Life, Interrupted

An entire box of grocery staples has disappeared.

Probably a plot to separate me from my dried seaweed.

It must be in a different box than I'm visualizing, is all I can think....

UPDATE: This was not the box you were looking for...move along.

The Un-Constipated Gourmet: Secrets to a Moveable Feast
Danielle Svetcov. Sourcebooks, $15.99 paper (288p) ISBN 9781402216725

Diners of all stripes and evacuation schedules will find Svetcov’s lighthearted collection of 125 colon-cleansing dishes informative and effective. The usual suspects (coffee, bran muffins, black bean and corn salad) are on display, but even veteran commode commandos will be surprised at some of Svetcov’s suggestions, including flourless chocolate cake with raspberries, bourbon truffles (she insists that chocolate has laxative properties) and yogurt smoothies that get a boost of fiber from supplements and fresh fruit. Virtually all her dishes are flavorful and simple–—wheat germ, flax meal and whole wheat pastry flour are about as outré as she gets—and the emphasis is on flavor rather than fiber content (to that end, Svetcov rates her recipes on a 10-point scale, ten being a dish best consumed within sprinting distance of a restroom). A collection of emergency heavy hitters includes jump-starters like prunes with warm brandy. Conversely, those who might have overdone it will appreciate Svetcov’s recommendations for slowing things down, such as baked potato with olive oil or matzo pancakes. (July)
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If prune juice is the drink of warriors, what is prune juice with warm brandy?

I meant to go to meet with Peter Beagle after his appearance at the Arboretum B&N. Went completely out of my head. I did, however, get enough paperwork picked up that I can dig out the final papers for taxes. I hate waiting this long, but it was wait or wipe myself out again.

I sure hope the entire FACT group did not also space that it's Tuesday, and it's Peter Beagle Day....

Did make it to dinner with marthawells, morfin, atcampbell and their friends R&PB last Saturday night. It was great to see everyone, and meet R&P properly. Poor AT had the "allergies are going to kill me, give me more drugs" look, and we broke up early so they could get him some place he could lie down.

Other than that, I am trying to space out the special cooking to one or two things a day. It doesn't tire me as much. Today I can report that a fruit mix of gala apples and plums with a touch of maple syrup, cinnamon, nutmeg, allspice and tapioca root starch as a thickener makes a great fruit mix for a crisp or on cereal. (I'm supposed to eat things cooked, not raw, right now. TLC for the body.) Also -- the beef, sweet potato, carrot, onion and rutabaga stew was so good, made with Imagine organic beef-flavored broth (actually containing beef broth!) that I didn't even season it. It needed nothing.

CORRECTION: I used a turnip, not a rutabaga. It was white with a lavender belt. Shades of Jillian Footseer....

Leftover cubes of sweet potato were cooked with a couple of fat shallots and a drizzle of maple sugar, and sprinkled with sea salt at the past. Awecome. It made two servings, and I also used it tonight with brown short and basmati rice, black-eyed peas and hummus on an Ezekiel burrito tortilla.

I should not even have to tell you how wonderful THAT was....