Administration

Installing Raspberry Pi OS (Bookworm) on my Raspberry Pi 2b

A brief set of instructions on installing Raspberry Pi OS (Bookworm) on my Raspberry Pi 2b. It includes setting up Samba and Docker + Portainer.

I was going to use the latest version (Trixie), but unfortunately there are no Docker sources for it right now.

Administration

Installing Armbian 26 on my ODROID-HC2

A brief set of instructions on installing Armbian 26 on an ODROID-HC2 machine. It includes setting up Samba and Docker + Portainer.

After nearly a decade of faithful service I was thinking about giving my aging ODROID-HC2.

Administration

Install Ubuntu 24.04

Instructions for a quick start getting all my usual software and setup on a fresh Ubuntu Linux install.

Recipe

Hummus

A middle eastern dish which is smooth, creamy and mildly tasty. Good for serving with croutons or flatbread.

Recipe

Pullman Pain De Mie

An enriched French style of bread that is light, fluffy, perfect for sandwiches, and is baked in a 13 inch Pullman loaf tin. This recipe aims for 1069 grams of dough.

Recipe

American Cheese

An American cheese product that melts beautifully on hamburgers. Perfect for cheese toasties, Welsh rarebit, burgers, nachos, or topping a lasangne.

The cheese is processed to help prevent oils splitting from it when melting and to lower the melting point.

Recipe

Garlic, Ginger, Onion Paste

A simple paste made of the most common Indian ingrediants. By measuring and cooking this out in advance you can save a lot of time in preparing Indian dishes. This allows for deeper flavours by ensuring Maillard reactions on onions and other aromatics have the time they require to occur.

Recipe

Gang Garee Gai

My version of a yellow chicken Thai curry. It has more spices than a typical yellow curry.

Recipe

Char Siu Pork

The mouth watering Chinese pork dish that can be eaten on it’s own or added to soups and other dishes to bring them to life.