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Traditional sauce like Maman taught us

24 Wednesday Apr 2013

Posted by laurieanichols in postaday, postaday2013, Uncategorized

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beef, cooking, dinner, herbs, pork, postaday2013, simmer, tomato sauce

I spent this morning with the baby boy food shopping to get everything necessary to make my mother’s tomato meat sauce, the foundation of her lasagna. It is still cool enough to warrant a nice steaming dish of lasagna and it is one of the best dishes to make in bulk because the second platter is going directly to the freezer. The smell in the kitchen was so delicious, onions and garlic, the two best aromas in the world. The smell became more complex once I introduced pork sausage and ground beef to the onions and the garlic, after I drained the excess fat, that is when the tomatoes joined the party. The accessories that enhance the body of any sauce are the herbs, which in this case were the traditional oregano, basil, bay leaf, crushed red pepper and thyme. The only thing left is to simmer and let your nose enjoy the sweet yet rich smells that start to come together into a singular smell that is tomato meat sauce.

Lasagna is all about great ingredients and assembly, that’s it. I assembled mine with the ready for the oven lasagna pasta, my mother’s sauce, heaps of ricotta, fresh mozzarella, shredded mozzarella and parmesan cheese. The platters each weighed quite a bit, manly dishes, quite hefty and substantial. Homemade sauce and lasagna, all in a day’s work.

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Unknown caller

24 Wednesday Apr 2013

Posted by laurieanichols in Uncategorized

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You receive a call from an unexpected person. Who is it, and what is the conversation about? Go!

This is former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, may I please speak with Laurie. Oh this IS Laurie. Hi how are you? The reason why I am calling is because I have finally had the time to catch up on all of my correspondence and I read your letter of introduction along with your resume. I have to say that your letter was so charming, I really got a good sense of what you are all about. Your resume while short is quite varied, what I most enjoyed about your resume as well as your letter, is how much you enjoyed your time teaching, as you put it, "the little ones". So in honor of that, I am happy to be offering you a position within my foundation for children. You mentioned how much you enjoyed my book It Takes A Village and that is pretty much representative of what my foundation is all about and I honestly feel that you would fit in very nicely and bring a lot to the foundation as well. So what do you think Laurie? Do you need some time to think it over and discuss it with your family? Can you come to New York and meet with me? Laurie.. Laurie..did I lose you.. hello? hello..

I am lying on the floor passed out from the shock of hearing Hillary Clinton ask for me.

Laurie..Laurie.. oh dear I should call back..hello

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