Left-over Beef

 I had some left-over beef in the fridge and the day is cool.

I took one Wild-fire chilli (about 10cm long) and three small tomatoes, about 70gm of the beef and some black pepper and chopped it fine.

Then heated a couple of tablespoons of beef stock and a good splash of Worcester sauce with a cup of water, mixing thoroughly. Thickened with a tablespoon of corn flower when hot.

Added the chopped mixture, the rest of the beef in small cubes, a few frozen peas and a teaspoon of black sesame seeds to the hot liquid, brought back to boil and mixed in a small amount of pre-cooked spiral pasta (just enough to bulk it out) and heated on low for ten minutes.

When finished I divided it in half to eat half today and have half for tomorrow.

When I finished the second half (today - I couldn't resist, it was that good) and scraped the plate I started planning for lunch tomorrow. I'll have to figure something new.

More! I Want More!

 I realise the Waikato is useless for anything other than paying taxes (last night proved they can't even play football) but this time I must comment in the people of the Waikato's defense.

Why does every (and I mean every) unelected civil servant demand more tax (always by another name) for necessary maintenance that tax/rate payers have already paid for but has been squandered on woke/racist bullshit instead of suggesting funds are taken from the utter scum that benefited from that squandering?

Warning: Seriously Bad Driver

 S

 

 Selfish

Senile

Senescent

Seriously dangerous

Sanguinary

Slow

Stolid

Solipsistic 

 Yes: "S" is appropriate.

Kanzi

 The headline:

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• Dr Michelle Dickinson: nanotechnologist on what a recent bonobo study reveals about imagination

A bonobo's pretend tea party has scientists rethinking imagination

I find this story fascinating.

 

A bonobo named Kanzi was sitting at a table across from a researcher. On the table are two completely empty clear cups and an empty clear jug. The researcher pretends to pour juice into both cups. Then she pretends to dump the juice out of one of them, turning it upside down and shaking it as if to show it’s empty. 

Then she asks Kanzi, “Where’s the juice?” 

There is no juice, but most of the time, Kanzi points to the cup that is supposed to still contain the imaginary juice. 

 

Maybe where research should be. 

I do note that Kanzi is a bloke.

I bet the report doesn't highlight that! 

Fire Damage

 I refer you to the top story here:

 Govt to use funds from Visitor Levy to restore fire-damaged parts of Tongariro National Park

The government will use $3.5 million from the International Visitor Levy to help  restore fire-damaged parts of Tongariro National Park

Conservation minister Tama Potaka said Tongariro was a taonga, and restoring its mauri was essential.

 Fire is nature's way of resetting balance and natural areas left alone after a fire invariably restore themselves stronger than they were pre-fire.

Attempting to  restore fire-damaged parts of Tongariro National Park is not just unnecessary, it's a fucking make-work scheme for thieving racists.

Rather than pouring time, effort and my money into this part of Tongariro National Park Minister Potaka should be charging the local group of racists for the costs of limiting the fire to the national park.

Wine?

 I had to stop at a pedestrian crossing outside a school last week while a cacophony of children crossed, my guess is, on the way to a swimming pool.

I was reminded of this when I saw this headline on the NewstalkZB site:

Teacher poured wine into her drink bottle and drank it while on lunch duty

 The tone of the headline is disapproving and I agree.

 Wine wouldn't cut it. I would need at least a good Scotch blend to put up with that noise - and I'm deaf.

 

 

Chilli - Red

 I picked my first green Wildfire chilli this season on Christmas Day.

Since then I have had a profusion of Wildfire chillies, some up to 8" in length, that were reluctant to change colour.

I have been eating Habanero and Cayenne while I wait.

Today I picked my first red Wildfire of the season, chopped about half (2") of it and added it to cheese, salami and tomato on bread and cooked it in an air-fryer.

It was worth the wait!