Day 55: Hummus + Homemade Apricot "Tamarind" Date Chutney (As Sound as the Flat Earth Theory)

Hummus and Homemade Apricot "Tamarind" Date Chutney

Status: Homemade. A bit of a technical failure.

Satisfaction: 8.

Associated with: Non Sequitur

You know when you try to make one thing and end up making something entirely different? That's what happened with this "tamarind" (read: apricot + dates) chutney. I read online that a blended mixture of apricots, dates, prunes, and lemon juice would make a suitable substitute for tamarind paste, but apparently these were the same people who created the Flat Earth Society because they were dead wrong (i.e. the flat-earth believers and theorists of yore, not the people who created the site dedicated to studying said believers and theorists). It tasted more like a sweet apricot/date jam than anything else. Therefore, in honor of this momentous but still highly delicious failure, a lovely Non Sequitur comic memorializing this grossly overstated movement.

Below the cut: Homemade Apricot "Tamarind" Date Chutney Recipe

Day 48: Labana, Zaatar, Hummus, and Pita (Living Vicariously Through A Big Fat Greek Wedding)

Labana, Zaatar, Hummus, and Pita

Status: Restaurant (Aroma Cafe)

Satisfaction: 9.

Associated with: My Big Fat Greek Wedding

This almost feels like a cop-out, but I couldn't help it--having a pile of Greek food strewn in front of me really does remind me irresistibly of this classic movie. Granted, I wasn't a huge fan of it when I watched it way back when; but seeing as how one of my life's many goals is to either attend a Greek wedding or family-style feast at some point, I might consider reneging on that judgment.