today i ate my very first piece of Limburger cheese

[cornerofmadness]

At our motivational meeting. My coworker told me it wasn't as bad as the smell. SHE LIED. Dear god, that was foul. I bolted thru my first glass of wine just trying to erase the taste. I've tasted rank food before but that was right up at the top. SHe has freezedried durian. I guess that's my next daring taste temption.

speaking of tasty here's two recipes.



Riboletta

2tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil, plus some for drizzling at the table
4 large cloves garlic, chopped
1 medium onion, chopped
2 carrots, peeled and diced
2 ribs celery, chopped
1 fresh laurel leaf or 1 dried bay leaf - fresh bay is available in herb section of larger markets
Coarse salt and freshly ground black pepper
2 cans small white beans, such as Goya brand, cannellini beans may be substituted but look for cans marked "small white beans" on international foods aisle of market
6 cups chicken stock or broth
2 cups tomato sauce
3 cups stale chewy Italian bread, crust removed and bread torn into pieces, about 1/2 a loaf

1 small white onion, thinly sliced or finely chopped, for garnish
1 cup grated Parmigiano-Reggiano, for garnish

Heat a deep, heavy bottomed pot over moderate heat. Add oil, garlic, onions, carrots, celery and bay to the pot. Season vegetables with salt and pepper and saute until they begin to soften 5 to 7 minutes. Add beans, stock and tomato sauce. Bring soup to a boil over medium high heat. Remove lid and stir in torn stale bread. Stir soup and incorporate bread as it breaks down. When soup is becomes thick and bread is distributed evenly, adjust seasoning and serve the soup in shallow bowls. Some ribolittas are so thick, the spoon can stand upright. This is a subjective technique. Make yours as thick or thin, as you like with the addition of either more bread or additional stock or water.

Top shallow bowlfuls of soup with thinly sliced or finely chopped raw onion, a drizzle of extra- virgin olive oil and a generous sprinkling of grated Parmigiano-Reggiano.



This is a really good breakfast or lunch

3/4 cup of old fashioned rolled oats
1/4 cup slice almonds

OR 1 cup of muesli like bob's red mill (NOT the instant stuff in the box, ditto oats, you can't use instant)

1/2 cup of plain low fat greek yogurt (or just plain yogurt if you can't get Greek)

1/4 cup low-fat milk

2-4 tablespoon honey

1. preheat oven to 350. Place oats and almonds on a rimmed b aking sheet. Bake 7-8 minutes until the almonds are golden. let cool to room temp.

in a small bowl (preferrably one you can cover) stir together 3/4 cup of the toasted mix, yogurt and milk. Cover and refrigerate until oats are soft 1 hour or up to overnight (I prefer this since who wants to get up an hour early...)

spoon museli into two bowls, top with apple and remaning oats and drizzle on honey. 462 calories, 13 g protein, 15 g fat, 73 g carb 6 g fiber)


wish i could have written more today. But as I was debating if i should write that m/m erotica in Pompeii for Dreamspinner's 'guardian spirit' anthology THIS comes on (points to music, thanks ELD)

eta - woot, looks like i'll break a quarter of the way there this weekend

10836 / 50000 words. 22% done!

Comments

[evil-little-dog.livejournal.com]

hee hee hee, glad to be of assistance.

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

it also occurs that my vampire Maddelena was a pompeii prostitute as a mortal

[bob_fish.livejournal.com]

Yum, that museli looks delicious. Ribollita is delicious!

I've never had Limburger but I totally want to try it! Have you ever had Stinking Bishop? I swear I'm not making it up, it's an English soft cheese that people say smells like smelly socks. It tastes quite nice, though.

I went to Malaysia a few years ago and totally missed out on the durian fruit, although they do have pictorial signs on the metro saying you're not allowed to eat durian. I'm off to Singapore in a week to visit my sister-in-law and am totally making it a mission to try durian then.

You should totally write that Pompeii boysex. The signage they have on the street pointing to the brothel there is in the shape of a cock. Now that's class. Also, the actual brothel is supposed to contain the oldest painting depicting lesbian sex in the world. H and I were totally disappointed that it's so faded it could be a picture of elephants doing handstands for all we could tell.

[0-mother-0.livejournal.com]

When you find a food revolting (you who like strange foods), it must really be repellent. *shudder*

[wildrider.livejournal.com]

I don't think I've ever tried limberger, but I have tried some smelly cheeses that aren't too bad.

On the other hand, durian is pretty good (at least, whipped into a fruit smoothie, courtesy of framefolly).

I didn't write much yesterday, either. I made a pretty good thin-crust pizza, though.

[evil-little-dog.livejournal.com]

That definitely helps.

Wait, she's been around THAT long?

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

oh yeah, she's ancient

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

THere are some smelly cheeses I love but not this. Right now I'm loving on a non-smelly a 1000 day old gouda which is pretty much salt at this point.

you're the first person to say durian was good. Even Andrew Zimmern couldn't choke it down. I'm curious to taste the fruit that defeated that man.

mmm pizza

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

I have not heard of Stinking Bishop but with a name like that I'd have to at least try it. Andrew Zimmern on Bizarre Foods was wandering around the east end of London in an old repeat that I finally saw and was feasting on jellied eels...that was one of the most disgusting looking things I've ever seen.

