hellloo...where is everyone today???? hope everyone is havin a great weekend...its the beginning of a new week over here soooooooooooo its like monday lol

hiya jess. i was wondering who was gonna start the thread today.

yayyyy it was me me lol......ive been lazy lately and thought id post somethin

How have things been since you moved there? Do you like it? I'm sure that Geo is really enjoying you being there.

i actually love being here. yes there are def fallbacks..of COURSE i miss Daemian. i am veryyyyy happy to have net and webcam so i am able to talk to him daily. and we talk on the phone............bein here with geo is great. we go out and do things when he gets out of work. ive made a really great friend, whom is American. we have some other friends and i spend time with Geo's family that are here in Riyadh too.

the weather for one sucks lol. but the ac all the time everywhere is great..hmmm what else....yea thats about it..sure geo is very happy im here. im sure it got lonely for him to come home and not have anyone to talk to or anything.

i have pics on my myspace page, but havent got em on photo bucket yet..like i said ive been lazy.

hope everyone is good

Oh I dont want to wake up today and go to work! It is grey outside and looks like rain. That makes a good day to sleep. And i have to put in another 10 hours at the tattoo shop. But after work Iam going to the camp grond and meet my girl friend and have a few drinks. Then going field ramping in the woods with a gulf cart. Just hope we dont hit a tree again Hope every one has a great day!

Not doing much here today...my SO is out and about for a bit so im chilling. Printing out things we need for our packet 3 and interview. Planning and doing laundry. Beautiful day here in Virginia though...blue skies and not to hot. Sunny.

Why don't they have a hangover smiley? We tried 20 different wines and we only liked 2!

That's funny, cuz usually by the time I'm on the third or fourth, they all taste pretty good.

Well honestly I tried but there was just too many of those red wines giving us cat tounge. But out of the 13 reds we tried the best one was a $4 bottle from Trader Joes! 2005 Cab, coastal. AMAZING.

The second one we liked which was a white is called Menage a Trois which I'm not quite sure if that is appropriate to serve at a wedding

i am going to the store

This is the only cure that has ever worked for my hangovers.









Is that Trader Joe one the one we used to call "two buck chuck"? I wonder if inflation got to it and now it's $4?

MMMMM doodle you read my mind and I LOVE eggs benedict! Its not the 2 buck chuck (its still 2 bucks!), these are actually coastal wines and someone told me you can only get them in California but I'm not sure if its true. I'm not really a cab fan but this one was great!!!

I'm trying my hand at making chicken b'stilla today! Hope it comes out good!

It's so beautiful here today. I finally turned the a/c off for the first time since I can't remember when! I love it when it's in the high 60's, low 70's!!! My kind of weather baby!!!


I'm sooo not motivated to do much of anything today. Totally in an arthritic flare up. Emptied the trash in the house and was in pain the whole time doing it. I have soooo much to do too. *sigh*

Does anyone else feel guilty staying inside when it's a nice sunny day?

Happy Saturday I am off work and dancin around. Yea I said it, I'm smiling and dancin. Bought a new CD for my car, a pink house for my fish to hide in. Oh and some killer black shoes with a HEEL! Can ya believe it? Chunky and black, kinda goth like. These may be the shoes for for the concert.

Hope you feel better doodle
Whats bstilla again? I should know this.
I think wine is icky. (I'm more of a Corona w/ lime and salt kinda girl) Don't ask me how I know.

Jackie

I can't say that I like wine very well either. I prefer margaritas or daqueries and yes even wine coolers. I just don't like the taste of alcohol. But haven't had a drop of any of it since my 21st birthday 7 years ago
The only comfort I've had lately is food and that has SOOOOOOO got to stop!!! I can not keep feeling like this or I'm gonna end up not being able to wear anything in my closet! I found an amazing mixture of seeds, raisins, and nuts at Wally World the other day and I can't keep my hands out of it. I don't remember the name but I DO remember it is in a purple bag. Yay for purple!
I think we're going to have a change of restaurants tomorrow. We've been going to Dimassis every Sunday for lunch but it is getting kind of old soooo I'm going to try to talk the hubster into going to Ryans. I reeeeeeally want a good steak. yum.
We got the movie 300 the other day and its toooootally not worth buying. Just a little over done to me. It was like LOTR without the story and jam packed into 1 hour of war scenes.
Anyone wanna come help me clean today?? I don't wanna move. *sigh*
hope everyone has a great day!

