Sand Circle Birthday

25Nov09

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Happy Birthday Tess!

I just realized that two years ago today, I started this blog!

Well, blog started ≆ starting to post!

≆ is “APPROXIMATELY BUT NOT ACTUALLY EQUAL TO”

Below, a small gift, just something I was doing today…
I hope you enjoy it as much as I did.

…both the video and the fancy borders…

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The Japanese are not the only ones eating ketchup on spaghetti!

23Nov09

The memory of all that No, no they can’t take that away from me a 1937 song written by George Gershwin and Ira Gershwin and introduced by Fred Astaire in the film Shall We Dance. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ExmoiGZuiFQ&w=130]

Yes. I’m still on about spaghetti with ketchup—I really did want to like spaghetti Napolitan. I have fond memories of the summer and fall of 1974, when I shared a house with three other girls, poor students all. Almost the only times we spent together were unpredictable weekday lunches when we’d find ourselves gathered in the kitchen. We’d cook up a nice pot of macaroni stirred with butter, tomato juice, and ketchup, then sit in front of the television to watch Days of Our Lives—those were noteworthy meals. Ah. Student days…

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Spaghetti Napolitan

21Nov09

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My husband doesn’t like ketchup very much. So, with J out of town, it’s my chance to make spaghetti Napolitan: spaghetti with ketchup sauce—hardly a typical Italian pasta dish. The recipe comes not from Naples but from Yokohama, Japan. Recipes include mushrooms, peppers, onions, hot dogs, tonkatsu sauce, and ketchup. Sometimes other kinds of sausages, slices of ham, or bacon are used instead of the hot dogs. Sometimes the sauce includes other vegetables such as Eggplant, D, Carrots, Broccoli, And so on.
[no dill, dates, daikon, dandelion, durian, nor dioscorea (yam)]

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Hijiki and Shiitake Wafuu Spaghetti

13Nov09

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Here is my version of Hijiki and Shiitake Spaghetti. I began with the classic hijiki gohan—rice with sea vegetable. I wanted to make a simple dish which could be made with pantry staples. I always have spaghetti, dried hijiki, dried shiitake, soy sauce, shichimi togarashi, and mirin. I also always have carrots and frozen peas. And I think this recipe would be tasty enough left at that.
But, the darn cats drank all the coffee (they only like the white part, of course), so I had to go to the grocery for half and half. While I was there, I noticed…

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where the love of God goes…

10Nov09

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We saw this boat on 3 September 2009. It is like the shape of an ore boat we usually see off the shore of Lake Huron, near the cottage south of Cheboygan, but it is unusual. I’ve never seen a white boat on the lake! They have always been dark grey or black. It is [...]

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