Jeremy Cherfas

Cultural quickie this morning to the lovely church of Sant’Onofrio on the Gianicolo. pesos

The internet couldn’t make its mind up. Cut an X. Cut a Y. Just a slit will do. Round the equator. Round the poles. Boil, steam, roast, microwave.

So, back to basics.

MTAOFC says to peel a strip (I cut a slit) put them in cold water, bring to a boil and boil for 1 minute. Then pull them out three at a time and peel. And by golly if it wasn’t pretty much OK. Better than boiling for longer and better than roasting.

#chestnuts pesos

I’d really like to know what @rachelaliceroddy thinks of the great bucatini shortage and, even more, the great bucatini infatuation, which has been all over the internets and which I mentioned in the latest issue of Eat This Newsletter (link in bio). pesos

On the beach again. pesos

Probably mature enough. pesos

I rant often about podcast web pages that hide their audio behind layers of obfuscation. It makes trialling an episode in huffduffer.com impossible. But ones I subscribe to, like @5x15stories, that can’t even supply a decent feed are beyond my understanding.

After the gloomiest and dankest of days, this! pesos

Such strange weather. pesos

Tidiness certainly can be over-rated, although less so in the physical space than in digital space where searching is so much fast. Or, as I used to say of one long-term partner:

“A place for everything, and everything in a place.”

Absolutely fascinating, and just a teeny bit disquieting. I love the idea of a fish-filled moat to keep them in. I’ll probably stick this in the next newsletter.