tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14065816.post5054338144092598238..comments2023-08-09T04:53:47.459-05:00Comments on Driving Miss Dallas: I've had my buns in the kitchenMiss Dallashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16831133768123027451noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14065816.post-29900593065487568742008-02-02T18:47:00.000-06:002008-02-02T18:47:00.000-06:00Jo - thanks, I'd love to see your recipe. But now...Jo - thanks, I'd love to see your recipe. But now I have my mother here, I wonder why I haven't asked her to make them for me before. She only makes her own type! Or maybe it's *gulp* time for me to do my own baking. I don't bake, though I do cook....uh-ohhhh...<BR/><BR/>Yes, I do believe it is possible to obtain the black gold that is molasses here nowadays ;)Oliviahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04014351759393921274noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14065816.post-4419121005118297902008-02-01T08:23:00.000-06:002008-02-01T08:23:00.000-06:00Liv: Yes, I did put more than a bra on, but I hate...Liv: Yes, I did put more than a bra on, but I hate boob harnesses on the weekends! It's so pointless!<BR/><BR/>I'll e-mail you my recipe for bran muffins. I find that bran muffins are so comforting during the winter. I made like, a dozen and Dave and I have had one for breakfast every morning this week! Just pop it in the microwave for 15 seconds and it's like it just came from the oven! So nice!<BR/><BR/>I don't know if "You English" will have all the ingredients for them, though. Do y'all have molasses over there? <BR/><BR/>I find that store-bought muffins are much too big. They really must be cut in half or shared. If you ate an entire store-bought muffin that's almost 600 calories!!! Crazy talk!<BR/><BR/>Matt: I've made Dal before, and we've got this Krishna temple called Kalachandji's in my old neighborhood that has the most spectacular vegetarian Indian buffet, complete with a spicy dal, curry and saffron rice, steamed veggies and some sort of caserole most days. For dessert you get your choice of spiced raisin bread, bread pudding or rice pudding. They also have the most fabulous tamarind cooler.<BR/><BR/>Do give me the recipe for this Sag Aloo stuff. Sounds right up my alley. I'm afraid to say the name of it out loud becuase someone might think I've sneezed!Miss Dallashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16831133768123027451noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14065816.post-61159379002939132452008-02-01T07:23:00.000-06:002008-02-01T07:23:00.000-06:00Lol! I think i am regressing, i've already staretd...Lol! I think i am regressing, i've already staretd on the 'You English' comments (Rugby season, what ca I say?). Luckily I follow it up with wildly inaccurate and ludicrous statements, so I hope you are both taking it in the spirit that its meant!<BR/><BR/>Sag Aloo - totally Veggie - it's a potato and spinach side dish with various other flavourings. I suggest you look into Dhaals too - lentil based thingys. I'll let you know if i do a totally veggie curry!MattJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08801624454432641644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14065816.post-1149896792123515212008-01-31T19:58:00.000-06:002008-01-31T19:58:00.000-06:00P.S. I noticed Matt is in a very "you Americans" m...P.S. I noticed Matt is in a very "you Americans" mood today, even I got it from him! So I countered with a bit of "you Brits". hehe!Oliviahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04014351759393921274noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14065816.post-43275904342429804362008-01-31T19:56:00.000-06:002008-01-31T19:56:00.000-06:00Woot! Jo posted! And made me giggle!:)Like when ...Woot! Jo posted! And made me giggle!<BR/><BR/>:)<BR/><BR/>Like when you said you'd peel off your jammies and put on a bra to go to the store. What, only a bra?? <BR/><BR/>Ah, wickedness, I must be feeling better.<BR/><BR/>Anyway, I'm glad you're not moving to Seattle yet because that would minimise my (and Matt's) chances of meeting up with you in Houston any time soon.