I had dinner with some Counselors from Pakistan last Friday. I met them at the dinner with the Egyptian Ambassador a few weeks ago. I kind of have a preoccupation with the Middle East – can you tell??
Anyway, the dinner was at their house in Virginia and everything was terribly civilized and lovely. The conversation was good and the people were pleasant, but the really fabulous part was the food!!!
As we were eating the hostess kept coming around asking us (the American’s at least) if the food was too hot. Apparently she really toned it down with the spices so we with tender taste buds wouldn’t die. It worked and it was oh so tasty.
My favorite dish was a common Pakistani dish called Haleem. It is made with chicken or beef (in this case chicken) and lentils and spices and cooked for hours and hours. I asked her for the recipe and she laughed at me, took me into her pantry and showed me a box mix I could use. (Her’s of course wasn’t from a box.)
I may give it a go…
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OK I just got done catching up on some posts of yours and I have to say this life you live seems so foreign to me. I just can't imagine doing and living this crazy exciteing life of yours. It seems like you are on the big screen and its not for real and yet here you are...Someday I am leaving the family behind and coming to stay with you as just a fly on the wall to soak up all this cool life of yours!
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