books

the book quest continues...
there are more on my list, but i found some last night, and a couple i hadn't been looking for but am pleased to have in the house. particularly the joan bauer book rules of the road. she writes such fascinating stories...
and i couldn't resist getting a used copy of how to eat fried worms, either :-) i remember it being wonderfully icky when i was smaller.

hooray

i know i must be warped... it was quite distressing not to post when i wanted to...

quote

(from a 3-yr-old at potluck tonight, so try to hear this with a 3-yr-old voice.)

"i want side b of shock the monkey" (there was a jukebox there)

mango chutney

i finally turned half the case of mangoes into mango-ginger chutney. it's... rather spicy (sorry, cthulhia!).

brought a pint to potluck (sent it home with cthulhia; i assume that means she's forgiven me for that first bite :-), and have 4 half-pints (which sealed themselves from the heat, and will last ages) and part of another pint (for more immediate consumption).

unluckily, the cooking i am doing for shabbat cannot include very spicy food, or i'd bake it on chicken (yum). maybe next week. or maybe i'll have non vegetarian people over not on shabbat (gasp) for non leftovers (double gasp) before i leave.

still have to figure out what i want to do with the other 6 mangoes... (maybe another permutation of mango chutney? other than ginger, any suggestions for complementary major flavors? (there's always hot spice, vinegar, and sugar))