African Peanut Soup

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African Peanut Soup
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Type: soup
Author: trotsig
Prep time: 5 mins
Cooking time: 55 mins
Total time: 1 hour
Serves: 6
Ingredients
  • 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
  • 2 dl chopped onions
  • 1 red pepper, chopped
  • 2 teaspoons chopped garlic
  • 1 dl rice
  • 1 liter bouillon
  • 2 dl chopped canned tomatoes with juice
  • 1/2 teaspoon red pepper flakes, or to taste
  • Salt and black pepper to taste
  • 1 dl chunky peanut butter
  • 1 teaspoon chopped fresh thyme, or ¼ teaspoon dried
Instructions
  1. Heat oil in soup pot over medium heat.
  2. Add onions, peppers and garlic and sauté until soft, about 5 minutes.
  3. Add rice, stock and tomatoes with juice, pepper flakes, salt, and pepper.
  4. Simmer for 45 minutes or until rice is soft.
  5. Whisk in peanut butter until well blended.
  6. Simmer for 5 minutes.
  7. Season well with salt and pepper.
  8. Serve in bowls.
  9. Sprinkle each bowl with thyme.

 

Animal : Miike Snow

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Animal

There was a time when my world was filled with
Darkness darkness darkness
Then I stopped dreaming now I’m supposed to fill it up with
Something something something

In your eyes I see the eyes of somebody I knew before
Long, long, long ago go go
But I’m still trying to make my mind up
Am I free or am I tied up

I change shapes just to hide in this place
But I’m still, I’m still an animal
Nobody knows it but me when I slip, yeah I slip
I’m still an animal

There is a hole and I tried to fill up with
Money money money
But it gets bigger till your hopes is always
Running running running

In your eyes I see the eyes of somebody
Who could be strong, tell me if I’m
Wrong wrong wrong
And now I’m pulling your disguise up
Are you free or are you tied up

I change shapes just to hide in this place
But I’m still, I’m still an animal
Nobody knows it but me when I slip, yeah I slip
I’m still an animal

I change shapes just to hide in this place
But I’m still, I’m still an animal
Nobody knows it but me when I slip, yeah I slip
I’m still an animal

I change shapes just to hide in this place
But I’m still, I’m still an animal
Nobody knows it but me when I slip, yeah I slip
I’m still an animal

I change shapes just to hide in this place
But I’m still, I’m still an animal
Nobody knows it but me when I slip, yeah I slip
I’m still an animal

© MiikeSnow

Spaghetti Marco Polo

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Spaghetti Marco Polo
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Type: Main
Author: trotsig
Prep time: 15 mins
Cooking time: 15 mins
Total time: 30 mins
Serves: 4
Based on Julia Child’s recipe when she visited Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood… way back in 1974.
Ingredients
  • 500 grams spaghetti, cooked al dente (do not overcook!)
  • 4 tablespoons olive oil
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • black pepper
  • 1 can shredded tuna packed in oil, undrained
  • 2 dl pimiento, diced (packed in oil – not vinegar!) or roasted red peppers, peeled and sliced
  • 2 tablespoons chopped chives or green onions
  • 1 dl chopped black olives
  • 2 dl chopped walnuts
  • 2 dl Swiss or Parmesan cheese, grated
  • 2 tablespoons fresh parsley, chopped
Instructions
  1. While the spaghetti is boiling, mix the nuts, olives, pimiento, and herbs in a bowl with a little sprinkling of salt and pepper.
  2. Toss the spaghetti about in the oil until every strand looks covered.
  3. Then toss it quickly with salt and pepper, and taste to be sure it is just right.
  4. At the table, toss the herbs and nuts into the spaghetti, sprinkling bits of cheese into it as you go.
  5. Use big, dramatic lifting movements, raising the spaghetti high, and clacking the fork and spoon together. Do this rather rapidly, as though you were a maître d’hôtel in a great restaurant….
  6. When you feel you have tossed enough, scoop up serving portions, lifting high again, and placing them on each plate.
  7. You can eat the spaghetti with a fork and knife, but have you ever tried chopsticks?
  8. Bon appétit!