Haircut

Went for my usual haircut today, my hairdresser's been busy the past couple of months, so is the manicurist. The April 2008 WISH magazine had an article listing things you can do to go 'green', starting with replacing old appliances (would be nice in theory, but things usually have to break before we replace things around here).


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Jamaican Pumpkin soup recipe a la Christine:

1 butternut squash
1 medium sweet potato or purple sweet potato (peeled and cut into chunks)
2 medium potatoes (peeled and cut into chunks)
1 chayote squash (peeled and quartered, seed removed), or even a peeled carrot if that's all you have
beef shank bone-in (1 or 2 lbs)
sprigs of thyme (or can use dried thyme)
1 tbs scotch bonnet pepper sauce
1/2 tsp black pepper
1 tbs salt
6 whole pimento seeds
2 stalks green onion

dumplings (optional):

1 cup flour (can use whole wheat or white)
water to turn it to a dough, about 5 tbs)
1/2 tsp salt

Mix salt into the flour. Add water, and mould into a dough. Roll and shape the dough into little fingerlings.

Microwave whole butternut squash for 5 mins to soften, then cut into chunks. Add it to the beef shanks in the soup pot. Cover with water. Bring to a boil, then partially cover and simmer for 2 hours on slightly less than medium heat, topping up with water to cover as required. Add the rest of the vegetables cut into chunks along with all the seasonings and simmer for another half hour. can add dumplings in the last 15 minutes. Remove the beef bones, thyme and green onions before serving and cut the beef into chunks.

enjoy!