The Alphabet: WX.

At my latest job we had the opportunity to learn a bit of sign language which was super interesting! To help us memorize all the signs better we had the sign alphabet in every toilet I’m not sure if every country has their own signs or if it’s the same everywhere. However, here are the signs that we use in Sweden for the letters W and X.

Ww

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Xx

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Interpretations of the rest of the alphabet: ABC, DEF, GHI, JKL, MNO, PQR, ST, UV.

Dinner is served!

I never made risotto by myself and when I told my friends that I would make risotto for dinners this week, everybody had the same reaction “wow, can you make risotto? I heard that it’s really difficult to make!!” Well, I had never heard that before and the naive side of me thought “it can’t be that difficult!” The truth is, it is! Haha Or I’m just to unorganized for this, because during the whole process I wished that I had a third hand! But don’t let this scare you off, because it’s totally doable and so worth it Happy cooking!

Risotto with wild mushrooms

Ingredients

55 g of dried mushrooms

4 tablespoons olive oil

3-4 garlic cloves, finely chopped

55 g butter

1 red onion, finely chopped

350 g Arborio

1/2 cup dry white vermouth

1 1/4 liter of boiling vegetable stock

salt and pepper

115 g of freshly grated cheese

4 tablespoons chopped fresh thyme

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1. soak the dried mushrooms in flirtatious water for 30 minutes. carefully lift it up and pat it dry. straining the soaking water through a sieve lined with paper towels and set aside.
2. heat the 3 tablespoons of oil in a large skillet. add garlic and soaked mushrooms and cook for 2 minutes. stirring frequently. add up everything on a platter.
3. heat the rest of the oil and half the butter in a saucepan. fry the onions soft on medium heat, stirring. lower the heat, add rice and fry it translucent, stirring. add the vermouth and cook, stirring for 1 minute until it’s almost absorbed.
4. turning on the broth, a bucket at a time. stir constantly and add more broth as the rice absorbs it. turn up the heat to medium so that the liquid is bubbling. risotto boiling for 20 minutes or until all the liquid is absorbed and creamy.
5. add half of the soaking water and stir into the mushrooms. salt and pepper, and dilute with more soaking water if necessary. pull the pan from the heat, stir in remaining butter, grated parmesan and chopped thyme. serve immediately.

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The Alphabet: ST

Welcome to Part 7 of The Alphabet! I can’t believe we’re nearly done, where did the last weeks go??
The following pictures are taken with my phone, because I found the S and T shape on my way to work and I didn’t have my camera with me (for once ). So if you wonder why the quality isn’t as good as usual, this is why.
I hope you enjoy this post, have a great weekend everybody!

In case you missed the other parts: The Alphabet, ABC, DEF, GHI, JKL, MNO, PQR.

Ss

Tt