Richard Huff's Seattle Social Blog

Monday, December 22. 2008

Update: Himalayan Salt Block Cooking.

The Himalayan Salt Block cooking has started to catch on. I've received several comments about my original post, and there is an Eats & Treats demonstration video on Oodlesboxtv.com (seen to the left) that I highly recommend anyone interested in cooking with Himalayan Salt Blocks watch.

Also, I'll try to be better about posting photos of dishes I've tried with the salt blocks. For now, I'll link to a photo of the pork chops I cooked on a bed of apple slices. The indirect heat and salt made them some of the best pork chops I've ever had.

Will I ever be able to return to a vegetarian lifestyle? I sure hope so, but it won't be made easy with such fun things to cook.

Posted by Richard D. Huff in General at 15:02 | Comments (2) | Trackbacks (0)

Thursday, December 18. 2008

December Snow Storm - 2008.

We woke up to a couple inches of snow this morning on Queen Anne hill. It only happens once every couple years now. Even then, it tends to happen in January -- not December. So, it's a rare treat to have the city blanketed with snow so close to Christmas. The 52 years in NOAA's snowfall record for Seattle averages to only 2.4 inches in December. I'm pretty sure that we exceeded the average with just today's weather, and it's still coming down.

Should I attempt the trek to my office? I think I should. It would be an adventure, and would surely help me get some work done (since the office is likely empty). I wonder how long it would take to get there by foot and public transit. (There's no way I'm stupid enough to try and drive when so many locals don't know how to drive in the snow.)

The local TV channels are having a field day with the weather news. You'd think we had eight feet of snow the way they're talking it up. KIRO has live feeds from several locations in the region. I guess they're just happy to have something to talk about.

(The photo was taken from our balcony.)

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