Well yesterday I returned to an old friend...
Ah, decaf americano, how I have missed thee.
Suitably refreshed, I bought my mystery ingredient:
Can you guess what it is?
No?
The clue's in the title: it's squid ink! Or, once it's gone through the D:Team perception filter, squee-DINK!
Now what might I possibly want that for? Well, I've been making my own pasta lately, so some is destined for that (but not until I have gloves; don't fancy ending up with blackened, squiddy mitts). I also bought some squid, and a little goes a long way with squid, so much of it is in the freezer now.
Incidentally I also had the most expensive haircut of my life. It was fine, but not worth THAT much. I was in shock.
But yesterday I made...
Arroz Negra!
Or black paella as it's also known.
Delicately fishy and ever so easy to make as well as being cheaper than you might think, it was a bit of a winner. And it goes like this (for two greedy people):
1. Fry plenty of garlic and some spring onions
2. Add 300g paella rice and stir around for a few moments to get nicely cooked in
3. Add 450ml fish stock and the contents of the squid ink sachet. Do not get it on your hands/clothes/cat/children
4. Mostly cover and leave at a gentle simmer for about 15 minutes
5. Check on it, remove the lid and add more water if needs be
6. Once the rice is pretty much done and is sticky with very little sauce, get going with the squid
7. Fry the squid rings in a really hot pan for just a couple of moments. Err on the side of undercooked to avoid getting rubber rings
8. Serve. Try to avoid getting cat hair in it. Ahem.
Which was very exciting and paved the way for today nicely - fish being brain food and all.
D:Team were given the choice of what to study this term from a carefully selected list and went for Proverbs, so we kicked that off this evening.
Let it not be said that I waste time on unnecessary graphical flim flammery. Ahem.
Reading Proverbs is like wandering around a town of cartoon characters; one moment you're chatting to the fool, the next you're listening to the voice of the Woman Wisdom or spotting the sluggard hiding behind his door (the lions! The lions!) Each person in Proverbsville is listening to the voice of one of two people:
Either you're listening to the Woman Folly, in which case you will end up on the path of folly which leads to... death! Or you're listening to the Woman Wisdom whose words lead you onto the path of wisdom which leads to... life!
Over the next few weeks we will be looking at some of these characters as they make their way through Proverbsville and find out who they're listening to and what effect that has had on them.
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