Cooking with a Hunan Steamer

Amanda stopped in a Vermont-based pottery store and discovered the Hunan Steamer.   It's a healthy way of cooking that dates way back in time to some location in China.  This particular Hunan steamer  was locally made in Vermont by some potterers.  

The other night we finally broke it out and made a chicken/chard stir-fry thing.

It works on the premise of a double-boiler in that you set it on a bot with boiling water and basically steam your food, meat and all.

Turned out as you would expect, delicious.

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Providence Cyclocross Seat Cam

I finally got some decent footage out of my seat camera in the Men’s 35+, Cat 4 race in Providence, RI.  I had huge plans for editing it.  After realizing how long it takes to edit video, and my just learning to use Sony Vegas, I cut it short.

So not too much action other than typical first lap stuff.  At about three minutes in, I cut to some of the finish stuff, like where John Plump, my teammate takes me on the line by inches. 

At 3:12, you can watch John almost ride off the course

At 3:20, you can see how easily I’m closed on paved straights

At 3:27, you can see teammate John close me in the final sprint.  Watch his 15 meter acceleration.

Cyclocross Season is in Full Swing with The Night Weasels Cometh

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Cyclocross season is in full swing.  Last night was the first muddy cross race of the season: The Night Weasels Cometh.  All races up to this point have been dry, grassy, and uneventful.  It feels like CX season now with the wet and cold.

I've got a stinky bike loaded with mud and grass that needs to be washed and a carload of wet gear that still needs to be unloaded.

Here's a cool photo that my teammate Russ took of all of us after our Race, see more of his photos of the race here.  You can see the satisfaction of a hard 40 minutes, and the cooling mud on our faces.