(Damn slow posting time...)

I've been so busy, and unable to keep up in Natter or Bitches, and now there are a whole bunch of new people, or not new people with new board names, who seem like they've been posting forever. So...Hi new(ish) people!

I feel weird buying apricots. We had a small apricot tree in the backyard growing up that always produced tons of very sweet fruit. Sun warm apricots right off the tree, mmmm. I don't think we ever bought them at the store.

I have a very hard time buying salmon or halibut, because halibut and salmon come free from the freezer. Ok, not quite so much the halibut, because I love it so much.

...that sounds intriguing Kathy, but I doubt I will go hunt down an Uzbek restaurant. Should I ever happen past one, though, I may remember your recommendation.

My problem is my inability to remember how various places rate their spice levels. I can't ever remember if a place's "two stars" is "not spicy at all" and "three stars" is "just a little spicy" or if "three stars" is "really pretty spicy" and I'm always scared to ask for "four stars" even if three is only a little spicy, for fear that there will be a sudden spiciness jump and they'll want to laugh at me and it will be impossible to eat. I am not a huge spiciness fan--I like a little kick, but I also like to be able to taste something besides the burn.

Though one place I like down the street I enjoyed because they made me pad thai that was spicy! I had never had that before, and it was fun!

I ate and the world didn't end!

(I think part of the problem with today was that I so thought it was Wednesday I was sending out Wednesday-assuming pages by 8am. What could go well from there?)

Oh, hey. Just turned on Hell's Kitchen and remembered....

Right next door to East India Grill is a restaurant the Gordon Ramsey fixed on Kitchen Nightmares. I forget what it's called, but I might have to check it out.

There is Indian Food I can not eat -- but around here it could be Southern Indian or it could be a restaurant where they cater mostly to people from India. Dh has a recipe that can be made with lamb or beef. I can eat it when made from lamb,but not when he made it from Beef. and He knows I am a spice wimp, so he didn't add as much as he would like

libkitty, remove the "Pix" and you know who I am. I'm not terribly sneaky.

Is the board posting really slowly and double-posting frequently for anyone else?

egad. I am so tired. Since I had the kids at home with me today and it wasn't hideously hot I decided to finally tackle the weeds that are choking the big rambler in the backyard. It was an ugly job, and it's only 1/2 finished. Then we made pizza for dinner. mmmm.

I find Indian food very spicy sometimes, and dishes that aren't hot in one restaurant may be wicked hot in another. But I still love it. mmm. My latest kick is masala dosa. sooo goood.