Vegetable broth from scraps

Recipe #2

Vegetable broth from scraps

Boil all of these with lots of water in a massive pot for about half an hour:
various scraps:
stalks of tomatoes
Cob leftovers of corn
Stalks of parsley
seeds and stalk of bell peppers
also can include:
tops of vegetables eg. carrot zucchini radishes
stalks
carrot skin
onion skin
(try to keep organic veggies and wash before use so you're not eating pesticides)

Fresh spices:
Garlic
Ginger
Parsley

Dry spices:
Black cardomom (soup feels like home)
Cinnamon
Lemongrass
Solid peppercorn
Clove
Dry red chilli


Salt
Olive oil

Strain using a big strainer and always have soup ready :) (sorry I didn't post pictures of the mess in the pot before I strained)

Watermelon Feta Salad

I have decided to document my favorite recipes for revisiting them instead of having them disappear into the abyss

Recipe #1

Watermelon Feta Salad

Mix extremely well:

Watermelon (cut small as you have patience)
Feta (chopped and lots of it)
Mint (minced, decent amount)
Red onion (neccessary for taste)
Some stolen salsa from roommate (basically some jalepenos..)

Dressing:
Pepper
Red chilli pepper
Lemon
Balsamic vinegar (little)
Olive oil
Honey

Enjoy in your slip (see below if you can catch me doing this), chilling at home <3

Books I actually read this year (documented through going over emails from the library for overdue material..):

 Dirk Gently's holistic detective agency / Douglas Adams.
Jamrach's menagerie / Carol Birch.
The lambs of London / by Peter Ackroyd.
How we survived communism / Slavenka Drakulić.
Werewolves in their youth / Michael Chabon.
The Yiddish Policemen's Union / Michael Chabon
The robber bride / Margaret Atwood.
Mr. Penumbra's 24-hour bookstore / Robin Sloan.
We are pirates / Daniel Handler
Go set a watchman / Harper Lee 
Ladies Coupe / Anita Nair
On becoming fearless / Ariana Huffington 

Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell

What is the purpose of this book? It feels like a fever, going on and on in a daze, under enchantment. Definitely did not make me feel good, or strongly anything.. The coincidence of this with the movie on Aaron Swartz, "The Internet's own boy" raises some interesting thoughts and makes one dislike Mr Norrell more. Pieces of it reminded me of my trip to Napoleon's tomb in Paris, like an egg in a golden cover, resting to eternity, untouchable and triumphant in glory.

What is interesting is creating a consistent imaginary world or an imaginary system that somehow fits into an existing world without glitches, or having thought through the glitches carefully. Eg. Magical justice courts rather than regular courts handling magic cases. Similar to financial courts of justice rather than regular ones, or consumer protection courts.

2015 TBR Pile Challenge

The 2015 TBR Pile Challenge is out! 

My books this year:

1. Living to tell the tale (Gabriel Garcia Marquez)
2. The Selfish Gene (Richard Dawkins)
3. Pale Blue Dot (Carl Sagan)
4. Guns, Germs & Steel (Jared Diamond)
5. Making of the Atomic Bomb (Richard Rhodes)
6. Guns of August (Barbara Tuchman)
7. Capitalism and Freedom (Milton Friedman)
8. Ghost Wars (Steve Coll)
9. Ascent of Money (Niall Ferguson)
10. The Argumentative Indian (Amartya Sen)
11.Foundation (Isaac Asimov)
12. India after Gandhi (Ramachandra Guha) - March 

Alternates:

1. The Wealth of Nations (Adam Smith)
2. Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell (Susanna Clarke)

Welcome!

Welome to my blog! Every day I will post the THINK TO DO for the day.  Here is an old picture of my little brother engaged in artwork which is meant to symbolize the creative adventure I am embarking on.