Tonight's spaghetti was a fiasco. We're talking nasty. I couldn't eat the stuff. At least the meat was good -- I finally found good meat at one place in the souk. But the sauce was way past bad and all the Italian seasoning in the world couldn't change that. I would probably pay a hundred bucks for a couple of cans of Hunts spaghetti sauce right now. I don't know why this has to be such an issue; you'd think that if you can find the ingredients, you can make it taste good. But that's part of the problem; you never know if the local store will have the same brand twice. I tried an Israeli brand and it was the best so far, but the meat I had put in it was interesting, to say the least, and I haven't been able to find that brand again.
Maybe I'm just supposed to give up spaghetti. I don't know. Cooking other things gets complicated as well. For example, all those yummy caseroles that you put cream of chicken or mushroom soup in? They don't have canned soup here. And let's talk about the oven: At home, we have degree settings and a little light goes off when the temperature is right. Not so here. My oven has all these little symbols and I can't for the life of me figure out what they mean. One thing I have perfected, though, is toasted garlic bread. I buy these incredible baguettes at the store and slice off a little piece, add some butter (awesome butter!), a little salt and minced garlic, stick my hand in the oven to see if it's hot and if it is, I watch the bread very closely. It's soooo good, and is great for grilled chicken sandwiches. That was another good find for me -- one brand of yummy pre-cooked chicken breasts, now very much a staple at King George 41/24!
One thing that I'm really grateful for here: No fast food or junk food commercials on TV. I didn't realize how much the advertising had affected me! I don't really think about that stuff anymore, and that's amazing. I haven't really missed it at all. There's a McDonalds two streets over, which I have not set foot in and a Burger King one more street over that I went in once. It wasn't that great and I haven't been back since. Hmmm. I haven't had a burger in over a month. No pork either. Well, so far I'm not missing it. Let's just hope it stays that way!
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Is this picture on your blog recent? I haven't seen you in a while, and you look awesome!!! I know that has nothing to do with your spaghetti, but I'm just seeing this pic for the first time! Wow...keep up the good work.(for all of you who are thinking what's this girls deal, I haven't seen M'lis in several years...we used to work together in Ft. Worth)
Beth -- the pic was from last year (I think!) It's probably a little more flattering than reality, but thanks for the compliment anyway!!
m'lis- I just caught up on your posts. You are a very good writer! Chad and I just moved to hwy 16 and I'm adjusting to no internet (for now) and a bad phone signal. Right now I'm at a coffee shop catching up on blogs and email. I love the way you describe things. I feel like I've been to Israel from reading your posts. Thanks!
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