you don’t have to live like a refugee… April 19, 2007
Posted by deepali in food, human rights, refugees, school.add a comment
I forgot the update on the rations, so here we go, a bit late.
The lentils turned out great. No problems there (I cheated and used my pressure cooker, but I didn’t have t0). I added some basic spices – mustard seeds, cumin, coriander, fenugreek, a little chili pepper. Made a nice stew.
The corn meal… that was a different story. Round 1 was “mealie pap”, something similar to polenta. It was bland, but not inedible in small quantities. And it was filling – I only ate half my allocation. Round 2 was porridge. I added cinnamon and cardamom and a bit of clove. I also boiled the coffee in a pan with a bit of sugar. Not bad, except I forgot to turn the stove off when I left the room, and the porridge ended up all over place (including in the coffee). I cleaned everything up, and had the non-contaminated bits for breakfast. Not so bad, but certainly not what I would want to eat for days on end.
Final thoughts? Ever so grateful for the accident of birth/twist of fate that ensures that I will never have to endure living conditions like that, and even more determined to work towards preventing/eliminating the situations that cause other people to have to.
every form of addiction is bad, no matter whether the narcotic be alcohol or morphine or idealism April 18, 2007
Posted by deepali in environment, food, human rights, poverty.add a comment
Someone asked me the other day why I care about the issues I care about (ie, poverty, human rights, hunger, environmental degradation). My response – how can you NOT care?
But I think I’m just an idealist.
a musical mission April 5, 2007
Posted by deepali in misc, music.2 comments
One of the listservs I’m on recently posted a request for quirky upbeat musical selections about the happy moments in life. I’m pondering my nominee. My first instinct would go to something by Ben Folds, but I think I’ll think more on this.
It’s a great idea though – a compilation of those songs that remind you of the funny, little things of life, instead of all the silly melodrama so prevalent in pop music.
