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18 miles this morning. Heat seems to be getting less oppressive although we do have an excessive heat warning coming up tomorrow and Wednesday.
Recovery pastries and coffee time:
Recovery pastries and coffee time:
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my brain does not recognize this thing that you call a pastry.
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No paved roads?
Here they are repaving the street. It was milled last week. Next step is that they come along and prepare the areas around the manhole covers and other features for repaving. The big question now is how long it will take to actually lay new asphalt. The street just south of me that I use for my ride to work and other places was milled for months before it finally repaved.
Here they are repaving the street. It was milled last week. Next step is that they come along and prepare the areas around the manhole covers and other features for repaving. The big question now is how long it will take to actually lay new asphalt. The street just south of me that I use for my ride to work and other places was milled for months before it finally repaved.
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It the almighty Himself had intended for the dog to have short, pointed ears, he'd've made them that way from the git-go.
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Rolled by the Cadence/café yesterday but did not go in. They do have some new bikes, but the place still looks spartan/sterile. Not surprising since it literally opened last weekend or the weekend before. There is a railroad crossing to get from the trail to the street. It was blocked by two trains. That sort of thing will likely hurt walk-in business. Standing trains block the view of the place and require a detour to get there.
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That's the ticket. These are served up less syrupy, but they often give you a little plastic ramekin of extra syrup if you need that sugar boost.
This recipe has lemon zest simple syrup, but I swear Mr. Sweets has rosewater in their syrup.
https://www.cakieshq.com/recipe/swee...adaif-kadayif/
This recipe has lemon zest simple syrup, but I swear Mr. Sweets has rosewater in their syrup.
https://www.cakieshq.com/recipe/swee...adaif-kadayif/
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No paved roads?
Here they are repaving the street. It was milled last week. Next step is that they come along and prepare the areas around the manhole covers and other features for repaving. The big question now is how long it will take to actually lay new asphalt. The street just south of me that I use for my ride to work and other places was milled for months before it finally repaved.
Here they are repaving the street. It was milled last week. Next step is that they come along and prepare the areas around the manhole covers and other features for repaving. The big question now is how long it will take to actually lay new asphalt. The street just south of me that I use for my ride to work and other places was milled for months before it finally repaved.
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Hey, it's Buck Owen's birthday!!!
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The coffee tree
The chocolate tree
The chocolate fruit
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You haven't ridden in the city lately. The streets are a mess. So bumpy. Although I did hear that they repaved the bike lane on Pine St . in Center City. That thing was un-rideable in many places.
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I have never heard a jackhammer in Belize. But then I have never lived anywhere they would be used. Mostly, in the poorer Central American countries, everything is done by hand, with spud bars and picks. And muscles.
Tomorrow is our last day here, and we plan to walk upriver to the spot across from our old dugout landing. We are both looking forward to it.
The walk upriver will be on a farmer road, the road where all the farmers walk to their individual plots, turning off at whichever side trail fits their needs. We will not actually see the river until we arrive at our destination. There ought to be some good photo ops along the way though. It is early in the rainy season; by December this "road" will be ankle deep in mud with every step. Very easy to have one's boot sucked off their foot. One time I stepped into an everyday looking mud puddle and sunk in to my hip. Fun times.
Tomorrow is our last day here, and we plan to walk upriver to the spot across from our old dugout landing. We are both looking forward to it.
The walk upriver will be on a farmer road, the road where all the farmers walk to their individual plots, turning off at whichever side trail fits their needs. We will not actually see the river until we arrive at our destination. There ought to be some good photo ops along the way though. It is early in the rainy season; by December this "road" will be ankle deep in mud with every step. Very easy to have one's boot sucked off their foot. One time I stepped into an everyday looking mud puddle and sunk in to my hip. Fun times.
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Then it is washed, in the river here, and spread out on a concrete pad, a tarp, or on elevated screens to dry. When properly dried it can be stored until time to roast. Roasting wants a very slow fire for an hour or so.
Let it cool and crush it. This breaks up the husk so it can be winnowed out.
Finally the chocolate nibs are run through a hand grinder at a very fine setting. A strong man uses two hands to turn the crank.
It comes out like a stiff mud, which is formed into balls for storage or for sale. In these parts, chocolate is drunk as a lightly sweetened tea, made by throwing a ball into a pot of water and heating(not boiling) it until dissolved. Sweetener is added while hot and the result is drunk instead of coffee. Throughout the day.
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the traditional syrup for all these types of “deserts” are made with 1 part water, 1 part granulated sugar and about a quarter of a lemon’s juice over low heat, stirring until the mix gets syrupy. The trick is to know when to pour the syrup. If the pastry part is too hot, it absorbs too much syrup and loses all its crunch, if it’s too cold, never gets enough syrup to retain some moistness in itself.
Difficult to to resist when you have a sweet tooth like mine (tough I like what’s called “tulumba” a little more than kadayif).
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No paved roads?
Here they are repaving the street. It was milled last week. Next step is that they come along and prepare the areas around the manhole covers and other features for repaving. The big question now is how long it will take to actually lay new asphalt. The street just south of me that I use for my ride to work and other places was milled for months before it finally repaved.
Here they are repaving the street. It was milled last week. Next step is that they come along and prepare the areas around the manhole covers and other features for repaving. The big question now is how long it will take to actually lay new asphalt. The street just south of me that I use for my ride to work and other places was milled for months before it finally repaved.
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I remember seeing an ad for a reverse tri a month ago but did a Google search for it Saturday and nada.
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Seeds, thanks for the pics and a look at a world most of us know little about.
Like seeing the chocolate and coffee plants.
Like seeing the chocolate and coffee plants.
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Luckily, I got over it.
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