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Spectacular Fritatta - Posted February 11, 2008, 7:54 am
| 3 TB rosemary 3 TB basil |
pulverize together in a mortar and pestle |
| 8 eggs spices |
whip together in a large bowl |
| 1 cup fresh spinach (about 1-2 oz) | Coarsely chop spinach |
| 1 avacado | quarter and peel the avacado, the slice the quarters into 1/4 inch wedges |
| 1 medium to large onion (about 3/4-1 cup) | Chop. Saute in heavy cast-iron skillet until browned. Set aside in bowl. |
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1 medium potato chopped spinach sauteed onion |
Pre-heat the broiler. slice the potato into 1 inch by 1.5 inch by 1/4 inch thick rounds. Saute in the skillet until tasty. Add the spinach and onion, and mix briefly. |
| egg mixture | Turn on a high fire. When everything is sizzling, pour the eggs over the vegetables. Let them cook until mostly set (only a minute or two). If you're feeling ambitious, lift up the edge and let some of the liquid egg run under to cook. Turn the fire off. |
| avacado slices 1 cup medium-packed grated cheddar cheese (about 4 oz) |
Lay the avacado slices out on top of the mostly-set eggs. Sprinkle a heavy layer of cheese over the avacado. Put the pan under the broiler until the eggs are fully set and the cheese is melted and bubbling, 3 minutes for me. If your broiler is hotter or colder your timing will vary - keep an eye on it. Slice and serve. |
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The only way to make tofu. - Posted December 7, 2007, 12:04 pm
1 14-16 oz. block extra firm tofu |
Freeze the tofu. Then thaw it. This may not be important, but I've done it every time so far and I'd hate if the recipe failed 'cause you didn't do it. Press out as much of the water as you can. Slice the tofu into 1/2 inch thick slices. You'll end up with 8 or 9 slices. |
1 bunch (4-8) scallions |
Remove the icky bits from the scallions. Chop into 1.5 inch rounds. Mash the white bits with the flat of the knife. |
4 Tb soy sauce 1 Tb spice paste 1 Tb sugar (spice to taste) |
Put the soy sauce, spice paste, sugar, and (spices to taste) in a cup or bowl and mix thoroughly. |
3-5 cloves garlic (ginger) |
Chop the garlic and (ginger) so that it's between matchhead and a bit bigger. |
peanut or vegetable oil tofu slices |
Put 1/4 inch of oil in a cast iron frying pan and heat until it just starts to smoke. Don't jump the gun, and don't use less oil. If you don't have a cast iron frying pan, go buy one, they're cheap and the best kind of frying pan for browning. Put the tofu in the hot oil (try not to get hit by the spatter) and fry until the bottoms are golden brown, about 2 minutes. Flip and brown the other side. Remove and drain. At this point, the tofu should be a fairly dark, even brown, with no pale raw tofu color. The slices should be stiff, crunchy, and fairly tasteless.
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chopped garlic chopped (ginger) 2-3 Tb oil
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Put oil in the bottom of a wok, and heat until it just starts to smoke. Add the garlic and (ginger) and stir madly until browned.
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tofu slices soy sauce mixture |
Add the tofu slices and stir a couple times, just so they're hot again. Add the soy sauce mixture and cook, stirring every 30 seconds, until the liquid has all been absorbed. Serve with rice. |
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Simon Norfolk - Posted July 12, 2007, 3:13 pm
A few weeks ago D and I went to Look3: The festival of the photograph. Among the things that struck me most was a brief (video recorded) presentation by a photographer who, first showing a picture of himself, explained that as you could see, he was a gay cosmonaut. He isn't, of course, but the picture does make him look that way. In fact, he is certainly not a cosmonaut. I have no data on the issue of his sexuality.
He then presented two series of photographs, both of which I thought were incredibly amazing - second, and less impressive to me, were his photos of mayan ruins, all taken at night, lit up with 20,000 watts of portable lighting equipment. These should be available on the national geographic magazine website soon, but aren't as of yet. They are beautiful. But before he showed those, he showed a quick series of photos he'd taken recreating famous English landscape paintings; not just the composition but the politics.
