Oh look, we woke up at the usual time but it’s an hour later because of some terrible government conspiracy to destroy our happiness. Then we did a podcast–that you can’t listen to because it didn’t record–about what bothers me about International Women’s Day, the pinky promise of Elizabeth Warren, how we are–by nature–wrong in ourselves, how Christ himself is the Imago Dei, and how funny it is that Bethel shut down their Healing Rooms because of the Coronavirus. It cheered us up, so maybe we can cope with the time change, but as I said, you can’t listen to it. So instead, here’s something from the archives. Looks like it’s shaping up to be a great week.
Here is the interview thing I talked about, but again, you will never know what I said.
Here is a really interesting podcast about the Good Place (thanks to Henry–also, Happy Birthday!)
This is funny, but of course Not True.
These are making their way around the internet and are just brilliant.
This is cool.
This is interesting.
Here is something I wrote somewhere else.
Here is an excellent sermon (so helpful to me yesterday), and an instructive class.
I’ve been reading food books rather than the internet, and this looks really interesting:
Yam Cakes with Hot Pepper and Fermented Black Beans
- Shred one large yam
- Beat up two eggs, add to the potatoes and mix.
- Add four tablespoons of flour to make the mixture cohere (or more to make more coherent).
- Add one chopped scallion, red pepper flakes to taste and two teaspoons of fermented black beans.
- Form into cakes with a spoon. (these fall to pieces rather easily. I use a bullion spoon and press the mixture in) and fry in olive oil.
These, like fried eggplant and zucchini, often to not reach the dining table. While you are concocting these things, remember that vegetables really are good for you and that every step, no matter how devious, should be undertaken to encourage people to eat them happily. You should not tell your hapless victims how you have duped them. This will only make them belligerent, which is not the idea at all. You must not make speeches about health or hector people who insist on being pig-headed. Nor should you make lofty declarations, after the zucchini fritters have disappeared, about the good you are doing. As we know, the only thing that butters a parsnip is butter.–Laurie Colwin Home Cooking: A Writer in the Kitchen
Have a good week, if that’s even possible.
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