Rabbits are dumb! 2249

Here's how I do it at home -- this is not a typical day, but it is not un-typical. As we were cooking corned beef today, I knew that I was not interested, but would eat a piece. I was not looking forward to it, but as the day wore on, I realized that it would be late being ready. I used the opportunity when I realized it would be late and DH started snacking to suggest that we have a light late lunch. I told him what I would be making and he was not enthused.

I made Dahi Bura from "The cooking of Calcutta" and served it with Jasmine Rice. Wednesday I bought some nice looking Long Beans and had a recipe in my file from about 1990 that I had not used. It called for all spices I had on hand (6) and a 1-4 tsp chick-pea flour with a cup of yogurt to thicken near the end. The yogurt was whole fat and the smallish curds were delicious. DH prefers meat and will eat it endlessly, but likes most everything.

With that lunch, we also had some new butter we'd never bought before. It is Teksut Butter (made in Instanbul) and tasted almost like brie. I thought it might be old-molded, but DH said it was not, just rich as all get-out. (Has anyone eaten this butter?) We spread it on an Artisan whole-grain bread with strong-ish tea at the end of the meal.

So today was sort of a compromise day for both of us and we both enjoyed it. Usually 3 meals are not the norm, only two with a snack, but the Dahi Bura was not a full meal, but quite filling and satisfying. Dee Dee