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did much better on the #espetada #madeira style (espetada madeirense) today 😁 a few tricks: - slice the garlic thin and squash it onto between the chunks - put the salt on it and let it sit for a while so the salt gets nice and stuck... for steak bbq enthusiasts this is called "brining" but it's not quite the same with skewers as is the espetada style - push the chunks through, if they have a fatty segment on one side (eg picanha cut) push that fatty bit perpendicular to the spike - it may look like it's burned, but i assure you, it has to be almost black to be burned - inevitably, the fat will melt and drip all over the coals and make flames, this is ok, flames are nice, but they char more than cook ultimately, it's still good that the inner parts are still mostly raw but warm, because actually raw meat is even better but not as safe to eat, or as tasty so this leads me to my last tip: - cut small segments, like, maybe 5cm max diameter or so, seems to be ideal

mleku ✝Ⓐ☯︎ @mleku - 13h

the sound of rain on my roof gives me goosebumps i do hope it fines up long enough for my washing outside to finish drying and my dirty clothes that i just washed this morning maybe get a chance to dry too... probably need to string some cord up on the rafters to get stuff to dry during this next 6 months of wet winter here in #boaventura #madeira

mleku ✝Ⓐ☯︎ @mleku - 2d

also, it's actually 5 addresses anyway, hope this helps any other portugal dwellers especially #madeira dwellers who might use a wireguard VPN and also have hassles with https://ctt.pt

mleku ✝Ⓐ☯︎ @mleku - 3d

the initial slab, which i didn't think i'd use all of it https://cdn.satellite.earth/4d5b5394a0738b4a4229bc2ce48aea16edf9c0240eed560ef4b319cd10fe7c0e.jpg dicing it up https://cdn.satellite.earth/c49cd5e1833b1b2141ff5d73ca55a7786c099f602f24e10ea5909af73192ef3b.jpg on the skewers with half pieces of garlic squashed between and lots of sea salt slathered over https://cdn.satellite.earth/52ec18662e8c6cdc263d193445f71d87eaaa19139076182ab34b9f30e9513e6a.jpg charcoal is a pain the arse to get it to go to actual coals to cook on https://cdn.satellite.earth/2f4bdff8fe1b0cadb5b9eb2f454d448f9173b4b77c0e2a5e19a30516d0053252.jpg #madeira #espetada

mleku ✝Ⓐ☯︎ @mleku - 3d

the slab of beef looks pretty good i don't think i'll put it all in to cook this afternoon but i gotta say it isn't bad looking beef #espetada #beef #carnivore #madeira #uraguay

mleku ✝Ⓐ☯︎ @mleku - 5d

Boa Ventura, on the north-eastern coast of #madeira... the mountain on the right is called Arco do Sao Jorge

mleku ✝Ⓐ☯︎ @mleku - 10d

I'm used to eating beef and sheep liver and it's way too stinky and nasty. https://i.nostr.build/liLRwDTGJC1LE9jN.jpg This is goat liver, and it has a much milder flavour, and it's nearly neutral when boiled. This is fried, and has more of that liver funk. Reminds me I have a liver and heart in the freezer. Should eat it before it gets too much older. #goat #liver #foodstr #madeira

mleku ✝Ⓐ☯︎ @mleku - 11d

nope, i'd love to go there, but i'm in #madeira right now hell, this is making me think i could do that?

mleku ✝Ⓐ☯︎ @mleku - 14d

There is a lot of cats like this on #madeira https://i.nostr.build/hPDQCWuMeIKJynMv.jpg Also dogs, rabbits and pigeons. A white dog lives a few doors up the street from me. Notice he has blue eyes. This and the lack of hair pigment are a recessive gene mutation, same thing that makes white and redhead humans. I think this one is deaf also, he didn't react to my pspspsps ing

mleku ✝Ⓐ☯︎ @mleku - 15d

i've booked myself for what might be my best dinner yet since coming to #madeira i am having 1kg of #goat thigh, diced up in standard "#espetada madeirense" style (normally they use beef/veal but this will be goat leg) and salad for dinner this evening almost forgot... i ate such a big breakfast... meh, anyway, it's not gonna hurt, and i'll be ready for it by then anyway... 7 hours time i'll be ready

