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Monthly Archives: May 2010
the countdown begins
One of the biggest challenges of being in a new culture is reconciling the differences between that culture and your own. I suppose that any reasonable person is able to find good things in a new place, no matter how … Continue reading
quiero tacos
I think the thing I am looking forward to the most when I get back to Portland (aside from friends and family) is Mexican food. It’s virtually nonexistent here and what you do find is very expensive and inauthentic. In … Continue reading
busy bee
Today I had cream tea. For the first time. I’ve been here 8 months, what have I been doing with myself???
Lagging
Oh I am falling woefully behind. Today I realized that I am leaving the UK in 8 days, and there is so much stuff to get done beforehand. Lots of places to see and go that I haven’t done yet, … Continue reading
More food
I hate cauliflower. Or at least, I did hate it. But I recently discovered that like its friend the red bell pepper, it tastes great when it’s nearly burned. Let me explain. I kept seeing variations of a certain recipe … Continue reading
Someone needs a dictionary
Far be it for me to bitch (ha ha) but stuff like this just blows my mind. Today I was poking around looking for ideas for dinner tonight and I came across a site which had an amusing name so … Continue reading
Creepy crawlies
I left the wash out on the line overnight because yesterday turned cool and cloudy (despite the unanimous predictions of full sun and 64F) and when I brought it in this morning there were snails on our shirts. Damn snails. … Continue reading
The meat
This afternoon I realized I never actually said how one would go about cooking a huge hunk of pig to make carnitas or pulled pork. I gave you half a delicious recipe and left you hanging! It goes something like … Continue reading
Abandon all hope, ye who enter here
…because once you see this dinner you will have no choice but to run out and make it NOW! When our flatmates go out for the day, Ben and I have taken to cooking large hunks of meat because no … Continue reading