Atomic ShrimpI've been talking about doing this for a long while, and thinking about it even longer - a trip along the full length of Chesil Beach, to survey the stones - local legend has it that fishermen landing on the shore in fog or at night would be able to determine their position by looking at a handful of stones (this was in the days before Google Maps!).
This video documents the preparation, journey and data capture; part 2 will be a detailed look at the results.
Timestamps: 0:00 intro 2:06 Kit & method 8:02 Dragon's Teeth 11:25 Abbotsbury Swannery 12:33 Method in practice 16:57 Sound of gravel 17:04 Flotsam & Jetsam 18:11 Canns 21:22 The sorted stones 23:00 Walking again 24:19 Oh B(u)oy 25:15 Structures 26:58 Measurement 11 27:52 Nature Reserve 28:28 Weather 31:01 Fishing hut 32:30 Stones getting bigger 34:46 Military firing range 38:08 How far we have come 41:57 Portland boundary stone 42:33 Bigger rocks 43:58 Portland looms 44:41 Black helicopters 45:36 Weather 47:38 Big stones 49:25 Oyster beds 50:11 The end is in sight 53:33 Final checkpoint 54:45 Terra firma 55:20 Retrieval
Chesil Beach Pebble Survey Part 1 - Spending the Whole Day Looking at GravelAtomic Shrimp2024-09-20 | I've been talking about doing this for a long while, and thinking about it even longer - a trip along the full length of Chesil Beach, to survey the stones - local legend has it that fishermen landing on the shore in fog or at night would be able to determine their position by looking at a handful of stones (this was in the days before Google Maps!).
This video documents the preparation, journey and data capture; part 2 will be a detailed look at the results.
Timestamps: 0:00 intro 2:06 Kit & method 8:02 Dragon's Teeth 11:25 Abbotsbury Swannery 12:33 Method in practice 16:57 Sound of gravel 17:04 Flotsam & Jetsam 18:11 Canns 21:22 The sorted stones 23:00 Walking again 24:19 Oh B(u)oy 25:15 Structures 26:58 Measurement 11 27:52 Nature Reserve 28:28 Weather 31:01 Fishing hut 32:30 Stones getting bigger 34:46 Military firing range 38:08 How far we have come 41:57 Portland boundary stone 42:33 Bigger rocks 43:58 Portland looms 44:41 Black helicopters 45:36 Weather 47:38 Big stones 49:25 Oyster beds 50:11 The end is in sight 53:33 Final checkpoint 54:45 Terra firma 55:20 RetrievalVintage Corning VISION® Pyroceramic Frying Pan - I Can Unbox AnythingAtomic Shrimp2024-10-18 | Since installing a ceramic hob in the kitchen, I have been curious to try out a type of pan that looks like glass, so the heat should cook the food almost directly.
Timestamps: 0:00:00 Garden stuff 0:09:47 Sizzling Sisig 0:22:55 Mild Rant 0:24_26 Light Trolling 0:26:53 More Garden Stuff 0:33:02 I Can Unbox Anything 0:36:57 Brixham 1:13:36 Comment Positivity 1:30:07 Accidental Tomato SuccessScam Roundup - Dont Put the Scam up Your Nose (Scam Awareness + Scambaiting)Atomic Shrimp2024-10-11 | This video is a mix up of various scams I have seen recently, plus a bit of the regular old scambaiting.
Timestamps: 00:00 Scam Awareness 10:23 ScambaitingDartmouth Steam Railway and Dartmouth WatersideAtomic Shrimp2024-10-05 | This was a day trip we took on our holiday in Devon in September 2024, on the Dartmouth Steam Railway & Ferry, then a wander around the waterfront at Dartmouth. Huge thanks to Seb for the tour of the cab of our steam train!
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What this is: As always, the reason I do this is as an exercise to try to provoke myself to respond creatively; to nurture or develop transferrable skills of creativity and adaptability; to think more about what it means to 'try'; to embed a habit of thinking about and focusing upon solutions, not problems and also to experience personal failure in a safe setting. This type of exercise - in this, and in other contexts - has served me very well in life. Those skills, such as they are, have always been the driving force of what I do, on this channel, and everywhere else.
