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do you need to crush them? my mom just strewed them straight. maybe not enough water?

gravy.

that's pretty cool.

it would have to have been someplace dry and dusty with little water to be had, for the hands to be dirty like that. is yogurt a product of the middle east?

huh. that is very interesting. and makes sense too. so what types of worms are we talking? pinworms? tapeworms?

me either. but the when i did, yes. he was also a heck of a sandwich maker. my dad also cooks on occassion. soemtimes it's good, sometimes, not so much.

a fig and tamarind chutney sounds like a good idea....

i love street vendors. don't forget the paan-makers. you're going to goa and kerala too no?

you could make hot sauce or some sofrito to use later on as seasonings...that's what my roommates planning on doing with the peppers she got this year. here's a bunch of sofrito recipes. they seem light on the chili, but we don't eat like that in my house. http://www.caribbeanseeds.com/sofrito.htm

yeah - i've heard that too Adam. i always thought it came possibly from tantric hindu ritual. that is a curious one isn't it?

so you think parasites may be involved, adam? can you explain further?

Maybe you got some that was past its prime. maybe. it just tasted comparable to land o lakes to me. i also didn't understand kerrygold either. it was no plugra. my company sells VB&C i found out. i'll see if i can get some from us, and skip a link in the chain.

ohh..i thought you meant saffron as in sparingly because it was prescious. lovingly works tho. just don't be stingy with it! *lol* do you keep a stash of coriander seeds on hand? i wonder if you sprinkled a few seeds each week if you could be kept in it all summer....

like saffron? why? if it ages, you'll lose it! actually my mom's also managed to grow curry leaf from cuttings i think she smuggled on her last trip. or maybe she found a tropical plant dealer here. that one is thriving.

7-11 coffee ain't too bad either. we used to mix it with all the different creamer flavors. after a pack of each, no need for sugar. and mongo - it definitely wasn't me - i didn't cook anything for her or encourage ot eat anything she wasn't supposed to eat.

the green collection sounds very compelling.

thank you so much for appeasing my curiosity andiesenji. you go! i wish i had the time, wherewithal, knowledge, and oh yeah - land to do the stuff you get to do. martha would be jealous.

maybe ethnic?

*lol* rock on stovetop. excellent points.

*lmao* at this hidden simpsons reference! i'm sorry i can't be of much help - i refuse to pay for insulated cups when companies throw them at me for free. (i also only drink one cup of coffee a day, so it's not so much of a priority)

ahh....as frosting. i wounder what it would be like to make the usual pound cake recipe with gems in the batter?

like in the cake batter itself? i've got one memory of eating gems at a circus my father took me to when i was really little. and promptly sicking everything up shortly after. it was a good time.

agreed. altho it makes for tough-going sometimes.

everytime i see this thread title i try to come up with a 5 letter expletive.

uhhh.....maybe.