Month: October 2023

Pumpkin Soup Recipe

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For something seasonal, pumkpin soup. Tried a slightly different recipe and this time it worked, although it was kind of a little from one recipe and a little from another. Also, the seeds have been saved, rinsed and dried for roasting. No carving or waste this year, just for food.

500g pumpkin cut into chunks

400ml vegetable stock (although says you can use chicken too)

Olive Oil / salt and pepper / sage leaf

1 white onion diced / 1 clove of garlic chopped

1 small potato, peeled and cut into chunks

75 ml of double cream

Tsp of butter (homemade in this instance)

Heat the oil and cook the onions and garlic for about 5 mins or until start to turn golder.

Add the pumpkin and potato, cook for about 8-10 mins until starts to soften.

Add salt and pepper and butter then add the stock and sage leaf, bring to the boil and simmer for about 10 mins or so until soft.

Add the cream and bring to the boil, then puree.

And now you should have lovely, smooth pumpkin soup.

(c) K Wicks

Domed or Doomed?

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It’s a strange argument and discussion which has gathered pace in the last few years. Is the earth flat or round? Seems it’s an old discussion that has been resurrected, but with new ideas, information and perspectives. And within that there is further thought occurring towards what it is that may encase or surround the perimeter of our land, sea mass and visible skies.

A few things that linked together for me about this, a mix of information, media and what is currently presented as fiction.

Under the Dome – a TV series based on a Stephen King book about a mysterious invisible dome that gets dropped on a town. Haven’t seen it although have watched a few shorts conveying the plot, characters and issues that ensue. But I have seen The Simpsons movie, where a glass dome is placed over the town. Could just be a storyline from nowhere, or somewhere, or is just a standard model now that will be repeated and reused as needed.

Chernobyl – covered in a concrete dome, as well as many grand buildings. Symbolising resurrection they say and developed from religious architecture. But as they adorn quite spectacular buildings, there may indeed be more to it.

Logans Run – a domed city of people who were not allowed to leave, mostly not aware of the outside or the bigger landscape. Happily going about their controlled ‘life’ until such time as no longer required. At the age of 21.

Weather – I’ll put Rainbows forward to start, as it is theorised that the arch we see from ground-level is a reflection of our domed perimeter. There also other ideas which tie into that as well, probably already touched upon in my articles Structures in the Sky, Breaking the Ice, Flat or Round? and So Big They Didn’t Notice.

Cerebro – a spherical cavernous room for amplifying thoughts and telepathic energy. Similar in its panelled appearance to the next item of interest.

Las Vegas sphere – a new arena location has opened. A mostly spherical shape, with panelling to show the imagery in a surround 3D arrangement. With stunning visuals and quite the experience they say. Of course, could have nothing to do with the idea of Cerebro and is just of similar appearance.

I wonder if maybe we are both, domed and doomed…

(c) K Wicks