What this is NOT: This is NOT a tutorial for cooking or budgeting. No guarantee is made that anyone else will be able to replicate any part of this video (supposing you even wanted to). This is NOT an attempt to 'play at being poor', although it always does make me appreciate things that I normally take for granted. This is NOT an attempt to 'prove that people on benefits or low income could get by with less' - if anything, it proves the complete opposite - because this was a difficult thing to do - that's why it's called a 'challenge'. This is NOT a diet - it would not be a good idea to cook or eat exactly this food every day - or budget like this every day.
Link pertaining to video... I mentioned that my friend Babatunde made gloopy Okra soup - here's that video: youtube.com/watch?v=KySg_rTiNDw
Join the Atomic Shrimp official Discord server for FREE early access to videos! - discord.gg/atomicshrimp Atomic Shrimp subreddit: reddit.com/r/AtomicShrimpCoca Cola Zero Oreo Flavour - Weird Stuff in a Can # 196Atomic Shrimp2024-09-28 | Coke and Oreos! Together at last! Or something like that.
Join the Atomic Shrimp official Discord server for FREE early access to videos! - discord.gg/atomicshrimp Atomic Shrimp subreddit: reddit.com/r/AtomicShrimpChesil Beach Pebble Survey Part 2 - Gravel Positioning System (Also, What if Everyone Took a Stone?)Atomic Shrimp2024-09-27 | There's a local legend that sailors landing on Chesil Beach in fog, or at night, would be able to pick up a handful of gravel from the beach and accurately estimate their position on this 30 kilometre-long beach. In part 1, we captured the data; this time, we'll test the legend!
Links pertaining to video: Part 1 of this project: youtu.be/8RAuvyWM_2E XKCD 'What if everyone jumped?': what-if.xkcd.com/8youtube.com/watch?v=p2M8Y0z9Rl0 Spreadsheet containing the survey data: https://1drv.ms/x/s!Ar4eOUAx-yGwidlJcDi94kD8Bf5MXg?e=ITm7Sh The spreadsheet data only (not the published videos) is licenced under Creative Commons CC-BY 4.0
Timestamps: 0:00 Intro 2:10 Data and method 3:02 Charts 7:23 Interim conclusion 7:47 Testing the theory 14:36 My guesses 17:44 Results 18:54 Accuracy 19:35 Stealing rocks 20:08 Putting it right 26:52 What if everyone did it? 35:08 Actual conclusionMy Basket Is Still Empty, and I Think I Am OK With ThatAtomic Shrimp2024-09-21 | I'm not even sure if this was a foraging walk, or if the basket was just an excuse to get us out of the house into the lovely woods.
Join the Atomic Shrimp official Discord server for FREE early access to videos! - discord.gg/atomicshrimp Atomic Shrimp subreddit: reddit.com/r/AtomicShrimpMaking Proper Cheesy Beans (Also: Toast is Not Optional)Atomic Shrimp2024-09-14 | In a recent video, I expressed slight disappointment that a can of Heinz 'Cheesy Beans' were not beans in a cheese sauce. Not to worry; I'll make my own.
Ingredients for the sauce: 30g Butter 25g Plain flour 300ml Milk 50g Mature cheddar 25g Grana Padano
Join the Atomic Shrimp official Discord server for FREE early access to videos! - discord.gg/atomicshrimp Atomic Shrimp subreddit: reddit.com/r/AtomicShrimpHeinz Cheesy Beanz Baked Beans - (Not Very) Weird Stuff in a Can # 195Atomic Shrimp2024-09-13 | Despite being reasonably tasty, this product disappointed me in several ways.
Join the Atomic Shrimp official Discord server for FREE early access to videos! - discord.gg/atomicshrimp Atomic Shrimp subreddit: reddit.com/r/AtomicShrimpBuilding a Flight of Garden Steps (Now My Upstairs Garden Really Is UP STAIRS!)Atomic Shrimp2024-09-07 | My garden has terraces that I like to refer to as 'upstairs' and 'downstairs' - only trouble is, until just recently, there were no actual stairs!
My profound gratitude to @WineberryHill for creating lucid and comprehensive instructions for this sort of thing!
