Mickey Z
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Friday, March 10, 2006
Coming soon: National Expendable Recipe Day (NERD)
Sounds good to me, we´ll NERD ourselves up on Tuesday if that´s okay with everybody else. No meat is fine with me too, I´ve been phasing it out of my diet with tuna as last stop.
Posted by Owen on from Barcino 03/10 at 07:15 AMHey, man, tofu away. While it’s not my favorite thing, some kinds are really good with this great soy-based sauce my wife makes. And even the variety I won’t touch with a ten-foot pole ("cho-dofu"=stinky tofu) I don’t have a problem with other people eating.
I’m not much of a chef myself. I make a decent grilled cheese sandwich, a mediocre omlette, and an excellent...um...veggie burger. Yeah.
My wife, on the other hand, makes some great dishes. Simple, but very tasty. A little olive oil, any vegetable of choice, a little garlic and salt, and voila, a tasty side dish (well, a main course, I guess, since we’re excluding that which I will not name...) There’s other great dishes she makes, but we won’t talk about those…
So who do you think will be running in the next erection...er...election? I have something I need to get off my breast...er...chest. I voted Libertarian last time. I condom...er...condemn too many policies of the two branches of the Corporate party.
Posted by Jeremy on from Taiwan 03/10 at 08:19 AMWow, “Votergasm” is far more desirable and sociable than “Masturbate for Peace” which was started when the empire invaded the oil colony. (http://www.masturbateforpeace.com/ )
Tasteteriffic veg-oriented recipes will ensue on NERD day.
Don’t eat too much tuna Owen that fish is chock full o’toxins.Posted by Youngfox on from Land of hypocrites 03/10 at 08:21 AMGood morning Every Expendable,
I’d like to get some tofu recipe from MZ and CatLady - I’m sort of lazy about cooking but I do really like it and every tofu recipe I try turns out crappy - just poor choices I think, so tried and true tasty ideas would be most welcome. Mudge won’t mind either - I’m sure of it, he can just substitute panda meat or something for the tofu. ;)
I don’t know Glen but I recall his name from my lurking days - nice to see another sane blogger added to the ranks and great that 50AR is heading the inaugural show.
Hey “boys”, Where’s Joe?
Posted by Amelopsis on from Canada 03/10 at 09:14 AMHey all-- just got a second here, but check out the site of the book and author/cooking show that MZ recommended a couple of months ago-- http://www.theppk.com. Lots of good advice there, fun reading…
Exciting post so far, see ya later…
Posted by James on from Hell's Kitchen 03/10 at 09:17 AMRecommended:
Kind Veggie Burritos
Recipes for Traveling, Tailgating,Camping and Home
http://www.well.com/user/zenrose/Posted by Robert B. Livingston on from San Francisco 03/10 at 09:52 AM“Panda Meat”
L.O.(fcking)L.
I’m sure that would go for a pretty penny.
Best to stick to the fine cuts of Chinese cat and dog meat, (by-products of China’s booming cat and dog fur trade) until an affordable variety of FDA approved “Soilent Green” Brand stir fry nuggets becomes available.Posted by Youngfox on from Location, Location 03/10 at 10:27 AMHello Owen, Jeremy, Youngfox, Empress, Cat Lady, and Robert...I guess that covers everyone. Glad to see you’re all into the recipe idea...and in full jokester mode, to boot.
It’s approaching 60 degrees here. Sweet.
Gotta go finish the laundry...I’ll check back later.
Posted by Mickey Z. on from Astoria 03/10 at 11:57 AMhello from sunny and 60 Chicago…
I think that veganinsm is seeping in to my fat clogged arteries and slowly settling in the deep recsses of my brain.
I’ve lost my appetite for meat AND dairy, and yet I have not stopped eating them entirely. I am a slow un-learner in some areas.
I have no NERDy recipes of my own, but I am looking forward to cutting and pasting some....perhaps even using some.
Hope all is well...let’s get this comments section going today.
Posted by JOS on from Chicago 03/10 at 12:09 PMDick Cheney, the personification of hypocrisy:
Posted by JOS on from Chicago 03/10 at 12:15 PMI think that quote might be one of the reasons why he doesn’t make to many media appearances - he might tell us what he’s really thinking and when he doesn’t it still comes out with the wrong spin. jackass.
I hear you on not giving things up entirely, much easier said than done. I love cheese too much for any good to come of it.
Posted by Amelopsis on from Canada 03/10 at 12:54 PMI’m a lousy cook, I can just about manage cookies...I’ll try other peoples recipes though.
Posted by mew on from near home, ish 03/10 at 01:10 PMWelcome JOS and Mew...hello again, Empress. It’s cool to Google up something you like and cut-and-paste (as Big Country mentioned). No need for anything gourmet. I’m thinking of stuff like Keir’s thing with the thing (is that right?).
Posted by Mickey Z. on from Astoria 03/10 at 01:49 PMSorry, but Mr and Mrs Helga quite like meat - although last night’s kangaroo fillet was very tough and we won’t have kangaroo for quite a while. We hope we are forgiven, Mickey! I should also add that Mr Helga is the chef and a brilliant one at that ..
I’m still in the process of waking up - it is 6:24 am on a Saturday morning and will be quite warm today: up to 90F, so best to stay inside and keep cool.
And hello, Owen, Jeremy, Youngfox, Amelopsis, James, Robert B. Livingston, JOS and Mew, who have ‘gathered’ here to comment. I hope you and Mickey and Michele have a great weekend.
Now I might go back to bed for a little while ..
Ciao!
