Nov 14 2007
dogs, frying, and soums
This morning, walking over a cold, kinda squeaky-crunchy layer of snow, I watched a scrum of dogs.
Just sayin’ 
Secondly, Friday will also be a Fry-day - woohoo! Clash of the titans - latkes versus falafel, with a concrete barrier of yogurt and grease uniting the two. Deep-fry-a-thon mini version.
I also bought some what I think is shortening (beef fat? In a large white squarish chunk?) to make borsak, a pastry similar to beignets. It turned out well, and I may use the fat again for the latkes - although that seems inappropriate for some reason.
Finally, I am going out to a soum (county) today with UNFPA. It’s rural and I hear very beautiful. So I have packed accordingly loaded for the proverbial bear: extra long johns, food, water, flashlight, matches, candles, heavy gloves, etc. in case we get stranded. I hear there are cave paintings there so I’m looking forward to that as part of the non-official work before getting back in this evening.
