So Alex doesn't get back into town until tomorrow night....ugh!! Let me remind you that he left on Thanksgiving. This whole separation has really been quite torturous.
Of course I'd rather have him home already, but since is the last day/night with the apartment to myself, I've decided to make the most of it. I've done all the things that really annoy him so I could get it out of my system, I...
1. ...slept in until 2pm. (It's my cold and the jetlag, not laziness, I swear!)
2. ...ate leftover mandioquinha for dinner because I was too lazy to cook something real. This has led to 2am hunger pangs, to be remedied by greasy quesadillas.
3. ...ate said greasy quesadillas in bed. Oh man. This would push all of his OCD sanitation buttons.
4. ...watched Sex and the City and Law and Order SVU at the same time (flipping back and forth at commercials) WHILE playing on the computer, breaking our rule of "you can't watch something I think is lame on TV and hog the computer at the same time."
5. ...spent a good 2 hours singing along to Bright Eyes and reading old issues of the Oprah magazine online.
6. ... didn't take a shower until 6pm (and only because I had to go to work).
7. ...got caught up on old Grey's Anatomy episodes.
8. ...plucked and preened.
9. ... let the cat sleep in the bed. (see #3)
I guess that's it. Yup. As fun as that was, I'd much rather have my carinho here with me. :o( Life is lonely without your partner at your side.
Only 24 more hours!
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I just learned something (or subconciously remembered something you might've mentioned)!:
ReplyDeleteI saw the picture of mandioquinha and thought, "hey, that looks like cassava (staple in the Philippines)". So I looked up mandioquinha and it means "little cassava". I compared mandioquinha to [Filipina] cassava and saw that the Portuguese word for cassava is mandioca. I thought, hm, mandioquinha and mandioca must be related. Then I had a revelation: "-ihna" makes the word "little"! It looks like mandioquinha and mandioca are sister roots, but mandioqhina is the "cute" sis.
Danielle,
ReplyDeleteHAPPY 2009!
Glad to hear from you, it sounds like you had a great time in beautiful California!
I was lol, some the things you did on your last night without Alex sounds so familiar in our house is not even funny.
Ray
Dear El Joy,
ReplyDeleteMandioquinha is not of the same family of Cassava or Mandioca, it is just a name coincidence in Sao Paulo's Portuguese.
Mandioquinha is of the family of the potatoes, it is originated in high altitudes at the mountain areas of Peru,it has very little heat tolerance
It is a very delicate type of potato, it has a very fine skin, very short shelf life ( different from potatoes), cream color when raw and gets bright yellow and aromatic when cooked and it is very creamy and delicious.
It doesn't do well in hot climates at all, it is a very delicate produce, it is usually produced and consumed locally because it is too delicate to be transported far away in refrigerated trucks or airplanes.
It is usually cultivated only in the highlands of southern Brazil because of the year round mild cool climate.
There is a large production area around the Sao Paulo metropolitan area's agriculture green belt.
Very popular in Sao Paulo and virtually unknown in other parts of Brazil.
It is popularly used in Gnocchi, Smashed Mandioquinha( like smashed potatoes ) and the ever famous "Cream of Mandioquinha" which is a heavenly soup.
Danielle,
If you are ever in Sao Paulo, go to the Renaissance Hotel and order a "Mandioquinha Soup" "Creme de Mandioquinha", it is something out of this world!!! Really!
This is the Paulista staple that we miss the most and have not found in the last 10 years since we got back into the US.
Enjoy while you can.
Ray
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ReplyDeletewow, how helpful, Ray Adkins! I always thought that madioquinha was related to mandioca, too. (I was equally misled by the same grammatical discovery that Elena came to. Also, I don't much about produce. Alexandre has a joke that if you ask me where any given food comes from, I'll say, "the store.")
ReplyDeleteBut it IS delicious, I must say! I prefer it to mandioca only because I've actually been successful in cooking it. Haha. I've had mandioca soups, which are also delicious, but I'll definitely keep an eye ou for madioquinha soup!
Hope you had a nice holiday!
January 8, 2009 9:02 AM
What does "carinho" mean?
ReplyDeleteAnd also, I finally made some of that drink stuff you gave me, and I still don't know what marajuca is, but it is pretty delicious!
IM TELLING!!!!!!!!!
ReplyDeletehahahahahahhahaha
Loved it. Get it while you can. The moments are rare and few when you live together.
Love you
ME