Author Archives: Alison

Sep18

Tofu Indonesian Style

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Tofu Indonesian Style

I’m going to start posting some of the family favorite recipes here. This one came from somewhere, back in my FidoNet days, and we must have it 3-4 times a month, it’s so good. It’s a bit different from the original, but still really easy and good.

Tofu Indonesian Style

1/4 cup peanut butter
1/4 cup soy sauce
1/2 cup water
1/2 teaspoon sesame oil
1 teaspoon fresh ginger, chopped
1 teaspoon rice vinegar
1 tablespoon brown sugar
2 cloves garlic, chopped
1 tablespoon sesame seeds
3 scallions, sliced
1 pound firm tofu, cubed

Process the peanut butter, soy sauce, water, sesame oil, ginger, garlic, vinegar, and sugar in a small food proccessor or blender.

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Spoon the liquid mixture into an 8×8 pan. Put the tofu cubes in, and mix gently to cover. Sprinkle scallions and sesame seeds over the top.

Bake tofu about 25 minutes, until hot in the center. Serve over rice or chinese noodles and spoon additional sauce over the top.

Sep18

Thank Goodness for Chiropractic

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Thank Goodness for Chiropractic

We spent all day yesterday packing – picking things up and bending over, carrying things up and down stairs, and I’m going to be really grateful to my Chiropractor tomorrow morning.  Actually, I’m grateful now – he’s done enough work on me that I was >able< to pack and carry and all.  A couple of weeks ago it wouldn’t have been possible. 

Sep17

Penny Wise and Pound Foolish

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Penny Wise and Pound Foolish

Bush says he’s going to rebuild New Orleans, to the tune of $250 billion.  Fixing the levees would have cost $2.5 billion.  Today I read that he’s not going to have to raise taxes to do it.

My thought would be that the money would be better spent as compensation for the victims, so they can rebuild their >lives<, and give individuals and businesses some kind of incentive and/or tax breaks if they go in and build it.  It would certainly be less expensive, and probably do more good.  Besides, we don’t know how good Haliburton is at building stuff.