| MIXED GOODS: | sage tea leaves from kobe's allotment, couscous cakes from midi station vicinity, jenever (gin) from belgium
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Brussels in Brussels, Belgium
http:// |
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HTTP gallery in London, UK
http://www.http.uk.net |
| SENDER: | Femke Snelting |
| RECEIVER: | kate rich |
| REQUESTED: | to ship between 04/06/09 and 13/06/09 |
| STATUS: | delivered HTTP gallery 13/06/09 |
| MAP | route map |
| www.feraltrade.org |
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COURIER:
 Femke Snelting
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| TOTAL ROUTE:
Brussels-Brussels Midi station-London St Pancras station-Manor House tube station--HTTP gallery |
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| mixed goods Brussels to HTTP gallery
1. sage 00662 2. femke snelting arrive http gallery 3. sage from kobes allotment 4. couscous disaster story femke snelting 5. couscous cake prep 6. couscous cake paul cup 7. couscous cake serve.jp |
| | Courier Report FER-1494 DISPATCHED: 13/06/09 DELIVERED: 13/06/09 Femke Snelting SMS 13-June-2009 09:41:25 femke snelting to kate rich. En route with sage, rocket, prêle, 1 artichoke and jenever but had cake disaster. Hope you like replacement x F
Picked up horse tail (prêle), lots of sage, some wild rocket, rosemary and a few roses from the Kobe + Christophe allotment on Friday; scent of herbs almost intoxicating. Kobe explains he uses horse tail to treat potatoes against blackrot: leave in a bucket to ferment for a few days and sprinkle over plants. It's also used in medicinal teas + baths; intriguing pre-historical plant. When arriving next morning at Midi station, I realise I forgot to bring couscous cakes. No time left to go home and pick them up so run out of the station to try and get a second batch, but bakery is closed. The eurostar is about to leave and all I can do is invent a replacement en route: something savoury, involving couscous, preferably easy to make.
At St. Pancras I roam continental-style bakeries for paper espresso cups. I will try to make herbed couscous pudding; never done it before but it should work and at least be exciting to make and serve. The cups are perfect pudding moulds. At http gallery, I cook 1 cup of couscous with 6 cups of water and some salt for about 15 minutes until it starts to break apart. Than mix with chopped herbs and spoon into cups. It takes a bit less than an hour for them to set and they are only just ready when people start to come in for the opening. The puddings are nice, and show off the amazing taste of hand rolled feral trade couscous but they might look/taste a bit too weird for people ('interesting') to be a grand succes. Or it must be that the cake with Belgium gin (jenever) combination is simply more appealing than tea and pudding. |
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| freight and handling mixed goods to HTTP gallery sponsored by |
| | FERALTRADE products passed by hand. The word 'feral' describes a process that is deliberately wild, as in pigeon, as opposed to nature wild (wolf). Feral Trade freight operates largely outside commercial channels, using the surplus potential of social, cultural and data networks for the distribution of goods. contact kate@feraltrade.org |
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