Join the Atomic Shrimp official Discord server for FREE early access to videos! - discord.gg/atomicshrimp Atomic Shrimp subreddit: reddit.com/r/AtomicShrimpHybridising Bread Recipes Using a Bread Spreadsheet (Breadsheet)Atomic Shrimp2024-09-06 | It's not uncommon for bakers to have spreadsheets that embody the formulae for their recipes; this isn't that - this is a way to take two (or more) different recipes and make a hybrid recipe from them.
If you want a copy of the spreadsheet I used in this video, you can find it here: https://1drv.ms/x/s!Ar4eOUAx-yGwidhH3629VdvilJ3-fw?e=Y0RkTG (including a couple of spare columns and rows for you to just slot in your own stuff.Low(er) Carb Bread Experiment (Not Quite Keto)Atomic Shrimp2024-08-31 | This is an experiment to make a variation on a keto sandwich bread recipe I saw on Mary's Test Kitchen (link below); I decided to try making it with oat bran instead.
Why? Why not keto? - I'm not on a keto diet, and I had a little trouble sourcing oat fibre powder locally - I could have sent for it I suppose, but also it's rather expensive so I thought I'd try this.
Ingredients used here: 100g Oat bran (blended to make it a bit finer than as supplied) 125g Milled flax seed 175g Vital wheat gluten 350ml Warm water 5g Dried yeast 5g White sugar
Join the Atomic Shrimp official Discord server for FREE early access to videos! - discord.gg/atomicshrimp Atomic Shrimp subreddit: reddit.com/r/AtomicShrimpDANGEROUS Fake Foraging Books Scam on Amazon - Hands-On Review of AI-Generated Garbage BooksAtomic Shrimp2024-08-30 | I've been hearing for a while about these AI-generated scam foraging books being sold on Amazon, so I decided to get a couple for a hands-on review. Also this video discusses how to find and choose a *good* field or foraging guide.
Timestamps: 00:00 Safety is important 00:49 Finding & recognising the scams 04:27 A Parcel Has Arrivéd 06:03 Review 09:46 DANGER 12:00 Just Use An APP 13:32 The Universal Edibility Test 17:03 Conclusions 18:07 How to buy a GOOD book 26:52 Closing thoughtsAnother Empty-Basket Foraging Trip (But We Had a Nice Walk)Atomic Shrimp2024-08-24 | Another foraging trip where we went out hopeful, but returned home with an empty basket, but we saw some interesting things. Eva especially made an interesting and stimulating discovery...
Timestamps: 00:00 The First Part of the Video 15:53 The Incident with the Dog in the Woods 17:08 The Rest of the VideoRedcurrant & Gooseberry Fool (Foraged Gooseberries)Atomic Shrimp2024-08-23 | One of my neighbours kindly gave me a box of delicious redcurrants and I also foraged some gooseberries - let's make a fruit fool!
Ingredients used here: For the compote: 200g berries 1.5 Tablespoons sugar Juice of one lime
The creamy bit: 150m Double cream, whipped Half a teaspoon vanilla extract 1 Tablespoon icing sugar
Plus: Greek yoghurt Additional fresh berries for layering and garnish
Join the Atomic Shrimp official Discord server for FREE early access to videos! - discord.gg/atomicshrimp Atomic Shrimp subreddit: reddit.com/r/AtomicShrimpHiding a Bothersome Mouse Cursor Using the Excessive Application of TechnologyAtomic Shrimp2024-08-17 | This might be the most inelegant solution I have ever implemented, for the most trivial problem I have ever faced, but it works!
Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 00:25 The problem 02:51 Hardware 04:37 Programming (v1) 07:00 Test (v1) 08:12 Programming (v2) 08:55 Test (v2)Cooking Challenge - Buy The Cheap-ish Things (in Waitrose)Atomic Shrimp2024-08-16 | Time for a shopping and cooking challenge, again, based on just trying to buy cheap things; not necessarily the cheapEST item, but a cheapISH item, in each of 8 categories.
What this is: As always, the reason I do this is as an exercise to try to provoke myself to respond creatively; to nurture or develop transferrable skills of creativity and adaptability; to think more about what it means to 'try'; to embed a habit of thinking about and focusing upon solutions, not problems and also to experience personal failure in a safe setting. This type of exercise - in this, and in other contexts - has served me very well in life. Those skills, such as they are, have always been the driving force of what I do, on this channel, and everywhere else.
