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Post by hwinpp on Oct 22, 2009 7:12:36 GMT
Thanks, good to know.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 22, 2009 7:36:57 GMT
I think I follow his method with the wings, since it sounds similar to mine, but it's the potatoes and greenery that are throwing me off. Is the whole dish finger food? Or just if no one's looking ? I had a fork for the other items, but I just wanted to dirty a single plate, since all of the cleaning staff seemed to have the day off.
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Post by existentialcrisis on Oct 22, 2009 8:18:44 GMT
I'm trying to shed some pounds too, bixaorellana... so I had some smoked mackeral with a nice green salad. Then some fresh fruit salad with cottage cheese. I don't mind diet cabbage soup... is that the one that's supposedly good for heart patients?
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Post by bixaorellana on Oct 22, 2009 15:05:37 GMT
That's the one, Existentia. There are all kinds of exaggerated claims made for it. Probably its biggest benefit is getting people who ordinarily don't eat fiber to ingest some along with lots of vitamin-enriched liquid. I had almost the same thing you did -- a nice salad, heavy on the tomatoes, with onion, poblano, raw zucchini, and smoked cocinero (barred or rayed jack)
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Post by rikita on Oct 22, 2009 15:47:03 GMT
well i had green beans for lunch, so i suppose dinner will jsut be some bread or some pudding or something like that...
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Post by Deleted on Oct 22, 2009 19:15:56 GMT
Tonight was leftovers before my six days of absence. I am afraid that a few nice fresh items must also go out with the trash tomorrow morning. Ah, those damned miscalculations!
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Post by bixaorellana on Oct 22, 2009 21:17:49 GMT
Don't you have a neighbor to whom you could give them? What about the gypsy woman in front of the building?
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Post by Deleted on Oct 23, 2009 20:58:45 GMT
I had to leave home at 4:25 this morning -- not the best time in the world to find the needy roaming the streets. Anyway, most of the items ended up being saved as elements of an improvised tomato sauce that went into the freezer. I have no idea if it is edible, but I'll cross that bridge when I come to it. Tonight, six of us had an unlimited Egyptian buffet until we were all ready to explode. It seemed like a good idea at the time. We watched a much smaller than usual wedding party as we stuffed our faces. Here is what it looks like from my room window.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 23, 2009 21:16:38 GMT
Interesting pics.
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Post by imec on Oct 23, 2009 21:23:51 GMT
Will you eat Ful for breakfast?
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Post by bixaorellana on Oct 23, 2009 21:53:27 GMT
He can't. He's too ful.
It looks as though all the wedding guests did not arrive. Maybe Egypt is like here, where time is very fluid. Hope so, otherwise that's rather sad.
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Post by imec on Oct 23, 2009 22:26:17 GMT
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Post by cristina on Oct 23, 2009 23:00:26 GMT
As I had just arrived home from my trip yesterday, there was no food in the house. And if there had been any, I was too tired to cook anyway. So last night my kids and I strolled up the street to our favorite neighborhood restaurant where I had their version of a grilled cheese sandwich. Its made with brie, slices of tart apple and bacon. Yum! (Sorry, I took a bite or two before I thought to use my phone to take a fuzzy picture.) I still haven't made it to the store yet, so tonight we're going to try a new pizza place that has opened nearby. Its in the site of a former beauty parlor and so is called: The Parlor. (Yay! My first successful link!) Kerouac, did the rest of the wedding guests ever show up?
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Post by lagatta on Oct 23, 2009 23:21:57 GMT
Nothing so exciting, but at a local supermarket they had turkey legs on sale for $2,18kg ,99 cents a lb (Canadian of course). Was sort of looking at them to make soup, but then saw they had the upper joint of the turkey wings on sale for the same price, so bought a tray of about 10 of them (a bit more than a kilo and a half if I recall). I browned them all tonight but was too tired to wait for them to cook so I'll just eat leftovers and braise them tomorrow. I'm too tired to chop up veg for the braise right now, but I have good dark green celery (not blanched), crooked carrots and of course onions. It is getting cold here now and I usually eat soup at noon, if I'm working at home.
Also bought a kilo of organic mung beans, to make bean sprouts, which are so much better when made fresh. They go in salads all winter, and other foods.
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Post by imec on Oct 23, 2009 23:44:03 GMT
Some sort of linguini with shrimp type dish - still formulating the idea in me pea brain.
