Interesting Tidbits found on March 21st, 2015

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From Ancient Sumeria - How Cumin Has Spiced Up The World

Remains of Cervantes, author of Don Quixote, 'found in convent'

 

A New Way for Stewardship of Mother Earth: Indigeneity

 

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Petraeus: The Islamic State isn’t our biggest problem in Iraq

 

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Wikipedia - Important Allies Join the Fight Against NSA Internet Surveillance

 

An 'Upstream' Battle As Wikimedia Challenges NSA Surveillance

 

The Surveillance Stream

  

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Pasta with Fresh Herbs and Vegan Sausage

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My fiancee makes the best pasta sauce I've tasted using fresh oregano, basil, rosemary and Field Roast Grain Meat Vegan Italian Sausages. Try them if you can find them. I would pick these over real sausage any day.

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Lentil Soup

I tried this recipe for lentil soup two nights ago, and loved it.  

I served it over jasmine rice with mashed red potatoes and a salad.  

Seriously tasty.

http://www.soupsong.com/rlentil7.html

World's Smelliest Spice - Aramco World Article

First mentioned in an inventory of the gardens of Babylon in the eighth century BC, "Devil's Dung" the world's smelliest spice has a smell described in this Aramco World article as: "a sulfurous blend of manure and overcooked... cabbage, all with the nose-wrinkling pungency of a summer dumpster." When heated in oil however it disintegrates and exudes "a rich, savory scent, reminiscent of sauteed onions."

http://www.saudiaramcoworld.com/issue/200904/devil.s.dung-the.world.s.smelliest.spice.htm

Learn about "Plumpynut"

from: http://www.cbsnews.com/

A Life Saver Called "Plumpynut"

Anderson Cooper Reports On A Nutritional Breakthrough

"It's cheap, easy to make, and even easier to use. What is this miraculous cure? As CNN's Anderson Cooper reports, it's a ready-to-eat, vitamin-enriched concoction called "Plumpynut," an unusual name for a food that may just be the most important advance ever to cure and prevent malnutrition."

Goat in a Can

Today I ate goat meat cooked underground in an aluminum trash can. It was delicious!

Dinner Tonight

I revised this recipe a bit from www.bettycrocker.com: Honey-Glazed Chicken Breasts Come and eat! Serve this five-ingredient recipe with biscuits or corn bread muffins. 6 boneless skinless chicken breast halves (1 3/4 pounds) 1/2 cup orange juice 1/2 cup honey 2 tablespoons lemon juice 1/4 teaspoon salt 1. Heat oven to 375°F. Grease rectangular pan, 13x9x2 inches. Place chicken in pan. Mix remaining ingredients; pour over chicken. 2. Cover and bake 20 minutes; turn chicken. Bake uncovered 20 to 30 minutes longer or until juice of chicken is no longer pink when centers of thickest pieces are cut. To read more about my day today... check out this link: http://skunkroot.blogspot.com/2006/05/skunks-journey.html Current Mood: creative Current Music: S.E. Rogie