What this is NOT: This is NOT a tutorial for cooking or budgeting. No guarantee is made that anyone else will be able to replicate any part of this video (supposing you even wanted to). This is NOT an attempt to 'play at being poor', although it always does make me appreciate things that I normally take for granted. This is NOT an attempt to 'prove that people on benefits or low income could get by with less' - if anything, it proves the complete opposite - because this was a difficult thing to do - that's why it's called a 'challenge'. This is NOT a diet - it would not be a good idea to cook or eat exactly this food every day - or budget like this every day.
Link pertaining to video... I mentioned that Babatunde has received the spicy noodles I sent to him - his tasting video is here: youtu.be/BGEtiKomPVA
Join the Atomic Shrimp official Discord server for FREE early access to videos! - discord.gg/atomicshrimp Atomic Shrimp subreddit: reddit.com/r/AtomicShrimpRandom Stuff - Tree Babies, Mallow Hunt, New Kitchen, Berries, Dungy Head, Comment PositivityAtomic Shrimp2024-08-10 | The regular collection of random bits.
Timestamps: 0:00:00 Tree Babies 0:10:45 Studio 0:12:34 Mallow Hunt 0:20:50 New Kitchen 0:42:32 Berry Interlude 0:44:08 Garden Stuff 0:54:45 Berry Interlude 0:56:36 Nettle Seed Bread 0:57:42 Berry Interlude 0:59:15 Dungy Head 1:01:44 Stripey Bois 1:02:40 Automatic Watering 1:05:47 Chair Reveal 1:06:08 Comment Positivity 1:18:04 Tomato JungleLets Look at a Mélange of Scams (Scam Awareness AND Scambaiting)Atomic Shrimp2024-08-09 | Just for a bit of a change, this video is half scam-awareness and half-scambaiting (OK, but really, I had about half a video of material for each thing, so I thought we'd try a mix).
Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 00:17 Phishing Spams 02:06 Sextortion 06:16 Parcel Scam Texts 09:01 Scambaiting (fake loan) 12:42 Scambaiting (recovery scam)A Chesil Beach Recce (Preparing for Future SCIENCE!)Atomic Shrimp2024-08-03 | I plan to spend an entire day looking at gravel - this was a short reconnaissance trip to figure out some of the details - a short walk along Chesil beach - starting at Abbotsbury and walking northwest toward Burton Bradstock. Later this year I am planning a detailed survey of the gravel on this beach - this was just a test of my planned method and timings.
Join the Atomic Shrimp official Discord server for FREE early access to videos! - discord.gg/atomicshrimp Atomic Shrimp subreddit: reddit.com/r/AtomicShrimpMaking a Chicken PieAtomic Shrimp2024-08-02 | All you need is pie, apparently. I read it somewhere. This is a recipe I thought I would tinker with until it worked out right, but it pretty much hit the spot first time around (this is the second time making it - the camera wasn't rolling on the first occasion)
Ingredients used in this recipe (precision is not important - add more or less or other things if you want): 1kg of bone-in chicken thighs (~800g of meat after deboning) 6 Cumberland sausages 1 bunch spring onions (about 8 to 10 stalks) 1 medium carrot 2 sticks celery 6 medium mushrooms pinch of salt (omit this if you are using a stock cube later) 2 tablespoons plain flour About 2 tablespoons of chopped fresh herbs - garlic, rosemary, thyme, sage (or use dried) 500ml chicken stock (if you use a stock cube to make this, omit the salt further up) Small pinch of dried tarragon 200g Crème fraîche (you could use soured cream or yoghurt, but these are more likely to 'split') Ready-made puff pastry
I said I'd link a video where I made my own pastry crust - here's one of those: youtu.be/cX-wezVGbqwSlow TV - Only Just Under the SeaAtomic Shrimp2024-07-27 | Today let's see what happens in a tidal rockpool in Newton's Cove, Weymouth. Slow TV isn't for everyone, and that's OK - nothing is scripted here - no narration or music - nothing much happens, except by chance. Most of the sound in this video is the clicking and scraping of marine organisms, the bubbling of water and occasional sounds making their way from above the surface, attenuated by the water.
