Had a fairly good week, even though the latter part of it was almost completely without internet. (The people I was stealing from wised up, but I managed to get an internet card so I can access the city-wide Beeline wifi. Unfortunately, it's super slow. Still trying to get my own real internet!) A friend of mine had a birthday on Thursday, so we went out and had a rather late night, which involved getting sushi at 3 am. All-night sushi places are a brilliant invention. There were about 7 of us-- I am meeting more and more teachers, but I seem to be mostly hanging out with a kind of core group consisting of my orientation friends plus a couple others occasionally. They're really great people and we have fun. I guess what I'm saying is that I feel like I have actual friends here.
Wednesday my new roommate came. She's nice, and we get along okay, but I don't think we have too much in common. Plus, I miss my former roommates. But I will be seeing them for Thanksgiving (and my orientation friends will be coming too-- I'm really excited! Hopefully we can find all the things we need).
Friday there was a bit of an adventure because our door broke. By broke I mean it was impossible to open, and I was on the outside and needed things that were on the inside. So I had to teach a class without my lesson plan. The accommodations manager sent the repairmen by, but of course they didn't look at the door at all until I came home from class. I think they assumed all they needed to do was show the stupid American how to open a door. But of course they couldn't open it either, and so they went ahead and tried to pry it open with a screwdriver. That didn't work, so they got a power drill. But of course there was no outlet in the hallway, so they attached wires to the prongs on the plug and attached the other ends into the fuse box thingy. Oh Russians, you're so crazy.
Finally took some pictures of my apartment & uploaded my fall leaves pictures, but I'm having some problems uploading them to blogger. In the meantime, you can see my pictures at my flickr.
This will make a 9x13 inch pan full or large turkey stuffing quantity. I don't measure anything. Just keep adding and tasting.
ReplyDeletePinch or cut up 3 loaves white bread. Place all this in a large pan with a little olive oil. Bake in oven until lightly browned (can do on stove top if in hurry).
Chop about 1 cup celery, 1 med. sized onion, saute in pan with garlic to taste in olive oil. (again this is just a preference. I don't cook celery - yuk.)
Add a handfull of sage. Pepper to taste. (I also like some fresh chopped rosemary and thyme, mom does too, but some people don't like it.)
Pour on the chicken broth. Stir and add more if needed. Just enough to moisten the bread. ( Use some of the broth from baking the turkey if you don't stuff it.)
Suff turkey or put into a greased baking dish and bake at 375 until lightly brown on top.
Love, Dad