Letter to Erin 20160322

In the name of Allah, most Gracious, most Merciful.

Hi Erin!  How are you doing today, Sweetie?  Aw, I wish you were here with me, I love you so much.  But I have to get your house for you, and treat you like a Queen, because you are a Queen.  You are my Queen, so be confident and know that you mean the world to me.  I need you, so please take good care of yourself.

I'm watching Iron Chef right now, the tuna battle.  The expensive stuff.  I've never had that expensive tuna.  The tuna that's local here is short tail tuna or "tongol", which doesn't taste good raw, like bad water.  Have you been practicing your cooking?  I'm sure you have the sensitivity to be a marvelous cook.  Remember the 2 things I told you, use a small to medium flame only unless you are absolutely confident, and please the stomach first, flavor comes later.  Your kids will thank you for it.  I will thank you as well.  The only time I use a large flame is when I'm frying up stuffed won tons.  I spent the whole morning today doing kitchen work.  I opened up 4 coconuts and had the meat grated.  I gave half to my Mom, then I squeezed out some coconut milk.  It's time for curry!  I wanted to make a generic curry today but extra thick, like ketchup or molasses.  I had a lot of onions, so I blended that to get the thickness.  I wanted to make it super thick to use as dipping or fond.  All those onions made it sweet, though.  At the same time I made my lunch, which was noodles in soup as usual.  The broth this time is a local mix called "asam pedas", which is hot sour with a base of turmeric and hot chilli peppers.  Needed salt, so I used anchovy stock.  What's for dinner?  Oh, pizza.  Want some?  Oh don't worry, I've run out of dough, so I need to make a new batch tomorrow morning.  So no pizza tomorrow.

Qur'an 20160322

In the name of Allah, most Gracious, most Merciful.

93.  All food was lawful to the children of Israel except what Israel made unlawful for itself, before the Law was revealed.  Say, "Bring you the Law and study it, if you be men of truth."

(The Family of Imran 3:93)
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