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Doublereed Archive - Posting 000053.txt from 2005/11

From: barbara trautwein <mzeztee@-----.edu>
Subj: Re: [DR-L] Re: Quote of the Day, food before a performance
Date: Thu, 24 Nov 2005 08:13:36 -0500

hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm Rice-a-roni????'

Ahhhhhh, no lentils in Rice-a roni. . . . .but pasta and rice together.
. .("The San Francisco Treat"). . . .

B

Sameer Al-Abdullah wrote:

> 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 ;)
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> enjoy
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> Sameer Al-Abdullah
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>> 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).
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>> 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
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>> -----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>
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>> "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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