Jeff Smith

@sumisu3

Sauna サウナ, wine, craft beer, 日本酒, BBQ, chilis, hops farmer and home brewer, guitar, French horn, Flügelhorn, jazz, Irish Setters, vinyl & books. 30+ yrs IT. Finnish/German/Chicagoan in NZ via Japan. @sumisu@famichiki.jp and @sumisu3@mastodon.beer

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Jeff Smith@sumisu3· 8d

It is cold tonight. The boys are piled up to keep warm.

Cavalier, Golden Retriever and Irish Setter are curled up together, partly on top of each other, on a dog bed.

Jeff Smith@sumisu3· 14d

Tonight is Motown vs Chi-town. First time to make a Chicago deep dish and the dough is correct but I didn’t scale the recipe quite right (too much dough) and need to bake it longer. Very correct directionally and just needs some tweaks. Third time for Detroit style and family loves it.

Detroit style pizza in a rectangular pan

Jeff Smith@sumisu3· 17d

Was suddenly in the mood for ćevapčići. The kids will get this as leftovers in their lunch tomorrow. Poor kids

ćevapčići - small torpedo shaped sausages/meat balls. Grilled and stacked on a round plate. One small pita is on the edge of the plate and along side is a small plate of sliced red onions

Jeff Smith@sumisu3· 28d

Made my first ever Detroit style pizza. Actually I’ve never eaten one but thought it seems like an awesome style.

Rectangular pizza. Already baked. Can see the nice crispy pepperoni, sauce and even the crispy edges from the cheese.

Jeff Smith@sumisu3· Jun 27

this photo maybe provides a bit better context/persoective

The previous looking through the rainbow but at a wider angle that shows more of the dark sky outside of the rainbow

Jeff Smith@sumisu3· Jun 27

A few years back I was at the end of our driveway and could have walked through this portal

A rainbow that appears quite nearby and you can nearly see the entire arc of the rainbow. Inside the arc it is looks like a normal sunny day. Outside of the arc of the rainbow it is heavy gray clouds

Jeff Smith@sumisu3· Jun 22

This arrived from Japan today. My fountain pen case completely reimagined in urushi Thank you @matsuzawa.bsky.social It’s gorgeous!

A slender fountain pen case slightly opened to reveal two pens inside, one black and one blue. The case is mostly in a dark urushi finish with the red around the edges/seams.

The same fountain pain case closed so you only see the case from the outside. On a wooden table as with the other photo

Jeff Smith@sumisu3· Jun 19

I’m certain that this article is utter BS my real thoughts in the alt text

Screenshot of photo of some guy (I assume the Z Energy boss) and the headline “ Z Energy boss on why NZ dodged fuel shortages — and why pump prices may stay high for a while”

He is trying to look honest in this photo I suppose - and casual, like higher fuel prices are no big deal and that we should all be grateful that his tribe saved us from running out of fuel

Jeff Smith@sumisu3· Jun 15

And we have pastrami!

Five slices of pastrami off the end of one piece of the brisket after brining, spices and smoking

Jeff Smith@sumisu3· Jun 8

Actually it is often a very frightening read. I got it on my Kindle first but I‘m now waiting on a paperback version because I want to make notes in the margins, etc.

A page from American Nations with the following highlighted:

Congress passec the infamous Alien and Sedition Acts of 1798 by the slimmest of margins, with Yankees and Deep Southerners in favor, and Appalachian representatives deeply opposed. The acts granted the president the right to expel any foreigner or unnaturalized immigrant or to arrest anyone born in a hostile country at will. The acts also increased the number of years of residency required for citizenship from four to fifteen. Meanwhile, anyon who spoke, wrote, or published anything against the govern-ment, Congress, or the president that might bring them "into contempt or disrepute" or that might be considered "scandalou and malicious" would be subject to up to five years in prison and a $5,000 fine.

