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Phood Photo from last week (reposted from cooking thred): Chana Masala a la me...

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(sorry for flickr pics, Kevin)

― dan m, Thursday, 19 April 2007 16:52 (nineteen years ago)

Woah! How did it taste?

― KitCat, Thursday, 19 April 2007 16:53 (nineteen years ago)

that's ok dan, EVERYTHING is now blocked (except picasa).

― chicago kevin, Thursday, 19 April 2007 16:53 (nineteen years ago)

It tasted very good! Next time I will put more hotness in it because it was not quite enough, but M@ttttt had a package of whole garam masala spices straight from India that he toasted and ground up, then I used them and it was the BOMB.

― dan m, Thursday, 19 April 2007 16:55 (nineteen years ago)

I still haven't totally gotten over my aversion to vietnamese food caused by walking down argyle street every day for a summer.

― kenan, Thursday, 19 April 2007 16:58 (nineteen years ago)

I would, however, in the near future arrange for my diet to consist chiefly of Thai, Middle Eastern, and Indian food.

― kenan, Thursday, 19 April 2007 17:02 (nineteen years ago)

TO arrange

― kenan, Thursday, 19 April 2007 17:02 (nineteen years ago)

The Korean pancakes that Kr and I made didn't really turn out, although we're not sure exactly why. They tasted too starchy.

― jaymc, Thursday, 19 April 2007 17:02 (nineteen years ago)

anyone up for a visit to the hc tonight? i kinda want to go, kinda don't want to go.

― chicago kevin, Thursday, 19 April 2007 17:07 (nineteen years ago)

i have this cool book about the chemistry of food and cooking, but i forgot what i was going to look up in it.

anything with freshly toasted/ground garam masala sounds AWES.

― JuliaA, Thursday, 19 April 2007 17:07 (nineteen years ago)

Julia, you should have smelled the kitchen while he was doing that and I was browning the onions! HEAVEN

― dan m, Thursday, 19 April 2007 17:08 (nineteen years ago)

That looks good, Dan. Tomatoey?

Lunch: meatloaf & salami sandwich w/tomato soup, sandwich cookie (sandwich filling = frosting). One of these days I will start eating like a healthy person again.

― Jordan, Thursday, 19 April 2007 17:09 (nineteen years ago)

It contained 4 tomatoes, but I mistakenly pulverized them into sauce (basically) instead of just chopping them up. This meant a lot longer cooking time but it came out great in the end. The beans needed extra time as it was, they were a little raw to start out with.

― dan m, Thursday, 19 April 2007 17:11 (nineteen years ago)

I mean, a sandwich really doesn't require a dessert sandwich, WTF.

― Jordan, Thursday, 19 April 2007 17:11 (nineteen years ago)

was it a very involved recipe, dan?

― JuliaA, Thursday, 19 April 2007 17:13 (nineteen years ago)

free lunch: mini burgers from sullivans and magical salad

― coco, Thursday, 19 April 2007 17:18 (nineteen years ago)

Yeah, pretty involved. Not hard, just a lot of steps... Infusing veg oil with bay leaf and crushed red pepper, browning lots of onion in the oil, then in with the tomatoes, garlic, garam masala, coriander, chili, cumin, beans, and some water. Then lots and lots and lots of simmering/reduction (I actually had to add about 2-3 cups water along the way) until it was thick enough and the beans were cooked through, and chopped fresh cilantro at the end. All in all, about 4.5 hours of work/attention.

― dan m, Thursday, 19 April 2007 17:19 (nineteen years ago)

MAGIC salad???

― Jordan, Thursday, 19 April 2007 17:21 (nineteen years ago)

it disappears!

― kenan, Thursday, 19 April 2007 17:22 (nineteen years ago)

It's not magic unless you can make it reappear.

― Jordan, Thursday, 19 April 2007 17:23 (nineteen years ago)

xp

that seems to be the case with a lot of indian recipes...lots of spices and simmering. we made an aloo ghobi in my apartment a few weeks back that was good, but in the end it was concluded that the recipe wasn't worth the work.

i need to get me some garlic pickle from devon street. instant spicy indian goodness on rice.

― JuliaA, Thursday, 19 April 2007 17:24 (nineteen years ago)

xpost Yeah I guess you're right. If you saw a woman in half and can't put her back together, it's not magic.

― kenan, Thursday, 19 April 2007 17:25 (nineteen years ago)

Voice of experience?

― Jordan, Thursday, 19 April 2007 17:27 (nineteen years ago)

"This isn't magic."

:|
B|

"It's murder."