Cool. Have fun in Singapore and if you try the durian, let me know how bad/good it was

I don't want the boy sex to interfere with nano but I DO want to write it. My vampire, the one that did place in the quarterfinals of Amazon's novel contest was a Pompeiian prostitute in her mortal life. Somewhere around here I have books with tons of great photos from pompeii.

Too bad about that painting. WHen I watched the sex in the ancient world-Egypt they had a papyrus with a woman masturbating with an amphora. I think it almost frightened me

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

it was

[wildrider.livejournal.com]

Mmmmmm, Gouda.

Well, bear in mind it WAS in a smoothie. However, framefolly is from Taiwan, and said that's what it tasted like. I can imagine having more trouble with the actual fruit, though, because a LOT of my taste is wound up in my strong sense of smell, and even in the smoothie I had to hold my breath.

[bob_fish.livejournal.com]

Jellied eels ... do you know, I haven't tried them yet! You can only get them in a few places now, but I'm quite ashamed I haven't had any. I'm going to put that on my to-do list now. Steak and kidney pie is usually high on people's list of bizarre British foods. It's actually delicious when cooked well.

Pompeii rules - so does Herculaneum. In the latter there are intact takeout shops still with the mosaic counters with holes in for pots of dubious stew. It's so cool seeing glimpses of people's everyday lives so long ago.

Amphora = hee. I expect as a doctor you have the usual range of amusing inadvisable object insertion stories from training stints in ER? Helen's best one involves a wine glass. The bowl end.

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

I don't like organ meat so steak and kidney pie is far down on the list of things I'd want to eat. I would nibble on someone else's pie if they offered me a bite. Actually I don't lke eel either.

I really want to see Pompeii though I know they're limiting tourism to keep the place from falling a part. I love history (another reason I want to visit England too)

oh yes, my best has to be the campbell soup can up the ass (he 'fell' on it while standing on the kitchen counter and slipped off while apparently cleaning naked...uh huh. sure)

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

yeah a few of my Asian friends have been urging me to try it all the while snickering. You just know they're waiting for me to gag.

and yeah strong strong sense of smell here. But i will try it if offered.

[bob_fish.livejournal.com]

I went to Pompeii in summer '08 and it was full of tourists - maybe the limits are a recent thing? England's got some good stuff but Italy is amazingly blessed with astoundingly well-preserved architecture from the ancient world to the renaissance ... I've never seen anything like it. Plus they have the best food. Lucky sods.

Campbell soup tin ... that's deranged. I'll have to tell Helen that one. You wonder how people manage the logistics of some of these things - I mean, you'd have to work quite hard to achieve that. It's amazing how everyone's excuse seems to be that they fell while naked. There was a great Scrubs joke where they had a succession of object-up-the-passage patients saying "I fell on it ... I fell on it ... I fell on it" and then the last guy just shrugs and says "I was bored."

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

that or maybe greed for tourist dollars won out over conservation concerns. I want to go to Italy and see my relatives but from the States we're looking at a few thousand dollars to make that voyage and I don't have it.

Oh I know right? Just once i'd like to see them be honest, 'I miscalculated' and/or was too poor/dumb/embarrassed to buy the proper toys for the job

[evil-little-dog.livejournal.com]

GEEZE.

[bob_fish.livejournal.com]

Ouch! I'm very lucky, here cheapo local flights make Italy very well in reach. On the other hand, at least you live in a country with some of the most amazing wilderness and landscapes in the world? Plus, pancakes with maple syrup and crispy bacon. I just typed that and got hungry.

I know, you do hear about some of these things, and think, goodness, why didn't you just go to a nice internet shop and buy something that would be easier to get out of your bottom after.

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

well yes America does have a vast and wonderful array of landscapes (and still not cheap flights...) I've seen quite a bit of it too. and yes indeed that is a breakfast option hmmm do i have those things in the pantry?

At least when I did my residency the internet was just kicking off and it was all dial up mostly you had to go to sex shops but nowadays, really there is no excuse.

another favorite is how many men didn't know Dustbusters have beater bars in them. You can just see the thought process. Hmmm this sucks up dirt like mad. WOW it'll give me the best blow job ever....

[bob_fish.livejournal.com]

Now I've thought of it I only wish I had maple syrup in the cupboard.

Dustbusters? Hahahahahaha I really shouldn't laugh, but. That's one up from the vacuum cleaner trouble story. I see the thought process but - honestly, if it's worth buying a motorcycle helmet if you ride a bike, it's worth investing in appliances that won't snag your bits/get stuck up your alcoves. I think the tax for these things is that the doctors who treat you will blatantly tell their mates in one form or other.

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

I do not (being diabetic I don't keep it around much) but i DID have maple syrup rock candy I bought at the Bob Evans Farm fest

Really if you do stuff this dumb you deserve to be talked about

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

Sulien dates back to the 1100's and Ilarion is even OLDER than Maddie

[evil-little-dog.livejournal.com]

I don't remember Ilarion.

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

he is only mentioned in this novel toward the end. He made Maddie and cared for Sulien after his rescue. He's one of the heads of their organization

[evil-little-dog.livejournal.com]

Ahhhhh. Yeah, it's been too long to remember someone who shows up at the end....