He has a web site, at http://www.simonnorfolk.com/. The interface is flash, though relatively unobtrusive for that, and excerpts of that series are available, as are others. I just read/looked at most of them, and recommend you do the same.
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France - Posted June 4, 2007, 3:01 pm
With apologies to Harper's Index.
travel
Number of days spent in Provence, France: 8
Number of hours from walking out my front door to walking into the front door in St Remy de Provence: 20
Number of those hours spent asleep: 0
Number of hours from arrival until I gave up on going to sleep at a normal time for a local: 3
Number of times the stewardesses gave out some kind of food or another on the 7-hour transoceanic flight: 6-8
Tourism
Rough age of the Roman Amphitheater we visited: 2,000 years
Number of people it seats: 10,000
Rank, in quality, according to King Louis XIV, compared to other walls, of the back wall of the amphitheater: 1
Height of the back wall of the amphitheater, in meters: 37
Average age (roughly) of the various theaters castles and palaces we visited: 1,000 years
Sum age (roughly) of the various theaters castles and palaces we visited: 10,000 years
Number of villages and cities we spent sufficient time in to say we visited them, that I remember: 9
Restaurants
Number of restaurants in St. Remy: at least 30
Number of restaurants in St. Remy that served at least one vegetarian main course which was not couscous-based: 1
Number of nights we ate at this restaurant: 2
Number of desserts that I ate a share of on Friday: 7
Number of these that rank in the seven best desserts I have ever eaten: 6
Expense
Actual exchange rate used by my bank of Euro to dollars: 1:1.3597
Ratio of cost of goods and/or services, in Euro and in France, to cost of goods and/or services in dollars and in the US: 1:1
Cost, in Euro, of a 500 ml Coke in the Frankfurt airport terminal: 2.50
Souvenirs:
Rough number of postcards purchased by our group over the week: 60
Number of postcards purchased by me: 0
Rough number of digital photos taken by our group over the week: 2000
Number taken by me: 5
Number taken by me on my camera: 0
Lodgings
Count, in hours, of internet availability in the self-catering apartment we stayed in: 0
Number of knives in the "self-catering" apartment we stayed in: 2
Number of these which were a paring knife: 1
Number of these which were a bread knife: 1
Number of these which were suitable for chopping vegetables: 0
Number of cutting boards: 0
Rough number of gallons of water dumped in clothing during the washer/dryer's "dry" cycle: 2
Number of articles of clothing successfully dried in the washer/dryer: 0
Difference, in minutes, between the time we needed to arrive at the airport for our outgoing flight, and the time the shuttle bus from the hotel we were sleeping at started service: 90
Cost, in Euro, for 45 minutes of internet access in the hotel we were staying at: 5
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50 books (k not really) - Posted March 13, 2007, 12:37 am
Two years ago I posted most of the books I read, though often only to mention. Last year I realized I'd been getting competitive for no good reason, and reading books only to inflate my count. That struck me as a stupid reason to read - there are lots of other things I enjoy doing with my time. I also ended up reading many fewer books in 2006 than 2005, and visiting the library hardly at all.
Last week I went to the library, and checked out 7 books. 1 of them I realized I had read already. 4 of them I read that day, and were a) short and b) pleasant, but hardly worth mentioning - if you want to read them you've heard of them, and otherwise why should I waste your time. One I haven't read yet, and I'll probably not post if and when I do.
I just finished Charlie Stross' book Glasshouse. This is the best book I have read in... a long time. Not only was I unable to put it down, but I enjoyed every minute of it. Go read this book. Check it out of the library if you like. Buy it if you'd prefer. But go read this book.
Brief synopsis: Robin wakes up in a post-singularity society to discover that a previous version of himself has signed up for extensive memory-redaction. And also that people are trying to kill him. Things ensue.
Why it's good: Tight plotting. The best depiction of a post-singularity society I've ever read. Deeply fascinating and wonderful gender politics.
There are other wonderful things, but I'd be spoiling bits, so I'll stop. Go read it!
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