I'm flying to London today to spend a long-awaited two weeks with Virginia. I'll also be visiting some family friends and Julia and her counterpart, Angus.
I'm flying Air India, and finalizing my packing now, before leaving for work. (Crap. Where did my car keys go?)
I'll talk to you all in August when I return!
Friday, July 13, 2007
Sunday, July 1, 2007
After-dinner Conversation
Gmail Chat with Gary Ploski
7/01/07 at 9:43 PM
me: So you know, I just made some awesome guacamole.
Sent at 9:43 PM on Sunday
me: And what's more, I used a recipe from the Nile delta region. I made guac like an Egyptian!
Sent at 9:44 PM on Sunday
me: Sigh. Nobody around to appreciate my puns.
Seriously, though, I did make some pretty good guac.
*For those who are interested, I diced a medium/large pearl onion (perhaps half the size of a golf ball), two or three decent-sized cloves or garlic, two and a half Hass avocados (one half was rotten), and a green jalapeno and mashed them all together till I had a nice lumpy, gooey consistency. Then I squozed [sic]** in the juice from one lime and added salt and pepper to taste, and mixed thoroughly. I suppose if you like tomatoes in your guac, you could add two diced medium Roma tomatoes here. I don't, so I didn't.
**It's a verb. Just ask my mother. She's an editor.
***Fine, I admit it. I got the whole idea from a Trader Joe's "guacamole kit" that I bought for $2.50 today. But it's a simple thing to put together and it had ideas that went beyond my own for making yummy avocado paste, and all the necessary ingredients came in one little container.
7/01/07 at 9:43 PM
me: So you know, I just made some awesome guacamole.
Sent at 9:43 PM on Sunday
me: And what's more, I used a recipe from the Nile delta region. I made guac like an Egyptian!
Sent at 9:44 PM on Sunday
me: Sigh. Nobody around to appreciate my puns.
Seriously, though, I did make some pretty good guac.
*For those who are interested, I diced a medium/large pearl onion (perhaps half the size of a golf ball), two or three decent-sized cloves or garlic, two and a half Hass avocados (one half was rotten), and a green jalapeno and mashed them all together till I had a nice lumpy, gooey consistency. Then I squozed [sic]** in the juice from one lime and added salt and pepper to taste, and mixed thoroughly. I suppose if you like tomatoes in your guac, you could add two diced medium Roma tomatoes here. I don't, so I didn't.
**It's a verb. Just ask my mother. She's an editor.
***Fine, I admit it. I got the whole idea from a Trader Joe's "guacamole kit" that I bought for $2.50 today. But it's a simple thing to put together and it had ideas that went beyond my own for making yummy avocado paste, and all the necessary ingredients came in one little container.
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