Spring cleaning

Inspired again by my sister's waste reduction, I've been donating unused belongings to some local charity shops. Beyond the physical "stuff" I decided to clear out my podcast list as well. I had subscribed to far too many podcasts and was, I hate to admit it, getting a bit antsy about the hundreds of unlistened to podcasts.

The first idea I had was to listen to podcasts at 1.5 speed. It worked to some extent but it wasn't getting me to listen to some of the podcasts. Which left me with option two - delete and unsubscribed. It's taken me about a week to do that but I think I'm there. I've kept a few subscriptions, mainly some BBC and Financial Times podcasts and a few food podcasts. Here's some of the ones I've kept:

Irish Times Inside Politics
Totally Irish
BBC podcasts: From Our Own Correspondent, In Our Time, Thinking Allowed, Food Programme, Voices of the First World War
FT podcasts: Alphachat, News, Brexit Unspun, UK Politics, Banking Weekly
Burnt Toast
The Sporkful
This American Life
Strangers

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An ode to the potato

Yesterday evening I snaffled a new potato off my brother's dinner plate. He shooed me away, but let me away with taking a small one.  The moment I ate it I wished I'd taken another couple. I'd forgotten how delightful it is to eat a new potato. Light, fluffy, almost citrusy.

I spent too many years in countries where potatoes are sold as "white" or "yellow". I fell out of love with potatoes. Then I came back to Ireland. Even the worst of potatoes in Ireland is better than the giant "white" and "yellow" potatoes. But even with that I had forgotten the glory that is a new potato until I had the Kerr's Pink yesterday.

So tonight my dinner was a bit of fish and potatoes (Arran Victory and Kerr's Pink). Boiled. With a little butter and salt. The small ones I just ate, skin and all. And tomorrow, I might have potatoes again. The next day too because I'll be back in "yellow" and "white" potato land again soon.

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