<Can I have the recipe?<< Sure thing -- it's a thing from a magazine.... I have an illness....I collect recipes ...they all sound so marvelous (Lemon Scented Ricotta and Mascarpone Cream Puffs!!). If I made one of my saved recipes a day for the rest of my life it wouldn't make a dent. I keep trying/intending to sort, alphabetize, type, organize, something....but I'm driven, driven I tell you, to clip that next one, save that new one, try this one. << I'll trade you for my Moroccan chicken stew recipe (with the secret dried figs addition). >> Oh god....I salivate more than slightly over dried figs .... fresh figs notwithstanding. I was in "Mommy's Happy Store" (a name coined by my children who realized I had an instantaneous grin on my face going in there, no matter how foul my previous mood. It's run by a couple of Middle-Eastern guys who import food from everywhere) today buying coconut milk and curry paste and grape leaves and ground lamb (I desperately want a *good* recipe for Dolmas) and Goya marinade and Sasson seasoning and hummus and Turkish Delight and oil-cured black olives and Aurrichio Provolone and Greek yogurt and and and (when on an expedition to a Wondrous Store, don't give your husband the expenditure total until *after* the meal .... immediately after the contented sigh you can tell him the home-restaurant bill)... << Or my fried cheese cakes with stewed plums recipe.>> Fried cheese cakes? I want it!! How good is the peanut soup? It's substantial and somewhat spicey .... Jim and I both loved it. The only thing I didn't like was that as it sits on low staying warm, the rice inflates with moisture too much and the soup becomes too thick .... I have to ponder that and figure a fix. Ursula (salivating slightly)>> Me too....after solid healthy supper I had two pieces of raisin toast w/ cinnamon icing lavished with butter, a dish of death by chocolate ice cream, and frozen blueberries with heavy cream. Tomorrow it's definitely rice cakes and tuna day......<sigh>. African Peanut Soup In a medium saucepan, over medium heat, heat 1 Tbsp. peanut oil and 1 clove garlic minced for 1 minute. Add 1 28-ounce can chopped tomatoes, undrained, 1 6-oz. can tomato paste, 1/2 cup creamy peanut butter, 4 cups chicken broth, 1 Tbsp. balsamic vinegar, 1/4 tsp. cayenne pepper, 2 tsps. kosher salt, and whisk to combine. Bring to a boil. Add 1 cup white (uncooked) rice; reduce heat to low, cover, and cook for 20 minutes. Ladle into individual bowls and garnish with a spoonful of cooked rice, chopped scallions and roughly chopped salted peanuts. Julie Krueger ========Original Message======== Subj: [lit-ideas] African Peanut Soup Date: 9/15/05 10:27:44 P.M. Central Daylight Time From: _Ursula@xxxxxxxxxxx (mailto:Ursula@xxxxxxxxxx) To: _lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx (mailto:lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx) Sent on: Hi Julie, Can I have the recipe? I'll trade you for my Moroccan chicken stew recipe (with the secret dried figs addition). Or my fried cheese cakes with stewed plums recipe. How good is the peanut soup? Ursula (salivating slightly) JimKandJulieB@xxxxxxx wrote: > I'm sure Dubbya will tell us all tonight how he's fixing everything. > Please note he's giving his speech from the relatively > un-touched-by-Katrina French Quarter, in front of a beautiful intact > building, surrounded by lush flawless foliage. I think they hope that > people will assume this image demonstrates how well the Govt has done > at restoration. I wouldn't doubt that the majority of viewers buy it, > at all, at all. > > Julie Krueger > as demoralized as the Homeland Security folk (but content with the > wonderful African Peanut soup recipe experiment of the evening). > > ========Original Message======== > Subj: *[lit-ideas] Homleand Scurity Bummed Out* > Date: 9/15/05 2:11:18 P.M. Central Daylight Time > From: mr.eric.yost@xxxxxxxxx <mailto:mr.eric.yost@xxxxxxxxx> > To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent on: > > > http://slate.msn.com/id/2126313/fr/rss/ > > Homeland Security's Lousy Morale > Only the Small Business Administration has unhappier employees. > By Timothy Noah > > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, > digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html ------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html