sunday brunch

Stolen and modified from a thrift store cookbook called 'Instant Cooking.'

Take 4-5 slices of pancetta. Chop roughly; put in a pan with a wee bit of olive oil (I find it sticks if you don't use some additional oil). Fry them a bit. (I'm sure you could use just regular bacon and maybe skip adding more oil; we're out. You can also leave it out and just skip to step 2, and it's still very tasty.)

Take 3-4 small slices from a good loaf of bread. This is a good use for those short slices on the end of a french or sourdough loaf; I used something called 'Fremont Sour' that I bought at the market. Tasty. Chop the slices into 1-inch cubes and toss them in with the pancetta; fry until golden; set aside.

Bring a pot of water to a boil; poach 2 eggs. (Don't ask me how to do this, because I keep screwing up and ending up with most of the white in the water. Google is your friend.)

Tear up some salad greens into two bowls. Slide the eggs, croutons and pancetta on top.

Slosh a little more oil into the pan (about 2-3 tblsp) and 2 cloves of crushed garlic. Saute until the garlic is just slightly brown. Add about 1 to 1/2 tblsp vinegar (I used red wine vinegar.) Pour the hot dressing over the salad. Shave a little cheese on top (I used some kerrygold Dubliner cheese that we happened to have; the recipe suggests parmesan.)

Serves 2.

slight political overtones with a chance of anime blathering

For those of you who are democrats in republican states: Bright Blue Dot. (link from the fabulous st_carrie. I love this idea. Kind of breaks down the dichotomy a little.)

Today: watched the last part of Hellsing and did not much else. Weather was cool and foggy.

Next Hallowe'en tallin and I are going out as Ceres Victoria (aka: Police Girl) and Alucard. (This year's Hallowe'en costumes are already planned out. Besides, I need a year to work up the self confidence to appropriately rock the miniskirt-uniform and thigh-highs. :-D)

Bed soon.