Parcels

Remarkably, the phyllo that I had bought for Salmon Wellington over a month ago had stayed in my fridge without completely drying out or going bad or really having an sort of undesirable consequence from being neglected so long. So, I made Curried Chicken Pastries with the remaining phyllo. These were very tasty! I didn't lube up the baking sheet enough, so they stuck a little bit, but they were very good. I ate two and a half. I don't really know what poppy seeds are for, but I bought them one day, determined to figure out what they can actually add to a dish other than being the annoying things that get stuck in my teeth when I'm eating a roll. I never really realized how fragrant they are before, like tiny clove balls or something. I don't think they really added anything to the pastries whatsoever, but they did make them look pretty.

As a side dish I cooked up some Curried Yam. However, I'd run out of turmeric and it became unpleasantly brown. The flavor was uncompromised (I'm not sure turmeric is distinguishable as a flavor, especially when masked by garlic, ginger, coriander and cumin) but it doesn't look particularly as appetizing. I've still got so much rice to use up and it goes so naturally with curry, so there's some cooked basmati.

As a completely unrelated dessert, I made Peanut Butter Cookies. They seemed quite appropriate somehow and were incredibly satisfying because I have not had a peanut butter cookie in many moons. I'm actually not sure I've ever made peanut butter cookies this well before, but I cannot be sure if that is because I haven't eaten one in so long or because I just made a good batch. Needless to say, they're very easy to make!