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Apr. 22nd, 2011 05:27 pmDinner tonight is chicken soup with kniedlach, which is very appropriate to the season. What's not quite as appropriate is that I forgot to get the usual vegetables, so the soup is made with coriander (instead of celery tops), button squash (instead of parsnip), brown onion (instead of brown onion, and purple carrot. The base I used was exceptionally jellied and clear (I have 8 more tubs of this bouillon in the freezer, waiting suitable occasion). Put all the ingredients together and you get very tasty soup that just happens to be purple.
Now I'm wondering if I should spice it interestingly, to match the colour, or if I should leave it on the traditionalish side, to match the kneidlach. Maybe I'll squeeze a bit of lemon in at the last minute.
Not much other news. Today is a slow day. I have four books still to read and have only read two (today's aim was six - that would have finished the current batch from the library and would have made me feel terrifyingly virtuous, as there are only 15 books to get from the local library system after this). I wanted to finish them all today and do lots of writing tomorrow, but instead I shall finish them by 5 pm tomorrow and do the writing tomorrow evening and in the interstices of seeing friends, on Sunday.
My body tells me I need to hibernate. I am ignoring my body. I am, however, admiring my purple broth. It's a very pretty colour. The coriander leaf and the yellow squash make the pot look like stained glass.
Now I'm wondering if I should spice it interestingly, to match the colour, or if I should leave it on the traditionalish side, to match the kneidlach. Maybe I'll squeeze a bit of lemon in at the last minute.
Not much other news. Today is a slow day. I have four books still to read and have only read two (today's aim was six - that would have finished the current batch from the library and would have made me feel terrifyingly virtuous, as there are only 15 books to get from the local library system after this). I wanted to finish them all today and do lots of writing tomorrow, but instead I shall finish them by 5 pm tomorrow and do the writing tomorrow evening and in the interstices of seeing friends, on Sunday.
My body tells me I need to hibernate. I am ignoring my body. I am, however, admiring my purple broth. It's a very pretty colour. The coriander leaf and the yellow squash make the pot look like stained glass.