Failure To Lunch

This is mainly for posterity, and primarily for my brother, should he choose to replicate this (and I can direct him to this site instead of being relentlessly pestered). Chicken curry (Pinoy style) is common fare, so it really is no big deal, but tonight I made what I consider my yummiest CC so far. So yummy that I almost had seconds, but the brother has been hankering for this for a couple of days now (although I managed to sneak a piece away for tomorrow's lunch). So before I forget how the heck I did it, let me just write down the recipe here. 1 onion, sliced 1 small head of garlic, peeled and pounded 2 tbsp cooking oil 8 pcs chicken drumsticks a generous swirl of fish sauce approx. 1 c water 1 chicken bouillon cube 1 large carrot, cut in chunks 2 medium potatoes, cut in chunks 2 tbsp curry powder (or more!) 1 can coconut milk a generous sprinkle of brown sugar a dash of MSG (optional, and it's really not as bad as you think ) Saute the onion and garlic

First entry after five (!!!) years - I've been busy with...stuff (i.e., "accidental" government work!). I'd even forgotten I had this blog. But anyway. It's been meatless most days in our omnivorous household recently, mainly for health reasons. But it's really no biggie, as I secretly enjoy the texture and versatility of tofu, seitan, and "Magic Meat," and I'm up to the challenge of cooking up as many dishes as I can sans meat. Good thing that Manila is beginning to embrace the vegetarian/vegan lifestyle, so it's relatively easy to find places that sell cooked vegetarian meals and meat substitutes. I found seitan (gluten) in the frozen section of Assad Indian Mini Mart (branches in Timog, Quezon City; Jupiter in Makati; and U.N. Avenue in Paco, Manila); they also sell frozen and canned Ve-G-Meat. Here's my first experiment cooking seitan, and it turned out pretty good. It probably would have turned out better with snow peas, b