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rebeccmeisterLast night I was a '50's housewife, in an ironic tribute to Betty Friedan (author of one of my favorite books, The Feminine Mystique. Which reminds me--I will be replying to my own question-post on books sometime soon. Maybe when I'm not overwhelmed).
Anyway. First I made a new dish out of my favorite Indian cookbook. The book lists the names of dishes and then gives English translations to them, similar to how I have renamed Shahi Paneer Korma "Indian Spaghetti." Except the book gives dishes names like "Cabbage Potato Extravaganza." Last night I made "Vegetables in a Mingling Mood." The book certainly makes me aware of how important tantalizing names can be. In any case, I'm not feeling well, and as a testament to that fact I actually added the ginger that the recipe called for. And then T made some ginger-pepper tea and I actually drank some. This is not typical behavior. And yes, I know that for some of you, the fact that I don't like ginger is like someone saying they don't like garlic (I mean, really. Who doesn't like garlic? Okay, I know of one or two people, but they are obviously crazy). So there you have it. The vegetables (potatoes, sweet potatoes, eggplant, peas, green beans, tomatoes, cauliflower) mingled for a bit too long, but it was quite tasty.
After that, I worked on costumes for the half marathon this weekend--![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
kihle and I are dressing up in bee costumes, so I'm making some wrap skirts. I am already very impressed with my sewing abilities--one of the skirts is mostly shaped, complete with form-fitting tucks, and just needs some black stripes. I'm borrowing kihle's sewing machine, which works like a charm and is making me realize that most of my recent sewing machine endeavors have been on sub-optimal machines. A good machine can make a serious difference. Yes, there will be pictures when the costumes are complete, because they are going to be AWESOME (perhaps almost as awesome as our hot hot pink marathon outfits).
Anyway. First I made a new dish out of my favorite Indian cookbook. The book lists the names of dishes and then gives English translations to them, similar to how I have renamed Shahi Paneer Korma "Indian Spaghetti." Except the book gives dishes names like "Cabbage Potato Extravaganza." Last night I made "Vegetables in a Mingling Mood." The book certainly makes me aware of how important tantalizing names can be. In any case, I'm not feeling well, and as a testament to that fact I actually added the ginger that the recipe called for. And then T made some ginger-pepper tea and I actually drank some. This is not typical behavior. And yes, I know that for some of you, the fact that I don't like ginger is like someone saying they don't like garlic (I mean, really. Who doesn't like garlic? Okay, I know of one or two people, but they are obviously crazy). So there you have it. The vegetables (potatoes, sweet potatoes, eggplant, peas, green beans, tomatoes, cauliflower) mingled for a bit too long, but it was quite tasty.
After that, I worked on costumes for the half marathon this weekend--
kihle and I are dressing up in bee costumes, so I'm making some wrap skirts. I am already very impressed with my sewing abilities--one of the skirts is mostly shaped, complete with form-fitting tucks, and just needs some black stripes. I'm borrowing kihle's sewing machine, which works like a charm and is making me realize that most of my recent sewing machine endeavors have been on sub-optimal machines. A good machine can make a serious difference. Yes, there will be pictures when the costumes are complete, because they are going to be AWESOME (perhaps almost as awesome as our hot hot pink marathon outfits).
