Hi Natty! How are you today, my darling? I hope you are keeping safe and healthy. What are you having for dinner? I'm fasting today, and I bought some takeout rice for dinner. Most people like lavish spreads for breaking fast, but I prefer to chug some water, pray, then eat whatever. Buying takeout means I don't have to cook, so I cut the grass in the evening. Now I'm just waiting for them to call the sunset prayer.
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3. Giant snake: trouble between countries.
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How are you today, Honey? I hope all is well with you. I don't have much to report today. It's another lazy day for me, I'm just not motivated to do any labor. I did my laundry, today is laundry day. It was a cold, rainy morning. I like it cold, but my poor cats don't like the cold. It warmed up in the afternoon, though. No yard work in the evening, like I said. I did set up the grass cutter for more work tomorrow perhaps. Tomorrow I will be fasting. It's an optional fast, for the day before the Eid which is Friday. It's a public holiday, but people aren't as fanatical about this Eid as they are about the one at the end of the fasting month. This Eid marks the end of the Hajj ritual, but I don't think there was a Hajj this year because of the virus. Anyway, I made poor man's pizza gain, with breadsticks. I thought it would be an adventure to coat the breadsticks with breadcrumbs, but it wasn't. It tasted like breadsticks. Want some?
Hi Natty! How are you, my love? I want you to know that I love you with all of my heart. Perhaps you think of me sometimes. Please be happy and healthy. I'm taking it easy today. No going out, no laborious projects. I wanted pizza for dinner, so that's how I spent my evening. It was a poor man's pizza, I'm afraid. The dough I made myself, the basil I grew myself, the tomato sauce was of average price (when tomatoes are cheap, I can make sauce for cheap but not today), the sausage I made myself. It's sausage left over from your birthday which I kept in the freezer. It's a good recipe, and it's halal. I didn't use Ramly beef, folks: it's always sold out! It's the cheese that makes my pizza a poor man's pizza: I can't afford mozzarella, so I used sliced cheese. It doesn't bother me all that much. It tastes cheesy, and it's pizza. That's good enough for me. Alhamdulillah.
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.
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.
In the name of Allah, most Gracious, most Merciful.
15. Now then for that, call and stand steadfast as you are commanded. Nor follow their vain desires but say, "I believe in the Book which Allah has sent down, and I am commanded to judge justly between you. Allah is our Lord and your Lord. For us our deeds, and for you your deeds. There is no contention between us and you. Allah will bring us together, and to God is the final goal."
Hi Natty! How are you, my precious Princess? I hope you are healthy and having a wonderful time! Perhaps you are enjoying your back yard this time of year, it must be beautiful and comfortable over there in Vancouver. I had to do some yard work this evening, but it wasn't my yard. I had to remove stumps by the roadside. The heavy-headed hoe couldn't do the job, so I had to use the chainsaw. Alas I ran out of motor oil, so I have to continue some other time. Are you hungry? Dinner was teriyaki chicken on rice. Teriyaki sauce is so easy, basic teriyaki sauce is just soy sauce and sugar. You can just use your favorite soy sauce, add sugar to your taste, bottle it then label it "Natty's Teriyaki Sauce". Of course you can use other sweeteners like honey, syrup etc. Gummi bears? No, I've never tried making teriyaki sauce out of gummi bears. That's an interesting idea, though. It would probably be kind of sticky. So dinner was super easy: while the rice was cooking, I marinated the cubed chicken breast in the teriyaki sauce. I chopped up some garlic and fried it up, then poured in the chicken and marinade. Don't cook it too much! You want the chicken tender, right? Right before the chicken is about to turn white, turn off the heat then cover it. Let it sit for a bit. When the rice is ready, pour the stuff over the rice then sprinkle some dried fried onions on top. Easy peasy! Restaurant quality! Sesame seeds would have made it nicer to look at, but I didn't have any.
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