vegan friendly hosts are nifty
like i said in my last post, we went to pittsburgh over the weekend to visit some college buddies of mr. carrot's. they were so accommodating. they made a tofurky, some greenbean, carrot and onion thing, cranberry sauce, a sweet potato + squash bake, a pumpkin pie , "spikced" cider, and a totally rummy pumpkin based eggnog that they made the leftovers into ice cream the next day. mmmm.
on saturday, another group came bearing a wacky cake. mmmmmmm. (also doubling our numbers) then everyone decided to go to the zoo (i know, i know, i felt uncomfortable with the idea, but we honestly didn't want to be wet noodles, and one of the group has a membership at another zoo, so he was able to get 4 free tickets. so i went just imagining that i was one of those not supporting the zoo. but to my surprise, it was actually a positive experience. the snow leopard and the penguins had a really small space, and that made me sad, but there was signage all over the place noting that "because of humans... this and that are happening/happened" etc. and they had this petition space to vote for or against ANWR drilling, and this huge photo installment that pointed out rainforest devastation, and they were in the process of enlarging the elephant space, so i didn't feel as bad as i was expecting to feel.)
after the zoo, we went to abay for some ethiopian. which was really really good. not the best, but i wouldn't pass up ethiopian. mmmmm. and it was long overdue too. plus, some of the group had never had ethiopian before. so that was good.
scott and i had:
shorba - brothy soup with lentils, carrots, potatoes and onions.
sambussa - phyllo-y shells, stuffed with lentils, onions, peppers and herbs.
fosolia - string beans lightly spiced and sauteed with carrots onions and potatoes.
tikil gomen - lightly spiced cabbage, carrots and tomatoes stewed in a mild sauce
ye' abesha gomen - kale, peppers, ginger, garlic and onions slow cooked in a mild sauce.
shiro wat - finely ground split peas, lentils and chickpeas simmered in berbere and a combination of seasonings.
after the ethiopian, we went to an ice cream place that had an apple berry sorbet, it was really tasty. very apple pie-ish.
then next morning, we all made brunch. i had a loaf of bread that i didn't want to chance going bad, since i had almost a whole other loaf at home in the bread drawer. so i packed away some chickpea flour as a "just in case" and ended up using it. we made some fronch toast, but this time, i allowed the bread to dry out before fronching it. i don't think i will be doing that ever again. it was much too dry. and because the bread had dried not-flat, not all of the toast was fronched... that with gimme lean and some tater tots, and we were good to go.
so, umm. let's just call this a tuesday post, shall we? *feels sheepish for having neglected 2 days of posts where i could have realistically posted at least a little something*
on saturday, another group came bearing a wacky cake. mmmmmmm. (also doubling our numbers) then everyone decided to go to the zoo (i know, i know, i felt uncomfortable with the idea, but we honestly didn't want to be wet noodles, and one of the group has a membership at another zoo, so he was able to get 4 free tickets. so i went just imagining that i was one of those not supporting the zoo. but to my surprise, it was actually a positive experience. the snow leopard and the penguins had a really small space, and that made me sad, but there was signage all over the place noting that "because of humans... this and that are happening/happened" etc. and they had this petition space to vote for or against ANWR drilling, and this huge photo installment that pointed out rainforest devastation, and they were in the process of enlarging the elephant space, so i didn't feel as bad as i was expecting to feel.)
after the zoo, we went to abay for some ethiopian. which was really really good. not the best, but i wouldn't pass up ethiopian. mmmmm. and it was long overdue too. plus, some of the group had never had ethiopian before. so that was good.
scott and i had:
shorba - brothy soup with lentils, carrots, potatoes and onions.
sambussa - phyllo-y shells, stuffed with lentils, onions, peppers and herbs.
fosolia - string beans lightly spiced and sauteed with carrots onions and potatoes.
tikil gomen - lightly spiced cabbage, carrots and tomatoes stewed in a mild sauce
ye' abesha gomen - kale, peppers, ginger, garlic and onions slow cooked in a mild sauce.
shiro wat - finely ground split peas, lentils and chickpeas simmered in berbere and a combination of seasonings.
after the ethiopian, we went to an ice cream place that had an apple berry sorbet, it was really tasty. very apple pie-ish.
then next morning, we all made brunch. i had a loaf of bread that i didn't want to chance going bad, since i had almost a whole other loaf at home in the bread drawer. so i packed away some chickpea flour as a "just in case" and ended up using it. we made some fronch toast, but this time, i allowed the bread to dry out before fronching it. i don't think i will be doing that ever again. it was much too dry. and because the bread had dried not-flat, not all of the toast was fronched... that with gimme lean and some tater tots, and we were good to go.
so, umm. let's just call this a tuesday post, shall we? *feels sheepish for having neglected 2 days of posts where i could have realistically posted at least a little something*