So here's what I'm eating lately

[kleenexwoman]

Last night I made hummus in a blender. I couldn't find any tahini, so I used some drained garbonzo beans, a little too much garlic, a little too much lemon juice, and some olive oil; it ended up tasting a little gross, so I added some teriyaki sauce (it had sesame seeds...) and some peanut butter. It doesn't taste quite like hummus, but it tastes okay. I had some on a sandwich with salted tomato slices and pane rustica. After I use this batch up, I'm going to go to a few more stores and see if I can find tahini.

After class today I'm going to bake me some bacon and chocolate chip cookies! I have a volunteer who's paying for the ingredients. :) We're going to use fake bacon if we can find it, but if not, real bacon will be used and I will make an exception to my new no-meat policy for the sake of experience.

Comments

[josephwaldman.livejournal.com]

I do believe that oatmeal/bacon/chocolate-chip cookies would be just about the most delicious thing ever made. With a slice (or twelve) of American cheese on top.

[kleenexwoman.livejournal.com]

Eeeew, it's got oatmeal in it, that stuff is all healthy and gross.

[josephwaldman.livejournal.com]

Yeah, but it's so healthy and bland and gross that you're compelled to go totally overboard adding sugar and stuff to it, so that by the time you're done, you might as well have just stuck your head under the soft-serve ice-cream nozzle in the cafeteria and let 'er rip.

[kleenexwoman.livejournal.com]

Then why the hell would you put it in a cookie in the first place? Texture? I don't think so. If I wanted texture I'd go chew on Brillo.

[josephwaldman.livejournal.com]

If I wanted texture I'd go chew on Brillo.

Which, I will point out proudly, was invented by a relative of mine.

[benprime.livejournal.com]

Tahini will make all the difference. Why? It's hard to know. Let's say 'because of harmony'. Tahini adds.. a bass line to the garbanzo bean beat. You might be more likely to find it at alternative or organic food shops.. or possibly in so-called ethnic markets.

However, do not lose the spirit of kitchen experimentation! Both the tried and true recipe and the intuitive free experiment have a place. Especially if you're more restricted in your basic ingredients.

[kleenexwoman.livejournal.com]

I wonder if I can make tahini at home...!!! I can. I just need bulk sesame seeds. O glorious day!

[benprime.livejournal.com]

Oh _really_ from scratch. That's lunatic talk. Stuff and nonsense. Only Scientific High-Industrial Technology(tm) can be used to make food ingredients like... ground sesame seeds. Next you will think you can even _grow_ some food yourself, such as herbs in a window box. Imagine if everyone thought as you do! Civilisation would never be the same again.

[kleenexwoman.livejournal.com]

Anarchy tastes like fresh ingredients!