Five from papertigers

[dcseain]

Ask and you shall receive. My answers:

1.) how good are you with that violin?

:"> Good enough that i actively chose not to go professional when i was 18.

I started playing violin again after a hiatus of 20 years (played viola during those years) thanks to muzikmaker21 thinking of me when they needed a violinist for The Two Gentlemen of Verona in 2005.

2.) have you ever travelled outside the U.S.?

Yes, Spain (mostly Madrid, Sesa, Barcelona - which i adore, and Palma, though Extremadura and Valladolid are bothe quite lovely) in 1984-85, and Montreal, QC periodically through my childhood, but not since 1989. And thank you for spelling 'travelled' correctly. :)

3.) do you have any uncommon/unusual talents/skills?

Music and language - are those uncommon? I can write poetry off the cuff, which i know is rather uncommon, though not unheard of. I have an uncanny ability to remember roads and directions.

4.) what do you consider comfort food?

Cake; ice cream - especially a good, non-green mint chip or a rocky road; cookies - especially chocolate chip, hard-boiled egg^*, and brazil nut; chocolate covered peanuts or almonds; a simple stuffing of mirepoix, bread and seasonings; cream pies, especially chocolate and coconut, but never lemon, lime, nor anything with meringue - meringue is not cream, nor a substitute for it.

5.) what's a bad habit you're trying to break?

Not putting things away right away when i should.



^* Yes, you read that right, hard-boiled egg cookies. My family also makes pastries with an ice-cream based dough. Things in Central Europe and Hungary are not like here in some ways, if different in very tasty ways.

Comments

[jbsegal.livejournal.com]

Can you get Salep?? Please?

[dcseain.livejournal.com]

Do you mean the flour or the drink? I know i can get the latter, from which i extrapolate i can get the former.

[dcseain.livejournal.com]

Did my tendency literalism just bite me in the ass again?

[jbsegal.livejournal.com]

Probably. :)

I want to make salepi dondurma... Turkish Fox Testicle Ice Cream.

I figure I'll be substituting a Kitchen Aide mixer for beating with an iron rod...