Wednesday, May 27, 2020

Spaghetti again?

Hi beautiful Natty!  I love you!  You are MY girl natty, and I love you with all of my heart.  I hope you are feeling good and healthy, and you are enjoying your place in this world.  Me, I had to cut the grass again to catch up with what was left to grow over Ramadan, and my feet hurt right now.  The spinning cable of the weed whacker sure kicks up a whole lot of plant and earth matter right up my nose, so I'm taken by a sniffle as I'm trying to work.  I think: cutting grass → nasal allergies → flooded sinus cavity → infected sinus cavity → an opportunity for the flu-type virus collective to take advantage of my weakened condition.  At least it's not the fasting month, and I am able to carry and ingest medicine as I work.

Yeah yeah I know, spaghetti again.  Spaghetti is a quick and easy fix for dinner after doing exhausting yard work.  Plus, I had a lot of sauce left over.  I was thinking that that sauce could be so much better, plus last night it gave me gas which means I didn't reheat it hot enough and I need to add coriander seeds.  Then this morning I went to buy produce for my mother, and they were selling "kampung" (village) eggplant.  So I bought that, then bought a can of tomato puree, recooked the sauce by adding the eggplant, coriander seeds and tomato puree with a bit of sugar, and it turned out so much better.  I have enough sauce for one more "spaghetti again" which is convenient because I have to keep cutting grass.  After that, I'm done with spaghetti for a while.  But I don't have enough spaghetti noodles...