Join the Atomic Shrimp official Discord server for FREE early access to videos! - discord.gg/atomicshrimp Atomic Shrimp subreddit: reddit.com/r/AtomicShrimpMaking a Raspberry Pi Zero HundredAtomic Shrimp2024-07-26 | The Raspberry Pi 400 is a keyboard with a built-in Pi 4, so a keyboard with a built-in Pi Zero is a Zero Hundred, right?
The teardown video that was the source of the keyboard used here: youtu.be/YU2h-WduV48
Join the Atomic Shrimp official Discord server for FREE early access to videos! - discord.gg/atomicshrimp Atomic Shrimp subreddit: reddit.com/r/AtomicShrimpPaw Paw Seedlings are Weird! (American Pawpaw - Asimina Triloba)Atomic Shrimp2024-07-20 | I'm growing some American Pawpaw plants from seed - at first, I thought something was wrong with my plants, but it turns out they're just a bit weird or different from other seeds of the same general type.
Join the Atomic Shrimp official Discord server for FREE early access to videos! - discord.gg/atomicshrimp Atomic Shrimp subreddit: reddit.com/r/AtomicShrimpForaging and Cooking Stinging Nettle Seeds (Making Nettle Seed Pesto)Atomic Shrimp2024-07-19 | I've eaten the leaves of stinging nettles many times in the past and have enjoyed them greatly, but this will be my first time eating the seeds...
Join the Atomic Shrimp official Discord server for FREE early access to videos! - discord.gg/atomicshrimp Atomic Shrimp subreddit: reddit.com/r/AtomicShrimpRandom Stuff - Blue Sunflower RESULTS! Spicy Parcel, Garden Stuff, Portland Bill, Comment PositivityAtomic Shrimp2024-07-13 | Your prescription of randomness is ready, this time, including the ACTUAL 'BLUE' SUNFLOWER RESULTS!
Timestamps: 00:00 Sunflower calamity 02:20 Potato Harvest 06:10 Spicy parcel 07:12 What is a weed? 13:53 Watercress update 16:08 Comment Positivity 29:15 Downstairs Greenhouse 34:20 BLUE SUNFLOWER UPDATE 37:03 Portland BillChupa Chups Melon & Cream Sparkling Drink - Weird Stuff in a Can # 194Atomic Shrimp2024-07-12 | This is a can of Chupa Chups melon & cream sparkling drink that I picked up in The Range today.
Join the Atomic Shrimp official Discord server for FREE early access to videos! - discord.gg/atomicshrimp Atomic Shrimp subreddit: reddit.com/r/AtomicShrimpSlow TV – Bee Roll (*Other Pollinators Available)Atomic Shrimp2024-07-06 | Join me for a few moments closely watching the bees and other flying insects feeding on, and pollinating the flowers. Slow TV isn't for everyone, and that's OK - as a slight departure from the usual format, I have added music to this video - partly because the insects are recorded in 2x slow motion (it's hard to see what's really going on at normal speed) and partly because when I recorded this, there are builders working on my house, so the recorded background sound would have been saws and drills and hammering. The music is Hector Berlioz - Symphonie Fantastique Op.14 - III. Adagio - public domain music from musopen.org
About the plants you see in this video; these are a mixture of native wild flowers and some of the cultivated forms of other native wild flowers; chiefly: Hedge Woundwort - Stachys sylvatica - the plant with spires of dark magenta flowers Foxglove - Digitalis purpurea - the tall plant with clusters of tubular flowers that the bees must crawl inside - we have various different shades of flowers but they are all the same species Toadflax - Linaria purpurea - the plant with densely-packed spires of pale pink 'snapdragon' flowers. The wild form of this plant is a beautiful deep purple colour, but we have the pink cultivar Cranesbill - Geranium sp - the bushy plant with purple, saucer-shaped flowers. Mountain Bluet - Centaurea montana - the low-growing plant with blue and magenta thistle-like flowers
Join the Atomic Shrimp official Discord server for FREE early access to videos! - discord.gg/atomicshrimp Atomic Shrimp subreddit: reddit.com/r/AtomicShrimpProduct Review: Parkside Automatic Watering System from LidlAtomic Shrimp2024-07-05 | Last year, I tried out a small timer-pump for automatic greenhouse watering. This year, I'm taking it up a notch (although interestingly, not in price).
