Time:
Like space but more personal and precious, although you are free to use it as you wish, it will force you to travel in only one direction. It will be fair to all equally but some will get less than others. Sharing time with someone is the greatest gift you can receive.
Author Archives: Olivier Dehon
Aubergine Farcie
Here is another classic in the family. Always a winner with the kids, really nice with some french fries or a green salad. On the lower grill, the “extra” for a small meat loaf. Ingredients : 500g Pork … Continue reading
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Quadcopter Batteries
With the Quadcopter, it is really important to make sure that the batteries you are using are properly charged. This is because the voltage of the Lithium Polymer batteries drops very quickly at the back-end of their life. As such, … Continue reading
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Tarte au Sucre – Traditional – Update 1
Today I made some good old “Tarte au sucre”, family tradition style. Here is the recipe from “Marraine de Quievrain“, collected in person on a piece of paper that was lying around on the day…about 14 years ago (sometime in … Continue reading
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Sorting Skittles !
I like skittles, especially the crazy sours ones, I also like to eat some colors more than others. I am often found sorting them out in my hand. After seeing a video on youtube of somebody building a skittle/M&M sorting … Continue reading
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QuadCopters – Update 1
Almost Xmas ! As usual, I am getting myself a few toys…this year one of them is a new QuadCopter kit from Team Black Sheep. I have purchased half of the parts from USA and half from UK. In particular … Continue reading
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Friday Pizza
It is a lot of fun to build your own Pizza ! Kids can pick whatever they want, they get to roll-it, load-it, cook-it and finally eat-it ! Very easy recipe, the trick is in the making the well and … Continue reading
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Perfect Breakfast…
Nothing can beat a Sunday morning breakfast home made croissant and home made caramel au beurre sale…Happy Sunday.
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A New Bicycle ! (update 3)
Yes but not just a simple bicycle, an amazing technology feast… It is an electric bike, but a mountain bike one… It is electric but it is not a motorbike, you must pedal and the electric motor will “Help”. The … Continue reading
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We are connected !
My brother (we are related but not connected yet) fooling around with the Oculus Rift from Samsung/Google… Amazing immersive toy… We all tried the device : 1- I laughed for the whole time 2- My wife screamed for the whole … Continue reading
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Chicken Tagine
With winter almost on our doors and the visit of friends for the weekend, it felt necessary to have a nice dinner dish. The key requirements were : it would be simple to prepare for 9 people, it would need … Continue reading
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Tarte aux Prunes
My mum did this tart when we were in Lyon during the month of August 2014. It was very special as it was one of the first made in their new flat in Lyon after selling the family house. Everybody loved … Continue reading
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Pied de Cochon & Grattons
Another couple of favourites when I go to France…with a Belgian Leffe beer obviously…. Grattons and Pied de cochon (grilled pig trotters)
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Caramel au Beurre Salé
Just back from Holiday and our friends in the south of France introduced us to “Caramel au beurre Salé !”. It is a recipe from Brittany. It is now an addiction for the entire family. I had to try to … Continue reading
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3D Printing a bottle Opener
I made a variation on a model I found on thingiverse for my 3D Printer. I am using a 21mm X 2mm slot for a 1 Penny coin to be inserted into my model during the print. I simply pause … Continue reading
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