Friday, March 1, 2024

The Craziest Weather

 I am not sure where I am.  

Remember me blogging that GPS said I was in Georgia?  Well, the other day it was 70 F here.  Maybe I am there and don't know it?

I have been busy doing yard clean-up.  In February.  In Michigan.  I already have eleven bags stuffed with yard waste.  And the compost pick-up doesn't start until April.

It has been much cooler the last two days, but will warm by Sunday.  Our lakes are not freezing like they used to.  I don't think I even had a foot of snow total this year.

The trees are all budding and if we get a hard frost which can happen until the end of May, lots of blooms will die.  

Yes, over four billion years earth's climate has changed.  But this change is happening at breakneck speed.  I can't help but wonder what summer will be like.

Thursday, February 22, 2024

I Hate Coriander Day

 Sometimes it seems like there is a day for everything and this proves it.  February 24 is the 'official' I hate Coriander Day.  Or its leaf, cilantro.

I am one of those folks can't abide the taste of cilantro, though the seed itself doesn't bother me.  I omit it whenever it is called for in a recipe.  I don't even substitute.  And heaven forbid they mix it up in the produce section with parsley.

According to Ancestry.com they have yet to identify any genetic reason for the aversion. They think it may have something to do with where our ancestors come from.  Well, not much cilantro being used in Northern Italian or Eastern European cuisine.  

But I will make my Mexican and Indian dishes without it.  For sure.