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  1. Coyote
    Well, the STA vs AZTEC+WAPA war is well up off the ground now. And as we all know, any war I'm in wouldn't be complete without food (even though I have not created a silly food blog for a while).
    So, since it's a war, I figured a curry would do just fine to get the heat going. Now, I can't get a hold of tiger meat, lol (sorry STA). BUT - I am taking requests that are within my budget and dietary requirements (lactose intolerance being the main one). I'll be cooking and eating a war feast, including a curry of some kind, this weekend. If there's anything you want to see on the plate, let me know, and I'll try to cook it. Everyone from both sides is welcome to make requests, and there will be pictures of the food.
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    Old poetry and lamb roast

    By Coyote,

    Well, I'm sick. Hooray. Great thing to happen when I'll be headed back to work next week. My housemates cooked the lamb roast that I started with mashed potatoes, which was great comfort food. Fortunately we should be able to eat that for the next few days, and we still have potato and pea curry, pea soup and stuffed chicken.
    I was looking through old stuff of mine earlier today, and found a whole bunch of old poetry (oh gosh, I was so moody when I wrote most of it). Most of it's not appropriate for here, but I thought I'd post one that I'm pretty sure is fine. It's called 'The Night'.
    Beware of the night which consumes your heart.
    It creeps over you as you stand in the dark.
    You don't try to hide, for it's natural to you
    that the night should come - and you'll come through.
    But the darkness never yields its prey,
    and tonight it began to steal you away.
    Beware of the dark, for it takes you away
    to a place where you're lost to the light of the day.
  3. Coyote
    So I spent the last half of last week in a house down by the beach. Great, right? Well, sort of.
    Altogether, there were eighteen people sharing the one house. Four of them were less than a year old. Another four (five really, but one's a bit older) were young children.
    Don't get me wrong, I love kids. I used to be able to play with my siblings and the kids I babysat for hours on end. But, now isn't then. And within two days, between kids, hayfever (we were right near a national park) and lack of sleep, I was out of it.
    Now, the bright side of this trip was that I had a lot of time to cook, and a lot of hungry people to cook for. A fair portion of them were vegetarians, but most made an exception for seafood. So before we left I made the much-anticipated crab stew/soup to take there, and let me say, it was delicious. I went wild on seasoning - I used a few herbs that I'd never even heard of before, and a really nice mixed pepper. The result was a flavorful broth with crab meat and vegetable pieces all through. One that I would cook again without hesitation.
    Later in the week the non-vegetarians all made a stuffed chicken together. Every time I make stuffed chicken, it reminds me of a piece from a kids' book where someone stuffs a chicken wth cushion stuffing and serves it to some guests... needless to say, they weren't happy. Ours came out just fine though and I was quite pleased, I haven't made one in a while. I definitely enjoyed eating it!
    I also made my potato and leek soup for the vegetarians and even sampled some myself. It was eaten within 2 days.
    When we got back I made an industrial quantity of my infamous pea soup, which should last us a week or so. By that time, everyone will probably be fed up with it and I'll have to make something else... lamb roast? A barbecue? Maybe I should try my hand at a curry again.
  4. Coyote
    I haven't had any interesting food in the last few days, mainly because I've been far too lazy to cook anything good and because I've spent 2 of the last 3 days asleep on long-haul flights that have messed up my sleep pattern. I'm not very happy when I don't have lots of good food. I'm toying with the idea right now of making a garlic and saffron stock I love and using it as the base for a potato and leek soup. I also want to do a stuffed chicken in the next few days.
    I'm jet-lagged still, and pretty miserable because burials are sad. I need cheering up. *sigh*
  5. Coyote
    As much as I think the new trade system in CN is wonderful, it's causing a lot of upheaval across the broad spectrum. There are circles pulled apart, people desperately searching for new trade partners, and alliances going internal. And a lot of people left without trades.
    Now, I've helped anyone I can find that needs trade circles. Most of them are members of my alliance. Some are people I was already organizing trades for, or friends from IRC that hang around in our public channel. I love helping people out, and I can really use anyone I get to fill gaps and get my trades train rolling. But when you don't read your messages for a whole week and I have to send two before I even get a response, don't blame me if I replace you with someone else! I had five other people all waiting on a circle. What was I supposed to do, leave them all hanging? I don't work for one member, I work for Colossus.
    On another note, I've been cooking pea soup. One of my favorites and a regular meal, and tonight it's with fresh breadstick. Yummmmmmm...
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