I had time to fire up the “Fassl” yesterday evening and everything worked like a charm. I made some white chicken Chili in the Dutch oven, accompanied by some grilled flatbread. Here are some action shots:
Recommended Reads: Bethesda Cookbooks
Who else loves Bethesda’s famous Fallout and Elder Scrolls games series? I liked them so much and I had great fun playing them for hours. So I was excited when I found out that they published two cookbooks relating directly to the games – and still took a year before finally purchasing them.
The Official Vault Dweller’s |
The Elder Scrolls Official |
Now that I’ve tried some of the recipes and read the books, I can recommend them warmly to everyone who likes cooking and has a soft spot for atmospheric video games, props and apparel. They’re fun, written enjoyably and very beautifully designed.
Fassl (Fire Drum)
I had a small, old lidless oil drum left over in the shop and decided to turn it into a fire barrel. I call it a “Fassl”, which is the german/bavarian diminutive for “barrel”, so the closest relatable translation would probably be “keg”.
Homemade Skooma
Game Skooma
My Skooma
Whoever has played Bethesda’s™ Elder Scrolls Series with enthusiasm and dedication like me will know what “Skooma” is. As I got the official Elder Scrolls Cookbook these days, the first recipe to try for me was – of course – Skooma. By the way: I highly recommend the book, just for the fun!
Here’s the recipe for that booze that I copied and loosely translated from the mentioned above book. I will not post any more of them here since they’re all copyrighted, I just couldn’t resist this one. But hey, Skooma itself is highly illegal in the whole world of Tamriel!
“Khajit has warez if you have coin” 🙂
Tutorial: Knife Care with a Sharpening System
I had a friend of mine over these days with two well-used and now dull knives – this inspired me to write this article. At a certain point of knife usage, just honing a blade’s edge won’t do the job anymore and you will have to re-sharpen your knife and give it a nice clean edge again.
This is how I do this with all my knives, kitchen or outdoor, in this case using a Lansky knife-sharpening-system (which I know is discussed controversially on the internet). With a little training and devotion you can achieve excellent results with it – and in a much easier way than with a traditional whetstone. This is my way to do it and it works absolutely satisfying for me.
Fairy Tale Forest
This was today’s view at about six o’clock in the morning in the northern germany refuge. The mist from the farm fields was slowly coming through between the oak trees behind the house and everything was absolutely quiet. Reminded me of a fairy tale or elven forest 🙂
Japanese Box Bellows
I was fascinated by a japanese blacksmith’s video where this guy was working with a (seemingly) traditional two-stroke box bellows, and as things worked out, my hairdryer that I used as a blower for my coal forge recently bit the dust. So the mission was clear, I wanted to make such a cool box-bellows-contraption myself. After doing some internet research, here’s what I did and what I used:
Raised Garden Beds
It took me some time to make these two garden beds, interruptions and delays included, but now they’re done and ready to grow some greens.
