Ironic

Salam!

Does anyone else find it ironic when people use kosher salt on pork?

:-P

Frosting/Icing

Salam!

I always call it chocolate frosting and vanilla icing.

Doesn't matter if it is buttercream or ganache or glaze... if it is chocolate it is frosting, if it is vanilla it is icing.

:-P

Bad Measurer

Salam!

Bismillah

I'm not very good at this "recipe thing" you guys...

When I cook food (especially things with meat... which I pretty much everything I cook) I don't really write down how much spices and stuff I put in. I just dump stuff until it looks/smells right. I have a lot of food with pictures that I have made, but no recipes to go with them... That makes it really hard to do these blog posts sometimes.

Does it bother you guys when I say "add *these spices* however much you want"? I know if I was cooking from a recipe it would bother me but I want to know what you think. Should I try harder to keep track of how much I'm putting in?

This is how I usually tell if I have enough spices on the meat:

1. can i see the spices? are they evenly distributed over the surface of the meat?

2. does it still smell like meat? (I know this sounds weird, but it works for me) Basically I smell it and if it still smells like raw chicken or raw lamb or raw beef, then I add more spices. Usually I add a little vinegar to the meat and a little olive oil, so if it smells like either one of those I add more spices too.

It isn't very scientific, but it works.

When you guys cook, do you usually measure everything out or do you just eyeball it?

Rice?

Salam!

Bismillah

When I converted, alhamdulillah, the sisters at my masjid decided to have a gathering/pot luck after our weekly halaqah to welcome me to the community mashaAllah.

One of the sisters came and she brought a noodle dish.

She sat down next to me with her food and she looked at me and said "American's don't eat rice, right?"

I'm not sure if she was kidding or not, but either way

:-D It was hilarious!!! :-D

Pretty Watermelon

سلام! بسم الله

SubhanAllah isn't that the prettiest watermelon ever? It has dainty little swirls in it!!!

Corn Bread

Once I brought corn bread to the masjid and they had no idea what to do with it...

HAHAHAHAHAHA

I <3 Culture

SubhanAllah!

بسم الله

I know this is random, but I just thought it was so cool!

Lookkkkk: the pepper is smiling at us!!!!!

:-)