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tacos tonight, American style in a hardshell with ground pork&beef, chipotles in adobo, cheese, lettuce, tomato, sour cream and a healthy shot of hotsauce

jammun wrote: Triceratopsoil wrote: Is the Joy of Cooking book the one that has all sorts of rodent/vermin recipes?   It's '60s vintage.  Does have an Opossum recipe and rabbit and squirrel, which I suppose ain't quite vermin.

pretty sure I have that one around somewhere too

We've only got one j plant this year but is fierce and productive.  You need balance, but still you really need the heat sometimes. 

Home made mango chutney with poppadums, chicken massala and lentil curry with naan yesterday evening. Yum! Almost a prog curry...

My wife’s sister is here with her boyfriend ("boyfriend" sounds odd; they’ve been living together for many years and are more like husband and wife). They rent a quite big flat with a beautiful back garden in the red light district (!) in Rhodes old town. Yesterday we had a barbeque in their garden and invited five friends. We served:

1. A big salad with lettuce, rocket, tomatoes, cucumber, spring onion and bell peppers, dressed with olive oil, balsamico and honey.
2. A nice quiche with leek, onion, spring onion and garlic, sprinkled with parmeggiano.
3/4. Sole fish baked in aluminium foil with carrot, leek, tarragon and butter. (It’s very tasty and easy to make — just make one package for each fillet and bake them at 200º C for 15—20 minutes.) Served with lemon and potato wedges with garlic, which also went well with the meat.
5. Grilled beef and lamb.

Then I grabbed the guitar and played:
1. Vision (Peter Hammill)
2. A Vision of a Mission (my own)
3. Night (also my own)
4. Kajsas sang (Ole Paus)
5. Fragancia (Evert Taube)
6. Arnisi ("Denial", Mikis Theodorakis/Giorgos Seferis)
7. Oi Hartaetoi ("The Kite", instrumental by Theodorakis)
8. Synnefiasmeni Kyriaki ("Cloudy Sunday", Vasilis Tsitsanis)
9. Giati me Xypnises Proi ("Why did you Wake me up Early", Tsitsanis)

When I started with the Greek music, the old lady living next door (I don’t think she’s one of the hookers) came out on her balcony and hummed/sang along. We had already given her a box of chocolate to apologise in case we would be too loud, but she seemed perfectly happy.

One of our guests had brought some delicious cakes that served as a dessert together with grapes (and coffee and whatever else we chose to drink). My wife and I were the last ones to leave. The sun was already up, Greek people were walking their dogs or going to work, but we were free to go home and sleep until four o’clock. No time for work today, but we had a great time, so, No, je ne regrette rien.

^ Both dishes sound absolutely delicious. Have you tried fennel in fish soup?

Pasticho of eggplant

Directions:

1. 1 Chop the eggplant into fine slices and place in a bowl with water and lemon juice for half an hour.
2. 2 Make a batter with the egg, the flour and the spices and "batter" the eggplant. Fry until golden.
3. 3 Lightly fry the onions and add the tomato, making a sauce.
4. 4 Layer the sauce and the eggplant fritters. Cover with cheese and place in a 350 °C oven for 1/2 hour.

My wife put up some dried home grown sage today.  Mmmmm....

Got one of those plants, too.  Love to run my fingers through the bush or around a stalk it and take a whiff. It has an incredible aroma.

Edited by Slartibartfast - September 18 2010 at 22:12