9/30/13

I Swear I Heard Them Chirp

There was an eerie sound in the kitchen while everyone was asleep. I heard infrequent popping noises coming from... this pot! The dried chickpeas I was soaking were intermittently "popping".



Boiled chick peas last for a week in the refrigerator and up to a month in the freezer. The chickpea (Cicer arietinum) is a legume of the family Fabaceae, subfamily Faboideae. Its seeds are high in protein. It is also known as garbanzo bean, ceci bean, sanagalu, chana, hummus and Bengal gram.


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9/29/13

How to make Guinisa nga Talong







How to make Guinisa nga Talong

  1. If you are like me, you experiment with different types of eggplant. I used the true Thai white eggplant (that is how the name eggplant came about) and I also used Thai green round eggplants.
  2. Peel the white eggplant because the skin is tough. 
  3. Slice the white and green eggplants to smaller pieces. Pay attention!
  4. Boil the eggplant.
  5. Do not get distracted by watching the football game.
  6. Do not be so cocky and confident thinking that your team which is leading 20 to 13 will win the game with two minutes left in the game.
  7. Do not jump and scream when the other team intercepts the ball. It will scare the dogs.
  8. Pay attention to the smell that has now permeated the kitchen.
  9. Throw away the burnt eggplant.
  10. Try again with Chinese eggplant.
  11. Stand in front of the stove as this will not take that long for the eggplant to soften and cook. 
  12. Take a shortcut and just pour 1 tsp of oil oil into the mixture.
  13. Finish sautéing the eggplant.
  14. Do not swear at the television screen. It is an inanimate object.
  15. The Texans suck.
  16. The eggplant tastes good!





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9/22/13

Light and Shadow




Saturday, September 21, 2013. On-call day. Our house was bustling early this morning. We were all up before six. My family has a tendency to converge in the kitchen. That includes Daisy and Wheezy. Daisy stays when the kids are around, then she wants to share a chair with one of them. Wheezy hangs around and keeps me company all day. He knows where food may be found. 

The intermittent pages kept me homebound today. My husband and I wanted to do some grocery shopping and go to a restaurant supply store. Instead, I was in and out of the kitchen where I set ip my work laptop and my MacBook for play. Except for the pages, everything else seemed quiet. I love peaceful weekends punctuated by a little excitement in discovering something new even if it is a result of something mundane and ordinary. I baked a little, did a little laundry, drew a little bit.  May my pager remain quiet tonight. Peace.



Sunday. September 22nd. Today is World Rhino Day. I baked banana bread, cooked chop suey with chayote, boiled shrimp and steamed lobsters. I drank pomegranate tea. The Texans lost. The men are disappointed. I am getting ready for another work week. 




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9/15/13

A Bit Rusty...Warming Up







My poor Oak Blog...neglected all summer. Okay. I shall return. 
Warming up with Cyclobalanopsis litoralis.





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