The Susanne

Last night as I was set­tling down with my books, ready for a night of hard core study­ing, a sudden surge of loneli­ness came over me. I felt des­per­ately sad and pathetic, newly single and home alone on a Sat­urday night! Yes­ter­day was also the one month anniversary of my break-​up, which only made things sadder and more pathetic, in my mind at least. So when C called me, on her way home from Göteborg, I thought I’d never been so happy to hear another person’s voice. A few hours later I found myself on her sofa, glass of wine in hand, gig­gling and dis­cuss­ing where to go out. We ended up at a party with C’s friend M’s friends who are all civil engin­eers and it was the weird­est, fun­nest and fun­ni­est group of people I have met in a long time. Firstly, they all looked the same! Actu­ally they all looked very dif­fer­ent, but some­how they still man­aged to look identical. Quite the conun­drum! Secondly, they were all dan­cing! All the time! Grown men (and a few women) dan­cing to Bob Sin­clair and DJ Ötzi, taking up all floor space and a couple were even spot­ted dan­cing on chairs. Strange, you say? Unbe­liev­able, you say? You don’t have to take my word for it: I took pictures!

The last couple of days I’ve been trying to get rid of some of the stuff that’s been accu­mu­lat­ing in my fridge and pantry — it was at the point where I felt very guilty about buying any food because I already had so much, plus there was really no room for new food any­ways. So I made two ‘throw everything in a pot’ meals which both turned out amaz­ing! Yes­ter­day it was a seafood-​noodle stir fry which i made with kimchi fla­voured ramen noodles and sea­food from my freezer. The noodles were an impulse pur­chase, I actu­ally had no idea what kimchi was but I had a vague feel­ing I’d heard about it some­where before, most likely on Elyse Sewell’s LJ. My desire for learn­ing ignited, I poked around a little on this won­der­ful thing that we call the Inter­net, and learned all about kimchi. Who knew fer­men­ted veget­ables could taste so good? I used a little of the kimchi broth to make the stir-​fry sauce, along with soy sauce, garlic, hot sauce and onions. Fried up the noodles with green beans, sugar snaps, some carrot and onion, and the sea­food. Mmmm!

Today I made a sort of bulgur ‘risotto’, with juli­enned carrot and sliced onion, and an asian type glaze which I made from onion, garlic, loads of ginger and soy sauce, with just a little corn flour to thicken. It was so yum! And healthy too, if you don’t count the tons of salt in the soy sauce. And I’ve always been a bit extreme when it comes to my salt habits, so noth­ing new there…

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