October 16, 2009

• Just over a million shares were traded today, the earnings this quarter so far so good.  Google just reported with even the top-line earnings up.  In other words they aren’t just up because they fired a bunch of people and didn’t spend any money, unlike the rest of the companies whose bottom lines, only,  have been up.  So that’s exciting.  It looks like Dow 10,000 might hold for a little while.  If we can make it through Friday’s close.

  I’m also juiced about my new spices.  I went back to Penzey’s and got Lamb Seasoning, a combination of oregano, rosemary, cumin, celery, paprika, black pepper, onion, garlic, spearmint, and ginger.  In olive oil I browned the lamb (organic, boned, butterflied leg) in this aromatic new combo, along with their lemon pepper and my garlic salt.  I took that out and added the onion.  I just learned that if you add salt it will make them sweat so you can get up all the brown bits without having to add liquid.  Cool new trick. 

  When the onion was limp I added two cloves of garlic, minced.  Then I put in the stock:  half chicken, half beef.  To that I added carrot, celery, and potatoes.  I almost put fennel in but chickened out.  Probably would have been good.  I just don’t know what these new spices will taste like. 

  I sat the lamb on top of the vegetables with just the bottom touching the liquid, covered it, letting it all simmer.  Hopefully, the lamb will steam.  I’ve never cooked it this way but I want to use half the lamb for something else and I want it rare.  It’s fun to experiment. 

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