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[nny]

I'm making vegetable korma for the flatmates. Well, stir-in sauce, but at least the vegetables aren't frozen, this time. *grins*

When it comes to it, I can't cook. I can make scrambled eggs, simple pasta sauces, stir fry. I really want to learn, now that I've got the time and the energy - not to mention that it's going to be considerably easier now that I have the funds for more than, like, bread.

If anyone has any recipes to offer, they'd be appreciated.

If you want to write 'em out on a bit of paper and send 'em to me, they'd be appreciated all the more. *grins*

I really hope people's days are going well. Me, I've been fairly productive, I'm making korma, and I'm going to watch Pirates of the Caribbean again for the first time in ages. So all in all, I'm feeling pretty good, really.

And share the love, right?



Comment if you want a song that reminds me of you.

If I don't know you so well, which may well be the case, say sorry, then you'll just get one of my Damned Fine Collection of songs.

*grins*

Comments

[copperbadge.livejournal.com]

I say you suggest that people write the recipes on POSTCARDS. That's what I plan to do.

*wants a soooong plz*

[villainny.livejournal.com]

*beams* Thankya, darlin'!

I'm sending you "Get a Move On" by Mr Scruff. His music was used an awful lot in Spaced (British sitcom, Shaun of the Dead creators) and another song of his is the ringtone on my mobile phone.

It's kinda cool, and kinda funky, and just. Yeah. Keep going, dude. I know things're hard right now, but they will get better. Trust me, I'm a genius.

I don't know if you'll like it or not 'cos our music tastes don't seem to be so much with the meshing, but I don't care. The beauty of the internet is that I don't have to watch you struggle to come up with a polite response.

[copperbadge.livejournal.com]

Omg! That's an actual song!

I do like it, I have for a while -- it's used in a car advert, over here, where the guy uses all the automatic push button features (doors opening, boot opening and closing, windshield wipers, seats adjusting) to keep rhythm with the jazz band playing this song nearby. I thought it was something the company came up with for the advert alone....

[silveraspen]

Cooking is a lovely and wonderful skill that I very much wish I had. I can make a few things, but for anything complex I depend on my sister and the cookbook she herself made and gave to me for Christmas one year.

She's also very good about giving me recipes with useful instructions, like: "Okay, so you start this appetizer first. Then you start working on this part of the entree. Now go back to the appetizer and do this. Etc. Then it will all be done at the right time."

She knows me well. Wish I had something useful to share! I will look. :)

Song? *hopeful wide-eyed glance*

[villainny.livejournal.com]

If you find anything at all, I'd be terribly grateful.

And for you, a song from the Amelie soundtrack. If you already have it, do let me know, and I'll send you another one. But this one - I'm sending it to you because it's a moment in the film where she takes a moment to record something off the TV that makes her happy, because it made her think of someone else.

Amelie is very much associated with you in my head, actually. You go so far out of your way to make sure that everyone around you is alright, and I adore that in you.

So.

Comptine d'un autre été. (http://s61.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=068T2L5INKZ8Z3H89V48MZUKG1)

[lunamystic]

I'm such a horrible cook. However, there are a few things I can manage. One is a chicken dish with portobello mushrooms, but you have to be really fond of mushrooms for that. Another is a bourbon pound cake. It is love, and can also be made with amaretto, Bailey's, etc. Do either of these sound interesting? Mmmm, song. :D

[villainny.livejournal.com]

Both of those would be greatly appreciated. I completely adore mushrooms, and... man. Cake and alcohol? There cannot be enough praise for something like that.

*grins*

For you, Going Downhill Fast by the Divine Comedy. It's really not as miserable as the title'd suggest - quite the reverse, in fact. It's a lovely cheering song, and it has butterflies (which is what made me think of it - your icon makes me think of summer days and butterflies), and you deserve pretty happiness in your life.

Going Downhill Fast. (http://s61.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=3FJ3EW0YB8LT33V8I617104H4Q)

[lunamystic]

E-mail sent! That song is love. *twirls you* Thanks. :D

[villainny.livejournal.com]

Hunh.

Still no sign of email. Was it to annysthetized(at)gmail.com?

And I'm really glad you liked the song. :)

[strange-selkie.livejournal.com]

I have recipes. :-)

[villainny.livejournal.com]

*grins lots*

If you'd send any to me I'd be forever grateful, darlin'.

And you didn't request a song, but you get one anyway - I don't know if I've sent this to you already, so if I have I apologise and I'll send you another. I'd kind of resolved not to send songs to two people by the same band, but there's really no escaping this one. It's just you.

I'm sending it by email since yousendit doesn't seem to like me.

