Month: October 2020

Chanterelles on toast

Here is a very simple recipe that you can adjust after your own taste: Toss a bunch of chanterelles in butter with: Finely chopped onion Soy sauce White pepper Cream Fry the chanterelles until they start crackling and then add them to toast with some fresh parsley on top. A variation to this is to add finely grated parmesan cheese on top, add the toast in the oven for a few minutes and then top it up with parsley. Enjoy!

“Constant Gardener” – A way to find Balance

First thing is first, I am going to start with the disclaimer: this is not a post about gardening. I like being outdoors, I feel in my own element but gardening is taking skills which unfortunately I don’t have at the moment! Because, in all honesty, I am investing my time in other projects, So now that this is out of the way you are probably wondering why I chose this title for the blog post. Well, first time when I said to someone that I am like a “Constant Gardener” it was in an interview. It felt like a good way to describe myself on the job. I work as a software engineer and live systems are like gardens, they grow in time, they need constant attention and fixing. If you are not careful the weeds of bad and unmaintainable code are taking over. With all the rush of the world and the abundance of information everywhere I feel like being a constant gardener, always trimming and choosing, always prioritising, has become more and …