Christina's 5 questions - July 2023 🤔

Christina asked us 5 questions again.

1. What's your favourite way to stay active?

I don't feel the need. But I do ride a bicycle, so I guess it's that. Oh, and I find that almost everyone walks too slowly, so maybe walking?

2. What's the best way to stay focused and productive?

Simply to be interested. For example, I have some Thumby projects. I want them to work, so I spend time on them. For contrast, I have a Gemini client that doesn't do client certificates, and although I feel like I should add that feature, I'm not interested enough to spend time on it.

There's another way of looking at this question. How do you stay focussed and productive on task you're *not* interested in? Much harder, but break it down into smaller tasks that are easier, and remember that whoever wants you to do this task will soon be asking why you haven't done it yet. And you can't say "Because I don't care."

3. If you could have any sport or game instantly mastered, unrelated to your current interests or abilities, which one would you choose and why?

I occasionally play pool, snooker or bar billiards, but I'm pretty bad. If I could magic up some ability there, that would be nice. If I were less bad then I'd have an incentive to practise (if that makes any sense).

4. Share with me an interesting trivia tidbit about your favourite historical event.

When Charles I was beheaded, it's fairly well known that he asked for an extra shirt so he wouldn't shiver and people think he was scared. Less well known is that his head was sewn back on before they put him in his coffin. Fun job for someone.

Oh, I don't think that an execution can be a favourite. But I don;t have a better answer.

5. Share a summer recipe.

Summer pudding is the best dessert. It's easy, as long as you remember to make it the day before.

Get a mixture of red fruits (cherries, raspberries, redcurrants, blackcurrants, etc), enough to fill a pudding bowl, and remove stalks and stones.

Simmer them with water and sugar just long enough to soften them a little - don't stew them to a mush.

Line a pudding bowl with white bread, one slice on the bottom and other slices up the sides. No gaps.

Pour in the fruit and most of the liquid it was simmered in. Keep the rest of the liquid in a cup.

Make a lid with more white bread. No gaps.

Now you need to squish it. Cover the whole thing with a plate and put something heavy on top.

Put it in the fridge over night (and the spare juice).

When it's time to serve, ease it out onto a plate. It should keep its shape because of the squishing.

Pour the extra juice on any parts where the bread is still white.

Serve slices with cream, yoghurt, creme fraiche, whatever.

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