Timestamps 0:00 Intro 1:16 Unboxing 6:08 Getting started 7:13 First test 9:51 Also 11:31 Watering setup 15:15 Another test 16:54 Opinions 18:19 Full test run 20:17 Critique 21:35 ConclusionsRandom Stuff - Courgette Flowers, Exploding Cans, Omelette, Not Blue Sunflowers, Comment PositivityAtomic Shrimp2024-06-29 | The regular collection of bits and bobs; including a nearly-tearful goodbye to Atomic Shrimp Kitchen
Timestamps: 0:00:00 Exploding cans 0:05:19 Garden stuff 0:06:41 Not Blue Sunflowers 0:07:42 Tomatoes & other stuff 0:10:53 Foxgloves 0:13:49 Bye Bye kitchen 0:20:00 Garden omelette 0:27:22 Dogs and pills 0:29:03 Garden again 0:35:16 Kitchen again 0:36:29 Garden once more 0:38:17 Kitchen once more 0:41:20 Retroreflective flowers 0:45:15 Rambling observations 0:50:13 Comment Positivity 1:01:20 Omelette Rehearsal 1:07:31 Moving PartsCooking Challenge - Buy The Cheap-ish Things (in Asda)Atomic Shrimp2024-06-28 | Time for a shopping and cooking challenge, again, based on just trying to buy cheap things; not necessarily the cheapEST item, but a cheapISH item, in each of 8 categories.
What this is: As always, the reason I do this is as an exercise to try to provoke myself to respond creatively; to nurture or develop transferrable skills of creativity and adaptability; to think more about what it means to 'try'; to embed a habit of thinking about and focusing upon solutions, not problems and also to experience personal failure in a safe setting. This type of exercise - in this, and in other contexts - has served me very well in life. Those skills, such as they are, have always been the driving force of what I do, on this channel, and everywhere else.
What this is NOT: This is NOT a tutorial for cooking or budgeting. No guarantee is made that anyone else will be able to replicate any part of this video (supposing you even wanted to). This is NOT an attempt to 'play at being poor', although it always does make me appreciate things that I normally take for granted. This is NOT an attempt to 'prove that people on benefits or low income could get by with less' - if anything, it proves the complete opposite - because this was a difficult thing to do - that's why it's called a 'challenge'. This is NOT a diet - it would not be a good idea to cook or eat exactly this food every day - or budget like this every day.
Join the Atomic Shrimp official Discord server for FREE early access to videos! - discord.gg/atomicshrimp Atomic Shrimp subreddit: reddit.com/r/AtomicShrimpRetail Ramble – What Wild Plants Can I Find in a Supermarket Car Park?Atomic Shrimp2024-06-22 | Following on from my Very Local Nature Ramble (in my own back garden), I promised I would look around a supermarket car park. So let's do that...
Join the Atomic Shrimp official Discord server for FREE early access to videos! - discord.gg/atomicshrimp Atomic Shrimp subreddit: reddit.com/r/AtomicShrimpPopping Boba Drink Strawberry & Dragonfruit - Weird Stuff in a Can # 193Atomic Shrimp2024-06-21 | This is a can of bubble tea that I picked up in TK MAXX recently - I have never really been a fan of blob drinks in the past - will this one be an exception? I've got stuff being rebuilt in the house, so this episode is in the garden.
Join the Atomic Shrimp official Discord server for FREE early access to videos! - discord.gg/atomicshrimp Atomic Shrimp subreddit: reddit.com/r/AtomicShrimpA Very Local Nature Ramble (I Didnt Leave the Garden)Atomic Shrimp2024-06-15 | You don't necessarily have to go a long way to find natural wonders - in fact they're probably very close by. In this video, I will take a 'Nature Ramble' around my garden lawn. Next time, we'll take a ramble around a supermarket car park!
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What this is: As always, the reason I do this is as an exercise to try to provoke myself to respond creatively; to nurture or develop transferrable skills of creativity and adaptability; to think more about what it means to 'try'; to embed a habit of thinking about and focusing upon solutions, not problems and also to experience personal failure in a safe setting. This type of exercise - in this, and in other contexts - has served me very well in life. Those skills, such as they are, have always been the driving force of what I do, on this channel, and everywhere else.
