Walking Commentary

Thoughts and cycling from Manchester to Rome in 2023

food

Kefir Ezra

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We’ve been enjoying our own kefir pretty much every day since a friend gave some grains to Lia. Counter Kefir thrives in the kitchen. We use it exclusively in our morning granola. Hers greened with spirulina, them both riddled with cran-, blue- and goji berries as a health-maintaining minimum of supplements we add. There was a time that we’d buy kefir or other probiotics to use for breakfast but having our own is much more satisfying.

  • Kefir Grains
  • Counter culture at the ready
  • Granola for two
All photos © Simon Robinson 2020

So, I wondered, how old is our kefir? How long has it been going? So I asked the donor.

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Vegetarianism

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One of the few disappointments in relocating to Dublin is the lack of decent vegetarian restaurants. That’s possibly because living in London has spoiled me. In London, it seems that vegetarians and vegans cook for vegetarians and vegans. In Dublin, there are just a couple of such places, Cornucopia the best known. Let’s not name many names but once you get out into the suburbs, the vegetarian still needs to select several vegetable dishes in order to eat with their carnivorous friends.

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