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Kitchri fail [Aug. 2nd, 2009|11:20 pm]
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So today I tried to make one of my Safta's recipes, a rice and lentil dish called Kitchri.

The recipe she gave me:

1 cup rice
1 cup lentils
2.5 cups of water
1 tablespoon tomato paste
some cumin and garlic
1/2 teaspoon salt and pepper

and when all that is done cooking, 1/2 stick of butter melted on top.

All this went into a pan and boiled, but when all the water boiled off (I turned the heat down from high to medium/low (or what I imagine is medium/low based on flame size on my stove) the rice and lentils weren't cooked and nothing tasted tomato-y at all, so I added another 1.5 cups water and 1 teaspoon tomato paste. and more garlic and cumin.

After the water boiled off this time it was all cooked (maybe a little too cooked) but there was no flavor. I'm not sure what I could have done to make it better, and though my safta is probably already awake, calling her now would wake up my parents and brothers (who are in Israel right now too) and I should probably wait until tomorrow morning EST to call.

Until then, any suggestions? I ate some for dinner with a lot of cheese mixed in, and i really want to try again . . but I have so many leftovers to eat first! I should have started with half the recipe. . . oy!
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(no subject) [Jul. 28th, 2009|06:50 pm]
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Good cheap external hard-drives. . . go?

I'm looking for something where I can back up all of the stuff on my laptop because I don't trust it to not fall apart over the course of the next year. Asked for this for my birthday, actually, but I don't know that I trust it to work through the end of September either.

So . . . who has them? What kind? Where do you find them? Is the internet a good idea? Is something like Best Buy a better bet?

Does it matter what kind of computer I have? If so, it's a Dell.
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(no subject) [Jul. 11th, 2009|10:39 am]
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[Current Mood |annoyedannoyed]

warning: second edit in this post is a little gross.

i set my alarm for 9 this morning, despite having gone to bed a little after 2 last night, intent on waking up, showering, and going to shul. a little while before 9 a fly woke me up. no, seriously. this fly is so loud that i can hear it flying on the other side of my (fairly large) Parsons double. it kept flying to the windows, which i've kept closed because they have no screen and i don't want bugs flying in (but there are some in my room every day). ok, so, clearly the solution is to open the window and get it to fly out, right? this literally took an hour of sending it flying back and forth across the room and, a little after ten, it finally got back out. in the meantime, i had decided that i was too tired for shul and would take a nap. not even two minutes later, i hear this fly buzzing again, but the window is still closed. so clearly, there's a way in. wonderful. and it's right by my bed. even better.
anyway, after another half hour of fighting with this thing, it finally flew out the window again. and, of course, flew right back in through whatever opening it has found less than a minute later.and it's still on the window, buzzing away and keeping me up.

seriously? i so don't approve. and am considering moving my bed.

[edit] i seriously don't know what to do with this anymore. it turns out that every time i get rid of one another comes in. not even kidding. got one to fly out the door (sorry parsons) and another came in. caught number 2 in a water bottle and oh, there's number three. WHAT IS THIS?!

[edit #2, 6:56 pm] started killing the flies. am at dead fly #6 and #7 is already flying around. one exploded and lots of unborn fly larvae came out and wiggled around. i have not been this grossed out in a really, really, really, really long time.
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(no subject) [Mar. 11th, 2009|11:31 am]
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I'll be back in London in fewer than 24 hours. This past month, unlike the first one, has passed by really quickly. Wow.

Today I went back to many of my favorite places: I took the RER to St. Michel and walked around Rue de la Hauchette, and picked up a chicken, mayo, veggie baguette for "only" 3,60. Then I crossed to L'ile de la Cite and L'ile St.-Louis, to get to Rue de Rosiers, where the Jewish bakeries and falafel places are. Afterwards, back to the St. Paul area to look at bakeries one more time with Sarah (they're just so good), and then along the Seine until Notre Dame, inside (i find something new that I didn't see before every time I go in. It's just beautiful), back to Rue de la Hauchette for Nutella flavored gelato (that might be my new favorite ice cream flavor. I wonder if Herrells would make it . . .), and one more walk along the Seine, past Pont-Neuf, and back to Les Halles to catch the RER home. I got back 25 minutes before the bus, so I got to walk around the gardens by the castle here one more time, too. And it was sunny and warm today and just wonderful.

And now packing. What the hell did I do with my Oyster card??
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(no subject) [Mar. 7th, 2009|01:33 pm]
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hamentaschen recipe please? anyone have a good one? preferably by. . .oh . . . tonight or tomorrow morning?

thank you so so so much!
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(no subject) [Feb. 26th, 2009|10:26 am]
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[Current Mood |lonelylonely]
[Current Location |le mesnil le roi, france]

tell me a story? any story . . . about your day, about life. made up or real. please? i'd love to hear from anyone who reads this.

and if you'd like something in return leave your e-mail address, and i will do my best to send something fun.
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love actually is all around us [Dec. 18th, 2008|11:04 pm]
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my friends just came into my room with the sweetest card ever and a pint of Herrell's ice cream.
have i mentioned that I love Chapin?
they'll even help me carry the fridge downstairs :).
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(no subject) [Dec. 10th, 2008|10:45 pm]
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i would really, really like to have next semester figured out. a lot.
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(no subject) [Jul. 27th, 2008|03:07 am]
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Israel:

family lovely but ill. rather lonely. pretty here. counting down days 'til home next sunday after midnight (ok, monday) and also feeling like i don't have enough time left here.

interesting. 3 in the morning, though, and thus bed time
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(no subject) [Jul. 8th, 2008|10:38 pm]
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dear summer,

you are so long.

love,
yael

dear plane ride,

you come too soon.

love,
yael
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