Doublereed Archive - Posting 000052.txt from 2005/11

From: "Sameer Al-Abdullah" <simsim29@-----.com>
Subj: RE: [DR-L] Re: Quote of the Day, food before a performance
Date: Thu, 24 Nov 2005 05:10:36 -0500

Phil
If you are talking about what i think you are talking (Kushari) then i must
say that I am surprised you stayed awake after having eaten such dish!!
Kushari (or as you wrote Kishiree) is a famous Egyptian (poor people's)
dish. It is cooked using rice and pasta as well as lentils and caramalized
onions. Pasta and rice together? thats a killer combo for fast energy boost
then a quick energy drop!! But it's one yummy dish for sure (now i'm craving
for it ;)

enjoy

Sameer Al-Abdullah

>From: philfrei@-----.com
>Reply-To: doublereed@-----.org
>To: doublereed@-----.org
>Subject: [DR-L] Re: Quote of the Day, food before a performance
>Date: Tue, 22 Nov 2005 17:38:10 -0500
>
>I wonder if he had been writing today, if he'd include the SF Bay Area on
>his interesting food town list. I'm especially enjoying the Indian
>influences here.
>
>I'd like to recommend the following as a dish suitable before a stressful
>event like a concert or audition. It's called "Kicheree" and because it is
>highly digestable and nutritious, it is commonly fed to infants and to
>people who are ill or convalescing. It is remarkable how "lightly" it rests
>in the stomach. I've never felt at all sluggish or sleepy after eating it.
>This was confirmed last Friday when I only had a half hour before
>performing a woodwind quintet concert to eat at the hall itself. and risked
>downing a bowl full with a small breakfast sausage to add flavor. I was
>able to stay alert and energized for the whole concert (even panic-stricken
>at certain points, but that wasn't due to the food).
>
>The dish combines rice and mung or mansoor dal (kind of like lentils) in a
>sort of risotta, flavored with cumin and turmeric. The legume & grain combo
>is a great source of protein. There are lots of variant recipes, but I'd be
>happy to send anyone who requests it my method, which includes an onion,
>plenty of garlic and some cayenne pepper to add more flavor.
>
>- Phil Freihofner
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>Date: Mon, 21 Nov 2005 20:58:24 EST
>To: doublereed@-----.org
>From: Oboeeee@-----.com
>Subject: [DR-L] Quote of the Day
>Message-ID: <21a.364fa77.30b3d540@-----.com>
>
>"In America, I would say New York and New Orleans are the two most
>interesting food towns. In New Orleans, they don't have a bad deli. There's
>no
>mediocrity accepted."
>
>-Mario Batali (1960) American chef
>
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