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Capsule (Full commentary found immediately below Lead Picture):
Wednesday, September 4, 2019
CURRY SAFFRON SAUCE
(I go for the opulent, smooth sauce}
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Lead Picture (Story below in Thumbnail section)
Wednesday, September 4, 2019
Great Fire of London
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Commentary
Wednesday, September 4, 2019
I love this recipe.
CURRY SAFFRON SAUCE
(I go for the opulent, smooth sauce}
for 4 people
For Chicken or many other meats: 2lbs of fresh boneless chicken breasts or thighs cut into 2” cubes or
For Fish: 2lbs of fresh fish cut into 2” cubes or
Protein of choice
Optional: ¼ cup fresh pineapple, large-dice ((1/2 cubes)
Use a large sauce pan.
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1 ½ T Asian Oil (sesame oil flavored with fresh garlic, ginger, and scallions)
Heat the oil
Add 1oz each finely chopped:
shallots
Red bell pepper
serrano chili (1/2oz may work for many)
celery
carrots
Add the following:
½ t salt
1 T flour, sprinkled over
3T green curry paste
1T tomato paste
1T fresh pineapple or orange juice
4T curry powder
1T cumin
Cover the pot
Soften the above in the oil and juice, about twelve minutes at a simmer.
THE SAUCE, all ingredients added to the saucepan.
6oz coconut milk
3oz coconut cream
1TB fresh lime juice
2oz fresh pineapple juice (or if not available, substitute coconut water with pineapple added)
1 scant teaspoon saffron
½ t salt
Love my curry.
Bring to a simmer.
Add the chicken or the fish and the other reserved ingredients and simmer the pot for 15 minutes for fish and 20 minutes for chicken.
SERVE WITH
1 cup rice made with ½ cups coconut water and ½ cup fresh pineapple juice or orange juice
cooked al dente
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News re: existentialautotrip
Wednesday, September 4, 2019
Having returned Kat to school, I am now ready to return to video creation.
Look for some new ones in the next several days.
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A “Hey, Dom!” video.
Publication Date: Wednesday, September 4, 2019
Name: Pirate feels great
Length:
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Monday’s Dinner posted on
Wednesday, September 4, 2019
So.
I’m still questing the perfect curry sauce I have in my mind.
Made it again on Monday with coconut shrimp.
With a couple of improvements.
It was my best yet: rich and alive with flavors.
And so easy to make.
See the recipe in Commentary.
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Chuckle of the day:
Tuesday, September 3, 2019
A precious little girl walks into a pet shop and asks in the sweetest little lisp, "Excuthe me, mithter, do you sell widdle wabbits?"
As the shopkeeper's heart melts, he gets down on his knees so that he's on her level, and asks, "Do you want a widdle white wabbit or a thoft and fuwwy bwack wabbit or maybe one like that cute widdle bwown wabbit over there?"
The little girl puts her hands on her knees, leans forward, and says in a quiet voice, "I don't think my pet python weally gives a thit."
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Today’s Thumbnails
Tuesday, September 3, 2019
The Great Fire of London, depicted by an unknown painter, as it would have appeared from a boat in the vicinity of Tower Wharf on the evening of Tuesday, 4 September 1666.
To the left is London Bridge; to the right, the Tower of London.
St. Paul's Cathedral is in the distance, surrounded by the tallest flames.
The Great Fire of London, depicted by an unknown painter, as it would have appeared from a boat in the vicinity of Tower Wharf on the evening of Tuesday, 4 September 1666.
To the left is London Bridge; to the right, the Tower of London.
St. Paul's Cathedral is in the distance, surrounded by the tallest flames.
The Great Fire swept through the central parts of the English city from Sunday, 2 September to Thursday, 6 September 1666.
The fire gutted the medieval City of London inside the old Roman city wall.
It threatened but did not reach the aristocratic district of Westminster, Charles II's Palace of Whitehall, or most of the suburban slums.
It consumed 13,200 houses, 87 parish churches, St Paul's Cathedral, and most of the buildings of the City authorities.
It is estimated to have destroyed the homes of 70,000 of the city's 80,000 inhabitants.[3]
The death toll is unknown but was traditionally thought to have been small, as only six verified deaths were recorded.
This reasoning has recently been challenged on the grounds that the deaths of poor and middle-class people were not recorded; moreover, the heat of the fire may have cremated many victims, leaving no recognizable remains.
A melted piece of pottery on display at the Museum of London found by archaeologists in Pudding Lane, where the fire started, shows that the temperature reached 2,280 °F.
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A tip o' the hat (U.S. President Calvin Coolidge, 1924
Acknowledgements
Tuesday, September 3, 2019
Thanks to the Microsoft team at the Prudential Center for their unflagging availability to help with a constant flow of technological problems.
Always thanks to Wikipedia, the Lead and the Thumbnail sections of the Blog very often shaped from stories taken from that amazing website. They are truly worthy of public support.
Good Morning on this Wednesday, the fourth day of September, 2019
Always carry a rain jacket.
’If it’s not raining, you might get wet near a fire.
And now? Gotta go.
Che vuoi? Le pocketbook?
See you soon.
Your Taeyeon