What this (the series) is NOT: This is NOT a tutorial for cooking or budgeting. No guarantee is made that anyone else will be able to replicate any part of this video (supposing you even wanted to). This is NOT an attempt to 'play at being poor', although it always does make me appreciate things that I normally take for granted. This is NOT an attempt to 'prove that people on benefits or low income could get by with less' - if anything, it proves the complete opposite - because this was a difficult thing to do - that's why it's called a 'challenge'. This is NOT a diet - it would not be a good idea to cook or eat exactly this food every day - or budget like this every day.
Join the Atomic Shrimp official Discord server for FREE early access to videos! - discord.gg/atomicshrimp Atomic Shrimp subreddit: reddit.com/r/AtomicShrimpRandom Stuff - Pickle Tasting, Seed Excitement, Sunflower Updates, Chain Ponderings, WatercressAtomic Shrimp2024-06-08 | The scheduled collection of bits and pieces; a fair bit of gardening again...
Timestamps: 00:00 Pickle Tasting 1 05:57 Seed Excitement 07:10 Garden Stuff 10:43 Not Blue Sunflowers 12:46 Chain Ponderings 19:00 Garden Stuff 22:09 Pickle Tasting 2 24:26 Sunflowers and garden stuff 31:04 Normal cooking 39:20 Watercress 44:54 Comment Positivity 54:28 Seed Excitement 2Allium Roseum - Foraging, cooking and eating - Sky OnionsAtomic Shrimp2024-06-07 | Allium roseum is a species of onion/garlic that is common as a naturalised plant in the UK (although it is not native). It's edible, but I have never eaten it before. Until today...
Join the Atomic Shrimp official Discord server for FREE early access to videos! - discord.gg/atomicshrimp Atomic Shrimp subreddit: reddit.com/r/AtomicShrimpSlow TV - Weymouth HarbourAtomic Shrimp2024-06-01 | Join me for a few scenic stops around Weymouth Harbour in Dorset, taking in the view from various spots along the east side, then a lovely tranquil ride on the Penny Ferry and back up the west side, just in time to see Town Bridge open up to let the boats through. Slow TV isn't for everyone, and that's OK - nothing is scripted here - no narration or music - nothing much happens, except by chance. Most of the sound in this video is just the various noises of human activity, gulls, boats, water and ocasionally, passing road traffic.I Love Sergeant Merton (Scambaiting) - May Contain Traces of CleckAtomic Shrimp2024-05-31 | Scambaiting Again. Monica is contacting a fake recovery scammer, about a love interest...
Join the Atomic Shrimp official Discord server for FREE early access to videos! - discord.gg/atomicshrimp Atomic Shrimp subreddit: reddit.com/r/AtomicShrimpCooking Challenge - Buy The Cheap-ish Things (in Morrisons)Atomic Shrimp2024-05-24 | Time for a shopping and cooking challenge, again, based on just trying to buy cheap things; not necessarily the cheapEST item, but a cheapISH item, in each of 8 categories.
What this is: As always, the reason I do this is as an exercise to try to provoke myself to respond creatively; to nurture or develop transferrable skills of creativity and adaptability; to think more about what it means to 'try'; to embed a habit of thinking about and focusing upon solutions, not problems and also to experience personal failure in a safe setting. This type of exercise - in this, and in other contexts - has served me very well in life. Those skills, such as they are, have always been the driving force of what I do, on this channel, and everywhere else.
What this is NOT: This is NOT a tutorial for cooking or budgeting. No guarantee is made that anyone else will be able to replicate any part of this video (supposing you even wanted to). This is NOT an attempt to 'play at being poor', although it always does make me appreciate things that I normally take for granted. This is NOT an attempt to 'prove that people on benefits or low income could get by with less' - if anything, it proves the complete opposite - because this was a difficult thing to do - that's why it's called a 'challenge'. This is NOT a diet - it would not be a good idea to cook or eat exactly this food every day - or budget like this every day.
Join the Atomic Shrimp official Discord server for FREE early access to videos! - discord.gg/atomicshrimp Atomic Shrimp subreddit: reddit.com/r/AtomicShrimpFondant Root Vegetables - Carrot, Parsnip & CeleriacAtomic Shrimp2024-05-18 | I love to use my homemade stock for Fondant Potatoes, but what if the main course already contains potatoes? Let's make Fondant Root Veg as a side dish for Shepherd's Pie!
