So, yesterday? S took something out of the freezer for us to have at dinner. Originally, she thought it was black bean chili. Anyway, the tupperware container thawed out overnight, and about 8:30 last night, S had me pour the contents into a microwave safe bowl and heat it up.
When I was pouring the container's contents into the bowl, I noticed it wasn't very chunky, which I pointed out to S. She looked at it, and pronounced it "black bean soup" instead. After all, we'd had both in the freezer at one point, and she was trying to use up stuff we had frozen.
So, I threw "black bean soup," into the bowl, added quite a bit of cayenne pepper and paprika to give a real nice kick, and tossed it in the microwave. A few minutes later, I pulled it out, put some in a bowl for me, and some in a bowl for S, grated cheese over both, and salted mine. Then I took a biiiiiiiiiiiiiiig bite.
The mystery substance from the freezer?
Mole.
Thanks, Laura. I'm having fun with it ... think I'll keep it for the summer, then decide what to do for the fall and winter.
What Laura said, Todd!
sends Sean masking tape and sharpies
You look gorgeous, Todd! I love that color on you.
Sean, um. Ha!
Sean, at least it was mole and not mold (sorry ... couldn't resist).
Today is the first day of my vacation!
I slept in (kind of) - apparently, that means waking up relatively early, moving to the couch and sleeping for another couple of hours. That's sleeping in for those of us with sore joints. (I think I need a new bed. . . okay I KNOW I do, but when? How?)
The mystery substance from the freezer?
We took our friend Hanzi to a Mongolian BBQ that had a sushi portion of the buffet. He got several pieces, then loaded up on the wasabi at the end. He got back to the table and proceeded to slather a piece of sushi with wasabi.
Hubby and I stared at him. "Boy, you really love that stuff, don't you."
Hanzi: "I adore guacamole" and sends it towards his mouth.
"Hanzi, wait--"
"Ahhhh!"
"--that's not guacamole!"
IE, know your foods.
Okay, raise your hand if you had to read Sean's post a number of times before you could parse "mole" as anything but the animal.
Note to self: more caffeine.