I ate chicken, not salmon, dude.
Jul. 29th, 2010 09:48 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
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I can confirm that an almost-perfect Americano for me at Starbucks is a tall Americano, filled HALFWAY, with a shot of vanilla syrup. It makes more sense to buy a tall ($1.90) than a short + shot of espresso ($1.60 + $0.65). "Almost" because I still haven't figured out how to make it as hot as I want, since I need to add cream. Still, the balance of the coffee flavor was wonderful.
I have figured out how to keep my machine-drip coffee at work warmer, though. I fill my mug with hot water and let it sit for a few minutes, then I dump it and get my coffee. Pre-heated mug! Though now that I think about it, I could probably achieve the same thing by nuking the mug in the microwave for a minute. >.>
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My cousin LOVES qormeh sabzi, a Persian lamb stew that's filled with herbs. Unfortunately, there are like, NO good Persian restaurants in the Seattle area (same with Shanghai dumpling restaurants). I'm thinking of making this recipe for her, but never having had it myself, I would have no idea if it was any good or not. And I don't know if I would like it myself anyway, because dang, that is a heck of a lot of herbs. 4 cups packed fresh parsley, 2 cups packed fresh cilantro, 1 cup fresh fenugreek, 2 cups fresh chives -- for 1 lb of stewing meat! Crazy!
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Yesterday I made pesto. I was supposed to do this like 3 days ago, and I've been lazy, so by the time I got to it my fresh basil in the fridge was starting to go brown. :/ So I tossed those, then went to the garden and harvested more, plus some chocolate mint, and I decided to pull up one of the garlic bulbs! It's a tiny bulb, lol. Basically it consisted of two fat cloves. Which means I have a yield of +1 clove, since I had to plant a clove in the fall. LOL. That makes me giggle. Anyway, back then I had no idea which cloves were best suited for planting and now I do know, so I can just laugh at myself and move on. The two cloves of the bulb were so fat and juicy though. Very pleasing. I used one of the cloves in the pesto. I still haven't tried making pesto with walnuts yet, because I still have some pine nuts left.
It was soooooooooo good. I made a variation of my favorite meal ever, substituting fresh basil with pesto, which was spread on toasted sourdough, then layering on fresh mozzarella and sliced tomato, with a dash of balsamic vinegar and salt. I really think that if I were forced to eat only 1 kind of meal for the rest of my life, a caprese sandwich is what I'd choose.
Pics of the harvest!
In about a week I'm going to harvest all the garlic, because they're ready, which means there's going to be 6 squares empty in my SFG. Someone on![[community profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/community.png)
gardening linked me to this, which is brilliant! I didn't know what to do with those empty plots -- plant something else (but what, given our cool/mild climate)? leave empty? treat with compost? Now I have a better idea. Maybe I will attempt the Swiss chard that I keep failing at.
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I'm about 70 pages into Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell and I'm still wondering what the plot of this book is going to be. We haven't even met JS yet. This is reminiscent of when I was trying to read The Lord of the Rings and after like 120 pages the hobbits were still in the Shire (I gave up at that point).
I have figured out how to keep my machine-drip coffee at work warmer, though. I fill my mug with hot water and let it sit for a few minutes, then I dump it and get my coffee. Pre-heated mug! Though now that I think about it, I could probably achieve the same thing by nuking the mug in the microwave for a minute. >.>
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My cousin LOVES qormeh sabzi, a Persian lamb stew that's filled with herbs. Unfortunately, there are like, NO good Persian restaurants in the Seattle area (same with Shanghai dumpling restaurants). I'm thinking of making this recipe for her, but never having had it myself, I would have no idea if it was any good or not. And I don't know if I would like it myself anyway, because dang, that is a heck of a lot of herbs. 4 cups packed fresh parsley, 2 cups packed fresh cilantro, 1 cup fresh fenugreek, 2 cups fresh chives -- for 1 lb of stewing meat! Crazy!
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Yesterday I made pesto. I was supposed to do this like 3 days ago, and I've been lazy, so by the time I got to it my fresh basil in the fridge was starting to go brown. :/ So I tossed those, then went to the garden and harvested more, plus some chocolate mint, and I decided to pull up one of the garlic bulbs! It's a tiny bulb, lol. Basically it consisted of two fat cloves. Which means I have a yield of +1 clove, since I had to plant a clove in the fall. LOL. That makes me giggle. Anyway, back then I had no idea which cloves were best suited for planting and now I do know, so I can just laugh at myself and move on. The two cloves of the bulb were so fat and juicy though. Very pleasing. I used one of the cloves in the pesto. I still haven't tried making pesto with walnuts yet, because I still have some pine nuts left.
It was soooooooooo good. I made a variation of my favorite meal ever, substituting fresh basil with pesto, which was spread on toasted sourdough, then layering on fresh mozzarella and sliced tomato, with a dash of balsamic vinegar and salt. I really think that if I were forced to eat only 1 kind of meal for the rest of my life, a caprese sandwich is what I'd choose.
Pics of the harvest!
In about a week I'm going to harvest all the garlic, because they're ready, which means there's going to be 6 squares empty in my SFG. Someone on
gardening linked me to this, which is brilliant! I didn't know what to do with those empty plots -- plant something else (but what, given our cool/mild climate)? leave empty? treat with compost? Now I have a better idea. Maybe I will attempt the Swiss chard that I keep failing at.===
I'm about 70 pages into Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell and I'm still wondering what the plot of this book is going to be. We haven't even met JS yet. This is reminiscent of when I was trying to read The Lord of the Rings and after like 120 pages the hobbits were still in the Shire (I gave up at that point).
