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I’m Too Saksay For My Saksay
Saksay is one of my favorite deserts. Ever. It’s cold, delicious, and nostalgic. It’s also the source for a lot of silly jokes. Like a great friend of mine used to sing: “I’m to saksay for my saksay”. When I was younger my mom often made it whenever we’d have parties with our Syrian friends. Here’s the recipe [...]
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Chaufage Squatting
It’s so cold! Brrrrrr! I was just telling my mom earlier today that if I was in the Donner Party, I’d be the first to go.
Speaking of family and freezing weather brings me to “chaufage squatting”. Chaufages are radiators and are what some people use to heat their houses in Syria. (I think it might come from the French [...]
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S L O W
I haven’t posted anything in the past few days because internet has been slow. It seemed that everybody was on because of the Eid. It’s gotten back to its normal speed though so I’ll start blogging again. Hope you enjoyed the Eid,
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I really like some of the podcasts you can get on iTunes. These are all free ones I’ve been listening to recently:
History of Jazz (iTunes U) – Dr. Gordon Vernick’s, associate professor of music and coordinator of jazz studies at Georgia State University, laid-back yet still professional approach to jazz history sounds like you’re talking [...]
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It’s So Cola
So this is a big issue I have. Pepsi and Coke are different. They’re not interchangeable as potable liquids. Some people are Coke people, others are Pepsi people. That’s fine. I, myself, have preferred Pepsi to Coke. I say “have preferred” because I used to be fine with drinking Coke, but the past couple months [...]
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Food Network Wants Me
Ready to bake cookies.
They cookie dough was already cut into squares…
I just had to plop them on the cookie sheet…
About 15 minutes later, I had cookies. That was just too hard.
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Correction
My bubble has been burst. For years I thought that man (on the right, in the picture in the post below) was selling tea. It’s not. It’s a drink called tamir hindi. Fifteen years of living in Syria…about 11 of thinking it was tea. Oops.
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Here I Go Again
I’m traveling again and probably won’t blog ’till late August. Sorry.
Have a good month,
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