<BR/>although I understand the allure. My dad once went on a business trip to Portland, took a hike in the wilderness, and got SO excited he called us from practically a mountaintop, and he had such bad reception we could barely hear him. <BR/><BR/>Oh, and re: the curry flavoured snacks. Did Matt ever mention that curry has overtaken fish n chips as the national dish of Britain? Yep.<BR/><BR/>Oh ! Nearly forgot. I LOVE BRAN MUFFINS. Mum used to bake them in The Woodlands for brekkie every week. Lacking that, I've always rather liked the ones from Kroger.<BR/><BR/>It beats me why I simply cannot find bran muffins in major food shops here. You get choc chip, even blueberry, cranberry, white choc, but no bloody bran muffins. Shame on them. And before you tell me to bake my own...I've got the mixes from the US but even they don't turn out the same here. :(<BR/><BR/>Anyway, before I surpass your blog length I shall bid you goodnight and just say it's good to see you back.Oliviahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04014351759393921274noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14065816.post-75433773370275484832008-01-31T15:34:00.000-06:002008-01-31T15:34:00.000-06:00Thanks for your long-ish reply, Matt! Nothing comp...Thanks for your long-ish reply, Matt! Nothing compared to my epic post, though. <BR/><BR/>I just thought that since you barbarians in Wales didn't have carott cake cookies that you haven't had the joy of good golly curry crisps. I correct myself, thankyouverymuch!<BR/><BR/>This Sag Aloo thing sounds good, but is it vegetarian? We prefer to eat only vegetarian curry and stuff.<BR/><BR/>Pirates do suck, but the Rangers (our hometeam) sucks worse. Seahawks are awful, too.<BR/><BR/>-JoMiss Dallashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16831133768123027451noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14065816.post-56241458004852608382008-01-31T14:26:00.000-06:002008-01-31T14:26:00.000-06:00pfffft! Please you silly American! We have had c...pfffft! Please you silly American! We have had curry flavoured crisps for years! They even made curry flavoured Twiglets until they saw the error of their ways!<BR/><BR/>Both of these items (especially the Twiglets) are abominations in the eyes of the Lord. Twiglets should only be in original Marmite flavour so that only the righteous eat them - they repel those with Evil in their souls.<BR/><BR/>And besides, the 'curry' flavouring they use is like an artist's impression of what they think curry may taste like. I spurn your Curry flavoured crisps until such a time as I can evaluate their quality! - and I am still waiting on those damnable cookies you foul temptress! :D besides - why have curry flavoured crisps when I can just dip crisps in curry? :D<BR/><BR/>However, having said all of that you get super Kudos for the use of the word crisps. All right-thinking people know that chips are what you have with meals, hot deep fried/oven baked potatoey goodness!<BR/><BR/>As always I am immensely jealous of your baking skills, I am still terrified of even trying having no ability for precision and I see your stuff and just think there is no point in me even trying!<BR/><BR/>$1500 per month, seriously I am weeping in jealousy here - rent and house prices around here will make you vomit up your pelvis! A Seattle move would be OK too, the Seahawks are marginally less evil than the Cowboys despite having that fluorescent Garbage Pale Kidz green trim to their kit ;)<BR/><BR/>Incidentally you can tell Dave that I have decided to be a Pirates fan to complete my Pittsburgh team supporterness. Not least because they apparently suck major ass, so I won't have to work too hard to follow them.<BR/><BR/>Sorry for the long reply, but you know how we miss you when you are gone! <BR/><BR/>PS -Did I send you the chicken thigh curry recipe? I am going to look at some kind of veggie one soon - in the mean time I have a Sag Aloo and a Tandoori monkfish thingy I tried the other week that went down pretty well?MattJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08801624454432641644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14065816.post-84313380777596401672008-01-31T10:29:00.000-06:002008-01-31T10:29:00.000-06:00Great looking bread. You've inspired me to make s...Great looking bread. You've inspired me to make some this weekend.The Maiden Metallurgisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05897256429726150185noreply@blogger.com