Sunday, December 08, 2002
Sunday afternoon. Gray and chilly. Last night I had a combination my-friend-Jim-finished-his-huge-paper-on-poisons-in-Shakespeare/ housewarming party type thing. To say that I overindulged would be a shameful understatement. Sushi. Wine. A bloody huge box of Godiva chocolates (courtesy Bill Schafer, damn him). And I made Thai coconut chicken soup. So I woke this morning with an awful hangover, ate two tuna sandwiches for breakfast, drank a Sobe Power, then promptly fell asleep again until about 12:30 p.m. I awoke feeling somewhat less like ass, which was good as I had a Farscape Webmaster's Association meeeting at two o'clock and more unpacking and all the backed up writing stuff.
Lately, I've felt not so much like a writer as someone who spends her life endlessly packing and unpacking.
I hope I didn't offend too many readers with yesterday's diatribe. It's not that I didn't mean every word of it, because I did. It's just that my foul mood may have led to a less than tactful presentation. Thanks for the e-mails that didn't tell me to go frell myself with a corkscrew.
Something lighter for this afternoon. My recipie for Thai coconut chicken soup. One need not have read anything I've ever written to make it. Well, except what you're reading now, I suppose. Anyway, here goes:
Ingredients:
Four cans of coconut milk (Goya's good, just be sure it's unsweetened)
Two cans of Campbell's chicken broth (it's better if you make your own broth and throw in some of the chicken, but the canned stuff works fine and is ever so much faster)
A generous number of fresh mushrooms (sliced)
One handful of fresh cilantro
A cup or so of finely sliced scallions
The juice of four - five limes (fresh, not that bottled stuff)
4 thin slices of fresh ginger
1 tblspoon chili oil (a little more if you like more heat; this one's really a "to taste" situation)
1 tblspoon salt
Mix the broth and coconut milk in a large stewpot. Add all the above ingredients, in whichever order suits you. Be sure to crush the cilantro firmly in your hand before adding it, to better release the flavour. Bring to a vigorous boil and let simmer for 45 min.-1 hr. Serves 6-8 (I have always been incapable of cooking small amounts of anything).
Well, that was different. I need more Tylenol.
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