Mille remerciements! Your list is really cool and unique - you are into so many things I know nothing about. I want to, like, hang out with you for a weekend and learn stuff like what #1 is all about. On the other hand, I tried watching "Breaking Bad", and while it was really cool and well-written, it was too depressing for me for now!

Un cadeau: bay leaf = feuille de laurier

Any chance of you sharing the recipe for that flat bread in a cast iron skillet? (Don't seem right of you to mention it and not share!)

Very nice. Can I come over for flat bread? Breaking Bad is blackly good.

Alysa - I'm not sure the curries would be worth the snow-shoveling I'd make you do. I understand what you mean about BB being depressing, but I find it the perfect escape! Feuille de laurier - I'm going to write that on the box.

Bellwether - would you believe it's just flour and water? Because it is. Who knew paste could taste so good?

Rita - only if you can shovel. Black is the perfect description for BB.

now, there's a fascinating five. i don't think we have kitchen king out here in the west wasteland, but i almost cheered at your hating mission flour tortillas! come on, spill how to make the flatbread. bell and i are drooling.

I'm with others--want the flatbread recipe!

Making anything in a well seasoned cast iron pan is always excellent. Nice things.

femme forte - aha! Can I count on you to join my mission to eradicate Mission flour tortillas? Are they not the worst ever? I don't understand how such a simple thing can go so wrong. I'm lucky enough to have a tiny Indian grocery fifteen miles down the road, but Kitchen King Masala is carried by several on-line Indian groceries.

mypsyche - okay, okay. See below.

gabbyabby - a well-seasoned cast iron pan is worth its weight in gold. Mine isn't so well-seasoned (it's needing a treatment session right now because occasionally I wash it) but it works okay.

FLAT BREAD RECIPE:

(roti, chapatis, or flour tortillas, whatever)

Two cups of flour will make eight. Size up accordingly. If you're going to heat up the cast iron skillet, you might as well make more.

One cup of whole wheat flour (King Arthur white wheat is good)
One cup of regular flour

(Or two cups of regular flour)

Mix in about a cup of warm water, a little at a time, with a pinch of salt if you want (not necessary), until you have a stiff dough. Knead it for four minutes or so. LET IT REST, COVERED, FOR THIRTY MINUTES. Divide it into eight balls. Roll each ball out to desired thickness (if you like them very thin, you'll have to spend a little more time at this). You should heat up the cast iron skillet for at least five minutes before you use it. It needs to be pretty hot. Slap down one of your flat breads in it. Watch in amazement as it transforms itself and puffs up a little. After half a minute or so, turn it over. If the skillet is hot enough, it may really puff up now. It doesn't matter if it doesn't, though. Another half a minute or so and you're done with it. It will have nice brown spots on both sides, but it shouldn't be so baked that it has dried out completely. Cook the rest while eating the first. Freeze what isn't going to be used immediately.

I bet your flatbread would taste great dipped in a sauce made with some of that curry mix. And I agree, there is something wonderful about creating things with string--needlework is one of the rare relaxing activities that also make one feel productive and useful!