiny house: the colours of the environment

I can't drive.

For inside the home: dark and light wood with blue.

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About **Syl

Syl: "Life is a chain of challenges. Sometimes the largest challenges are we ourselves. Facing life, facing others and facing yourself requires either a worryless attitude or plain courage. Most of the time it is dealing with judgement. Maybe life is about getting rid of it."