Here is teapot 26 and 27. I played with the bottom while still wet.
Teapot 26
Teapot 27
I am working on the whole food diet thing, sort of. We still eat meat, but the half of used to and added chickpeas or other peas in vegetable mix. I go to the public market once a week to get vegetables and fruits. It costs one third to quarter compared to the grocery store. I leaned to cook the peas quickly with the pressure cooker and find some good recipes using pears. I eat more genmai rice (brown rice). I feel more energy during day.
I had another successful firing last week (third firing in three weeks), and am getting close to fill the wholesale orders and consignment stores. Still need a couple more firing to get ready for the holiday rush.
I watched the documentary, Forks over knives, last night. This makes me really thinking. I used to be a market researcher, and am familiar with the statistics. This documentary explains the extensive research done in China about the correlation between the meat consumption and the heart disease and cancers, in statistic significance. I knew our generation of Japanese is taller than my parents generation when I grew up 30 years ago as we ate more meat products, like McDonald. I like eating meats as the source of protin rather from the peas. I do not think I can become a vegetarian, but certainly try to curve the amount of meat consumption and gradually increase that of peas and vegetable. I cooked the pasta dish tonight, using the chickpeas instead of the chicken, that was not that bad.
Home smelled really good when I came home today. Beef stew in a casserole dish. I chopped onions, carrots, ｃelery, and tossed them with a cube of beef, white wine, can tomato and beef consomme, cumin, bay leaves, and water in the casserole dish. I put it into the 325°F oven. Actually I was not sure about the meat not browned, so I browned some, and some uncooked. The casserole dish sit in the oven for 6 hours. When I came home, I added some potatoes for another hour, and added corn starch mixed in the water at the end. It was pretty good, better than the pressure cooker cooked. Meat is very tender, fall apart by spoon! I thought the meat not browned more tender. This is the easiest stew ever made. I will do it again. I made this casserole dish 11 years ago.
These are from the lase firing. Kiln is loaded today.
Teapot 3 Fired.
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