*grins*

It's Neptune's Daughter by the Divine Comedy.

[tropes.livejournal.com]

I have loads of recipes. What sort do you want?

Song? We loves it.

[villainny.livejournal.com]

Anything that's edible, really. And not too time consuming - I want things I can put together after work.

Congratulations on the spider-slayage, by the way. You're far more impressive than I am - I hide behind people and squeal. (Although, to be fair, it was about the size of a mouse... XD)

For you, a cover by Ryan Adams, because I know you is liking the pretty boy voices (like the Decemberists, and dear Rufus). When it's not whined by Liam Gallagher, it's actually a bloody pretty song.

:-*

Wonderwall. (http://s61.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=15UKG9OOYZS1Q0WNZ55J3YSG8I)

[avariel-wings.livejournal.com]

Song please!

[villainny.livejournal.com]

Again, I'm sending by email because yousendit.com really doesn't like me.

For you, Light Up My Room by the Barenaked Ladies. Because I really have no idea at all what your music tastes might be, but this song makes me happy. It's really pretty, as the Barenaked Ladies do tend to be, and in some strange way it reminds me of Sheemie. Something about strange currents of energies, I think. So it seemed appropriate. :)

[vimeslady.livejournal.com]

I gave up cooking a very long time ago. I'm notorious for not cooking. My idea of fixing a nutritional meal is heating up Marie Callender chicken pot pies. I'm not adverse to having a bowl of popcorn for dinner. Any receipes I could come up with would come straight out of Betty Cocker's Cookbook, which is damn basic.

I'd still like a song, though.

[villainny.livejournal.com]

Mostly I eat frozen things. I mean, cooking pasta and heating up a jar of sauce is the height of cuisine, as far as I'm concerned. And of course you can have a song!

Hyperballad by Bjork and the Brodsky Quartet (http://s57.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=33YLVC2BTQGUB2HWCVFD2V2CJ3)

This is for you because... it's about coping techniques. It's about the fact that life is hard, but it's possible to get through it. You're a survivor, and you're doing so well, and I just... it sounds really patronising, but I'm so proud of you.

[vimeslady.livejournal.com]

That's beautiful in such an eerie and hypnotic way.

The thought is not patronizing; it's something to be cherished. Thank you.

[gramarye1971]

Ever tried making homemade applesauce? It's ridiculously simple, though it does mean you have to stand over a stove and keep mushing the apples. But it's the best way to get rid of apples that aren't quite good enough to eat on their own but don't deserve to be thrown away just yet.

I make my applesauce with however many apples I have to hand (five or six is usually good, no fewer than four and no more than eight). You can peel them if you like, but I normally just cut around the core and into large chunks, then toss them into a saucepan on medium heat. Then I add enough apple juice to cover the bottom of the pot to perhaps an inch or so. (If you don't have juice, water works as well, but use less of it.) As the juice starts to bubble, it'll cook the apples and they'll start to soften, and you keep stirring with a wooden spoon and mush them as you go along. I like to add ground ginger and nutmeg, a dash of each, to the cooking apples.

Once the apples have reached a suitably mushy consistency and they're no longer cooking in the liquid, the sauce is ready to be refrigerated. If you don't like chunky applesauce you can use a food processor or a hand mixer to smooth the chunks out. But I just turn it into a sealable bowl and refrigerate it until it's cold. (It also tastes delicious when served warm over vanilla ice cream, topped with nuts or granola.) And you'll have healthy homemade applesauce that you can season to taste -- adding sugar if it tastes overly tart, adding cinnamon or more ginger if you need to cut the sweetness.

It'll keep in the fridge for three or four days, but I usually eat it all long before then. ^_^

[villainny.livejournal.com]

Wow, excellent! Thank you very kindly indeed. It sounds excellent, and perfectly suited to the season; I love autumn beyond all reason.

In exchange, I offer William Blake and John Tavener in the Lamb (http://s57.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=0YEQDY45PPFFL0U2KIS58O0YS2). I'm not sure if you will have heard it before - it's entirely possible, although I don't think Tavener gets the recognition he deserves. I was watching a christmas service last year, and this made me all teary. XD

If you've heard it, let me know - I'll send you something else, too. :)

[flyakate]

My favorite recipe is for pot roast:

2 cans condensed cream of mushroom soup
1 pack dry onion soup mix
1 and a bit cups of water
approx. 5 lb roast

Mix all the soup things together. Put, with meat, in large pot. Cook for 3-4 hours on high, or low for lots more.

Serve with egg noodles.

