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Tuesday, 10 August 2010 04:01 |
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How food should taste was strongly shaped by my mom’s cooking (and baking). She was a very good cook and baker and always prepared nutritionally balanced as well as tasty meals (she was educated as a dietician). Her primary culinary influence was Polish cooking (not terribly surprising given that she was born, raised, and educated there). While I am able to cook various styles of cuisine, I have never been able to make the traditional (or staple) food taste the way my mom did (as in any country, there are regional differences in the way Polish food is prepared – a lot of Polish food uses caraway seed – which my mother did not). Since my mom is dead, I am unable to ask her how she prepared her food; mind you, over the years, her cooking became less Polish in style and more (like mine) polyglot in style. Having a lot more free time in Madrid (and somewhat limited range of ingredients), I’ve had to adapt my style of cooking a bit. One of the happy consequences of that is that I have been able to reproduce meat dishes that taste a lot like the ones my mom used to make. It seems the “secret” missing ingredient has been bay (laurel) leaf. While browning the meat, onions, garlic, salt and pepper are essential ingredients in preparing the food, it is the bay leaf that provides the flavour that has eluded me so long.
[rr : this was pre-recorded since I am on holiday]
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Monday, 09 August 2010 04:23 |
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I haven’t done an Internet quiz in ages – so I’ll do three: | You Are a Snow Leopard |  You have learned that you must rely on yourself, and yourself alone, to live a happy life.
You are understand the world better than most people you know. You are very perceptive and intuitive.
You need lots of space to think. If you don't get the space you need, you're likely to bite someone's head off.
Because you are so thoughtful and solitary, people find you to be intense and mysterious. You're even seen as intimidating. |
| You Think Creatively |  Your brain works best when you let your intuition be your guide.
You like to imagine, speculate, and fantasize. You have fun playing with ideas.
You are interested in theories. You enjoy studying and developing them.
You are drawn toward art, philosophy, and even math. Almost every subject is interesting to you. |
| You Want to Impress Strangers |  You want strangers to think you're attractive. You want to be seen as gorgeous and sexy.
You want your friends and family members to think you're smart. You like been seen as insightful and wise.
You are at your most playful when you are around people you don't know well. You're more serious around those you're close to.
You let strangers see parts of you right away, but you believe in keeping some things private.
You are open to becoming close to people, but it takes some time. You don't let just anyone in. |
[rr : this was pre-recorded since I am on holiday]
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