![]() ![]() Paper weight, also known as BASIS WEIGHT is measured in pounds per 500 sheets within it's category.Each category has a different "standard sheet" size known as FOLIO or "parent sheet".Paper comes in many types or categories, here are a few:īond, Book, Text, Index, Bristol, and Cover.GSM is a better measurement of a paper's weight.The TYPE of paper is a key element when using LBS.LBS alone do not adequately convey the weight of paper.Paper weight is measured in LBS (pounds) and GSM (grams per square meter)."cover" cardstock? Paper math is confusing, so we will skip the math and summarize as follows: "text" paper lighter and thinner than 65 lb. ![]() Sprinkle the croutons with some grated parmesan and divide between bowls of the hot soup.Are you finding paper weights to be confusing? Why is 80 lb. Rub the bread with olive oil and either bake or fry them (in which case you may need a bit more oil) until golden. Taste and add more salt and pepper as required. Simmer for a minute, then add 1.3 litres of water and the parmesan rind (but only if you haven’t used anchovies).īring to a gentle boil, then reduce to a simmer for 40 minutes, or until the lentils are tender and have a thick consistency(you don’t want it to be stiff if the soup seems too thick, add a little more water to loosen). Now, and only if you like them, add a couple of anchov y fillets and stir until they have dissolved into the vegetables.Īdd the lentils, stir until they glisten with oil, then tip in the tomato and sage. In a large, heavy-based pan, warm the olive oil, then add the onion, celerycarrotand a pinch of salt. Lentil-and-tomato soupĥ00g peeled, crushed tomatoes (fresh or tinned)Ĭubes of bread, salt, olive oil and grated parmesan, to make croutons Instead, you could add a parmesan rind, ideally with the last of the cheese attached. Unless you are an anchovy hater, in which case you can probably spot one from a mile off. A couple of fillets dissolved into the soffritto of onion, celery and carrot provide deep, salty seasoning, which somehow seems more meaty than fishy. This is a basic recipe with additions that lift. ![]() (However, if you do soak them for a few hours in cold water, they will soften a bit, which reduces their cooking time and your energy bills). They also cook in 30-40 minutes and don’t require soaking. ![]() High in protein, fibre and several members of the periodic table – phosphorus, magnesium and iron – lentils are also a valuable staple. This has less to do with the weather, which is unpredictable as ever, and more to do with the fact that big pans of soup are easy to make, eager to please and roll easily into the next day, which is what I want as we roll into autumn. While it is never not soup time, it is certainly soup time now. One marriage leads to another: melon and prosciutto, prosciutto and figs, figs and white pizza, white pizza and sausages, sausages and lentils, lentils and tomato … a lentil-and-tomato soup, with cheese croutons. And they are a couple who fit anywhere, be that a fancy table or a low wall. What is it about the marriage of melon and prosciutto? Contrast, baby! The cool, sweet smoothness of the melon, the dry, salty tear of the pork. The idea of happy marriages in food stuck in my head, which is far from an original idea, but a good and helpful one for passing time on a train. Someone else, a young man, actually did say something: ‘ è un buon matrimonio’ – it’s a good marriage (the melon and the prosciutto) – and the melon-cutter agreed. It crossed my mind to stop and say something before catching my train, about his skill and how good it looked, spread out there like a picture. The other day, I passed by and an old man had spread waxed paper on top of the wall and, working with a miniature pen knife, was slicing from a whole melon, discarding the skin and seeds as he went into a bowl near his trolley, and then draping each orange moon with a slice of prosciutto. It is a shady wall, too, and removed from the traffic, so, if you like Cher remixes, it’s a good place to rest or to eat a sandwich. T here is a low wall behind the bar that plays loud music at Piramide Metro station. ![]()
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