Category: eating in
06/18/10 09:11 - 65.ºF - ID#51942
Breakfast lentil Smoothie
I had chopped granny smith apples and carrots for a salad yesterday but in a moment of distraction, I tossed them in when I was sautéing green onions and garlic today.
When I realized that it was not zucchini but granny smiths, I stopped sautéing. The onions were still translucent and not browned. I added cooked french lentils and kidney beans, brought it to a boil and purééd it all. Garnished it with powdered coriander, cumin and fresh coriander leaves and thinned it out with water and freshly-squeezed lemon juice.
And that's what I am having for breakfast - spiced and steamy lentil smoothie with carrots, apples and onions. It's delicious! :-)
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Location: Buffalo, NY
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Category: buffalo
06/13/10 12:12 - 65.ºF - ID#51872
Mystery Insect
It looks like a millipede but is waaay too fast and light. I see it sometimes scurrying on the walls of my flat.
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Location: Buffalo, NY
Last Modified: 06/13/10 12:12
Category: science
06/13/10 11:50 - 65.ºF - ID#51871
Spit for the Cure
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Words: 41
Location: Buffalo, NY
Last Modified: 06/13/10 12:15
Category: the odes
06/11/10 06:43 - 72ºF - ID#51853
Indeed.
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Words: 3
Location: Buffalo, NY
Category: simple pliny
05/30/10 07:37 - 76ºF - ID#51764
The truth is...
What is interesting is the symptoms seem to have a latency period and kick in after having more than a few hours of contact with animal hair. Certainly feels like a delayed hypersensitivity reaction.
Also, being woken up at 3:45 in the night with a huge dog breathing and drooling on your face to be let out in the yard is not restful. I guess I will stick to the no-pet policy from now on.
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Words: 120
Location: Buffalo, NY
Category: eating out
05/25/10 01:27 - 82ºF - ID#51727
Roswell Cafeteria
I don't like squabbling over charges at check out. I think it is just crazy that on the rare occasions that I do decide to get something from the place, I am overcharged without fail.
I am done with the Roswell Cafeteria. Once and for all.
Goodbye.
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Words: 87
Location: Buffalo, NY
Category: eating in
05/17/10 10:03 - 58ºF - ID#51668
Fancy and Delicious
Yes!! I can't believe it either. It is the MOST delicious and fancy looking thing I have ever baked. Thank you, Maura. m/ You rock! m/
PS: More about the bread workshop later... (and possibly more photos, depending on whether I get them.)
PPS: Maura posted about the workshop on the fancy and delicious bakery blog:
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Location: Buffalo, NY
Category: eating out
05/13/10 10:11 - 59ºF - ID#51553
Monsoon Whatever Food: Hated it
Many reasons:
1. For something that is touted as "Indian", WHAT THE WHAT?! It's not vegetarian friendly! When I requested more samosas and bread instead of the chicken "curry" and rice, they said they would omit the rice and "curry" but could not give me more samosas and bread. The price for a reduced meal (sans rice and "curry") was the same as the price for the whole meal. They probably have some sort of instructions on how to sell the whole "monsoon entree" but not having any sort of alternative arrangements for people who don't eat meat (and having the audacity to call it "Indian") is inexcusable. And yes. I am authorized to criticize because I am Indian.
2. The shredded (cooked in some awful way) vegetables were an enormous disgrace to all self-respecting vegetables on the planet. I can finally see where all the hatred for veggies comes from. I really feel sorry for any kid that has to eat vegetables like that. It smelled like GRASS and was lukewarm. I think whatever they did to veggies today should be outlawed.
3. I didn't take the rice and "curry" but (e:libertad) wasn't too enthused about them either. He later got a heartburn because of the food. Indian spices promote digestion and don't give you heartburn. Another sign that calling something "Indian" and naming it after the monsoons doesn't make it even remotely "Indian".
I hope this ill-conceived fling with "Indian" food is short-lived. I will not be surprised if it gives real Indian food a bad reputation among people for whom this is an introduction to "Indian" cuisine.
Badly done indeed.
PS: That they called menu items "curry" should have tipped me about how un-Indian it would be, but I totally ignored my cranky assertive internal voice today. Shouldn't have...
PPS: Loved trashing the whole thing with beady eyes and whatnots with (e:libertad) ofcourse. :-)
PPPS: OMG, Fern is half my height, and she is hardly 3 (We ran into (e:enknot) and (e:megan) at lunch.)
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Words: 363
Location: Buffalo, NY
Category: eating in
05/09/10 08:39 - 45ºF - ID#51533
What do you eat?
Dairy:
1. How many gallons of milk do you drink per week? What kind?
2. How frequently do you eat any kind of cheese in a week?
3. How much half/half or creamer do you drink in a week?
Staples:
4. How much rice do you consume in a week?
5. How many loaves of bread do you eat in a week?
6. How many times do you eat any pasta in a week?
Meat:
7. How many times a week do you eat meat of any kind (including fish)?
8. How many times a week do you eat eggs?
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Words: 123
Location: Buffalo, NY
Category: eating in
05/09/10 01:25 - 39ºF - ID#51529
The best cup of coffee ever.
- Brew Trader Joe's house blend in any coffee machine
- Add fat-free/1% milk in blender
- Add a heaped tablespoon of mascarpone to blender
- Blend and blend till foamy
- Heat 1/2 mug blended milk in microwave for a minute
- Fill rest of the mug with brewed coffee
- Stir vigorously
- Enjoy with homemade speculoos!
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Words: 70
Location: Buffalo, NY
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