Yesterday I bought an avocado because they are DELICIOUS and I wanted to make some guacamole. In the last few months I have gotten REALLY into avocados... at first I was eating them plain, with just salt. Then I started mashing them up with salt and using them as dip. Then once in a while I would mash them up with salt and add some chopped tomatoes. Once in a while I'd add cumin too. Last night I had some extra chopped onions from a stew I was making and added some of those as well.I've gained immense joy from each of these iterations along the sliding scale between avocado and guacomole, and found that I have gotten a huge breadth of understanding of the different flavors through this process. Then I got excited about how much more I'd be able to experiment with avocadoes... over the rest of my life. That was pretty exciting, to realize that I have SO MUCH TIME to cook and eat and love food.
YUM :)
On an unrelated note, God sh*t on us this weekend and his sh*t was 20 inches of snow. This is when I get REALLY sad that I own a car and have street parking. I shoveled for an hour Friday night, at least 2 hours (over 2 separate occasions) Saturday, and then another hour and a half Sunday. This is when I start to be able to rationalize those stories you hear about people putting orange cones, lawn chairs, and trash cans in parking spots in Southie. To my IMMENSE delight, I managed to regain the spot I had spent all weekend excavating when I parked this evening after work. Otherwise someone would've gotten their car keyed. Just sayin.
To the left - the top photo is another honda civic on my block, he probably shovelled on sunday morning but the rest of the day likely caused the blockage. It is too cold for me to go out and get better photos of the poor suckers who didnt shovel at all... for them the snow pack is up to their side mirrors.Below is a picture of my beautifully shovelled civic. My back muscles say YOU'RE WELCOME
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Your love for alvocados makes me realize that we are soul sisters. Sprinkle them with Alder Smoked salt (http://www.worldspice.com/spices/0697alderwoodsmokedseasalt.shtml) to make your heart sing.
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Me again... this post about digging out your car reminds me of an experience I had shortly after buying my first home. It was like "la dee da... I'm an adult now. I own my own house!" and then one day I walked outside and found that the grass had grown up to my knees. I didn't think much of it until someone told me that when it got to that height you could no longer use a mower on it... you had to use a weed wacker. So I proceeded to weed wack the whole thing... took hours. I was like "Yard work sucks. Being an adult sucks!" Sounds similar to your experience digging out your car for the first time.
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