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21 October 2020

October 2020 posts


Wednesday, 21 October 2020
Why are we still wrapping cheese in plastic?!
summary: plastic and cheese do NOT go together; how to wrap cheese: in wax paper or parchment paper or even aluminum foil, anything but plastic; plastic wrapping is very bad for cheese, especially Emmental, Fromage de Chaumes, Cheshire Cheese, Stilton, and Epoisses; plastic wrapping destroys Epoisses;

Sunday, 18 October 2020
Definitely Not KD inspired by "Son of Trickster" (Novel Food No.40)
summary: recipe(ish) for macaroni and cheese; brief review of "The Son of Trickster" by Eden Robinson; shape shifting; still struggling with IPhone camera; Novel Food Event;

Saturday, 17 October 2020
Wild Bierocks/Runzas (BBB October 2020)
summary: recipe for wild Bierocks/Runzas wildly deviating from the traditional Volga German filling; pretty much staying at home again; falling into rabbit holes galore; information about Bread Baking Babes; reminder about World Food Day;

Friday, 16 October 2020
World Food Day

"Everyone across our food sector plays an important role in ensuring nutritious food is available – but you can make a difference too! Consumers are more than just eaters; you also have the power to influence what is produced through healthy food choices, which in turn contributes to more sustainable food systems. [...] [B]ecome a food hero and make healthy food part of your lifestyle.

Grow, nourish, sustain. Together. Our actions are our future"


- FAO of the UN: World Food Day 2020
World Bread Day
"It's that time again! October 16th is World Bread Day! I cordially invite you – for the 15th time, by the way – to bake bread for the best of all food days! [...]
How to participate:
[...] Bake a bread, take pictures and publish your blogpost on 16th October 2020. Not before and not after this date and just one entry per blog, please."

- Zorra, Kochtopf | World Bread Day 2020

Monday, 5 October 2020
Whoa! Hot!!!
summary: revisiting red-cooked pork; oven-roasted cauliflower and red okra; hot hot hot chilis; what kind are the little devils?