If you want this written up all nice, I can send it to you on a postcard (from the "Big Apple", no less)! Let me know at katstarling9 (at) yahoo.com

You don't know me well, but I love music *grin*

[villainny.livejournal.com]

For you, Tinkerbell by Noe Venable (http://s55.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=0AI9ONZJVR6T029P0NH5UKYV0Z).

This is because you used, I think, to have an LJ name involving something about angels and combat boots? Possibly? And something about this song suggests to me Doc Martins and slinky dresses. Pepper, possibly. *grins*

And I'll send you my address, because I'd love to fill my recipe book up with other people's writing. Thanks!

[flyakate]

Yay *waits excitedly for your address*

Yes, I was "a romantic in combat boots" (I might have to resurrect that one). Will download the song when I get home. w00t.

[dopplegl.livejournal.com]

The only recipes I have are....none. Because I am at Uni. But can I get a song?

[villainny.livejournal.com]

*grins*

Absolutely no question about what I'm sending you, darlin'. This song always reminds me of an evening when you kept pasting links at me - you're so cute. XD

It's by a band called Spoon, and I can proudly say that I had this song even before I saw Wimbledon, due to a Napster recommendation called 'Lines in the Suit'. This one, however, is called 'Stay Don't Go', otherwise known as the Bettany Butt Song (http://s55.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=1LO4H0WF5J7WN1XDLYXQ70LOCO)

[ms-ntropy.livejournal.com]

I like Sam's idea of using post cards. I have post cards. They're from my home town and have pictures of apples on them.

First: Cherry Squares. For they are love, and are terrible for you....but oh so good.

Then: Alton Brown's Free Range Fruit Cake. Oh so delicious, and oh so slathered in booze.

Maybe: Gingerbread of the house building variety.

[villainny.livejournal.com]

I would love postcards. Do you have my address? If not I'll email to you. I need yours, too - I'm still intending on making you a CD.

Speaking of which, the original version with the English words will probably be on your CD, not Song for the Dumped by Ben Folds Five (Japanese verion). It's one of the most thoroughly random things ever, and for reasons unknown it absolutely reminds me of you.

I really hope that doesn't get taken the wrong way. For the record, I absolutely adore this song...

[ms-ntropy.livejournal.com]

So I remind you of the Japanese version of a Ben Folds song about being Dumped.

*blinks*

Okay, I can see that....

[rimestock.livejournal.com]

I hope your oven uses Fahrenheit, because once I am home I am postcarding you a recipe. :D

(Song?)

[villainny.livejournal.com]

YAY FOR RECIPES!

And. Um. This is gonna sound odd, see. It's not that it reminds me of you, it's that I think you should appreciate it.

*looks shifty*

The Calendar Hung Itself: Bright Eyes (http://s58.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=1UGU4IO5TCE0H2C2J6H0B8OVYO)

[rimestock.livejournal.com]

... well, regardless, I'm liking it.

:D!

[rimestock.livejournal.com]

Also I'm not entirely sure I have your correct address. Hmm.

Email it to me?

*has postcard filled out*

Lunziek[at]gmail[dot]com.

[ashen_key]

Cheese scones. I'll get you the recipe for cheese scones in a few hours, because although I pretty much know it off by heart, I should probably spell everything correctly.

And a song would be love.

[villainny.livejournal.com]

This song reminds me of you because it's tradition mixed with modernism, because it's almost ethereal, because it's strange and beautiful. All qualities I associate with you, the way you write, the way you think.

Prayer of the Heart: John Tavener and Bjork (http://s58.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=11LC1K90MQS991KP0S5U65TM8Q)

[ashen_key]

...it's beautiful.

Thank you.

Cheese Scones - Ashie!style

[ashen_key]

Ingredients:

2 cups (270 g) self-rising flour
2/3 cup (65 g) grated tasty cheese - this requires an author's note. I put in that amount, and then some more. And then add my discretion of bought grated cheese, the kind where it's almost a powder.
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon cayenne
1/4 teaspoon mustard
1 tablespoon butter
1/2 cup milk, and then add water as needed

Method:

1) Set oven at 220 degrees C
2) Shift the salt, cayenne and mustard with the flour, then rub the butter into it.
3) Mix with milk and water to form a soft dough.
4) Turn onto a lightly floured board and knead until smooth
5) Roll out 2cm thick and cut into circle using a biscuit cutter (small is not so good - medium to large is best)
6) Put onto tray, glaze tops with milk and put more cheese (grated or cut, doesn't matter) onto each one
7) Place into oven at 220degreesC for about 10-15 minutes, until golden-brown and you can't stand the smell anymore.
8) place in a dish/basket with a tea-towl to keep in the warmth
9) eat hot with butter, and tea if you are so inclined.

