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Two Recipes
being home alone = coming up with something interesting to cook ( Read more... ) -
Plov: the Recipe
Okay, I am going to do the impossible and one-finger type this on my phone. Not only for your benefit but for mine as well. The recipe is going to be fairly wordy, as this is still a work in progress. It's a result of quick Internet research and a bit of personal experience.
First off, plov is based on four ingredients: rice, lamb, onion, and ( Read more... ) -
World's Easiest Apple Cake (Шарлотка) (c) V's Grandparents
3-4 apples
1 cup flour
1 cup sugar
2 eggs
Preheat the oven to 375 degrees.
Peel and core the apples, then cut them into cubes. Place then in the cake pan.
Combine the rest of the ingredients and pour mixture over the apples.
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L the Herd
Eric has finally convinced me to get the new iPhone. I am considering it a business expense: with an Internet connection, I will be able to respond to freelancing emails while away
from home. This will be particularly useful when I am out of town. Last time I spent a week in Boston, I had my friend V track my email for me.
Still, I have been holding ( Read more... ) -
Cold Beet Soup
my mom would always make this soup, which she simply calls холодник, in the summertime, and that's what i associate it with.... (if i've posted the recipe here before, forgive the repetition ( Read more... ) -
Meme Time!
1. you leave a comment.
2. i respond with three things i like about you.
3. you post the meme in your LJ.
(via ant_fugue)
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Why???
i just looked at a photograph of that woman whose face got mauled by a chimp. that was a VERY BAD IDEA. -
Lunch Saturday: Yummy Turkish Food
i guess this is more for future reference than anything else, but i had a wonderful lunch at Seven's after belly dancing class on Saturday: baba ganoush, lamacun (this amazing Turkish flatbread "pizza" with tomato, ground lamb, and spices), and cubes of fried liver (leftovers, combined with brussels sprouts and rice, are today's lunch).
so good.
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Election
i refuse to vote for either Bloomberg or Thompson. and i'm not nearly enough Goody Two-shoes to vote Green. -
Pumpkin Soup Update
i ended up finally making soup late last night (though i had roasted the pumpkin over the weekend). the verdict: not bad, but doesn't taste like pumpkin. possibly because i worried it would taste too much like pumpkin. lol. i think the problem is possibly too much onion and cumin... and maybe i overdid it on the sugar a bit. and possibly because ( Read more... )