Archive for August, 2009

The hard stuff

Tuesday, August 18th, 2009

Did you know crackers can go bad? We had a box of common crackers sitting on a shelf for a year or two, and we finally opened it to toast some to go with corn chowder last week. Laurie and Iris split and buttered the crackers, and I toasted them in the oven. The result […]

The Mongolian report

Friday, August 14th, 2009

Recently I learned two facts about Mongolian barbecue that I think you should know. Mongolian Grill-style restaurants don’t serve authentic Mongolian food. But there is real Mongolian barbecue, called Khorkhog: To make khorkhog, Mongolians take lamb (goat meat can be substituted) and cut it into pieces of convenient size, leaving the bone. Then the cook […]

A conversation after dinner

Monday, August 10th, 2009

Iris and I had lunch today at Blue C Sushi, the conveyor belt sushi place. Iris ate and enjoyed a tempura green bean. After dinner, I had to drag Iris into the shower because she was absorbed in a new book. Laurie: Books are evil. Matthew: Yeah. Iris, from now on, no more books, only […]