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August 29, 2006 · 5:52 pm

Harira

Another culinary adventure inspired by the house of Rorsch & Semi (see also).

You will need:

500g of lamb

Olive oil

2 chopped onions

4 cloves of crushed garlic

1.5 teaspoons of cumin & 2 teaspoons of paprika

1 bay leaf

2 tablespoons of tomato puree

1 cup of soup stock (Rorsch recommends VeCon if you can’t be bothered making your own stock. I recommend Bovril.)

500g of washed, soaked and cooked chickpeas

2 cans of chopped tomatoes

3 tablespoons of fresh, chopped coriander

3 6 tablespoons of fresh, chopped flat-leaf parsley

Turkish bread

Saute onion and garlic until soft.

Add meat, and brown.

Add cumin, paprika & bayleaf, and cook “until the fragrance makes your eyes start to water”.

Add tomato paste and cook for a couple more minutes, stirring continuously.

Add stock & chopped tomatoes, stir and bring to boil (“by now you should be able to feel the spice on the back of your pharynx”).

Add chickpeas ~~coriander~~ and parsley.

Bring to boil.

Simmer for 1 1/2-2 hours or until lamb is tender.

Serve, garnished with extra ~~coriander and~~ parsley, and warm turkish bread.

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August 26, 2006 · 8:01 pm

Alone Again

For the moment, anyway.

And you know what? That’s the way I like it. Baby.

Don’t get me wrong, people. I love yiz. I do. You remind me so much of me, in so many ways.

And some of you are really cool.

But let’s face it.

You’re way over-rated.

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August 20, 2006 · 4:24 pm

My Housemate’s Stuff Is All Packed In Boxes

He, and his little brother, are moving out next Saturday.

Soon all of this:

.. will be just a distant memory.

And they’re leaving me the espresso machine! Score.

I think a party may finally be in order.

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Filed under Domestica, Life, Photos, Whack

August 17, 2006 · 8:02 pm

I Found A Scarf

It’s quite nice. I like it.

I encountered it on the northern fringes of the CBD late this afternoon, tied to a lamppost in the manner depicted:

I hope I didn’t spoil anyone’s carefully laid plans by taking it. But if one will insist on leaving a perfectly good scarf tied to a public facility, these things will happen.

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August 15, 2006 · 12:57 am

Toenails.

Continuing the theme.

I’ve been meaning to do this for ages.

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August 12, 2006 · 10:52 am

Retarded Right Thumbnail

As requested.

Salmon Semi-Functional (ala Teigan)

You will need:

Roasting potatoes
Pumpkin
Broccoli
Dill, rosemary & salt
Ginger & garlic
Salmon cutlets
Spinach (or alternately lettuce, if perchance the spinach you thought you had looks like this:

… and smells even worse)
Soy sauce
Honey
Parsley
A lemon

Preheat oven to 200C whilst parboiling chopped potatoes for 5 minutes.

Put the potatoes in a pan with olive oil, dill, rosemary and salt. Roast in oven for 30 minutes.

Remove pan from oven. Turn the potatoes, and add the pumpkin. Return to the oven for a further 30 minutes. Turn once more, then return to oven again until serving time.

Commence steaming broccoli.

Meanwhile, melt butter in a frypan and saute garlic & ginger for 1 minute on medium heat.

Add salmon cutlets.

Turn heat to high for one minute and sear both sides. Return flame to medium.

Add a few of drops of soy sauce, a smidgeon of honey, and a handful of chopped ~~coriander and a little~~ parsley. Cook as one would a steak.

Five minutes before serving, remove salmon from pan (keep warm in oven), add ~~spinach~~ lettuce, and stir through the juices in the pan.

Serve salmon on bed of ~~spinach~~ lettuce, accompanied by ~~boiled~~ roast potatoes ~~in their jackets and some steamed butternut~~ pumpkin and steamed broccoli.

Lemon juice to taste.