Tune in this evening from 6 to 7 p.m. at the lovely WXDU where the band Lud will be playing some songs and offering cooking tips.
Lee is flying back in from Down Under, so it’s Sarah, Bryon & Kirk singing inspirational songs from the Ludland backcountry.
Given this fall-coming-on business, we’re probably going to talk pot roast techniques.
The beauty of this simple pasta salad combo first appeared via my friend ‘Zard who ordered it off the Med Deli catering menu. Their recipe has a bit of curry in it.
I opted to add some Greek yogurt. What ended up being cool about the apple-orzo-Greek yogurt combination is that it is a spice conveyor — just about anything you spice it with comes shining through. It’s also a great texture combination and (I know this sounds silly) rather fun to eat. I’ve tired adding cashews, chopped figs, prosciutto, fresh basil, red onions and sun-dried tomatoes. (Note that this a rare non-rec for capers). So, please, make creative here.
The secrets to this dish are:
• make sure you’re orzo is good-n-firm
• crisp, tart apples
• light amount of heavy Greek yogurt
Recipe: Take a half box of orzo (10oz.); cook it, but not too much; put it in the fridge to cool down; cut and peel six or seven small apples and squeeze a little lemon juice over ‘em; measure out about 3/4 cup of Greek yogurt; a jigger or so of really good olive oil; little salt; little pepper; mix that stuff together; cool it down a bit; toss in fresh herbs, sun-dried tomatoes, cashews, tiny bit of lemon zest and whatever. . .
Live early version of Matigari before the lyrics were written. Kirk, Bryon, Anthony & Lee. Matigari is a book by Ngugi that Paul Price turned me on to.
Some context from Ngugi’s bio:
While Ngugi was in Britain for the launch and promotion of Devil on the Cross, he learned about the Moi regime’s plot to eliminate him on his return, or as coded, give a red carpet welcome on arrival at Jomo Kenyatta Airport. This forced him into exile, first in Britain (1982 –1989), and then the U.S. after (1989-2002), during which time, the Moi dictatorship hounded him trying, unsuccessfully, to get him expelled from London and from other countries he visited. In 1986, at a conference in Harare, an assassination squad outside his hotel in Harare was thwarted by the Zimbwean security. His next Gikuyu novel, Matigari, was published in 1986. Thinking that the novel’s main character was a real living person, Dictator Moi issued an arrest warrant for his arrest but on learning that the character was fictional, he had the novel “arrested;” instead. Undercover police went to all the bookshops in the country and the Publishers warehouse and took the novel away. So, between 1986 and 1996, Matigari could not be sold in Kenyan bookshops. The dictatorship also had all Ngugi’s books removed from all educational institutions.
We hope you enjoy the first part of the episode one of the first season of Cooking with Lud (that’s a mouthful). I won’t spoil the surprise, but I will say that the next episode does not have nearly the amount of subtitles. Also, I’m looking for someone who can do a voice overs in various languages.
Also, also — trying this with Facebook video instead of YT. Thoughts or suggestions?
