Unfolding As I Go - Carole's travel blog

Sprouting at home: the easiest way to increase your nutrient intake and make every soup and salad even more delicious. I started as soon as I arrived home and knew I was going to be confined for a while, so I might as well share the process of how I make these sprouts! Only one ingredient: dried lentils. The green lentils have worked best for me and they sprout super fast, in 2 days it is already ready! Material : - a glass jar, the larger the better to make a good enough quantity - a mesh cloth, it can be a piece of tight or in this case a piece of very worn-out sock - a rubberband or string - a bowl (in which the glass jar fits upside down) Step 1 : add 1 tablespoon of dried green lentils to a glass jar, fill up with fresh water and let soak overnight or  at least 12 hours Step 2 : secure the mesh or cloth with the rubberband around the jar and drain the water out (lentils will stay in the jar thanks to the mesh). Rinse a couple more times adding water through ...

It's official: March 17th is the start of the lockdown in France. This is no news to anyone by the time I publish this. But I will have it in here as a memory of the past when I read this again in 10 years from now and remember some details of this historical moment and how people are coping and reacting. The President of France announced it in his speech last night: we are all to stay home, 'We are at war!' After the ban of public gatherings of over 50 people, the shut down of non-necessary stores and the closure of schools, it is now time to go to the next phase: a stricter confinment and important social distancing measures. We can only go out for specific reasons and only with a signed certificate. Fines can go up to €135, the goal being to limit going outside to the bare minimum. More about this in an article from March 17th. The panic of some people have spread to many and we have experienced a surprising phenomenon: people are hoarding toilet paper! It i...