A Wednesday
Mar. 25th, 2026 09:45 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
magidWork was lower key today, now that a deadline for $PrintedThing has passed (so much last-minute scrambling, including deletions due to no longer wanting to feature $CompanyThatDidStupidThings, as came to light yesterday). There are still some ongoing things, but without that one piece, it’s easier to cope with them.
I checked the forecast, and was appalled to see highs in the high 80s (°F): it’s not even April yet! We shouldn’t get those temps in Boston until late May at the earliest. ::sigh::
I was on to check my section of the eruv this week, and decided to do that after work today instead of before work tomorrow. Usually I start near the East Somerville T stop and head approximately outbound. Since I was already on the Green Line, I took it to the other end of the section and worked my way back. It was just enough different that it kept me on my toes.
I ended by a 109 bus stop, and decided to go to Costco before heading home. I was walking around the casino hotel, and realized they’d probably have a nicer bathroom than Costco, so now I’ve finally been inside the Encore building, though only a small fraction of it. It’s impressive, with fun mosaics in the floors, and the feel of a very very upscale mall, plus conference space (not to mention the hotel and casino). I think some of the landscaping includes mugo pines, so I may have a way to make actual mugolio this year. This Costco didn’t have much that was useful for Pesach; at least I finally bought the new pillows I’ve been wanting for months.
My feet are tired now; turns out I walked >6 miles today, some of it carrying some heavy groceries.
Weird idea: given that I can find tapioca starch kosher for Passover, shouldn’t I be able to find whole tapioca pears kfP? (Not that I’ve seen this.) And if so, I could use them not only for pudding, but also maybe in a savory application like a kfP cholent variant.
I checked the forecast, and was appalled to see highs in the high 80s (°F): it’s not even April yet! We shouldn’t get those temps in Boston until late May at the earliest. ::sigh::
I was on to check my section of the eruv this week, and decided to do that after work today instead of before work tomorrow. Usually I start near the East Somerville T stop and head approximately outbound. Since I was already on the Green Line, I took it to the other end of the section and worked my way back. It was just enough different that it kept me on my toes.
I ended by a 109 bus stop, and decided to go to Costco before heading home. I was walking around the casino hotel, and realized they’d probably have a nicer bathroom than Costco, so now I’ve finally been inside the Encore building, though only a small fraction of it. It’s impressive, with fun mosaics in the floors, and the feel of a very very upscale mall, plus conference space (not to mention the hotel and casino). I think some of the landscaping includes mugo pines, so I may have a way to make actual mugolio this year. This Costco didn’t have much that was useful for Pesach; at least I finally bought the new pillows I’ve been wanting for months.
My feet are tired now; turns out I walked >6 miles today, some of it carrying some heavy groceries.
Weird idea: given that I can find tapioca starch kosher for Passover, shouldn’t I be able to find whole tapioca pears kfP? (Not that I’ve seen this.) And if so, I could use them not only for pudding, but also maybe in a savory application like a kfP cholent variant.
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Date: 2026-03-26 04:45 am (UTC)I don't know which weather app you're checking, but I don't currently see a high above 65ºF for the next 10 days and possible rain much of next week.
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Date: 2026-03-26 11:40 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2026-03-26 12:45 pm (UTC)Still, the grounds are also pretty nice (and there are speakers in some areas, so a river view, music, tended plantings….), so perhaps a good picnic spot, given the bathroom accessibility :-)
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Date: 2026-03-26 12:43 pm (UTC)I went to a Stop & Shop Tuesday (the one in Allston by the Pike, though it’s physically a newer space (there’s a lot of construction going on there), but the selection was merely ‘fine’, nothing all that impressive. I bought a 4-pack (years ago it would have been a 5-pack, but shrinkflation) and a package of seaweed snacks, but a lot of the offerings were sweets I don’t need, cheese I’ll get at Pemberton’s, or stuff I don’t use. Which Stop & Shop have you seen a good selection in?
PS. I’ve seen tapioca startch in previous years, but didn’t notice any this year, and have never found kfP tapioca pearls that I’m aware of, so it’s a bit academic.
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Date: 2026-03-26 01:11 pm (UTC)Given how most people in the house are not fond of matzah I only got a couple of boxes of the whole stuff. Matzah meal is oddly expensive (but oh well) but I have enough for several pots of matzah ball soup.
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Date: 2026-03-26 02:01 pm (UTC)I wasn’t going to bother with the square matza this year, but realized my default Pesach dessert uses it, and I don’t think round ones, being thicker (and often a bit more burnt) would work well.
If I have time, maybe I’ll go to Winter Hill; thanks for the head’s-up.