Saturday, January 17, 2009
Consanguines
"Relatives related to ego by descent or filiation and not by marriage are collectively called cognates or consanguines." Kinship: An Introduction to the Basic Concepts, by Robert Parkin (2007), p. 35.
Tuesday, January 13, 2009
Monday, January 12, 2009
Saturday, January 10, 2009
Scheherazade casserole
Scheherazade: in The Arabian Nights, Scheherazade is the Sultan's bride who saves her life by maintaining the Sultan's interest in the suspenseful tales she tells.
Etymology: German, Scheherezade, from the Persian, Shīrazād.
The casserole: 1 c. raw bulgur, 1. c. boiling water, 1 Tb. olive oil, 2 c. minced onion, 3 large cloves minced garlic, 1/2 tsp. salt, 2 tsp. cumin, 1 and 1/2 tsp. basil, black pepper and cayenne to taste, 1 large diced bell pepper, 3/4 c. soaked soybeans, 14 and 1/2 oz. drained tomatoes, 3 Tb. tomato paste, 1/2 c. finely minced parsley, 1 and 1/2 to 2 c. crumbled feta cheese
Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. Grease a 9 by 13 in. baking pan. Mix the bulgur and boiling water, cover and let stand 15 min. Saute onion, garlic, salt and seasonings in olive oil for 5-8 min. Add bell pepper and saute 5 min. more. Drain soybeans and blend them with 1 c. fresh water--grind them to a coarse batter. Add all ingredients (minus some feta cheese) to the soybean paste, place in baking pan and sprinkle lightly with some of the feta. Cover and bake for 30 min. at 375, then uncover and bake 15 min. more at 350 degrees F. Serve hot (Recipe courtesy of the New Moosewood Cookbook, Mollie Katzen).
The meaning of the name: Unknown.
Success of the recipe: Unknown.
Etymology: German, Scheherezade, from the Persian, Shīrazād.
The casserole: 1 c. raw bulgur, 1. c. boiling water, 1 Tb. olive oil, 2 c. minced onion, 3 large cloves minced garlic, 1/2 tsp. salt, 2 tsp. cumin, 1 and 1/2 tsp. basil, black pepper and cayenne to taste, 1 large diced bell pepper, 3/4 c. soaked soybeans, 14 and 1/2 oz. drained tomatoes, 3 Tb. tomato paste, 1/2 c. finely minced parsley, 1 and 1/2 to 2 c. crumbled feta cheese
Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. Grease a 9 by 13 in. baking pan. Mix the bulgur and boiling water, cover and let stand 15 min. Saute onion, garlic, salt and seasonings in olive oil for 5-8 min. Add bell pepper and saute 5 min. more. Drain soybeans and blend them with 1 c. fresh water--grind them to a coarse batter. Add all ingredients (minus some feta cheese) to the soybean paste, place in baking pan and sprinkle lightly with some of the feta. Cover and bake for 30 min. at 375, then uncover and bake 15 min. more at 350 degrees F. Serve hot (Recipe courtesy of the New Moosewood Cookbook, Mollie Katzen).
The meaning of the name: Unknown.
Success of the recipe: Unknown.
Tuesday, January 6, 2009
Hieratic
Hieratic is a cursive writing system used in pharaonic Egypt that developed alongside the hieroglyphic system, to which it is intimately related. It was primarily written in ink with a reed brush on papyrus, allowing scribes to write quickly without resorting to the time consuming hieroglyphs (which were typically only used when incising on stone of some sort, as in tombs, stele, and temple walls). (thanks wikipedia for a concise and more-accurate-than-others definition)
Monique is learning hieratic and it's "challenging, so hopefully rewarding" to learn.
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