Luftpumpe

It struck me as odd that we used to have a "luftpumpe" attached to our bicycles at all times when we were kids. How often did we really have a flat? And when we did, then nobody seemed to have an inner tube or the tools to fix the punctured one anyway. So these Luftpumpen ended up as water cannons in the pool, being light-sabers and generally just deadweight.

Nowadays, cars oftentimes don't even carry spare wheels anymore. There is a kit that helps you inflate the tyre in case of a puncture. 

My point: ditch the Luftpumpe as they are only helpful in very rare cases. 

Friday Night is Steak Night

 

It is a bit of a (rigid) ritual: Friday night is steak night. We grab our meat sometimes a week in advance. When we find a nice piece in the butcher's shop we just grab it and think about how we are going to prepare it. 

Then we have a relaxed cook-off whereby we split between the sides and the steak. Sometimes we grill it on a Korean BBQ, other times it is pan-seared and oven finished. We play around with this. 

Photo above is a nice, thick piece we grabbed. The finishing touch here was to cook it in bacon oil, which I had from breakfast making a semi-full English. The roasted garlics go super-well with the meats. As Rosemary is not always available, we substitute with Sage. Weird-isch, but in a nice way.

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Weekend Activity

Visiting relatives with a bit of land is always fun. A quick moped ride (my first since my accident in Sydney in 2000....) to the Durian orchard in the morning to harvest ingredients was a lot of fun. We went to harvest Birdseye chili. The red and green. I look a little pained cos there are about 197 ants crawling up my legs, biting me. Why? I don't mean them no harm, they are the aggressors. 

The result: totally worth is standing in an ant hill, fighting off all sorts of flying insects and the prospect of snakes on the bike (what's that movie about?).