salads

[kerouac2]

I have never worried about the water quality in the 3rd world, much to the surprise of one of my Cambodian moto guides who was astounded that I would accept to eat breakfast at a roadside camp when we were returning from Bantay Srei. In all of my travels, I have only got "the bug" in two places -- Staying with friends in Karachi where we only drank boiled water and a meal at the Yogyakarta airport before flying back to Europe. In the second case, my lower bowels completely solved the problem during the transit stop in Singapore.

[onlyMark]

I got it from a five star hotel in India and a hotel in Kitzbühel, Austria.

[kerouac2]

The best thing about salad is that you can use just about anything and change the ingredients on a whim. Tonight I started with a few elements that needed using rapidly -- Belgian endive and fresh mushrooms. With that base, I added chopped onion, chopped parsley, chopped celery and charry tomatoes. My first thought was to top it with smoked herring but at the last minute, I opted for fried lardons. Therefore no need to use salt, but I ground some pepper on top and added olive oil, balsamic cream and a bit of lime juice. Came out to my complete satisfaction.

[fumobici]

That's gotta be the least healthy-looking salad I can ever remember seeing. Looks fabulous!

[kerouac2]

Tonight for dinner I made a salad of sliced red onion, red bell pepper, fresh fennel, a lot of chopped curly parsley and some whole wheat brown coquillettes (tiny elbow macaroni) seasoned (besides salt and pepper) with lime juice, olive oil and sesame oil.