I am still internet-deprived, but Lilandra is visiting so neither of us have updated our blogs. I am at work, so I have an unfair advantage For the past 10 years I have heard much about how nobody every invited her to visit Barbados (never mind she was busy doing A-Levels and [...]
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News from Aberdeen
January 31, 2007 – 12:50 pm
Hmmm and The Other Aberdonian have news. Congratulations!!! I am very happy and excited.
6 Weird (Food) Facts About Me
January 21, 2007 – 8:43 am
I was tagged.
So, without further ado…and with no knowledge of the consequences…here are 6 Weird Food Facts About Me:
1. I can’t stand poultry and cheese. Love chicken, sometimes turkey, and love cheese, but cannot eat them together. I think it’s grounded in a dish Lilandra and I made many many years ago, when we were [...]
Answers to Questions - Hmmm’s Questions!
January 18, 2007 – 2:25 am
So, my good friend, former roommate and longtime reader posted some questions for me the other day. I try to be good, so here are my answers!
1) Do you prefer hot dogs and hambugers…and why and what do you like on them?
I can’t stand hotdogs - sausages and most preserved, cured or smoked meats [...]
Hmmm…Someone should be Blogging!
January 14, 2007 – 8:45 pm
The following is a comment that was posted on my blog just today. A Comment! From my friend and frequent commenter, who does not yet have a blog. So, while I will answer these questions, I thought I would begin the campaign for people who have time to surf the net, read my blog every [...]
A Collection of Thoughts
January 11, 2007 – 1:07 am
I sit here in Barbados, poaching wireless internet from some poor soul we have dubbed our Unknown Benefactor, but I don’t have at hand the materials for what was planned as my next post. As the last of my ‘Id ul Adha recipes, Malaysian Beef Rendang by Chennette was to find its way onto the [...]
From Barbados
January 5, 2007 – 10:54 pm
I feel odd, not having been able to be online whenever I want, sending email, blogging, chatting, downloading stuff (stuff that shall remain nameless lest the wrong people think I am breaking laws of some kind…;-)) So, my last night in the hotel (or at least this hotel!) here I am. No meeting tomorrow, [...]
‘Id ul Adha, creating traditions
January 1, 2007 – 10:28 pm
This is my second ‘Id ul Adha in Guyana. At least this year my sister and niece were also here; last year sister the elder was in Trinidad, bearing the niece in her belly. I seem to be creating new traditions for myself, and these will be reflected in the recipes I will be posting [...]
Eating my mother’s food
December 16, 2006 – 2:39 pm
I have been island-hopping this week, and you can expect little posts about that soon. But in the middle of the frantic rushes through hotels, and airports and planes and airports again, I ended up home for the weekend. Officially - I am not breaking biche. I have been instructed to remain in Trinidad, rather [...]
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