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May 25, 2006
Quasi Update
I still haven't been knitting. Unless a dishcloth counts? Thought not. I received some lovely socks from Sockapaloooza pal, surprise gift from Stitchingirl Toni, and a mitten kit from Finland. All of which will be photographed with appropriate links to senders when I get my camara back. My husband is taking my cam with him to some dart tourny. He still hasn't moved out tho he is working on packing and organizing. Anyway I am pretty much in computer limbo land.
Reading: Fast Food Nation. Ewwww It had me pulling out all my old cookbooks from my Veggie days. My children are not happy although they do not mind organic foods. Thay are craving a wee bit more meat tho. Made my favorite rustic hummus. 2c cooked chickpeas mashed with potatoe masher or fork[hence the rustic bit~ one could make a paste out of them by grinding in food processor or blender with a splash of H2O] In seperate bowl combine 1/2 c tahini, 4-5 cloves garlic mashed [chopped here so more rusticness] Add in juice of one lemon and @ 6 T bonzo cooking H2O to a smooth mayo like consistency. I actually have enough of the cooking H2O for a creamy soup instead of mayo thickness. OK add in the mayo/soup stuff to chickpeas. One is instructed to add 1/2 c of chopped parsley but I skip that bit. Salt to taste. Via Julie Jordan. Ate a luscious hummus sandwich by spreading some on a tortilla, sprinkling with chopped tomatoes and rolling it up. Yumm. That and ~ you want my secret to~ falafel were on my plate this week. OK secret bit... I used to work at this small cooperatively owned and run vegetarian restaurant called The Catalpa Tree due to the Catalpa tree on grounds. We used to serve falafel burgers stuffed into pita bread with tahini sauce. I personally am not that fond of Tahini so did the whole mayo, lettuce, tomatoe bit. If you have ever had falafel frying it up in a oiled pan in patty shape absorbs way less grease than making balls and frying in an inch of fat. But thats not the secret bit. Falafel tends to be a heavy dish. Healthy but heavy. For a person, such as myself, who does not care for the tahini which makes it a complete protein beans from falafel and seeds from tahini: take your falafel mix Fantastic Falafel and place in bowl with half to equal the amount of cooked rice. Add water to make shapable patties or balls. Fry in pan or lotsa oil or I suppose one could bake em. The rice and falafel make a complete protein with the added benifit of a less stodgy ball/patty whatever shape you chose. Of course if you are a total cook one can make falafel from scratch and add cooked rice for protein and less stodgyness sake.
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I have an obscene stash as documented various times over the years I have kept el bloggo. I often feel quite guilty about obscene stash and envy those restrained souls who keep a modest stash. One reason often given for not having a stash is the purely logical odds of a wool shortage being awefully slim. So slim that using the extinction of all sheep as an excuse to spend hard earned $$$s on even more yarn when one has more than one can possibly knit in their lifetime is laughable. A sign of being a true knitting addict with no concept of reality. Or is it? I ordered some J&S on my Birthday: April 7th. Comon I needed a wee pick me up. And not like the hand drawn cards from kidlets are a big nothing but well I wanted a gift. The color I want is still out of stock. Never again will somebody be able to guilt me out of buying yarn.
Hopefully my cam will be back on Tues and I can take pictures of stuff and show them off.
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