Comfort Food: Linguine Aglio e Olio
We treated ourselfes with a special lunch today - we can only eat garlic in greater quantities if Iris does not work the next day.
This is comfort food of the highest degree - unhealthy but great tasting. In my opinion the best way to eat pasta.
You can use any "long type" pasta for this, we used Linguine this time, the traditional is using Spaghetti.
For two you need:
- 250g Linguine or Spaghetti
- Olive Oil (the best you can get)
- 10-15 cloves of garlic
- 1 Chili (optional)
On the table:
- Sea Salt (or better: Fleur de Sel)
- Parmesan Cheese
- Salad (you do want salad with it!)
Boil the pasta for 10 minutes in saltwater. Chop the cloves of garlic and the chili, then fry for about 2 minutes in hot olive oil. Add the pasta, mix everything for another minute. Finito!
At the table add individually salt and Parmesan Cheese. Enjoy!
Nanog - Sunday
It's been a nice Sunday today in New Mexico. NANOG started in the evening, but during the day we made a trip to Santa Fe and to the
Bandelier National Monument.
No smoking laws finally in effect
After enjoying my beer smoke-free in Wales and last year in Scotland finally a non-smoking law is in effect where I live.
Unfortunately there is no German non-smoking law, being a federal republic Germany does not have one law against smoking in bars, restaurants and other public places but
16 slightly different laws, one for each state.
A thing which mostly annoys me is that some restaurant owners are going to court against this law - to protect the "right" of the smokers to smoke!
No - I will not rush to the pub tonight to check if the ashtrays have gone, but I will definitely go within the next few days, finally enjoying a smoke-free pint in Germany!
