Current mood:	sleepy
Current music:	Metallica - Killing Time
Entry tags:	cooking, life

Fun with food
Today was my turn to cook dinner at Hamm. I made chilli and tacos with mashed sweet-potatoes and honey for dessert while my extremely capable assistant chef Alda made pork ribs and salad. I was supposed to have 2 assistants but the other one was very late because he missed a bus. Fortunately we were able to finish on time thanks in part to help from another Hammie. Since I needed to provide a vegetarian option for the beef tacos, I fried some shitaki mushrooms in Tabasco sauce. I also improved upon my standard "mashed tuber with syrup" recipe by adding cinnamon, nutmeg, cardamon and allspice to it.

Later on stangerous and I tried the spiced hot-chocolate drink called SpicyMaya at a local coffee shop. It's indistinguishable from "the drink of the gods" that I used to enjoy at Soma in TO so I think I'll be returning there. Keith, OTOH, was less enthused by the burning sensation in the back of his throat as he swallowed his drink.

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