Just made the best lentil and potato soup, ever.

I did end up making a little meat stock but I needn't have.

Onions slowly braised on very low heat for an hour in cumin, Spanish smoked paprika and mild Kashmiri chilli. Carrots and potatoes lightly roasted in duck fat. Lentils, and toasted pearled barley. Combine and season. That's pretty much it.

What a rich set of flavours!

Serving with freshly baked homemade bread.

Yu-um.

#soup #recipe #Lentil #potato #food

@nikkiana

I enjoyed reading your post about when you were a first generation blogger. Thank you. Forgive my ignorance, but how were you able to post that piece with more than 500 characters?

I'm from #SouthAfrica. I don't understand much about the US. For example, what is all the fuss you people make about pronouns? I seriously don't get it. You can use any pronoun you want to refer to me. I don't care. Third-person pronouns are used (in English anyway) when the person isn't present - it's incredibly rude to use those pronouns if the person is there in the room with you. So, why does it bother people which ones are used if they're not there?

Or am I missing something?

#pronouns

Because we (mankind) are made of star dust - the stuff of the cosmos - we are, therefore, in essence, the universe discovering itself. This thought simply blows my mind. Thank you, Mr Sagan.

#Sagan #cosmos #universe #stardust #philosophy #existential