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 Posted: Tue Mar 28, 2006 5:51 pm
Skutch Jiggalicious I am a foodie, and I love to cook. I seduce my friends into new dining experiences with only a verbal recollection of my repasts, when they inspire me. I collect cookbooks and own over 300 of them I'm a foodie, too. Do you have a favorite dish you like to prepare? Oh goodness me...I have a few. For example: arrow Chicken, Chickpea and Kale Soup (Italian) arrow Mujadarra (Egyptian, rice and brown lentils with caramelized onion, with a garlicky yogurt sauce) This is also known as Megadarra and I love it for its simplicity and amazing flavor. arrow Armenian Meatballs with Chickpeas and Spinach with cumin and garlic Takleyya ( a heated oil infusion) on top...usually with a turmeric rice scented with clove and cinnamon and a fiery carrot and onion chilled salad, with cayenne and lemon. The colors are fabulous, too! I have the added benefit of having seen my youngest bro through culinary school, and he and I prepared the most divine Thanksgiving in 2004. I'll see if I can remember the menu and share it with ya!
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Posted: Tue Mar 28, 2006 7:58 pm
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Posted: Tue Mar 28, 2006 9:41 pm
Gracias, Senor Dandy.
Tengo mucho gusto! biggrin
Y nunca es mas tarde cuando hay bienvenidos!
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Posted: Sat Apr 01, 2006 10:25 am
Yes, gratuitous boobage would be a little much for the 14-year-old crowd at TLS. Not that some of them wouldn't appreciate it and all, but we have a duty to protect our younger members, or at least not contribute further to their over-active hormonal states, I guess.
Anyway, I went ahead and posted a summat terse intro here. I didn't feel like talking about myself today. But if people want to know stuff, I'll tell.
Polyamorous? That sounds ... annoying. Well, I would find it so, to be honest, but you are a whole generation younger than I. Whatever suits, though. I am presently anti-amorous, so who am I to say?
You change your avi so much that I can't remember now which one I was speaking of, but you have some that look rather like you are going on safari, and I like that look. Also, the pirate girl thing was fun.
P.S. We're fire and ice again!
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Posted: Wed Apr 05, 2006 8:22 am
FastFresnel Polyamorous? That sounds ... annoying. Well, I would find it so, to be honest, but you are a whole generation younger than I. Whatever suits, though. I am presently anti-amorous, so who am I to say? You change your avi so much that I can't remember now which one I was speaking of, but you have some that look rather like you are going on safari, and I like that look. Also, the pirate girl thing was fun. P.S. We're fire and ice again! Heh, I've had some interesting experiences with the polyamory thing...and some of them have been rather odd. K is quite easy to deal with most times, and he's got a funny tendency to fall in love very easily. He's not really the issue for the most part. However, I was just barely involved with a lady who had what I believed might be a working poly relationship...and what I saw with her scared me. Hmmm, mebbe we should plan a duo outfit thing and be like the Von Helson Sisters, only much more interesting! wink
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Posted: Wed Apr 05, 2006 4:50 pm
You'll have to tell me more about all that poly business ... it's intriguing. I was terribly conservative in my younger years, wrapped entirely too tightly, but now I wish I'd been much freer in so many ways. Relationships / sex is one of them.
I like your Von Helson Sisters idea ... mais oui, much more interesting!
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Posted: Mon Apr 17, 2006 8:49 am
Well, Fres, if you want to know anything about it, let me know. I'll gladly PM ya and tell you about what I'm learning/doing.
I still feel sick today...and I'm kinda feeling mopey.
I also don't know why I'm posting this in here. No one looks at it anyway.
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Posted: Mon Apr 17, 2006 8:58 am
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Posted: Mon Apr 17, 2006 9:03 am
rofl Skutch...it's boring in this here thread.
*hugs* I guess you have to come back to salute in the Jerry Lewis style?
You know, you never told me some of your favorite dishes. You should tell me about em.
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Posted: Mon Apr 17, 2006 9:32 am
Yup.
Favorite dishes hmm?
I tend to like things that are somewhat simple but have complex flavors.
Lemon pepper chicken, roasted potatoes, stuff like that.
I also really love Greek food and Italian. And Mexican. I love cilantro. heart
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Posted: Mon Apr 17, 2006 12:55 pm
I have to agree with you, simple and robust is the way to go.
A well roasted chicken is a thing to dream about, imho. And I think you know how I feel about cilantro...given we discussed it because Cass loves it. *chuckles*
What's your fave Greek dish?
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Posted: Tue Apr 18, 2006 11:49 pm
Hmm, I don't know that I have a favorite dish, exactly. I've only fairly recently started experiencing Greek and various other Mediterranean cuisine, actually. But I love whatever it is I'm eating. xd
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Posted: Wed Apr 19, 2006 8:43 am
I can post you a few recipes for some fairly standard stuff if you like.
I'm most fond of Moussaka, but I haven't ever made it. When I went to London a few years ago, I went to the most divine Greek place...it was called Kalamara, and it was on a little alley street behind Bond Street.
The restaurant was tiny, and packed to the gills.
The moussaka was lovely...it had ground lamb, delicately spiced with tomatoes and cinnamon, but it was completely savory. It was topped with fried eggplants, potatoes and the creamiest bechamel sauce I'd ever tasted. The top had been broiled to golden perfection, so it was beautiful, too.
We also had taramasolata, a greek salad, some tiny whole fried whitebait fish, some lamb keftede. Accompanying it we had some chicken souvlaki, which was redolent with garlic, lemon and oregano.
They finished the meal off with baklava and some sort of rolled pastry that reminded me of those little flaky haystack pastries from Lebanon. Can't remember the name, but it was good. Pistachios were the nut mixed with the honey in those. The waiter also brought us complimentary Turkish coffee...which makes me grin because it's like syrup. Still good though. smile
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Posted: Wed Apr 19, 2006 1:04 pm
That does sound good, though personally I don't eat lamb, which I know sounds a bit off coming from a food afficianado.
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Posted: Wed Apr 19, 2006 3:14 pm
No actually, that's ok. I know a lot of people who can't stomach lamb.
If it's too gamey, I won't touch it either. Thankfully, this dish was not gamey at all.
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