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Post by bixaorellana on Oct 23, 2009 23:48:01 GMT
You need to stop playing the ful! Arrrghh, Cristina ~~ you didn't need to hit the ground running. Go out to eat. Ease back in to ( ) real life. Turkey soup! that will be perfect to have on hand, LaGatta. Okay. Everyone who has not yet eaten, stop whatever you're doing and go make this salad now. It was truly delicious: jícama (you could substitute water chestnuts), mandarin sections, onion, apple, tomato, cilantro, parsley, hot chile, salt, lime juice, and the merest, tiniest bit of olive oil.
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Post by lagatta on Oct 24, 2009 0:04:45 GMT
I'm too tired to make anything right now (had been working very hard on a job, and we had to do stuff at the co-op). Then had to run errands out on my bicycle, (for self and co-op) and it was just barely above the freezing point. But I'll definitely make that lovely salad - I'd be inclined to sub toasted sesame oil, as that is intended as a flavouring and one never uses much. We do get jicamas easily - at my local Asian shops as well as some Latin-American ones. (I know very well that "Latin American" is an absurd descriptor for a market, and most are definitely firstly of one country or at least a small region, but many have some stuff from Mexico to Chile and Argentina).
Yes, I like to have such soups that are sustaining without being heavy. You can imagine how easy it is to turn into a blob in the winter here...
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Post by bixaorellana on Oct 24, 2009 0:19:58 GMT
I recommend against the sesame oil. The reason for using just a few drops of olive oil is for a slight floral note that seems to develop the other flavors. It could be left off.
If you can easily get jícama, it can be used in place of water chestnuts if necessary.
Yes, I've endured >>>winter<<< before. The temptation to wear nothing but sweat pants and a terry robe and to veg on the sofa while snacking & reading seed catalogues is very great.
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Post by imec on Oct 24, 2009 0:51:42 GMT
The story so far...
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Post by lagatta on Oct 24, 2009 1:19:27 GMT
looks nice.
I like rapini better than broccoli - can you get it? Gai lan is nice too.
and yes bixa, especially if one usually works in front of the computer. I do usually get dressed more than that. Don't really have any sweat pants, but I do have so-called yoga pants which are just as comfy and only a tad more presentable. Never spend the day in a dressing gown as that makes me feel as if it is always morning coffee and what used to be newspaper time. With the computer, that can drag on forever, and since the work has to get done too, that easily makes for a 15-hour day. Not very healthful, that.
But hey, newspapers from everywhere in the world!!!!
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Post by imec on Oct 24, 2009 3:09:45 GMT
The final result - used some Thai Tom Yum soup paste, chicken broth, chili paste and lttle cream to make the sauce.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 24, 2009 3:16:17 GMT
Looks some good. You really do enjoy cooking for other people imec. It's such an admirable trait. Mr. C. does as well. granted,not quite as adventuresome,but real good food. He takes his time ,which is a good thing. I'm more hasty I'm afraid.
cristina: I have seen those Parisian sugar thingie's at Whole Food Co.
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Post by bixaorellana on Oct 24, 2009 3:35:28 GMT
Ohmygosh, Imec ~~ gorgeous! Using the asparagus was inspired. And it looks as though your slightly creamy sauce coated everything perfectly. YUM.
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Post by imec on Oct 24, 2009 3:49:35 GMT
Thank ladies! Wish you were all here to share it!
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Post by imec on Oct 24, 2009 4:25:23 GMT
Using the asparagus was inspired. Oh Yeah?? Please refer to the asparagus section in "What do you smell like"
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Post by Deleted on Oct 24, 2009 4:30:10 GMT
That's the first thing I thought of.
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Post by bixaorellana on Oct 24, 2009 4:39:17 GMT
I have not seen that. Can I assume it has something to do with the famous Babe Ruth quote?
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Post by Deleted on Oct 24, 2009 4:48:06 GMT
Clearly that quote is not famous to me.
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Post by bixaorellana on Oct 24, 2009 5:23:27 GMT
No? =========================================================================== Ruth rapidly became not only the Sultan of Swat but an aspiring social lion awkwardly eager to say the right thing. The rude, uneducated kid from Baltimore's waterfront once convulsed guests at a formal dinner party by spurning a plate of asparagus. "Asparagus," he explained to his hostess in his politest tones, "makes my urine smell." =========================================================================== source: www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,944972-2,00.html
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Post by lagatta on Oct 24, 2009 11:53:22 GMT
I'm sure he thought he was being the soul of politeness by saying "makes my urine smell" rather than "makes my pee, or piss, stink".
I've never noticed that. It is genetic, I believe. I love asparagus.
imec, do you have a good source of Chinese/Southeast Asian vegetables in Winnipeg? There must be good sized communities from that part of the world there now?
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