Yum!

With the Boss's IBS comes a new way of eating for him. A couple of weeks ago he started having trouble with milk so we've cut milk but kept yogurt and cheese, for now. Yogurt has cultures that help you tolerate lactose. If we were back in q8, it would be easy to buy plenty of liter bottles of yogurt drink, but here I've only been able to find the small, individual-sized ones. Since the twins love to drink yogurt that can get a bit pricey. So I just bought a big jug of yogurt and we make our own.

Take regular yogurt and fill a glass almost to the top. Stir until very smooth and creamy. Add just enough water to make it drinkable. Then, enjoy! The kids love it and it's not much more work than just pouring a glass of water and stirring in Tang...and a LOT healthier.

After cleaning the twins' room (only took me an hour...amazing!) I spent the rest of the time until picking up the kids from school at cousin's house where she colored my hair. I have pretty aggressive gray hairs. Unfortunately they're still a minority and my natural color is a rather mousy dark blond so it's very unattractive. Blech! So, due to my little spa session, there was no lupper waiting for us when we got home from school.

Cousin to the rescue. She makes something the kids love and it's easy to fix and the kids like it. Boil potatoes and eggs. You can start boiling the potatoes and add the eggs later for the last 10 minutes or you can cook them separately. After they're done, peel the eggs (and potatoes, which should have been boiled in the skins if cooking with the eggs) and mash the eggs and potatoes together. Add salt and pepper to taste.

Take a loaf of pita bread and separate the rounds. (You can use tortillas if you don' t have access to big enough pitas...about a foot wide.) Using a spoon, spread the potato-egg mixture on the bread and roll up.

So, lupper tonight was pretty healthy and pretty easy. (Oh, and lupper is that meal we have right after school...too late for lunch and too early for supper.)

Tonight we were talking to Baba on the computer and he had friends from the office with him. He wanted me to recount a couple of dishes he'd introduced me to our first trip here.

We were at Aunt's house one night for supper and Baba passed me a plate and asked me to try it. I asked what it was and he asked what it looked like. "Boiled cauliflower?" "Similar." I tried it and it was just about as bland as it looked. What was it? Lamb brain. Whoopee!

Later in the visit we were in the kitchen of his dad and sister's house and Baba had brought us lunch. I'd ordered a chicken sandwich. He handed me mine and I started eating. It tasted like chicken but the texture was different. Normally the chicken sandwiches over here are roasted chicken and this tasted like it had just been boiled, like for chicken salad, but no salad. I asked about it and he said, "Oh, I gave you mine by mistake." "What is it?" "Lamb spinal cord."