Join the Atomic Shrimp official Discord server for FREE early access to videos! - discord.gg/atomicshrimp Atomic Shrimp subreddit: reddit.com/r/AtomicShrimpScam Bites: Please Attach the Attachment (With Bonus CLECK!)Atomic Shrimp2024-05-17 | Scambaiting time again - just a few assorted encounters...
Therefore, at Slaughter Valley Mobility Service, we would like you to understand that we have heard, and are responding to your so-called ‘concerns’.
Non-shorts link to this content: youtube.com/watch/kyONEaZWgnwRandom Stuff (Mostly Garden), Maiden Castle, Seatown, Pickling, Comment Positivity, Disco FlowersAtomic Shrimp2024-05-10 | The somewhat regular collection of random bits and pieces, mostly gardening again...
Info about the various versions of the book (known to me as) 'A Country Harvest' by Pamela Michael (Illustrated by Christabel King): A Country Harvest - Peerage Books - 1980 - ISBN 978-0671087517 All Good Things Around us - Henry Holt & Co - 1981 - ISBN 9780030572968 Edible Wild Plants & Herbs - 2007 - Grub Street Publishing - ISBN 9781904943730 Edible Wild Plants & Herbs - 2008 - Grub Street Publishing - ISBN 9781910690628 Edible Wild Plants & Herbs - 2022 - Grub Street Publishing - ISBN 9781911667346 (As far as I can tell, these are all substantially the same book inside) Electronic Lending Library copies of some of these editions are available to borrow from archive.orghelp.archive.org/help/borrowing-from-the-lending-library
Timestamps: 0:00:00 Garden stuff 0:09:53 Seatown 0:35:26 Fossil Haul 0:38:24 Okahijiki seeds 0:42:23 Maiden Castle 0:51:03 More seeds 0:54:25 More gardening 0:58:20 More seeds 1:01:11 More gardening 1:01:53 Not Blue Sunflowers 1:11:53 Pickling time 1:22:57 More gardening 1:25:14 Homemade bonemeal 1:39:32 More gardening 1:46:27 Comment Positivity 1:55:32 Disco flowersSlow TV - White FlowersAtomic Shrimp2024-05-04 | Join me for a few beautiful, tranquil moments out in the spring woods. It was very lovely to spend a few moments just standing, looking at the beautiful spring flowers, however I am conscious that many people are not so lucky to have access to this sort of thing, and might be craving connection with nature and the outside world. So, please join me, virtually, just taking a quiet, close look at the flowers of an English wood in springtime. Slow TV isn't for everyone, and that's OK - nothing is scripted here - no narration or music - nothing much happens, except by natural chance. There are no sudden loud noises in this video, mostly you will just hear bird song, the white noise of a gentle breeze through the branches, and occasional other natural sounds. You may also occasionally hear the faraway background of human activity, but don't think on that for now - just enjoy this peaceful moment amongst the flowers...
(This video was going to be 10 minutes of just Ramsons flowers, but as I wandered about the woods, a theme emerged)
Species (in order of appearance): 0:00 Ramsons 0:46 Blackthorn 1:57 English Bluebells (including white form) 3:05 Wood Anemone 4:28 Wild Cherry 5:21 Wild Strawberry 6:00 Greater Stitchwort 6:32 Bittercress 7:23 Cow Parsley 7:55 Greater Stitchwort 8:29 Ramsons 9:12 Cow Parsley 9:37 Jack-by-the-Hedges 10:09 Wild Strawberry 10:52 Wild Cherry 11:34 RamsonsCultivating Watercress on a Very Small ScaleAtomic Shrimp2024-05-03 | Jenny and I both love watercress, but wouldn't it be nice to be able to grow it at home and pick it really fresh? That's what I intend to try.
'Bin Juice' liquid compost: youtu.be/41uNmXrQAQ4MOVEMENT #shortsAtomic Shrimp2024-04-27 | Starting on odd-numbered days of the week throughout the months of July and August, then increasing to a daily basis from the beginning of September, movement will be strictly limited, due to the ongoing situation