― kenan, Thursday, 19 April 2007 17:28 (nineteen years ago)

magical dressing i should say that has blue cheese in it (but not blue cheese dressing)

i just finished eating it was wonderful

there is also cheesecake (which I love) but someone called me "fat........tire" today at work. He said he forgot the name of the beer but the "fat" portion hung out there for a while. i dont think i like my new nickname

― coco, Thursday, 19 April 2007 17:30 (nineteen years ago)

you should punch him, and then go have a piece of cheesecake.

― JuliaA, Thursday, 19 April 2007 17:32 (nineteen years ago)

Why was he calling you Fat Tire anyway? I regret not drinking a FT last weekend, I don't see it around here much.

(nb u r not fat)

― Jordan, Thursday, 19 April 2007 17:34 (nineteen years ago)

"Fat Tire"? He's calling a girl "Fat Tire"? Is he not from this planet? WTF?

― kenan, Thursday, 19 April 2007 17:37 (nineteen years ago)

"Say there, Baboon Butt. What?! It's an affectionate nickname!"

― kenan, Thursday, 19 April 2007 17:38 (nineteen years ago)

He knows I like Fat Tire but we have not gone out for beers in a while so why start now?

i think he is gone for the day, but he will most certainly pay for this when I see him next

― coco, Thursday, 19 April 2007 17:48 (nineteen years ago)

I KNOW! That is what I told him!

― coco, Thursday, 19 April 2007 17:49 (nineteen years ago)

I had a fat tire last week at Green Eye.

I can't hc it up because of the show we're playing. We're supposed to go on pretty early though (9?), so if anyone wanted, they could come to our show then go to hc. *cough cough* If they wanted...

― KitCat, Thursday, 19 April 2007 17:49 (nineteen years ago)

where are you playing?

i probably won't be going out because i can either afford cigarettes or i can grab a couple beers but i can't do both ;_;

― chicago kevin, Thursday, 19 April 2007 17:52 (nineteen years ago)

Darkroom.

― KitCat, Thursday, 19 April 2007 17:56 (nineteen years ago)

Guys it's getting nice outside.

― n/a, Thursday, 19 April 2007 18:07 (nineteen years ago)

YES YES YES

― kenan, Thursday, 19 April 2007 18:07 (nineteen years ago)

Like I just went outside to move my car and I didn't wear my jacket and yet I didn't freeze.

― n/a, Thursday, 19 April 2007 18:07 (nineteen years ago)

Yeah, very. I just took a long lunch walk up to 55th and back, the sun is great.

― dan m, Thursday, 19 April 2007 18:08 (nineteen years ago)

shit, you're playing at darkroom? what time? the sound there was surprisingly good to me.

― chicago kevin, Thursday, 19 April 2007 18:12 (nineteen years ago)

PLUS IT'S RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET FROM MY LOCAL.

― chicago kevin, Thursday, 19 April 2007 18:12 (nineteen years ago)

I thought Darkroom was a dancey club? It sure seemed like it the one time I was dragged there.

xpost stop it you guys are tempting me

― dan m, Thursday, 19 April 2007 18:13 (nineteen years ago)

dan, normally it is but on thursday's they have decent rock bands. i saw h3adache city there with submarine races. i believe the night ended with jered from the ponys sliding across the floor on his knees playing air guitar. it was like something out of footloose.

― chicago kevin, Thursday, 19 April 2007 18:15 (nineteen years ago)

It's a nice room. We played there once a couple of years ago on what had to have been the coldest day of the year. One of the bands cancelled. Literally the only people we played for were Jody and Joren Nueva Cat, Ben's gf Amy, the other band and the staff of the Darkroom.

It was also a notable show because we had a female soundguy. This was the only time this has happened to me.

― n/a, Thursday, 19 April 2007 18:37 (nineteen years ago)

is a female sounguy analagous to a male soundgal?

― chicago kevin, Thursday, 19 April 2007 18:39 (nineteen years ago)

Isn't Sarah's friend Sarah a soundguy? I think she did sound for MDBB once (at one of our worst shows ever).

xpost, all soundpeople are soundguys regardless of sex

― Jordan, Thursday, 19 April 2007 18:40 (nineteen years ago)

I think Nick means he had both male and female organs.

― kenan, Thursday, 19 April 2007 18:40 (nineteen years ago)

xpost Yep, she is.

― KitCat, Thursday, 19 April 2007 18:41 (nineteen years ago)

Also, tusks and a trunk. A female soundguy pachyderm.

― kenan, Thursday, 19 April 2007 18:41 (nineteen years ago)

soundgal

― n/a, Thursday, 19 April 2007 18:44 (nineteen years ago)

soundbabe

― kenan, Thursday, 19 April 2007 18:45 (nineteen years ago)

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