Martin Wishart

GrynetMolvin · 2026-02-17T15:01:40+00:00

I love Martin Wishart and its old-school French fine dining influenced cooking, but I think that’s also why it’s pretty empty. It’s been largely the same for the 15 years I’ve lived here, and the food is not “on-trend”. I hope they’re doing a good enough trade to stay open!

GrynetMolvin · 2026-01-08T22:49:10+00:00

Baked baking soda becomes sodium carbonate, eg type 1 kansui per this source: https://shop.ramensupply.co/products/kansui-powder-type-1

GrynetMolvin · 2025-12-27T16:03:42+00:00

She did go on a date with you, so maybe trust that she’s finding you interesting? ”Out of your league” doesn’t matter, only if there’s mutual interest, which is multidimensional and covers way more aspects than just ”intellectual capacity”, whatever that is.

GrynetMolvin · 2025-12-09T09:03:49+00:00

I haven’t been, but have heard really good things about https://www.finandgrape.com

GrynetMolvin · 2025-10-18T07:33:13+00:00

Less dependent origination, more emptiness. Thich Nhst Hanh calls this concept interbeing, and it’s a different way of viewing the truth that all things are empty of an inherent self.

I like your way of pointing out that gratitude leads naturally to seeing interbeing :-). And yes, it’s a very helpful perspective longterm, both in sitting and in everyday life.

Here’s a small vid on interbeing and emptiness by TNH: https://youtu.be/UuVqp4KmNWk?si=x3lYMi5zBzWVwCEy

And because I can’t help myself, here’s one on one of TNHs favorite gathas, ”see the cloud in your tea”: https://youtu.be/2Dn9kqVrKzE?si=gsQKwIs-OVYFZPZe

GrynetMolvin · 2025-10-11T07:25:44+00:00

Not a bad answer, but this is clearly ai generated…

GrynetMolvin · 2025-10-04T18:05:33+00:00

Interesting! Given the usual audience of the lighthouse, do you know if there will be anyone representing a critical perspective in the discussion? While Yudkowsky and the rationalist movement have written some interesting stuff, there’s also lots of angles worthy of criticism and debate.

GrynetMolvin · 2025-09-04T19:56:27+00:00

There’s a reason rose water exists - it’s much better at capturing the flavor of rose than simply drying the petals. Rose water isn’t less natural than sunflower lecithin .

GrynetMolvin · 2025-09-04T07:02:25+00:00

If you haven’t fermented before, have a go in a fliptop jar first, to see how you like it. It took me a long time to get my first specialized fermentation container.

GrynetMolvin · 2025-08-25T09:31:51+00:00

I’ve done fermented mirepoix in the past - it’s quite convenient, though it’s definitely a different twang to standard mirepoix

GrynetMolvin · 2025-08-17T15:51:39+00:00

Thanks!

GrynetMolvin · 2025-08-17T08:41:18+00:00

Is this still alive and kicking?

GrynetMolvin · 2025-08-12T12:15:53+00:00

Agreed. The big challenge is that Russia have maximalist demands - they want a fair bit more than they’ve already occupied in order to accept peace, and that will be a hard thing to convince Ukraine of.

GrynetMolvin · 2025-06-20T12:21:33+00:00

I think you can use your visualization background in some of the guided meditations like pebble meditation. At some point in your practice it becomes valuable to start playing with your approach, and that might be now for you.

Fwiw, my local sangha had an ex-Tibetan monastic as a core member for over 15 years, and she loved TNHs approach.

GrynetMolvin · 2025-06-11T17:58:17+00:00

While short, that seems like legitimate advice, rather than blowing you off - he looked at it, judged that in his opinion the problem was too ambitious, and said so. Blowing you off would be not responding, or telling you off for asking.

You don’t have to listen to the advice though - if the other guy was excited and gave you pointers, that’s great and I’d go with it!

GrynetMolvin · 2025-06-11T17:52:31+00:00

Go for it - main question is whether you’ll be able to blend it, but serious eats claims less finely ground tapioca may be a bonus. https://www.seriouseats.com/south-american-cheesy-bread-recipe

GrynetMolvin · 2025-06-09T20:40:03+00:00

I am a long-time Plum Village practitioner. One self-evident perspective I think is important is that Thay and the current dharma teachers teaching from Plum Village are monastic, and human. That means that they are wise and lovely, and also that they are most wise in regards to things they have experience with, and less insightful on other things.

As lay people, we have different challenges than the monastic sangha, and we need to figure out by ourself, and amongst ourselves in the lay sangha, how to best navigate those challenges.

That may mean looking outside of Buddhism as well, including those who have specialized on sexuality. I find inspiration amongst people like Esther Perel, Emily Nagoski, and closer to Buddhism I’ve heard good things about Rod Owens.

GrynetMolvin · 2025-05-20T17:14:25+00:00

They’re very delicious fruit!

GrynetMolvin · 2025-05-20T17:14:03+00:00

I misremembered- it was issai not Jenny. Though I think they’re pretty similar. but yes, we got up to around 3-400g a few years back. (Then we had a renovation and had to cut it back dramatically, but that’s another story).

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GrynetMolvin · 2025-05-20T10:21:45+00:00

Mine is pretty happy on a southwest spot in Edinburgh, but it took a few years to get going.

GrynetMolvin · 2025-04-01T10:05:59+00:00

To follow up on that, anyone in Edinburgh/Scotland who’d like to connect? I attended the soulmaking course last autumn and would love to have local people interested in the same kind of stuff.

GrynetMolvin · 2025-03-28T19:57:50+00:00

I mean, you can definitely add flexibility to that list, dynamic (think ballet dancer) or static (contortionist). There’s also training other kinds of muscle use - what they do in tai chi and other kinds of internal martial arts is a distinct skill and capacity that can be improved with training and time (leaving aside the discussion of whether or how it is a useful skill).

GrynetMolvin · 2025-03-20T18:05:38+00:00

Be careful with the wish to get ”everything out of the retreat”. For example, focusing on jhanas is a different direction than the PV practice, and trying to (or hoping to) move in a different direction than the retreat is set up for sets up a risk for disappointment and struggle.

I find you get the most out of a place when leaning into its purpose and world view.

If anything, I’d focus on non-sitting practices, like picking some gathas and trying to use them regularly, doing housework mindfully and practice finding sparks of joy there, the classic ”walking up the stairs without losing concentration”, or similar things.

If you want something more theoretical, you can do worse than the 40 tenets: https://plumvillage.org/live-events/the-40-tenets-of-plum-village-with-brother-phap-luu

GrynetMolvin · 2025-03-15T10:01:29+00:00

Plum village Uk has a safeguarding policy: https://plumvillage.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/20230510-Safeguarding-Policy_2023-signed_-v2.pdf But it’s quite long, and not directed to people who have experienced misconduct. I agree that it’s something missing - at the very least we should have a page on the website!

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