Hey, Look, this site has more recipes for my “rabbit,” which I still haven’t gotten around the thawing.
Also, I think I have everything I need for a barbecue, if anyone is in the mood for charred meat and/or veggies (though I don’t have one of those fine-mesh grill thingies… they’d have to go on the regular grill or in foil.
I took my time walking home tonight because the weather was lovely and I had no need to rush. I stopped for dinner; I picked up laundry; I meandered.
I overheard two men from college speaking:
A: Where is your girlfriend tonight?
B: At some ritual. Who celebrates the crescent moon, anyways?
I overheard one college guy talking to his two friends:
I have trouble figuring out where we are in the relationship. Are we just friends? Is it more? What does it mean when I flirt with her, and how much flirting is okay? … etc…. How do I know?
And, being a busybody, I interrupted: “You ask.”
He looked at me incredulously: “You ask?”
“You ask.”
“That sounds more difficult.”
“Well, good luck with it.”
On the way to pick up my laundry, I passed one man getting up into the another man’s face:
“…children are turning against their parents.
These are the days when wives are turning against their husbands…”
One the way back, they were laughing together like the best of friends.
As I passed the mosque, I was stopped and anointed with oil scented through the grace of Allah.
*excerpted from a longer post*
And then there were thai food with noodles and tofu in a peanutty sauce. And desert of coconut ice cream in little coconut shells (which look just like breasts) from Trader Joe’s. If you shop there, I will make the recommendation: those ice creams were tasty, but improved greatly with the addition of Godiva’s chocolate liqueur.
This weekend I have completely finished off the partial box of Irish Breakfast and the 3/4 full box of Peach Tea.
Now I am putting a dent in the 48-count Red Rose tea and the Tippy Assam.
It is a pity that I had already finished off my nice, strong English Breakfast.
It’s time to buy more tea. *g*
Do any of you cook Chinese food much? I have a leftover pork roast, and I want to turn it into that brown melty pork that you sometimes get in restaurants… only every store-bought sauce I have ever tried for this has been too salty and/or too sweet and usually not even close. I don’t even know what to call the particular dish to look it up.
So can any of you read my mind? Can you tell me how to make it from scratch?
ETA: The answer is to use authentic oyster sauce instead of a mixed sauce from the supermarket
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Other upcoming meals —
Collard Greens and Lentils cooked down with fried mustard seeds, nigella seeds, coriander, chillies, and garlic added at the last.
Asparagus. Something special with asparagus. It will probably be with peas and tortellini and either a butter & lemon sauce or something creamy.
Chili
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Notable recent meals —
I made a lovely curry (onions, garlic, ginger, coriander stalks, curry powder, and tomatoes) with potatoes and string beans.
And last night there were scrambled eggs with onions, garlic, mushrooms, artichoke hearts (the vegetable truck has had lovely artichokes lately!), smoked oysters, and cheese. Thanks to the lovely Meghan for the idea.