Jeff Smith@sumisu3· Jun 7

The wild peacocks graze just like the cows

More than a dozen, not all visible, peacocks and peahens working their way through a paddock

Jeff Smith@sumisu3· Jun 7

Went out to the garden to plant broadbeans. Picked some chilis since several are still happily hanging on. Picked about 20 Aji Charapita as part of that, then came in to make a salsa with them. This is kicking my butt but it tastes sooooo good. Love this chili ivebeen.cooking/recipes/aji-...

Looking into stone mortar at a blend of chilis, coriander, onion and garlic in a liquid of lime juice and olive oil

Jeff Smith@sumisu3· Jun 6

Time to brine the brisket to start the process that ends with Reuben sandwiches. 6.875kg of brisket 748g kosher salt 42.55g Prague Powder #1 (I don’t like botulism) 5 days of curing 1 day of desalination 1-2 days basking in the rub 1 most of the day smoking Many days of happy eating

Three large cuts of beef brisket on a white cutting board and my great grandfather’s (>100 year old) butchering knife on the front edge of the cutting board.

Bottom piece of brisket is the point and the two pieces on top are the flat cut in half.

Jeff Smith@sumisu3· Jun 1

Finished! The clash of religious empires - or rather emerging dominions and spheres of influence that used religion as a tool. Learned about Latvian, Estonian, Lithuanian history that I never had even heard about. Sámi culture seems to have been more familiar - at least for me. 1/2

Silence of the Gods opened to the last page of the main text of the left and the first page of the Bibliography on the right. My glasses are on the left side page.

Jeff Smith@sumisu3· May 26

Quite a beautiful start to the day this morning

Orange and pink/purple hues sunrise looking toward Little Barrier

Jeff Smith@sumisu3· May 24

As someone of Finnish heritage and taking regular sauna the idea of water in the sauna having anything to do with washing away baptism is pretty crazy. I guess sauna was very ”foreign“ to people not originally from the region Snake under/behind the kiuas being a good thing also mixed in to all this

Text from part of Silence of the Gods by Francis Young

“If the Prussians really were trying to wash baptism away, this represented something different from mere ignorance of Christianity - it was a conscious and outward rejection of a Christian identity through a counter-ritual. However, Gouguenheim argues that Bishop Jung (and Henry of Livonia, who described similar practices at an earlier date) may have mistaken the use of water in saunas as a kind of 'pagan baptism'.”

Jeff Smith@sumisu3· May 19

Is it a bird? A plane? A bat dog? Just a silly #IrishSetter Moments before absolute chaos

An Irish Setter on the floor, facing up with ears splayed like a bat

Jeff Smith@sumisu3· May 5

Satchmo’s recipe #LouisArmstrong #Satchmo #RedBeansAndRice

POPS FAVORITE PISH
By - Louis and Lucille Armstrong
CREOLE RED BEANS (KIDNEY) AND RICE

(Use 2 gt. pot with cover)
11b. Kidney Beans 1/2 lb. Salt Pork (Strip of
lean, strip of fat) (Slab Bacon may be used
if preferred)
1 small can of tomato sauce
(if desired)
6 small Ham Hocks or one smoked
Pork Butt
2 onions diced
1/4 green (bell) pepper
5 tiny or 2 medium dried peppers
1 clove garlic - chopped
Salt to taste.
PREPARATION Wash beans thoroughly, then soak over night in cold water. Be sure to cover beans,
To cook, pour water off beans, add fresh water to cover.
Add salt pork or bacon, let come to a boil over full flame in covered pot. Turn flame down to slightly higher than low and let cook one and one-half hours. Add diced onions, bell pepper, garlic,
dried peppers and salt.
Cook three hours. Add tomato sauce, cook one and one-half hours more, adding water whenever necessary. Beans and meat should always be
just covered with water (juice), never dry. This serves 6 or more persons..... To prepare with Ham Hocks or Pork Butts..... Wash meat, add water to cover and
let come to a boil in covered pot over medium flame. Cook one and one- half hours. Then add beans (pour water off), add rest of ingredients to meat. Cook four and one-
half hours. Add water when necessary.
SUGGESTIONS For non pork eaters, chicken fat may be used instead of salt pork. Corned beef or
beef tongue may be used instead of ham hocks or butts.
RICE
2 cups white rice
2 cups water
One teaspoon of salt
One pot with cover
Wash rice thoroughly, have water and salt come to a boil. Add rice to boiling water.
Cook until rice swells and water is almost evaporated. Cover and turn flame down low.
Cook until rice is grainy.
To insure grainy rice, always use one and one-half cups
water to one cup of rice....."To serve"
On dinner plate -- Rice then beans, either over rice or beside rice as preferred.
•.. Twenty minutes later -- Bisma Rex and Swiss Kriss.