I'm still waiting for it in my Netflix queue! It went from short wait right before it came out,to now it is a long wait. Maybe I should take it out all together because I do not like blood and gore.

Does Houston ever have to evacuate? How far inland do u have to be in order to be safe??? Thanks for the invite we may just have to take u up on it if Dean gets here full force.





Hey thanks I haven't posted in it for a while coz I've been wayyyyyy too busy at work but I do hope to add to it soon. Yeah.. if you don't like blood and gore... you prolly won't like it. I thought it was unnecessarily graphic and they could have used a little bit less "splatter" when they stabbed ppl. That is just my opinion though.

menage a trois is a great wine for the price. another good white that is $10 is courtney benham sauvignon blanc - that might be a good offering for a wedding. that and a chardonnay maybe?



is two buck chuck any good? i live in PA so they dont sell wine at the trader joes here - we have state stores - UGH! i cant imagine a two dollar bottle of wine being drinkable - is it?!

how did it turn out? i always make the "chicken bisteeya" recipe on foodtv.com it is emerils recipe. i think it is so amazing. everytime i make it for a dinner party people rave and rave and go nuts over it. i have served it to moroccans and they felt it was authentic - it is a sure thing and turns out every time. i do use more layers of phyllo then he calls for - and i also add toasted pine nuts inside, i forget if that is part of the recipe or just something that i do. i love pine nuts.

link puleeeeeeeeeeeeeease....

2 Buck Chuck is really good. I never thought that a 2 dollar bottle of wine would be good, but it really is delicious.

http://www.foodnetwork.com/food/recipes/re...tml?rsrc=search

edited to add: you'll probably want to use chicken rather than pigeon, unless you just love pigeon of course.

It's not finished yet... I'll update later. I just finished making the "insides" of it and it tastes yummy. Everything else is ready to be made, just waiting till later so it's fresh when the hubby wakes up & is ready for dinner. These graveyard shifts for him suk for me! Anyhow, I'm going to run out shopping for window treatments (woohoo... how exciting!) and finish it when I come back later.
I looked at many recipes, but ended up trying to make one out of "Cooking @ the Kasbah" by Kitty Morse. Funny you mention your husband is Moroccan Jewish - the preserved lemons I make are what my husband calls the "Moroccan Jewish kind". We both love them!!! The other kind sounds so plain.

It's yummy chicken in phyllo pastry... images are kinda small - sorry

this recipe is totally different than what I used.....

http://www.foodnetwork.com/food/recipes/re...tml?rsrc=search


dont let the three stars deter u its fabulous

i dont know if i did the link right if not sorry. fedding baby w bottle in left hand, typing w right and by 4 yr old in my ear



sorry !!! i use chicken thighs and legs vs. pigeon as i wouldnt know where to get it!!!



lol i make the plain ones!!!! but the ones w spices are good.... bay leaf etc.....

Thanks for that tip I will have to try that other $10 wine! The 2 buck chuck is wonderful, I wouldnt serve at a wedding but its great for home and entertaining.

I just posted my Preserved Lemons recipe in the "Sultan's Kitchen" thread up top.

We cheat. We buy the jar of preserved lemons for $3.99 at our local Arab market. There are usually about 10 lemons in there and it lasts us a month or two.

I honestly think I ate pigeon at my husband's house when his sister cooked my goodbye meal. I didn't ask and I try not to think about it. It just tatsted a lot stronger than a regular chicken leg would taste...plus it was a lil tinier. blech

No one has them here! I've looked at several Arab markets. I did find some online, but figured it was just easier to make my own.

we are even bigger cheaters. We use fresh lemons. We have access to plenty of perserved lemons, but Idir insists fresh is better. I can't tell the difference

wow... I *can* tell the difference. I'm not sure I'd say one is better, tho, b/c they're so totally different. Preserved lemons just add a different taste than fresh.

OMG!!! the b'stilla was soooooooooooooooo good! It really came out well and hubby loved it - he even said it's just like in Morocco, no different . It wasn't difficult, just a little time consuming, but well worth it!

omg chris rock is so freakin' hysterical on the comedy channel!!!

We're watchin it too!

He's hilarious!!! "She got pump fat comin' outta her pump!"