I- Follow Friday
For Follow Friday today I've only added one more blog, Olive Tree Genealogy. It's a lovely blog that I'm very much enjoying so far.
II- Genealogy
Oh, Spuch post for the week is the second part of my Visual Family Tree, this time focusing on the Hansen side of the family tree. Includes 4 generations of Hansens, reaching back before 1900.
Comparing the photos of my great-grandparents' siblings was rather interesting. One of my Danish friends mentioned that my great-grandfather's family looked rather well-off, given how they're dressed, though that could have more to do with the fact that Holger's family were near a city, while Oline's family was in the country. Something to look into, at least.
It was also mentioned that the naming in my great-grandfather's family was a bit odd. Holger had two brothers named Hans--Hans Jorgen and Hans Knudsen. Jorgen is less unusual, but Knudsen is distinctly a surname, in this case being used as a middle name. In looking into it further, it seems that one brother was named for one grandfather (Hans Knudsen, hence the Hansen name for the entire family), and one for the other (Jorgen Larsen). Definitely made me think I've a lot of interesting things when it comes to surnames used in odd ways in my family--I'll definitely have to work on a blog-post about that.
A few weeks back I made myself a research log using Excel and making tabs for each of my four major families to keep them separate for now, and so that I don't duplicate too much research. Then, in an effort to focus on the people I need the most information about, I went through my direct ancestors and made a new list of people who fit that bill. So now I have five tabs, and I'm considering making a sixth, just focusing on the dead-end brides in my tree.
No other discoveries today, big or small, though I did learn that ukendt kvinde means "unknown woman" in Danish... :)
III- Cooking
Cooked my chicken today. It's okay, but I don't think I'll be making it again. The sweet and earthy didn't quite mix right for my taste buds.
I'm thinking I'll make something with paprika, yogurt, and lemon juice next time. Now I just have to find a recipe that works.
Did make myself some garlic bread with the sourdough round. That was nice, though I don't think I cooked it quite long enough. The garlic was a bit sweet.
Those are the breaks with recipe testing, unfortunately. They won't all be winners. The ingredients you listed sound like they'd make good Chicken Paprika(sh) if you look up some recipes specifically with yogurt instead of sour cream. I know they exist.
ReplyDeleteYeah, it is. At least it was vaguely edible. :)
ReplyDeleteI'll have to look around see what I find.
Were you using the prechopped garlic? I've found that it's usually sweeter then fresh.
ReplyDeleteI was. Its crushed organic garlic in olive oil. I haven't used jarred garlic much, myself. But I don't recall it ending up this sweet...
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