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saint_monkey) wrote2003-05-30 04:27 am
saint_monkey) wrote2003-05-30 04:27 am
insomnia, watermelon
today will be a hard day at work
summer normally equals insomnia for me.
and i really can not sleep without mystery here, just tossing, turning, and staring at the clock. the clock really is a bastard when you can't sleep. it smugly shows you the time in its red demon letters.
4:15,
and if you don't go to sleep soon, you'll be screwed. so you lay in bed, trying to adjust the pillows,trying to keep your shirt from bunching underneath you, feeling the bedsprings bite into your ribs, trying to relax and ignore the birds which have started singing. you lay for hour after relentless hour and you turn towards the clock which says.... 4:15. what the hell, may as well get up.
only six more weeks to go. the only good thing about insomnia this bad, i will sleep tomorrow. but work will be hell.
before i forget, try out this recipe for watermelon salad that we got off of the tv (Nigella Lawson's "forever Summer" series,) it is really really good, and quite unique. it also has the distinction of being fairly cheap.
take a small red onion and slice it thin, put it in a bowl with the juice of an entire lemon. let this sit, stirring occasionally, for at least a half an hour. the lemon juice will chemically cook the onion, very slowly, breaking down the sufuric acid and leaving the sugars... the result, a mild sweet onion made sweeter, milder. the lemon juice takes on a bright, almost coppery acidity. Like licking a nine volt battery.
in a large bowl, put the diced flesh from a half of a small watermelon. pour the onion and lemon juice mixture on top (trust me.) then sprinkle about four ounces of crumbled sheep milk feta cheese on top (TRUST me.) finally garnish with Kalamata olives (Really, would i steer you wrong?) and serve. (optional garnish, cilantro and mint.)
The charm of this dish is it's unexpectedness. These are ingredients known for their strong, distinct flavors, yet combined they make a suprisingly mellow, extremely well balanced salad. The watermelon isn't too sweet, the lemon isn't too sour, the onion is so mild that it leaves little aftertaste, and the feta melts into a suprisingly mild cream.
summer normally equals insomnia for me.
and i really can not sleep without mystery here, just tossing, turning, and staring at the clock. the clock really is a bastard when you can't sleep. it smugly shows you the time in its red demon letters.
4:15,
and if you don't go to sleep soon, you'll be screwed. so you lay in bed, trying to adjust the pillows,trying to keep your shirt from bunching underneath you, feeling the bedsprings bite into your ribs, trying to relax and ignore the birds which have started singing. you lay for hour after relentless hour and you turn towards the clock which says.... 4:15. what the hell, may as well get up.
only six more weeks to go. the only good thing about insomnia this bad, i will sleep tomorrow. but work will be hell.
before i forget, try out this recipe for watermelon salad that we got off of the tv (Nigella Lawson's "forever Summer" series,) it is really really good, and quite unique. it also has the distinction of being fairly cheap.
take a small red onion and slice it thin, put it in a bowl with the juice of an entire lemon. let this sit, stirring occasionally, for at least a half an hour. the lemon juice will chemically cook the onion, very slowly, breaking down the sufuric acid and leaving the sugars... the result, a mild sweet onion made sweeter, milder. the lemon juice takes on a bright, almost coppery acidity. Like licking a nine volt battery.
in a large bowl, put the diced flesh from a half of a small watermelon. pour the onion and lemon juice mixture on top (trust me.) then sprinkle about four ounces of crumbled sheep milk feta cheese on top (TRUST me.) finally garnish with Kalamata olives (Really, would i steer you wrong?) and serve. (optional garnish, cilantro and mint.)
The charm of this dish is it's unexpectedness. These are ingredients known for their strong, distinct flavors, yet combined they make a suprisingly mellow, extremely well balanced salad. The watermelon isn't too sweet, the lemon isn't too sour, the onion is so mild that it leaves little aftertaste, and the feta melts into a suprisingly mild cream.