Fry Day

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1. What is your favourite food?

Bread. The real crusty stuff made with organic unbleached flour and served with my other favorites

Cheese, butter and peanut butter (the crunchy stuff made of 100% Oz peanuts & a bit of salt. You can tell because the oil floats on top)

2. What is your favourite food preparation method?

Roast, grilled or fried.

Especially garlic, potatoes and cauliflower


3. What is your favourite cuisine or style of cooking?

I have SO many.

Mainly Mediterranean, Malaysian, Mexican and Japanese.

Mexican minus the chili because I love all the other ingredients. Especially corn & avocados

Same with Malaysian.

It's a bit if a cheat since it's a fusion of Indonesian, Indian and Chinese cuisines.

I'm especially find of dhal, deep fried tofu or tempeh and anything with satay sauce.

Japanese - I consider to be summer munchies since so much of the best things are served cold.

We are lucky in Oz to have places like Sushi Hub and Saka.
Sushi is mainstream here rather than exclusive & extremely expensive.

Also, it was a Japanese scientist who came up with the concept of Umami.
The savoury flavour from Heaven & the one I am most addicted to.


4. Do you have any dietary restrictions and if so what are they?

I am diabetic. I happen to hate sugar & sweet things in general. But it's no free pass since carbs also get converted to sugar & I absolutely love bread and pasta

I'm technically a vegetarian because my rule is that I only eat meat or fish if I've killed it myself.


5. If you could introduce the whole world to one ingredient to improve their culinary experience, what would that be and why?

Only 1?

I'm greedy

My list includes pesto, pine nuts, peanut butter and freshly ground black pepper.

I'd pick the pepper as it's the most practical.

Pesto needs to be refrigerated & has a habit of leaking everywhere.
Pine nuts are expensive & it's almost impossible to get the Italian ones now. Chinese crap has flooded the market

But proper pepper ground beef s are portable. I even add a twist to coffee or Chai

Na NO

For the second November running, I did not sign up for Nanowrimo

I used to look forward to it every year since I first signed up in 2009 but since 2019 the magic has gone for me.

I made a conscious decision to sit it out in 2023 since my sister was here at the time and I did not want to be distracted by deadlines and daily quotas. Especially since I never did anything with all those words over the years.

Same with this year's visit to Eden Vale for the first 4 days of November & Dudley Dursleys plans to land in the Wild West on Friday 15th.
He chickened out just like last year.

But I have sussed out that when a source of fun becomes just another burdensome chore, then it's time to move on

Actually, since my sister's visit last October & November, I have darkened the door of the room with the Big Mac less than 5 times.

I just can't get back in the habit.

Then there were the scandals of 2022 when it turns out that Nano HQ were being rather economical with the truth & putting in a performance of buck passing & pretending that Cardinal Pell would be proud of.

I left the church over their despicable behaviour only to find the same MO popping up again.

I've gone from 50,000 words in November to almost nothing at all.

I think I need to get back in the habit of squiggling here more often.