Jeff Smith@sumisu3· May 5

He’s been tested multiple times, regularly. Someone is worried that grandpa has lost his marbles and he thinks it is a badge of pride.

Doug the dog from the movie Up!

Squirrel

Jeff Smith@sumisu3· May 3

And I pulled this out of the lower shelves of the wine cellar to go with the lasagna

Jeff Smith@sumisu3· May 3

First pan out of the oven. I’m doing these in quarter sheet chaffing pans because the fix perfectly in my Breville countertop oven. Way more efficient that heating up my big oven. Even when I cook them one by one.

The previous lasagna now baked with beautifully browned, crispy cheese on top.

Jeff Smith@sumisu3· May 3

Making two pans of lasagna today. Made my own bolognese with beef and lamb mince. But I’m going back to the way my mom and grandma made lasagna instead of dealing with bechamel. Tub of cottage cheese, eggs, oregano/parsley/thyme. And shredded mozzarella - with some proper buffalo mozzarella on top.

Quarter sheet chaffing pan with unbaked lasagna. Shredded cheese and pieces of mozzarella spread across the top.

Jeff Smith@sumisu3· Apr 24

Much nicer than…

Scene from Hitchcock’s The Birds with all the birds roosting.

Jeff Smith@sumisu3· Apr 23

Growing Jerusalem artichokes for a few years now. This year - bumper crop. I no longer worry about excess. Sliced and marinated in ginger, green onions, star anise, Sichuan peppercorns, soy sauce, black vinegar and plenty of chilis (recipe my wife found in The Little Red Book). Insanely good!

As described in the post - in a small bowl

Jeff Smith@sumisu3· Apr 16

Had more than a few eggplants this end of season so I made pickled eggplants - and some mushrooms. Outstanding and I’ll do this again next year. www.neilsowerby.co.uk/2022/02/25/b...

oblong dark pottery plate with a stuffed pickled eggplant and a few mushrooms. A glass of wine and the wine bottle

Jeff Smith@sumisu3· Apr 15

I smoked a bit of bacon today

Three sections of brined and then smoked pork belly (aka bacon) on a quarter sheet pan.

This will get cut into smaller portions, vacuum packed and frozen. That is - what I can protect my son

Jeff Smith@sumisu3· Apr 11

So many persimmons and a great harvest of charapita chilis. So salsa it is. With chips for now but have some fish to make for dinner and a fruit salsa is most excellent with fish.

A glass bowl of salsa made with chopped and somewhat mashed persimmons and onions. Small flecks of coriander but I couldn’t find much in the garden so very sparse.

Jeff Smith@sumisu3· Apr 10

Same here a bit further north in Matakana

Orange and pink sunset with a dark view of a rose garden in the foreground

Jeff Smith@sumisu3· Apr 10

Or you could go the other way

Big Lebowski scene - robe while buying (and drinking) half & half at the grocery store

Jeff Smith@sumisu3· Apr 5

Today was a Polotmavé (half dark Czech lager) and Friday was my Pilsner Urquell clone. The wort of both of these - so gorgeous