Feeding habits of earthbound human

Feeding habits of earthbound human

   September 17, 2008       A bloke in Europe

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Everybody knows that eating abroad is quite expensive task and not everybody is able to do it regularly. This is how lithuanians deal with this problem:

First we need to find some container with food:

Then stuff stuff to the plastic bag…

… and hide some more inside of shirt:

pick up the stuff carefully, as it is not clear if the bag will survive or not:

head to the canteen to buy some coffee..

and find a safe place to eat:

this technique is especially good in Austria.

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Feeding habits of earthbound human

Feeding habits of earthbound human

   September 17, 2008       A bloke in Europe

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Everybody knows that eating abroad is quite expensive task and not everybody is able to do it regularly. This is how lithuanians deal with this problem:

First we need to find some container with food:

Then stuff stuff to the plastic bag…

… and hide some more inside of shirt:

pick up the stuff carefully, as it is not clear if the bag will survive or not:

head to the canteen to buy some coffee..

and find a safe place to eat:

this technique is especially good in Austria.

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Making of the Banana Worm

Making of the Banana Worm

   September 17, 2008       A bloke in Europe

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I have started to disbelieve everything and trying to test everything I can, so this is one of “skywalkers” presents.

 

 

Get your own - Open publication

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Making of the Banana Worm

Making of the Banana Worm

   September 17, 2008       A bloke in Europe

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I have started to disbelieve everything and trying to test everything I can, so this is one of “skywalkers” presents.

 

 

Get your own - Open publication

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Evening in the car

Evening in the car

   April 23, 2008       A bloke in Europe

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PM has taken for a tour around. Actually the city is very nice! Buildings look like small castles, sea looks very beautiful at night. I have started to think about buying a flat here ;))

There are some social houses, where government pays most of the rent, so poor families are paying only 20 euros/month to live in small two bedroom flat (also you can buy it at once - 14 000 euros).

For other poor families (that are earning 600-700 euros month) there are better flats available - they must stand in the queue for that.

Algerians serve perfect fish! I have even liked the soup of it.

And as usual got an offer to stay longer here, which I have refused.

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Evening in the car

Evening in the car

   April 23, 2008       A bloke in Europe

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PM has taken for a tour around. Actually the city is very nice! Buildings look like small castles, sea looks very beautiful at night. I have started to think about buying a flat here ;))

There are some social houses, where government pays most of the rent, so poor families are paying only 20 euros/month to live in small two bedroom flat (also you can buy it at once - 14 000 euros).

For other poor families (that are earning 600-700 euros month) there are better flats available - they must stand in the queue for that.

Algerians serve perfect fish! I have even liked the soup of it.

And as usual got an offer to stay longer here, which I have refused.

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Friday in Algeria

Friday in Algeria

   April 18, 2008       A bloke in Europe

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Friday in Algeria is like normal Friday, except that it is Saturday here. Before cleaning lady cleaned me out, I moved out of my room, to get some food and walk around.

Strange feeling - my lather jacket obviously is too heavy for 30 degrees outside, but when the wind blows - it really helps.

I have learnt two important things:

1. Eating outside during sandstorm is not such good idea.

2. The food here is very nice and very tasty, if you like meat and other strange things.

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Friday in Algeria

Friday in Algeria

   April 18, 2008       A bloke in Europe

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Friday in Algeria is like normal Friday, except that it is Saturday here. Before cleaning lady cleaned me out, I moved out of my room, to get some food and walk around.

Strange feeling - my lather jacket obviously is too heavy for 30 degrees outside, but when the wind blows - it really helps.

I have learnt two important things:

1. Eating outside during sandstorm is not such good idea.

2. The food here is very nice and very tasty, if you like meat and other strange things.

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How we have tried to cook Cepelinai in Czech Republic

How we have tried to cook Cepelinai in Czech Republic

   April 17, 2008       A bloke in Europe

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Finally I have found some free time to write about this extraordinary meal.

The background story begins when Donatas (pro beer drinker) brought an idea of preparing cepelinai by ourselves in Czech Republic. Of course we have been drinking pivo together and idea seem like a good one. We have spin off the idea very fast - I went to Lithuania to get recipe of cepelinai from my grandmother, who was horrified by our will to fail, but did not say anything except "oh my" and wrote a recipe in her nice handwriting.

The plan has been very simple:

1. Go to the supermarket and buy needed stuff

2. Prepare ingredients and make cepelinai

3. Cook them and eat them.

Party has been of following persons:

The Judge - Monika, who has been monitoring progress and had to taste and evaluate them.

The Idea Man - Donatas, who has brought the idea of making cepelinai in the first place and even bought a kitchen for that.

The Mosad - (me), who has brought recipe and instructions from my grandmother in Lithuania.

 

The goal was to prepare Cepelinai for the first try.

Armed with the scroll we headed towards supermarket to buy all stuff we need, passing by Lithuanian Embassy in Brno:

Shopping has started with the most important ingredient:

After all products have been bought and brought back home, we have started to prepare the meal with a desire to show off with cepelinai for Monika and Tux Droid:

All ingredients have been prepared carefully reading the spell from the scroll:

Potatoes

Onions

Meat

Then one of the most important tasks:

making potato balls. This has been also the most funny part.

All soldiers are prepared to die:

Here are some leftovers:

Cepelinai have finished boiling.

 

They were put into plates and we can see and taste them (these three are the best looking ones).

 

As you can see - there is some space for improvements. While it has been fun to prepare the meal - it has been almost total failure (lower than 50% success rate), but now we know such things:

1. Buy less meat.

2. Practice more.

If this fails, we can compensate it with:

Enjoy! Next time will write about how we have tried to prepare Cenachai.

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How we have tried to cook Cepelinai in Czech Republic

How we have tried to cook Cepelinai in Czech Republic

   April 17, 2008       A bloke in Europe

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Finally I have found some free time to write about this extraordinary meal.

The background story begins when Donatas (pro beer drinker) brought an idea of preparing cepelinai by ourselves in Czech Republic. Of course we have been drinking pivo together and idea seem like a good one. We have spin off the idea very fast - I went to Lithuania to get recipe of cepelinai from my grandmother, who was horrified by our will to fail, but did not say anything except "oh my" and wrote a recipe in her nice handwriting.

The plan has been very simple:

1. Go to the supermarket and buy needed stuff

2. Prepare ingredients and make cepelinai

3. Cook them and eat them.

Party has been of following persons:

The Judge - Monika, who has been monitoring progress and had to taste and evaluate them.

The Idea Man - Donatas, who has brought the idea of making cepelinai in the first place and even bought a kitchen for that.

The Mosad - (me), who has brought recipe and instructions from my grandmother in Lithuania.

 

The goal was to prepare Cepelinai for the first try.

Armed with the scroll we headed towards supermarket to buy all stuff we need, passing by Lithuanian Embassy in Brno:

Shopping has started with the most important ingredient:

After all products have been bought and brought back home, we have started to prepare the meal with a desire to show off with cepelinai for Monika and Tux Droid:

All ingredients have been prepared carefully reading the spell from the scroll:

Potatoes

Onions

Meat

Then one of the most important tasks:

making potato balls. This has been also the most funny part.

All soldiers are prepared to die:

Here are some leftovers:

Cepelinai have finished boiling.

 

They were put into plates and we can see and taste them (these three are the best looking ones).

 

As you can see - there is some space for improvements. While it has been fun to prepare the meal - it has been almost total failure (lower than 50% success rate), but now we know such things:

1. Buy less meat.

2. Practice more.

If this fails, we can compensate it with:

Enjoy! Next time will write about how we have tried to prepare Cenachai.

Read More