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my_high_IQ

Azerbaijan

August 2, 2010

 I'm starving. I've been going without food for 2 days now. I know you will say it's unhealthy and so on. But I have no choice.I have to lose some weight. Not much,just a couple of kilos. But  I have only 7 days for it.

 I never had such an experience before. But to my surprise I find it very easy not to eat for 2 days, you know.

But, as it often the case, there is one 'but'. I just can't stop thinking about the  food. You see,I'm even writing a blog about it. My imagination pictures different tasty and delishious dishes I won't eat in the near future. What can I do? Only share my hungry fantasies with you. And at the same time to show you some azeri food.

   Dolma. The minced meat with rice stuffed into the vine leaves. Actually, dolma means to stuff in azeri and turkish language.

here is another dolma, stuffed eggplants, peppers and tomatos:

sorry for the small size :)

 And homemade Baklava for the dessert:

 Bon appetite! or Nush olsun in azeri.

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12:02 PM Aug 04 2010

my_high_IQ

my_high_IQ
Azerbaijan

CranBerry  

honestly,I didn't advanced in my diet yet :( but I still have a few days

about grape leaves,yes they need a special processing if you take the raw ones (like if you have you own vineyard as I do:) u can pick them,only you should pick light green leaves which has just grown new,otherwise, if u use old dark green ones your dolma will be sort of tough,difficult to chew :)

so, if u use raw grape leaves, boil them a liitle bit, for 5-10 min, just as u mentioned about cabbage layers.

here the process descibed more detailed

http://www.wikihow.com/Make-Dolma-(Grape-Leaves-Roll)

11:32 AM Aug 04 2010

my_high_IQ

my_high_IQ
Azerbaijan

Agnolia 

heh let's call it holiday:) you divined mysecret:)

 Yes,I can cook them but frankly I hate cooking! Only occasionally,once in a while, when inspiration comes to me,I can cook with joy and even create something new,but still I wish I wouldn't have to cook(because I HAVE to as a decent woman,wife and a mother:) or would have a private cook,or even better if he would be from japan so that he could cook me sushi and..o.k  seems I've been carried away with dreams :)

07:33 PM Aug 03 2010

CranBerry

CranBerry
Russian Federation

The dishes seem to be so tasty!

Do the grape leaves need special processing before  being stuffed in Dolma?

(Like cabbage leaves, for example?)

 How is the last day of the diet?

 Laughing

06:21 AM Aug 03 2010

Agnolia

Agnolia
Russian Federation

 seems you re going on holiday!  

definitely I like azeri cuisine.

Can you cook all the dishes you mentioned?Smile

might be at the end of your diet your fantasies about food  ll become so rich that you can invent new incredible dish! 

Creative dieting!Smile