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coconut rice
4 cups rice 6 cups liquid (made of 1 can of coconut milk and water) 4-inch stick of cinnamon 4 pods of cardamom 4 cloves 1 anise seed (optional) 2 bay leaves (optional) 1/2 tsp turmeric salt to taste Mix together. Cook in rice cooker. Stir occasionally. Read more
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not your average elephant
Read the National Geographic article about the problem-solving elephant? When I came across the article, it was obviously too early in the morning for me to be half as intelligent as this elephant. I read the title, “Elephant Makes Stool–First Aha Moment for Species,” and wondered why taking a poo would be an aha moment… Read more
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the dollar store is branching out
Here’s what our neighborhood Dollar Tree is selling this week: Read more
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men of god pray for a diarrhoea curse
Unbelievable! I’m waiting to read somewhere that this is not for real. Read more
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scheer during the civil war #3
April 24, 2006 (In response to the headquarters in Hosur asking Roy if there was anything they could do for us from India) Come to think of it, you can FedEx me some Chicken Biryani. All there is to eat is rice, lentils and potatoes. Crops are rotting in the fileds due to the extended… Read more
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my okra syndrome
Yesterday was the first time in over 20 years that I saw fresh okra in my grocery store. Bright green, fresh and tender, the okra brought back memories of learning to cook–standing on a footstool, sharing the kitchen counter with my mother. As I rinsed my okra, I remembered instructions and warnings mom had drilled… Read more
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scheer during the civil war–#2
Brief emails from Roy to the head office during the civil war in Nepal. March 10, 2006 We’re on a mass casualty alert –the first one in the history of the hospital. Banepa is a war zone. The police station has been destroyed, the municipal building sacked and burnt, and now there’s about 1200 demonstrators… Read more
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