This year, the Epiphany frosts decided to freeze us. Yesterday it was -36 Celsius, today -40. It's very cold, my nose is very cold outside
I went out to the balcony to take a photo of the thermometer, which only shows optimism-28, because it's warmer there than on the street.
Today there's a frosty fog all day, almost like Silent Hill at the cinema.
Since Thursday I have not traveled to Krasnoyarsk, to my warehouse, but monitored my employee remotely, webcams are very helpful. I also solved the problem of purchasing online cash registers, which were introduced in Russia for all sellers, for simplification of control by tax authorities. I broke my head until I figured out what's what, I've already spent 450 dollars on these innovations, I need to spend about 350 more to finish my plan.
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On the weekend before last, I went to my mom's garage to bring her potatoes and pickles from the cellar. Considering that there is a lot of snow this year, I waved my shovel for half an hour to dig out the garage, although my mother cleaned it 3 times already.
This garage was bought by my father about in 1995 at my godmother, who worked in the construction company SibChimStroy, which built these garages. Garages are a box of monolithic reinforced concrete with an iron gate. We dug out the cellar and the technical floor, I helped my father do it, I was about 11-12 years old, I kneaded a mortar for bricks, dragged bricks and did other work.
Our garage thieves opened twice, because the garage cooperative is away from residential buildings and there is usually no one there at night.
At first, they gladly stole several sets of summer wheels, which were stored there. The second time they just hacked, but did not take anything because we stopped there storing valuables for thieves.
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An electric flap covered with a fur coat from frost. Boxes from the old kitchen set of the USSR, made according to my mother in Poland (during the Soviet times, Polish things were very much appreciated in the USSR for their quality)
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My mom owned a pastry shop on the market and after his closing, some things are stored in the garage, in particular a showcase for candy.
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Treasures from my mother's garden are potatoes, beets and carrots from the cellar. Natural products grown without the use of chemicals and genetically modified drugs.
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Cellar
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Technical floor, with destroyed shelves. This year I plan to do the roof and repair the shelves and cellar.
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Canned vegetables - a left can of pickled cucumbers in tomato juice, in the right jar - caviar from courgettes. Everything is natural and made by the hands of my mother.
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Finally, a little cooking show.
Pork knuckle in the oven, 2.5 hours at 160 degrees Celsius, the pre-rinse under the tap, scrape the skin thoroughly with a knife, rub with salt, red and black pepper, seasoning for pork.
Next, put in pot, close tightly with foil and into the oven Before the oven is better let stand for at least half an hour to let the spices penetrate inside, you can use "Adjika" sauce spread, sometimes I like to use it.
It turns out a tender meat that melts in your mouth. Price shank, by the way, only 150 rubles (2.1 USD) per 1 kg (2.1 lb), which is very budget and does not take up your time cooking completely!
Tasteless shank was never in all my days, even if initially the meat is so-so...
Small fire+cooking time solve this problem
Adjika— Abkhazian and Georgian[2] hottest condiment in the form of a pasty mass, composed of mashed (traditionally in stone[4]) red pepper, coriander, blue fenugreek (utsho-suneli) and other herbs (fresh or dried), garlic, with the addition of small[1] amount of salt.
Adjika is usually red, but unripe pepper can be made a condiment of the green.
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