Yay food

[cjsmith]

hitchhiker, your palak paneer is a massive hit here at my parents' house. We've made about seven batches of it so far (two double batches and a triple).

_opus_ and bearly_here, your wine was a massive hit, too, and it's now gone. :-)

And my mom likes my asparagus soup. (My dad hates asparagus. More for meeeee, ha-haaa!)

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[http://users.livejournal.com/_opus_/]

How could it not be a hit? Who doesn't like cats?

Oh, you mean the wine itself...

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

Yeah, Shiraz is a good bet around my folks' house. I even had a bit (cheating again, yeah). Mmmm tasty. :-)

[cyan-blue.livejournal.com]

Any chance he might be coaxed into sharing the palak paneer recipe? :-D

[hitchhiker.livejournal.com]

http://community.livejournal.com/simple_gourmet/978.html :)

[cyan-blue.livejournal.com]

Thanks! :) Got it bookmarked...

[hitchhiker.livejournal.com]

:D

today's adventure in food - roommate and i had a sudden craving for kebabs, and we vowed not to go to bed without having made some. so we went to the indian store and bought spice mixes, and to sears and bought a magic bullet, and home, where we already had mince. took from 9:15 to 11:30, was totally worth it. pretty simple, too. but the takeaway is it's *totally* worth doing the extra pass of the mince through a grinder of some sort after doing the initial cooking. i'll come over some day and show you how to make them :)

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

AFTER doing the initial cooking? That might have been my problem when I made lamb/onion/mint kebabs; I tried to grind it extra fine BEFORE, and all it did was gum up the works. (I don't have a true meat grinder. I have a food processor. Not the right tool for the job to begin with.)

[cyan-blue.livejournal.com]

You know - I think we might have spoken on the phone the other day without realizing it ;-) I got a call from a CJ at a pet/vet place asking about some pet rabies tags for the cats for my ex, Emmett - it just occurred to me, "Wait... cjsmith works at a vet place now..." Was that you? Grin...

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

I don't THINK it was me, because I'd've remembered the name Emmett, but if you (or Emmett) use Sunnyvale Veterinary Clinic it just might have been!! :-)