This week I was talking with a colleague about using olive oil for baking meat and fish, among other things. When I give someone an example of “our” olive oil, I tell not to use it for baking and frying, but now I realized that I hardly ever mentioned why not to do this. First…
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The Oracle of Orpheus
As our holiday next year to Lesvos is planned, Mel (as she does every year) starts to send suggestions of places to visit. It is amazing, every year she surprises us with so many beautiful sites to see. There was one spot she was planning to show us this year, but didn’t as there is…
About Surgery and Greece…
Posted yesterday… “Okay, somewhere begin this afternoon I woke up from a very deep sleep. The temperature around me was very nice and I must have been dreaming about Greece, because I was convinced that I was in Greece… Until I felt a hand on my shoulder, I opened my eyes expecting to see a…
Your believe…
There are people out there who believe their faith is making them a better person, that they have higher morals as those that don’t believe. This is of course not true, your actions and deeds determine if you are good person. Your opinions on matters set your morals.If you think your deity makes you a…
Private articles
Now already for some time there are many private articles posted here on our weblog and that is okay. One of the purposes of our weblog is to share thoughts and opinions privately between the authors. And I am very happy with what I see and read. It shows the friendship and trust between us….
Almost off to Sweden…
One more day at work and then we are off to Sweden. I have been really looking forward to this. And I not alone. It will be good for us to get together again with Mel. It really has been too long that we saw her. And I’m looking forward to some real Greek hugs.It…
Dorotheus
Today I learned a fun fact about one of my Christian names.My full name is Robertus Dorotheus Maria. Knowing that my parents were Catholic, it is very clear were “Maria” comes from. I always thought that the names Robertus Dorotheus were Latin based. For Robertus this is partly correct. The name Robertus is indeed Latin,…
Upgraded PHP to version 7.3
This morning I got a message from Jennifer telling me that the weblog was extremely slow. Thank you for informing me Jennifer. And yes, the site was indeed responding very slowly. Some investigation showed that this may have been caused by the PHP version (PHP is the computer language that is mainly used for WordPress)….
Recipe books
Today I went out to look for a recipe book about salads, as I wanted to have new suggestions and ideas. I felt a little “dried up” on this. I succeeded in buying a very nice and complete book on salads. The “Saladebijbel” will bring me many new recipes and a lot of new ideas….
Red Curry Paste (make it yourself)
This weekend I am planning to make a dish with sea bass. One of the needed ingredients is red curry paste. I was looking for it in a local supermarket, but could not find it (most likely I have overlooked it). So I did what I do mostly in such case, I called Miranda for…