It's summer

[chanaleh]

I have invented a new sandwich: hummus, avocado [half of one, sliced], and tzatziki (cucumbers and onion in goat-milk yogurt with some thyme and dill), wrapped in a whole-wheat tortilla.

Hmm. The alternate title for this is probably "how to gross out my mother in one easy step." Next stop: tofu with mushrooms in Szechuan sauce!

Also, it's official: I shall go with greenlily et al. to this Sunday evening's performance of Much Ado, at 7pm (heading straight over from Davis Sq. after Lion rehearsal). Who's joining us? :-)

Note to self: buy coffee. I just drank the last 5 cups of it.

Comments

[hauntmeister.livejournal.com]

What's your schedule for rehearsing Lion in the actual space? I'd like to show up for at least one of those to figure out camera angles.

[chanaleh.livejournal.com]

Let's see: load-in this Sat. at 10am, including some spatial orientation but no actual rehearsal. Then next Tues-Wed-Thurs starting at 6pm.

[leighjen.livejournal.com]

You might want to send advanced scouts out for Much Ado... The set up is different this year and I don't think there is as much space as there was in past years.

[greenlily.livejournal.com]

hmm. Thanks for the heads-up.

[saxikath]

Much Ado! Yes please! I'll even be an advance scout if need be.

[chanaleh.livejournal.com]

Yay and double-yay!

[navrins]

Five cups??!

[chanaleh.livejournal.com]

Well, what my (or any standard) coffeemaker calls "five cups" actually translates to "two good-sized mugs". But, uh, yeah. :-)

[navrins]

Ah! Two-and-a-half pints, not empty-the-cup-five-times.

That's still a lot of coffee, but much less scary.

[chanaleh.livejournal.com]

Actually, believe it or not, the standard coffee "cup" (as calibrated on coffeepots) is only 6 fluid ounces. (?! This made more sense when coffee was consumed out of delicate little china cups, but the modern 16-ounce mugs I have make it seem a little out of touch with reality. Portion creep is everywhere upon us.) So really it's even less: 30 oz < 2 pints (32 oz).

[moominmolly.livejournal.com]

The sandwich sounds tasty. Can you buy good tzatziki in the store?

[greenlily.livejournal.com]

I've yet to find a good commercial prepared tzatziki. Trader Joe's sells Greek (pre-strained) yogurt, which makes a good base, as it's less watery than regular yogurt. When I make tzatziki, I usually put in the garlic and dill first (I find thyme too strong...) and let it sit for a while, then add the cucumber right before I plan to eat it. Same thing when I make raita (less yogurt, more cucmber, different herbs). The cucumber just makes the yogurt too dribbly. :)

[chanaleh.livejournal.com]

I made my own, too. I guess I did use dill in addition to thyme. But it's the goat yogurt (that should be what the "Greek-style" yogurt is, too) that makes it taste like tzatziki and not raita, to me.

The thing to do (although I didn't this time, either) is salt the cucumbers ahead of time and let them sit for a bit to draw out some of the water.

[mitchellf.livejournal.com]

Have you tried the one they sell at Whole Foods (ne Bread and Circus)? I haven't tried it, yet, but I've been looking at it in that "well, maybe next time when I have more money to spend" kind of way. However, if you've tried it and didn't find it good, then I won't bother. Let me know--I like yummy yogurt-based foods (*she said while finishing her Stoneyfield Farms chocolate-truffle flavored organic yogurt which she bought yesterday at Whole Foods...which used to be Fresh Fields here*). :-)

[donnad.livejournal.com]

When you chop up the cucumber, do you remove the seeds? I found it doesn't make it as soupy if I deseed the cucumber first.

[coraline]

the tzatziki at dave's fresh pasta in davis square is really good... addictively so. i can eat a whole container in one evening.

[meranthi.livejournal.com]

That sounds awesome!!!!!

Have you ever been to the Greek Corner on Mass Ave? Much nummy Greek food...:)

[sanpaku.livejournal.com]

That place is one of the few things I miss since moving from Boston. When we're in town it's usually a stop on the trip.

[cheshyre]

That sounds delicious. Now you've got me craving one.