Butter Beans in Tomato Sauce
We have been offered this in many Greek tavernas, especially the ones with what’s on offer displayed in a glass counter. On a trip to Alonnisos we saw big tins of these, called Gigantes, at the back of a taverna/supermarket/cash & carry that seemed to stock everything. Ingredients Tin of butter beans Tin of chopped tomatoes 2 cloves of garlic, chopped 2 onions, chopped Oregano Olive oil Method Fry the onions, garlic and oregano in olive oil in a medium sized skillet until soft Add the tin of chopped tomatoes, stir, and allow to simmer gently.
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This is rather unconventional, but we like it as a change from fried rice. Lidl conveniently stock the red curry paste, coconut milk and Chinese noodles. Enough for four. Ingredients 2 or 3 garlic cloves, chopped 2 or 3 large onions, chopped 2 or 3 carrots, grated 2 or 3 tomatoes, chopped Whatever green veg is to hand, green, red, or white cabbage, chopped Mushrooms, chopped, if available Chicken, pork, fish, or whatever is available, chopped 1/2 packet Chinese noodles 1/3 jar red curry paste 1 tin coconut milk 1 tbsp olive oil Method Place the onions, garlic, carrots, green veg and meat in a wok with the olive oil over a low heat.
Read more →Carrot and Coriander Soup
Tasty soup that makes a nice lunch for two. Ingredients 3 large carrots, grated 1 large onion, chopped 2 garlic cloves, chopped Small bunch of coriander, chopped 1 tbsp olive oil Black pepper Milk Method Place the onions, garlic, carrots and coriander in a small pan with some olive oil and grind over some black pepper Heat gently over a low heat until the vegetables are soft Nearly cover with milk Allow to warm until the milk begins to froth Take off the heat and partially process with a blender so there are plenty of chunks of veg Serve with toast or crusty bread
Read more →Using Emacs in Android Development
I’ve got a folder full of country flags which I have renamed using scripts so the names correspond to currency symbols. I want an integer array with references to the flags as android resources. This can be automated using emacs. I get a list of the file names into a buffer using find, which I then open with emacs. % find src/ -name flag* > data/sym-flags.lst They are already sorted, but just to make sure I use M-x sort-lines.
Read more →Markdown OpenStreetMap Maps
There does not seem to be a convention for showing maps or co-ordinates in Markdown, but almost anything gets put in square brackets [<anything>]. I had a request from Marco the other day to put OpenStreetMap maps in my Diary app using [<lat>,<lng>] syntax. So I did a bit of a search to see if there was a convention in Markdown for co-ordinates and couldn’t find anything. So we seem to have broken new ground here.
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