My Actifit Report Card: June 16 2021

Clear blue sky day. A slow start - the mornings are getting me down. The king parrot is patient - he calls early and gives up. Comes back as soon as he sees me moving around and calls again.

Did need to go shopping for a few key ingredients - my son coming for dinner. My wife wanted to come along but she was going even more slowly. I went walking to give her an hour free. Walked the local track

The ginger flowers just coming out

Spurred helmet orchid coming a little off the ground as it matures - corybas aconitiflorus

Nodding greenhood bud on south facing side of the track - the open flowers are on the other side

A little further advanced on the north facing side

A new flower since last walk - pterostylis nutans

Cannot go by without a mushroom photo

We did shopping when I got back - sat down for a coffee. Not doing that often these days.

Dinner for my son. Roast duck - seasoned with grated ginger, chopped rosemary, lemon and orange zest and salt and pepper. Insert a few sprigs of rosemary, a few orange quarters and 8 or so peeled garlic cloves into the carcass. Roast at 180C like that directly on a rack with a drip tray below to catch the fat. In that drip tray pop in the neck chopped into a few parts, an onion cut in quarters, a carrot cut in a few parts and a few celery sticks. I drizzle some oil in the tray to stop stuff burning.

After one hour remove drip tray - skim off the fat and transfer the rest to a jus pot. Spoon a few spoonfuls of duck fat into the drip tray and add in a few par boiled potatoes. Slide that tray back under the duck. Add some water to the reserved juices and a tot of port or Muscat. Boil for 30 minutes. Good time to turn over the potatoes. Remove all the solid stuff from the jus pot and then reduce. In one hour total the duck and potatoes will be ready. Rest for a while and serve - tear off meat with tongs rather than carve = more fun.

Recipe from Jamie Oliver is now in my head

We had a great dinner with my son. It has been a few weeks.

Trade action: Bought ACB.TO, EDF.PA, TLRY, VAL. Sold STEM. Short Eurodollar Futures.
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