 Glad you liked the Baklava… let me know what else you need!
Roger
something nice from Iraq
Gingerbread to Iraq
I like to send folks what they really want. However, it becomes a bit of a challenge sending food a long way. It has to be made to travel and not spoil. Packaging can help… but the key is in the ingredients.
My Gingerbread Cookie Recipe for Kristin in Iraq:
1/2 cup butter
1 1/2 cup molasses
5 teaspoons spice blend*
1 teaspoon salt
2 teaspoons baking soda
2/3 – 1 cup water
1 1/4 cup packed brown sugar
7 cups flour
sugar sprinkles for topping
* (BLEND: 8 parts Ginger, 4 parts Cinnamon,1 part Cardamom,1 part Allspice,1 part Cloves,1 part Nutmeg,1 part Mace,4 parts Orange zest)
Bake: 350 degrees for 12-14 minutes
Here’s to you, Kristin!
Dad
Watching you in Iraq
Oh, my adult daughters do worry that I watch over them… it seems funny to them but I do like to see what they are up to once in a while. They have a common fear that I will be watching with a ‘leafy hat’ hidden somewhere and spring out with some commandment that they ‘can’t mix their creamed potatoes with their peas’… or some such thing.
When my eldest daughter was in Iraq the first time, I was able to keep track of her by following the on-line musings of an embed reporter. She would say, “I can’t tell you where I am…” and I would interject that I knew exactly where she was and list a casual — although deliberately vague — location that was good enough to elicit an ‘oh my god’ from her. This was priceless to me because it is not often that I can impress her.
Thanks to Google Earth. I can keep track of their general travels… the above three pictures came from Google Earth and I am sure Kristin will recognize them from her travels! 🙂
I did joke about having a subcutaneous transponder inserted into each one of them… they didn’t laugh. funny
Roger Freberg