mleku ✝Ⓐ☯︎ @mleku - 21d

had a very nice stewed goat, boiled taters and salad for dinner again tonight... i might need to make this a weekly thing, maybe twice a week... my man at the place around the corner does a good job with prepping the goat to be super tasty... he also does this boiled goat liver thing too and offered me some but too late i was already enjoying the desert and nearly utterly full lol i may need to work on how to make the rest of my stash in the fridge at least half as good as this stuff, like, maybe even actually read a recipe or something haha #foodstr #madeira #goat

mleku ✝Ⓐ☯︎ @mleku - 23d

i'd say guinea pigs and quails are two others that are very good small space users... pigeons too, pigeons are a very common thing i see around here in #madeira in the more spread out, semirural areas pigeons are actually better for the quality of the food, much better ratio of fat, you can literally be starving of fats if you just eat rabbit meat but especially if you can place them in a space where you have something else growing, with protection against them nibbling at it, and throw all kinds of garden waste in there and they'll much most green stuff rabbits are almost ruminants, they eat some of their own poop again so they get more nutrition out of it... and probably there is more fatty varieties of rabbits than others

mleku ✝Ⓐ☯︎ @mleku - 27d

there is no crows on #madeira - it's rather odd... and even funnier is there is a bar in my nearby town of Sao Vicente called O Corvo (the crow) but no crows around here, no jackdaws, no magpies, no rooks or ravens... it is a corvid free zone

mleku ✝Ⓐ☯︎ @mleku - 1mo

after maybe almost 2 weeks of dirty air finally the air is clean again here in #saovicente #madeira i can even feel it somehow, idk even how i actually can feel it, it's something else too we have a big CME slamming into the planet right now, or shortly... sky is quite clear here, so idk maybe it's not hit yet, or idk i guess i will see there was a burst of rain a few hours ago, but the sky is again devoid of clouds, though out in the distance over the atlantic i see more clouds i suppose it could be like how before a wave comes there is that draw-back?

mleku ✝Ⓐ☯︎ @mleku - 1mo

So, #florida is about to get trashed, if not already being trashed, and on the tv at the cafe this morning nonstop news about #storm damage in #portugal Still another month or two of this to come. Storm season here in #madeira is in february-march. We are getting a little rain now and it gets pretty rainy from December but right now especially a lot of cool, clear nights... Nice to be seeing the stars for a change. Ideal weather here right now, perfect 22°C, very gentle winds if any, a little cloud here and there and nice mostly clear sunny days. Sun is literally finally rising over the mountain and lighting me up right now. Life is good. But for the people and the storms, I hope they are ok, prayers for the good people in these places. #weather

mleku ✝Ⓐ☯︎ @mleku - 1mo

GM from cloudy, foggy Sao Vicente, #madeira

mleku ✝Ⓐ☯︎ @mleku - 2mo

nope, don't wear one, literally only smacked my head one time on a bicycle and i hit the wrong brake and ended up needing a stitch because i landed head first in a nice plush lawn with one little rock right where my head struck the ground i feel like i'm in serious danger if i'm at a velocity that exceeds my ability to break the fall... i had a fall a couple months ago on a steep concrete pavement and i did a pretty good roll as i hit the ground but it was bumpy concrete and i still have a bit of a ding in my knee... but my head didn't touch the ground IMO, if you need a helmet you might be going too fast, and ok, sure, if you like going fast and don't mind breaking bones and shit sure, wear a helmet, but if you use it as transport and not an extreme sport then it's just stupid, probably also urban design plays a role here because some places just don't give any space for either bicycles or even pedestrians... sometimes it's kinda understandable, like here on the steep slopes of #madeira, very light traffic overall and very few people braving the slopes on a regular basis

mleku ✝Ⓐ☯︎ @mleku - 2mo

harvest was pretty good here in #madeira... though i think most of it ends up being made into fancy portuguese brandy much of the wine i see around is from Alentejo and that place just half burned to the ground... but the harvest was 2 weeks ago here, idk about there, i guess if it hit the vines as well then it's gonna be a bad year for wine prices

mleku ✝Ⓐ☯︎ @mleku - 2mo

technically nearby here in #madeira - morocco and mauritania are under 600km by sea

mleku ✝Ⓐ☯︎ @mleku - 2mo

i had some goat meat stewed according to #madeira custom for dinner today, wasn't gonna do it but the man at the bar/cafe/restaurant/convenience store persuaded me it was very nice, stewed is a great way to have goat for sure you won't see much advertising for madeira style goat stew but it is a thing goat cheese is a big industry here and so there is plenty of 1 year old male goats that need dealing with the spice mixes they use are quite nice too #goat #restaurant

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