Yoghurt

A friend in TorC has gotten the hook up for fresh whole milk from someone in the area with

cows. I told him I was interested and within a week I had a gallon of milk. Im not a big milk drinker and so had to think quick to figure out what to do with it. I looked into ice cream, gelato, cheese and finally decided that the easiest thing to do was to make yoghurt. The prep process only takes about 45 minutes, but the fermentation takes 12 hours. Here is what I did:

1. Procure some whole milk.

2. Heat milk to 180 deg F.

3. Put heated milk into quart Mason Jar.

4. Put hot milk into cold water bath and cool to 110 deg. F.

5. Add live yoghurt starter from previous batch or store bought.

6. Add flavoring and sweetener if desired.

7. Incubate at 90-110 def F for 12 hrs. (I used my hot spring water)

This stuff came out delicious! I made one plain batch and a vanilla sweetened with Agave nectar.

Beano's Dr. Visit

I had to take Bean to the Vet today for Xrays. On Saturday I noticed that a fishing fly had fallen behind my desk and I made the mistake of leaving it there. Of course Bean found it and when I saw it again there wasnt much left, including the hook. She started acting a bit sick this morning, so I took her in for Xrays. No hook inside. So the hook is still missing...

Bean and Ses

I've been having to enforce more selfrestraint with Bean, otherwise she gets out of control. Today she tried her best to hold in her excitement, but seeing Mikey and Ses for the first time is such a long time (a few hours) was too much. She laid down but almost exploded, and her only release was to do some unsolicited roll overs. She only did two but they were very precise and were enough to safetly drain her energy.

Raw Sunflower Sushi

I got this recipe from a friends raw cookbook after trying some rolls
that he made. These take some effort to make but are awesome. They are
trying to replicate spicy tuna rolls and do a decent job. Ingredients:
raw soaked sunflower seeds, celery, onion, bell pepper, cucumber,
jalepeno, dill, Lemmon juice, sea salt black, black pepper and olive
oil.

Smithsonian exhibit

TorC somehow got a traveling exhibit about American roots music. There
was a free showing this weekend so I stopped by. There were some nice
displays and some interactive instruments.

A Big Day for Bean

We went for a walk this morning at Elephant Butte Lake, then a midday bike ride and finally a play-date with Sesame and LuLu. Shes sleeping now.

What my dog is capable of

Bean crippled a mouse yesterday. She has been very interested in a
pile of sand for the past several days and I figgured it was because
of rodents. Yesterday evening she finally for one and broke it's back
legs. This morning I found it in the same place. Careful. Your dog
could do this too.