- Julia Childs, My Life In France
Broads Abroad, I really need your help! Despite my recent re-acquaintance with my cookware, and finding my way back into the kitchen to prepare stuffed artichokes, and several servings of Shrimp Remoulade, I still feel like I'm starving all the time.
When I first moved to the Yucatan I needed to shed a few pounds to lower my cholesterol level. Unfortunately, I went a bit overboard and lost so much weight that my 70s pants suits collection can now hold two of me! Losing this amount of weight wasn't intentional. I initially found it difficult to procure the products I like, or some close approximation that would make anything I cook taste like home. Since my last post on cooking in Mérida, I have found the magic store that offers a nice selection of produce, including okra! With gumbo season in the air, I diced the okra and placed it safely in the freezer.
Honestly, I kind of miss my lazy wasteful life back in Austin. I miss those days when I could place a pile of dirty sauce pans in the dishwasher and walk out the door to meet some friends for a glass of wine and tapas - Albert and Jamie, that was directed at you two!
Some things are just better shared, and that includes washing the dishes by hand. Any takers? My new challenge is learning to cook for two people - myself and my gorgeous saggy ass jeans. A few weeks ago I made enough red beans and rice to feed the family across the street and my construction crew, which I did. What I miss most, outside of the ease of Austin living, is cooking with other people, especially with Mary, one of my dearest friends. When my home was rented out and on the market for sale, Mary shared her home with me for nine months. We lived like sister wives without the creepy husband part. To quench the desire to feed others, I'm planning a petite holiday cheer party to introduce my Canadian troupe to gumbo. I'm also looking forward to baking holiday cookies with Manuel's family once his girls are out of school.
Throughout my life, much to the chagrin of my children, I would just forget how to cook! Well, actually what happened is I would come home too exhausted to go make groceries. In those times I earned the nickname of Mother Ethiopia, as I would wave my magical spatula, pulling off incomprehensibly complex meals from the leavings of our bare cupboard. I'm kind of in that place now, and thought, why don't we cook together!
What do you think about a virtual dinner party? Each Friday, post one of your recipes on the News From A Broad Facebook page. You can tell all of your friends that that you saved the life of The Broad, one recipe at a time! Now imagine, one Friday morning while pouring your first cup of coffee or a batch of tea, you too, like my friend Pam, can proclaim proudly, "I must say, I am a good cook!! A little Barefoot Contessa, Paula Dean, Emeril, and John Besh all rolled into one....me!!!"
Here's how:
- Any day of the week, go to the News From A Broad Facebook Page.
- Include the phrase, "Global Dinner Party' in (fill in your country)" in your message, above your recipe instructions.
- Post directly to the News From A Broad timeline, full instructions and a photograph.
- I'll approve all of the recipes on Friday morning for public viewing.
- If you prepare one of the recipes, please give the Broad Abroad that posted it a very generous Thank You Note! That will automatically qualify you as a Southern Drawl Dawlin.
- If there is a recipe you like posted by a Broad Abroad living in your encore country, and you have trouble finding the ingredients, just ask where to find it. In my case, I would need to know what it is called in Spanish.
- If you have any problems, email me at newsfromabroad.online [at] gmail [dot] com. The actual email address is on the home page on the right. You can also leave a comment here and I'll see if my tech friends can fix the issue.
The Broad
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6 comments:
I'm in Switzerland. I go to Migros and buy prepared fish and vegies and then a packet of mixed salat. I grill the fish for 6 min after the salat, which I mix with crushed walnuts and cranberries - and walnut oil and balsamic vinegar. Done!
Calmity, what is mixed salat? Those combinations sound delicious!
IF you need more friends, eat out. You'll meet people really fast that way.......THEN later you can cook again.
Like the way you think Miss Babs!
I'm in. Since I'm learning to cook for one, this will be interesting :-)
Excellent! When you return to Merida, we will both know how to cook the same dishes! Can't wait to see you.
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