Qur'an 20200728

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

23.  That is whereof Allah gives glad tidings to God's servants who believe and do righteous deeds.  Say, "No reward do I ask of you for this except the love of those near of kin."  And if anyone earns any good, We shall give him an increase in good in respect thereof, for Allah is Oft-Forgiving, Most Ready To Appreciate.

The Consultation 42:23

Monday

Hi Natty!  How are you?  Is everything easy and enjoyable for you?  I hope so.  It's a busy Monday here for me.  I did a lot of driving around in the morning.  I paid bills, picked up my Dad's prescription, bought fuses and groceries, and bought my lunch which was takeout rice with fried chicken and lots of gravy.  I also went hunting for burgers, but there's none to be found.  Every place I went to was sold out.  Must be a burger festival in town or something.  I wasn't that busy in the evening, so I made chicken and lentil soup.  The lentils had been soaking for a day, and the bubbles spilled over onto my counter top.  Lentil bubbles have a powerful scent to them.  I wish I had remembered to buy milk, but I had some butter so I hoped that would be milky enough (or buttery enough).  Today I used "budu" (fermented fish sauce, or it could even be anchovy bouillon) to flavor the soup, a local flavor which I am fond to use in my ramen.

I fried up garlic in butter, then added the blended lentils and onion to slow cook.  You have to keep stirring lentil soup, or it will stick to the bottom.  Lentil soup is nice and thick, and I ate it for dinner before I took my shower, because soups heat you up.  And boy, was I sweating.  It was OK.  You usually need to add sourness to lentils, but my bottle of "budu" has tamarinds in it so that was sour enough.  I wish I had used milk though.