Wow, who would have thought the day would actually come that I became a pigeon owner! I had toyed with the idea when I first bought my place, but I didn’t want any old pigeon from a random seller. Then, by some stroke of luck, I found some up for adoption at the RPSCA, and I felt like that was a sign!
So on the 11th of September I brought home two cuties (out of 7), not knowing their history or how they came to be at the shelter, but they were very well maintained and quite large! I mean, I knew pigeons were big but seeing them this close was crazy!
Finally, a super powered computer! And here’s me giving terrarium making a go after not having made any since living in Adelaide.
I’d found an elkhorn fern, but then later i found a bigger one for cheaper so now I have two?! And I wanted a ferny-fern and it was the perfect time to bring out an old jar I’d kept. I underestimated the size of the fern so it’s too big for the jar, but it still looks good!
Today at the shops, I noticed that Made By Cow has a second range out now. Their original release was pure jersey milk, but now they have one with a blue label.
What was interesting is that it was obviously different, but how so?
I read all of the label but I couldn’t seem to find any additional information about it, and it became a game of spot the difference. Finally, I noticed right at the bottom of the front label that is doesn’t say jersey – it just says milk. Aha! So this is their “normal” cow range. But here’s the plot twist: Made By Cow’s own label doesn’t specify the type of cow, but interestingly, the shop’s price label said “FRIESN”.
This reminds me of a conversation I had with friends not too long ago where some of them were saying how not all milks upset their stomach, but they weren’t sure why. Again, I realised how little we know about the food we consume. A2 milk has been a thing for a long time but do people actually know what it means? It’s just a different cow. Why don’t we sell milk by cow type? Yes it’s about maximising yield so you get mostly holstein milk with a small range of jersey, but there’s nothing else. Let’s generalise that even further – why are supermarkets still so boring? I want my french breakfast radishes, pine mushrooms, and lilly pillies.
Anyway… I like Baristart Coffee because they serve milk by cow breed.
I haven’t taken photos of things in a while, and I really should make use of my shiny new kitchen bench. So I got some fruit cake, and also found oysters I’ve never eaten before – the akoya oyster – which has an extremely pearlescent shell! It tastes pretty good too, the fish person described it being similar to a scallop in texture and that it did well steamed. While it’s nice, I think I still like wapengos and coffin bays more, but these aren’t bad!
I tried to save the shell, but they kind of dry out and started crumbling…
