[CH] :)
J. B. Cattley (jbc@ihug.com.au)
Mon, 17 Jul 2000 17:42:28 +1000
Well, after a *year* of waiting, my girl is over from london. Yes, we met on
the net, and yes, long-distance things really do work, she's been here a
month and it just keeps getting better...
Anyway, my point was, she's london-bengali, and a CH's dream! She tasted
tabasco for the first time, and said 'mm, tangy... I thought it was supposed
to be hot?'...
After going through my entire hotsauce collection, the only one she would
describe as 'hot' was my bottle of Daves -- I love this woman. Also, I now
get to cook with prawns, garlic, cilantro (which I have now become addicted
to -- anyone who thinks it tastes like soap, bear with it for six months,
your perception really will change) and of course habs in everything :)
Oh, and anyone out for a change, try bengali food -- it rocks! I'll
certainly never think of cabbage the same way...
Dinner tonight was her first-ever roast chicken, stuffed with a
rice-basil-cilantro-garlic-onion-hab mix, and a fried rice accompaniment,
with the leftover stuffing, more rice, mushrooms, capsicums, and bok choy --
I'd normally never add wet vegies to rice, but it really worked -- I'm
experimenting further with this :)
anyway, I 'm being poked in the ribs, so I assume it's time for bed ;)
seeyas all (this is where I'd disappeared to the last few months -- making
this all happen (no, NOT the dinner) was a hell of a lot of work. I hope to
be back to the list soon...)
jbc