February 19, 2005
February 6, 2005
Cream of Avocado
The most unusual thing for Brazilians is the way avocado is eaten in North America. We are stunned to see avocado in dips, salads, or inside sandwiches. For us avocado is part of the dessert category. We eat it with sugar.
The avocados of my childhood, which grew almost wildly in any backyard, were huge dark green things, the size of a pineapple. Sometimes one avocado was too much, so we would use only half of it, and store the other half in the fridge to use later in another batch of avocado cream.
The best recipe for me took avocado pulp, sugar e limejuice. Blend it, serve it cold, eat it with a spoon. However, the most popular recipe was the version with milk. Always served cold, with a thick consistency, the avocado cream was simply delicious and the cheapest and fastest dessert.
February 1, 2005
January is gone
Whatever happened to January? It has never being busier!
Cold, dump and foggy weather. Almost two months absent from my daily swimming. No knitting. No swimming. No dancing. No parties. Only work, organizing thousand of things I procrastinated the whole 2004 to start. Papers, bills, money matters, and some fun HTML/CSS practicing. A lot of practicing, actually . Two websites, one very good and very useful. I started in a very busy year, and I just hope it never slows down. I look lazy, but I like action!
Back to knitting, back to swimming – and what a LOVELY beginning for February, 70ºF today! My life is a series of cleaning, straighten things up, shopping, rinsing, washing, thinking of faster and healthier ways of feeding the family, checking that everything is taken care, so one of us can be the best at their job – and I assure you it isn’t me!
I’ve been very excited about a special project that translates in a lot of work, but also a lot of satisfaction. I finally discovered a calling company that is making me call more and still save money. I’ve been careful, and persistent, and patient, and trying not to feel guilty for not wanting to write here so often.
Happy New Year!