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Panang Tomato Basil Chow Fun Recipe

Posted: June 15th, 2010 | Author: | Filed under: Meditations on Cuisine, The food of LIFE | Tags: , , , , , | No Comments »

Panang Tomato Basil Chow Fun Recipe

Kosher Panang curry paste to taste
3 Thai red chilies, sliced thinly at a 45° angle
8 stalks lemon grass, finely minced
6 medium ripe tomatoes in 1-2cm cubes
1 bell pepper in 5cm chop
800g firm tofu, in 1-2cm cubes
400g coconut milk, equal amount of water
Dash soy sauce
Salt to taste
800g Fresh Chow Fun (wide) rice noodles
3 Thai basil sprigs of blossom tops and leaves
Dash grapeseed oil

Add oil to preheated wok, and fry curry paste, chilies and lemongrass briefly. Add tomatoes and pepper and fry a bit more. Add remaining ingredients and simmer for 10 minutes.

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How to be funny.

Posted: June 15th, 2010 | Author: | Filed under: Aphorism and Reflection, Comedy, Philosophy | Tags: , , | No Comments »

It is easier and harder to be funny than you think. Comedy is telling the truth in an original and (hopefully) artful way. This is true of any medium for expression.

Create an unique perspective and style that builds on predecessors with insight and wit to dissect a subject. Any subject is appropriate, but it must be something that tugs at your soul so deeply that you feel it in the pit of your stomach.

We laugh when there is a fact of life that is far too painful to take seriously. Allowing yourself to tell jokes about something people are uncomfortable with brings a taboo subject out into the open. In this way stress is relieved, by laughing at the realities of life.

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