[tiltingheartand]

I have a recipe for a macaroni and cheese thing, somewhere.

AND I have your address. Yis.

(Song?)

[villainny.livejournal.com]

I am clearly getting tired because. I have sent you a song. And I have no idea what it is.

Er.

On the upside! Macaroni cheese is the best food ever, and thankyou. Muchly. *grins*

AAH! Helpful gmail.

Underdog (save me) by Turin Brakes (http://s61.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=20T4IROMEAYZF0TJ4ZDYV7VAFA).

This is highly pretty, and has the advantage of having a hugely slashy video based on My Own Private Idaho.

Sadly, I have no link. Say sorry.

[la-rainette.livejournal.com]

I could send you a recipe, but I'm only good at making desserts. :) You have been warned.

As for the song, it would be most welcome -- but please do not bother if the list is already too long *eyes number of comments*

[villainny.livejournal.com]

My flatmate has insisted I tell you that dessert recipes are more than welcome, dear.

*grins*

If I come up with anything simple and delicious, I'll be sure to send it your way. My mum's tomato and basil soup is marvellous, but perhaps wouldn't go down so well with the kidlets. *ponders*

For you, My Favourite Chords (http://s61.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=3CSIX1DJRN40623DVOU5257NCZ) by the Weakerthans. Because to me it's the epitome of sweetness and simplicity, joy in every day things, and that's how I think of you.

[la-rainette.livejournal.com]

...

So I was about to say, "uhm, that's awfully nice of you to say, but probably not entirely true", and then I listened to the song. And realized that it pretty much summed up my philosophy of life *g* and I really love it.

We got a lot of time, or maybe we don't.
But I'd like to think so, so let me pretend

Yeah. Pretty much.

also, am awesome at folding paper birds

D'you want my extraordinary recipe for Nougat glacé -- which is a posh way to say "vanilla ice cream with bit of almonds in it"? It's very good, and really easy to make (and you do not even need an ice-cream maker, that's the beauty of it).

[in-the-blue.livejournal.com]

I have lots of vegetarian recipes (beyond cereal and milk) I can send you.

You can send a song if you like, but it's not required. :)

[villainny.livejournal.com]

That would be hugely appreciated, yes - both the flatmates are vegetarian, and I can afford meat so rarely that I might as well be myself. Usually I only make the exception for chicken kievs. *grins*

And for you, because of the package, Milkman of Human Kindness (http://s54.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=2O05JYIITVM561WVEX8XW8M6L9) by Billy Bragg. Thanks for that - thinking of it still gives me random grins. :)

He's kind of an acquired taste, but awfully sweet.

[tammaiya.livejournal.com]

Song me! Song me! Song me with your ribbon rhythym sticks!

*has gone crazy from too much study, a testament to this being that she actually typed ribbon without noticing until the end of the sentence*

[villainny.livejournal.com]

Since you seem to be in an extraordinarily cracky mood...

*grins*

Frontier Psychiatrist (http://s54.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=0GFWDHI86W6SL3TL64WD7LH7OC) by the Avalanches.

[gaiamyles.livejournal.com]

A Damned Fine Song from the Collection would be awesome!

[unravels.livejournal.com]

I have a beef & mushroom stroganoff recipe that I kind of made up when I was desperate and far from home one night. I looked at a few online recipes for stroganoff and used elements from them and some shaky memories of my mother cooking it 'the easy way,' and made it up. It's not very precise - take ingredients x, y, and z, combine in quantities of about so much, until it tastes like you want it to taste. But I can send it if you like. It's the only recipe that I really feel is mine. (Consequently, you might want to be careful the first time you make it. As in, choose a time when no one else will be subjected to Holly's cooking, and you have some leftovers available in case it all goes horribly wrong.) :P

[rowanberries.livejournal.com]

Fajita/Burrito things

A pack of tortillas is really cheap and can be filled with pretty much anything. To make a sauce, you can cook up tinned tomatoes with tomato puree, onion and a few spoonfuls of barbeque sauce. In that, you cook a tin of kidney beans and as much sweetcorn as you like. If you want it spicy, a chopped chilli is nice in it as well. The you fill the tortillas with that mixture (while hot,) sliced peppers, grated cheese and guacamole (optional) and wrap them up to eat them. As long as you don't fill them to overflowing, you can eat them with hands and save on washing-up. You can also cook sausages or frankfurters and slice them up and add them in.

They're nice. *grins*

Also, Yumyum.com (http://yumyum.com/recipes.htm) has some good ones, if you browse.