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Yesterday I made another batch of roasted beans, this time split butter beans that I’d soaked then frozen and thawed. Fifteen minutes at 190-200F with plenty of salt and a touch of washing soda, turmeric, and coriander, then roasted at 425 until dry and starting to brown, then 325 until evenly golden and crisp. These are much smaller than the split favas but so far no hard ones.

Crossword after lunch, then I put in an order for more split fava beans, a couple different kinds of large whole dry beans I’ll need to soak, hull, and split myself, a selection of popcorn, a block of tamarind, and barberries, which I’ve been aching to try ever since we started watching Persian cooking videos a couple years ago.

I went out to the garden and picked a whole mess of snow peas, and watered everyone since it had been a hot day. The pole beans are coming up, but no sign of the squash or herbs yet. The snap peas are starting to fruit.

Dinner, scrabble (653), internet, snack, sleep. Dreamt of programming language pedagogy, PDL hijinks, B visiting and being aloof and recording songs, 3-legged races in heels, drafting jodhpurs for horses with too many legs.

I finished An Unnatural Vice and started An Unsuitable Heir.