This is an act of kindness. It's an insurance test I'm avoiding. I'm sorry if it sounds selfish bit it's all about me Me ME. I must waste time! 1. One of the girls who beta-ed for me gave me a code. At first I just read what she posted, then I fell in love with my Flist, then I got involved with the Witching Hour Harry Potter conference and became hopelessly addicted.
2. Just HP, but some of the writers are so good I'll read whatever they rec or write. Through them, I even met some published writers in real life and read their books. (Roxanne Conrad and Holly Black and Nancy Farmer and Holly Black and George Plitnik.)
3. I define genius differently, as someone who shows the world a different way to see itself. Heroic in the "brought back the elixer" way. I don't think JRK did that, though she did singlehandedly save the independent bookstore and for that she has my undying love. But I don't think HP will survive into the next century. I can't even see fire at FA surviving a decade after the last book is published. I hope it does, but people find the next craze and move on.
4. I could drop a bucket of names - Gandhi, Bowditch, Donne, Descartes, Pythagoras, Feynman, Laughlin - but to be honest Mom influenced me the most and it's her example I try hardest to follow. She taught us to live in the world, but not let it trap us.
5. I'm into comfort food - almost anything tastes great on a saltine cracker (from sardines to peanut butter). But this is the great-great-grandmother-made soup I need when I feel like I'm at Death's Door. It'll grow hair, a new lung, cure blindness - I know this for a fact - and everything else from flu to anthrax (if it doesn't kill you first). The herbs are the basic "Chinese Winter Chest Cold" mix: LAMB AND LEEKS WITH DAIKONS · 1/2 lb lean lamb pieces with bones · 3 large leeks · 4 slices ginger · 3 garlic cloves (crushed) · 1 cup sliced Daikon radish · 1 tsp black pepper · 2 tsp sesame oil · 1 oz Chinese Angelica root, · 1 oz Rehmannia root · 1 oz Polygoni Multiflore root · 2 pieces Dioscorea yam root · 2 pieces Peony Alba root · 2 pieces Poria Fungus · 1 small cinnamon stick · 1 piece tangerine peel · 1 oz Astragalus root · 2 oz Chinese Barley Job’s Tears
Saute the ginger and garlic in the oil until fragrant. Add the leek slices and lamb and saute 5 minutes. Add the daikon, herbs, bones, pepper, and enough water to cover the ingredients generously. Bring to a boil and then cook on medium-low for an hour, adding more water as needed.
This is a winter blood-building soup that fights damp. I love it because it is magic You won't see it next to the cans of Chicken Noodle any time soon.
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Date: 2006-01-11 02:07 am (UTC)1. One of the girls who beta-ed for me gave me a code. At first I just read what she posted, then I fell in love with my Flist, then I got involved with the Witching Hour Harry Potter conference and became hopelessly addicted.
2. Just HP, but some of the writers are so good I'll read whatever they rec or write. Through them, I even met some published writers in real life and read their books. (Roxanne Conrad and Holly Black and Nancy Farmer and Holly Black and George Plitnik.)
3. I define genius differently, as someone who shows the world a different way to see itself. Heroic in the "brought back the elixer" way. I don't think JRK did that, though she did singlehandedly save the independent bookstore and for that she has my undying love. But I don't think HP will survive into the next century. I can't even see fire at FA surviving a decade after the last book is published. I hope it does, but people find the next craze and move on.
4. I could drop a bucket of names - Gandhi, Bowditch, Donne, Descartes, Pythagoras, Feynman, Laughlin - but to be honest Mom influenced me the most and it's her example I try hardest to follow. She taught us to live in the world, but not let it trap us.
5. I'm into comfort food - almost anything tastes great on a saltine cracker (from sardines to peanut butter). But this is the great-great-grandmother-made soup I need when I feel like I'm at Death's Door. It'll grow hair, a new lung, cure blindness - I know this for a fact - and everything else from flu to anthrax (if it doesn't kill you first). The herbs are the basic "Chinese Winter Chest Cold" mix:
LAMB AND LEEKS WITH DAIKONS
· 1/2 lb lean lamb pieces with bones
· 3 large leeks
· 4 slices ginger
· 3 garlic cloves (crushed)
· 1 cup sliced Daikon radish
· 1 tsp black pepper
· 2 tsp sesame oil
· 1 oz Chinese Angelica root,
· 1 oz Rehmannia root
· 1 oz Polygoni Multiflore root
· 2 pieces Dioscorea yam root
· 2 pieces Peony Alba root
· 2 pieces Poria Fungus
· 1 small cinnamon stick
· 1 piece tangerine peel
· 1 oz Astragalus root
· 2 oz Chinese Barley Job’s Tears
Saute the ginger and garlic in the oil until fragrant. Add the leek slices and lamb and saute 5 minutes. Add the daikon, herbs, bones, pepper, and enough water to cover the ingredients generously. Bring to a boil and then cook on medium-low for an hour, adding more water as needed.
This is a winter blood-building soup that fights damp. I love it because it is magic You won't see it next to the cans of Chicken Noodle any time soon.