I have 4 nodes involved in this setup, a NAS and few Armbian Orange Pi Zero3. The main reason for is being able to deploy k3s cluster on the armbian boards, and since SDCards degrade quickly here is an alternative setup to pivot the root over iSCSI devices, we are keeping /boot mounted on the SDCard, but there are alternatives out there to fully pxe boot. Also I have not seen successful attempts to use overlayfs over NFS, and this solution seems to works fine.
Continue reading Armbian: move root to zVOLs over iSCSIHazelnut paté
Since I have tasted foie gras I have been in a quest to replicate that nutty, buttery rich flavour in something that will be close, you can call it faux gras, made with alternative ( and available to me) ingredients. Experimented with duck fat, normal duck livers, walnut oil, sesame seed oil, brown butter and different recipes on the web to create it. I have not come close to the holy grail yet, but still some darn tasty things on the way, one I would share it is hazelnut paté, one of the most popular.
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Mondongo
I know that not everyone is a fan of this one, but I am advocate for nose to tail. It is my Dad recipe and a favourite for winter. I only make it once a year and freezes really well.
Felt like steak and chips
Cooked this eye fillet steak with “mesh” fries, could not help to share it in the blog. It was melt in your mouth meat.
Never seen “mesh” fries (called waffle too) around in NZ. “Mesh” fries are all about pure crispiness (surface area), they have holes in them, so if you used with dips they will pick up heaps of it. Here is the condensed for this dish
More into Sousvide
Started my adventures with sousvide cooking more seriously, it changed the way I think of consistency when cooking. And actually I noticed that it takes the hustle out of some processes as well.
Eat your veg! chocolate
I am creating this series of eat your veg! chocolate. For the first delivery, tomato and basil, yes it actually works.
Can you tell I have been playing with color, anyway here is the condensed: