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chicken makhani is the best ever.

Way better than carrots.

in India they give more things the makhani treatment than they tend to in Indian restaurants here. I don't much like dal, but I unwittingly ordered a dish that involved dal makhani when I was in Jaipur. it was AMAZING.

I had a haircut for lunch, and now I am going to go see if I left any food in the fridge. I think there's a yogurt in there with my name on it.

xpost oh indian food, how I would eat all of you right now

That sounds great. I feel pretty healthy when I'm eating makhani, but it's probably got a lot of butter & cream in it, right?

it's not really healthy. makhani means butter, basically. if you're making it yourself, you can make it reasonable, but in a restaurant...you don't want to know how much butter's in it.

but whatevs. just don't eat it three times a day, you know? life's too short to go without makhani.

"makhan" in hindi/urdu means "butter"

Ahh, it would, wouldn't it. :>

I don't think I've ever had makhani. I hadn't even heard of it until just now. Do vegetarian dishes ever get the makhani treatment?

GO TO INDIA, JAYMC. DAL MAKHANI=TO DIE FOR

but yeah, I can't recall ever having seen vegetables given the makhani treatment in the US.

I also think dal makhani is maybe a rajasthani specialty? so maybe if you found a rajasthani-owned restaurant?

seriously. I had no idea dal could be such a pleasurable experience.

Ain't nothin' wrong with a good dal.

EZ: st. louis park. there's also one in coon rapids, i believe, but i have never been to that one.

so sorry about your glass mouth, laurel!! yikes!

good dal gone bad

leaf & I are toying with going to india next summer. we're trying to plan a post-bar/pre-job trip. it's probably the last time we'll be able to go anywhere for any significant amount of time.

Also, thanks for the tip, Horseshoe. I just booked my flight to Mumbai.

john, are you serious?!

No. But should I go to Peru with Kr when she goes in March for work? Y/N?

SRSLY? TAKE ME WITH YOU!!!

heh. I'm off to look for a dal makhani recipe for you, John. next best thing.

YES GO TO PERU!!!

You need to ask about Peru?!

YES! My sister Hev just went there with her bf this year and her pix were unbelievable.

Also, my other sister was just in Prague and her pix are to die for as well.

go

Yeah, I know, I really should. I haven't been outside of North America in 9 years. I think my passport's still good.

What's stopping you?

If you go to Peru, you have to eat guinea pigs. It's a law.

Nothing's really stopping me at all, except knowing that travel is expensive. It seems like an opportunity worth seizing, though, since Kr probably couldn't afford to go at all if her expenses weren't being paid for.

I'm going to start brushing up on my Quechua.

I think experience outweighs cost. You have time to save a bit of $$ between now & then. I would just make it a priority & plan on going!

Word to that.

Why wait until you are a moldy oldy to get in some traveling??

Word up.

A friend of mine went backpacking in Peru over the summer, he loved it (I think he has some family down there). Apparently the fresh fruit is unreal.

How long will she be there?

(nb I am horrible about actually spending time and money on traveling, I never do it)

Not sure, maybe 5 days?

Bbut Jordan, you travel alot with the band!

My friend 3rica has been to Peru 2 times now I think, and has nothing but good things to say. Also, my ex-boss spent his last vacation down there with similar ravings. Do it! I am jealous, South America (and Argentina in particular) is #1 on my international travel list.

I want to take a year off to travel. Also, I want some money to travel with.

I meant besides the band. The band makes it easy because someone tells me to go, and I'm with a bunch of friends, and I'm getting paid to go and do something. I have some weird block about taking time off just to go, but I'm sure the right opportunity will come up.

I have contemplated doing some extended travel like that with my severance pkg from work. It'd be kind of irresponsible considering I am also thinking of going back to school but damn it, what else am I going to tell my grandkids about?

excel spreadsheets, maybe?

i kid.

I have often not felt able to travel within the last few years because there's always been the chance that I would need to save my vacation days for the band.

I figured out I've used 12 out of a possible 10 vacation days already this year. Thankfully, no one is counting but me.

Well, that's convenient!

Yup. I'm still concerned about asking off Christmas week though.

I mean, everyone gave me a hard time about taking off 7 days for the wedding/honeymoon, as though the office almost collapsed without me here to make copies and answer the door and what-not.

But I'm hoping it will be besides the point since I'd probably be the only one in the office anyway for those 3 days.