[Sea-to-sky]

6 hours ago, Mad Hatter said:

The traditional combo in Iranian cooking is to use saffron with barberries. Cranberries are very similar.

Yum. Sounds great

[Laghail]

On 10/18/2024 at 11:27 AM, Whisper said:

I might have read that as manatee and been extremely confused...

 

How deep do your evangelical cultural roots go? 

 

On 10/18/2024 at 11:27 AM, Whisper said:

 

All my life I've heard things like "A young man that isn't liberal has no heart, an old man that isn't conservative has no brain", and things like you always become more conservative as you age. So far? Nope. The more attention I pay, the more "rage and become more socialist" seems the path of both reason and decency. 

 

Big hugs of angry solidarity. 

 

On 10/18/2024 at 12:37 PM, Sea-to-sky said:

Dried cranberries in cookies are amazing. Highly recommend

On 10/20/2024 at 2:01 AM, Mad Hatter said:

The traditional combo in Iranian cooking is to use saffron with barberries. Cranberries are very similar.

 

Mmmm, any specific confection/dish you'd recommend?

 

On 10/20/2024 at 2:01 AM, Mad Hatter said:

Btw thanks for this challenge - I really enjoyed reading the poetry. Well, most of it I still don't like or find hard to read or both, but now I have a much better idea of why and what to look for!

 

I enjoyed getting to know you better, thanks again.

[Whisper]

3 minutes ago, Laghail said:

How deep do your evangelical cultural roots go? 

My sister's section in her high school yearbook might have included "{Whisper} you are my Barbera Mantatee". On our defense, we had a MUCH younger brother that we would watch Veggie Tales with.

[Mad Hatter]

14 hours ago, Laghail said:

Mmmm, any specific confection/dish you'd recommend?

Tahchin and zereshk polo. I never tried to make it myself so can't give you specific recipes to try, and there's many of different variations. The ones I've had have been with chicken, but it's also possible to make the rice as a side to something else, or add other stuff.

 

Oh and Iranian ice cream is reeeeally good too, not with barberries (I think they're traditionally only used for for savoury dishes for some reason) but rather with rose water and pistachios. Delicious!