An insight into adjective order

Considering the difference between "big, red ball" and "red, big ball", the former allows both adjectives to accumulate for a ball object, while the latter forces 'red' to be a single adjective of a compound "big ball" object.

I have been writing about lexicons of object (topic) types and wrestling with how colored sub-types are defined before sized subtypes. The lexicon itself defines 'isKindOf' relations that are physical and only one-way. So, the adjective order is hard-wired and, presumably, it comes from the history of how those object types were stored to create the actual lexicon. In other words, it comes down to the timing when those adjective types were acquired.

When the Swiss Chard cooks the Swiss Chard

I was thinking about mathematics and how, so often, the entities become self-reflexive - like when "1" is used as the endpoint of an interval that started at "0". As I drifted off to sleep, I started thinking about a leaf of Swiss Chard cooking a pan of Swiss Chard. 

Had a nice snowfall

Is what goes unmentioned still there?

Let's say you have a pet dog named Rover. You know lots of things about Rover but you could have an entire conversation about the tricks you taught him without ever mentioning those other things. Here is my question: in what state are those other things during that time?

Apple Empanada

So, if you make a dough with 1 cup of flour 1/2 tsp of salt and 1/2 tsp of baking powder, 1/4 stick of butter and 1/3 cup milk. Then wrap pieces of it around slightly stewed apple/cinnamon/sugar/butter filling. This gives you a starter empanada. You can certainly bake it but if you fry it in peanut oil until golden brown, you get something pretty delicious.

Was thinking of calling them "Apple Fried Hand Pies".

Sunset from 103 Gardiner Rd

 Sunset from 103 Gardiner Rd - upper house.

Onion Fritters

Got this from the internet. (No eggs needed). It is really good.

Ingredients: 1 large white onion, 1/3 cup flour, 1/3 cup milk, 1/2 tsp salt, pepper and paprika to taste.

Slice onion as thinly as possible

Mix ingredients thoroughly. The result is slightly clumpy but does not really hold together. 

Heat peanut and olive oil in cast iron skillet - maybe ~1/4 inch deep. Turn to high heat.

Drop clumps of onion mixture, flatten out to make a pancake shape. Let cook for ~5 minutes, on each side - till brown but not black.

Chicken with Mushrooms

Cut chicken breasts into equal thickness pieces. Salt, pepper, paprika, etc. all surfaces of the pieces, thoroughly. Fry pieces in oil, on med high for 2-3 minutes on each side. Remove pieces to the side. Put chopped onions in pan and cook till translucent, put sliced mushrooms in and cook for a while. Add a small (!) amount of flour and cook for 2-3 more minutes. Put chicken back in pan and add chicken broth till chicken pieces are partially submerged. Cook for 20-30 minutes. At the end, add 1/3 cup of cream.

Serve over rice or mashed potatoes - especially with leftovers.

Golden Milk

My dieting routine is a small lunch and dinner with minimal between meal snacking and a drink in the afternoon. This leaves me quite hungry and uncomfortable in the morning, so I started drinking "golden milk" as follows:

Warm 1 mug if milk in saucepan. Add:

1/2 tsp turmeric

1 tsp ginger

pinch of cinnamon (easy does it)

pinch of black pepper (easy does it)

Wisk contents and bring up to a simmer. When it becomes fragrant like a cow, say around 4 min. of heating, remove from heat and add 1 tsp of honey.

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While waiting for the milk, I take a heaping 1/2 tsp of fenugreek, add a drop of honey, and stir it into about 3 tbs of yogurt. Properly mixed, it is good and I eat it before drinking the milk.

This is a yummy and satisfying breakfast. Milk and honey have low glycemic indices. Fenugreek allows the body to absorb the turmeric.

Face on a Devil's Foot Rock

I thought I already posted this, but I could not find it, so I am posting now. The face apparent in the foreground rock is, I feel, too deliberate to ignore. Rather, it is an important clue as to all the different things that went on, on this island in Woods Hole harbor.