Posted by Helga Fremlin on from Daylesford, Australia 03/10 at 02:24 PMMostly lurking this week, but I just wanted to say that I’m looking forward to y’all’s (meatless) concoctions, no matter how simple. Everyone is a cook, period. Jeez, even the self-describing non-cooks here probably have quirky ways of putting chocolate and milk together, or oil and vinegar, or whatever. The trick I’ve learned, from cooking most nights, is not to cook well, but think you do. It works!
Posted by Keir on from The Hague 03/10 at 03:32 PMHelga: Even if I forgive you, I don’t think the kangaroo will.
Hey Keir…
Unrelated link, re: Iraq: http://tinyurl.com/rrbng
It’s friggin’ 70 degrees. I’m headed back outside.
Posted by Mickey Z. on from Astoria 03/10 at 03:46 PMTomorrow is supposed to be sunny and a ridiculously warm 12 degrees (that’s celcius - no idea in Fahrenheit)
It seems that Luna has met a very sad end today. (an Orca - not our Expendable) http://tinyurl.com/ljclv
Posted by Amelopsis on from Canada 03/10 at 06:12 PMHello everybody!
Hello Mickey, how are you doing?
Well, where should I start. About 2 years ago, I read a book by Miguel Asin Palacios, no need for introduction, because he is universally known , just try to make a google search only by his name and you’ll get 73.000 hits.
Try this time the title of one of his book in which he spend 20 years to write, his major work:
Miguel Asin Palacios: Islam and the Divine Comedy
This time only 190 hits. Why?
I do have the book with me, and if you let me I’ll quote more pages tomorrow. Here is review from 1928.
Please let me know if you read the book, thank you
«Six hundred years at least before DANTE ALIGHIERI conceived his marvellous poem, there existed in Islam a religious legend narrating the journey of MAH0MET to the abodes of the after-life. In the course of tirne from the eighth to the thirteenth centuries of our era — Moslem traditionists, theologians, interpreters of the Scriptures, mystics, philosophers and poets -— all united in weaving around the original legend a fabric of religious narrative; at times their stones were amplifications, at others, allegorical adaptations or literary imitations. A comparison with the Divine Comedy of all these versions combined bewrays many points of resembiance, and even of absolute coincidence, in the general architecture and ethical structure of hell and paradise; in the description of the tortures and rewards; in the general lines of the dramatic action in the episodes and incidents of the journey; in the allegorical signification ; in the roles assigned to the protagonist and to the minor personages; and, finally, in intrinsic literary value. »
There are three cycles of Muslim traditions (hadith) concerning the Prophet’s journey to the spheres of after-life: the first deals with the isrâ’, or nocturnai journey by night on earth; the second, with the rni’xâj or ascension to heaven; the third is a cornbination of the two former, constituting a cornplete model of DANTE’S visits to Hell, Purgatory and Paradise. The most important of these cycles is the second, one which no one having the slightest contact with Islam could ignore inasmuch as the Mi’râj is the occasion of a great festivity throughout the Muslim world (on the 27th day of Rajab). These traditions were amplified and given metaphysical interpretations by phiiosophers, especially by the pseudo-Empedoclean and neo-Platonic school founded by IBN MASARRA of Cordova (883-931). The best representative of that school was IBN ‘Aii (1165-1240) of Murcia, the greatest sûfi not only of Spain but of the whole Arabic world. ASIN has made a deep analysis of his works and established their many points of resernblance with the works of DANTE. I cannot go here into details, for which I must refer to his masterful study.Posted by Hope on from Denmark 03/10 at 06:50 PMHi Hope. Thanks for the post. I had never heard of Miguel Asin Palacios...and you should always feel free to share such info.
Empress, in that Luna article, someone sez: “There’s really no blame.” I guess we can believe that...unless we choose to consider that, unlike a tugboat propeller, a killer whale belong in the ocean.
Posted by Mickey Z. on from Astoria 03/10 at 07:29 PMHi Hope, I’d also not heard of this author and find the excerpt interesting. History in this sense is always something compelling to me.
Hi Mickey - Luna did have quite a history of getting too friendly with boats and he made the news a few times because of that. At the time when the First Nations community was fighting against efforts to reunite Luna with his pod, I was conflicted, and still am. How can we know why he became separated from them, and so how do we know if we should intervene in the situation? I still don’t quite know what I think might’ve been the better course of action.
Too right though, only one of the two entities lived and breathed, and belonged to a Nation who calls those waters home.Posted by Amelopsis on from Canada 03/10 at 08:23 PMYoungfox, #7 - This reminds me of the time I went to Hong Kong. I was wandering the streets looking for a good place to eat and came across this steakhouse. I glanced at the menu posted outside the establishment and thought it looked excellent. I was ravenous, so I headed inside and ordered a steak and a beer. It was good. I’m just not certain it was beef. The taste was approximate, but it looked something other. I thought it looked more like pork, which I don’t eat, but it definately didn’t taste like it. Stories of Cantonese cooking up whatever canine or feline they found in the back alley flashed through my head, despite my best efforts to convince myself everything was OK. I convinced myself I was eating what I actually ordered and enjoyed the meal and the beer. (OK, so we’re not supposed to do meat, but this isn’t a recipe, it’s a story, so it doesn’t violate the rule, right?)
JOS, #10 - I’ve written an article on that very topic: “The Hypocrisy of Mr. Cheney”:
Posted by Jeremy on from Taiwan 03/10 at 10:19 PMSigning off for the night.
Btw, Jeremy: the meat thing really isn’t a rule. It’s a request.
Hope to see everyone tomorrow for story day. Where the hell is Mudge, Michael, Hawk, RT, TM, Jim Shanahan, SK, Luna, and so many others including, of course, Joe?
Posted by Mickey Z. on from Astoria 03/10 at 10:25 PM
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