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| Finally, a use for the Ginzu... |
Too much zucchini and eggplant. Never enough tomatoes.
I killed my squash plant by accidentally uprooting it weeding out actual weeds, thanks to the netting that was protecting it from rabbits. But eggplant is something I have to buy every time I hit a farmers market, because it's so pretty, and tasty.
My new solution: eggplant bacon. Still perfecting my recipe, but... where has it been all my life?
The New Yorker had an interesting article about S.E. Hinton's role in the development of YA fiction. I am only slightly dissembling if I say my butch identity was largely formed by her books, particularly That Was Then But This is Now and The Outsiders. The latter made me want to be greaser cool but the former made me think about ethics and masculinity, if not sexism.
Apparently, I'm not the only one
influenced by Sodapop and Ponyboy. That looks just like my well-worn copy, which came to me already dogeared 35+ years ago...
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| Vegan blintzes for Helsinki 2017/ Worldcon 75!! |
I'm reading lots of Estonian, Finnish, and Swedish fiction these days. Mostly not sff, tho some literary specfic like Mati Unt's Diary of a Blood Donor. Definitek not written to be a thriller or what if, but a political satire/critique.
I'm also reading from and about Barbara Deming, feminist, lesbian, CR, and peace movement activist and theorist of nonviolence without a religious focus. She was born around the same time as Tiptree/Sheldon and Highsmith and started out as a poet and film critic but ended up a direct action activist and nonfiction writer, of memoir and theory.
I don't have much to say about the books. It's early, and I'm hungry. I will share the best sourdough pancake/waffle recipes I've found, in pretty extensive testing: Here.
http://breadtopia.com/sourdough-waffles-and-pancakes/
Read the comments there if you have questions- lots of good advice. I sub arrowroot powder (1 Tbsp w 2 Tbsp water) for eggs and soymilk with no problems.
Jackie's sourdough pancakes
3 eggs
1 cup milk
2 cups Sourdough Starter
1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
2 teaspoons baking powder
1 1/2 teaspoons salt
1/4 cup granulated sugar
1/4 cup butter melted
Beat eggs in a medium bowl. Add milk and sourdough starter. Sift together flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt, and sugar; add to the egg mixture, mixing well. Stir in melted butter. Lightly grease a hot griddle. Drop the batter by 1/4 cup onto the griddle and cook until light brown, turning once. Makes 6 servings.
Jon's sourdough waffles
(I sub vegan things and whole wheat,
Heat the following in a pan until the butter is melted and then let cool to room temperature.
4 oz (1/2 cup or 115 g) butter
8 oz (1 cup or 225 g) milk
Add the milk-butter mixture to: 9 oz (about a cup or 255g) white starter
1 tsp salt
1 Tbsp (packed) brown sugar
6 oz (about 1 1/2 cups or 170 g) all purpose flour
Mix these together to form a thick batter, cover the bowl tightly with plastic wrap and let stand at room temperature for 8-14 hours. If you do this before going to bed, you’ll have the batter ready for breakfast the next day.
Preheat your waffle iron for 10-15 minutes. Uncover the batter and whisk in 2 large eggs and 1/4 tsp baking soda. Pour 1/2 to 3/4 cups of batter on the hot waffle iron and close the lid. Let cook for 3-5 minutes until golden brown and crisp.
Mmmm.
