Saturday, November 5, 2011

شو طابخين؟؟


لا أدري لماذا قررت أن السبانخ هو الطبق الأمثل قبل العيد ، لا سيما وأن فاطمة صائمة اليوم ، ولسوء طالعي قلت للوالدة أن السبانخ هي الطبخة المقترحة يوم الوقفة. فتحت عيونها وصاحت قائلة سبانخ لا لا لا
لماذا لا لا لا أجبتها؟؟؟ قالت طين طين طين كلها ستكون طين بعد الأمطار الأمس
سكت وقلت إن غدا لناظره قريب ,, لا داعي للجدل الآن
نمت وأنا أفكر خلاص سبانخ سبانخ
في الثامنة والنصف فتح باب غرفتي وظهرت الوالدة بشعرها المنفوش قائلة لا نريد سبانخ اليوم أنا تعبة جدا ولا قدرة عندي لدخول للمطبخ ، علما بأنه ليس مطلوب منها الدخول للمطبخ.
أغلقت الباب دون أن تسمع جوابي وأصلا أنا رجعت للنوم وأنا أفكر سبانخ لا سبانخ لا
نهضت وفطرت وشربت القهوة وأنا أتساءل ما هو إذن طبق اليوم؟؟؟ فاطمة اقترحت طاجن الدجاج بالزيتون، الوالدة قالت كبدة دجاج ، سونا تلمظت وقالت مسخن ,, طبعا أنا و سحر وظيفتنا التنفيذ فقط والإذعان ، يعني نحن نأكل ما يريدون وليس ما نريد. والحقيقة أنا أريد طبخة سهلة دون روائح .
حملت حقييبتي وقلت سأذهب لأرى رغبة من ستتحقق .
أوقفت سيارتي عند محل للخضار الذي أزوره يوميا و نظرت إلى مكان السبانخ فوجدته فارغ ,, سألته أين السبانخ فقال قبل دقيقة راحت آخر ضمة سبانخ !!! لقد تاخرت .
قررت البحث في مكان آخر ولكن هذه المرة عن طبخة أخرى لأنه على ما يبدو يجب تحقيق طلب الوالدة ، إلى أحد المحلا ت الكبرى ، وجدت كبدة الدجاج أمامي ، فقلت الكبدة طالما أن الوالدة اقترحتها ، وهكذا عدت للبيت وأنا أقول سبانخ لا لا لا وطبخت الكبدة مع الكزبرة والزيتون الأخضر وكانت رائعة لدرجة أنني صورتها لأرفق الصورة أن عرفت كيف.

كعك العيد


منذ أن تناولت كعك العيد في عيد الفطر الماضي قررت أن لا أبتاع الكعك الجاهز أبدا وأن أقوم بعمل بعض الحلويات الخفيفة والمنوعة . أولا للتغيير عن كل البيوت التي تصفعك أول ما تضع قدمك وتقول كل عام وأنتم بخير بوعاء مليء بأنواع الكعك المملة وتصيح بك ربة المنزل عليك بالجوز والعجوة ولا تزعل الفستق حلبي كله شغل أحسن محلات الحلويات في عمان.

ثم تدخل البيت الآخر وتصطدم بوعاء طافح بالحلويات نفسها وبنفس الكليشيه بالله حبة أخرى ويجب أن تذوق هذه وتلك الخ,,,,

المهم انني جهزت كل المواد التي أحتاجها لأعمل نوعين أو ثلاثة من الحلويات التي تبتعد عن العجوة والجوز والفستق الحلبي وقررت أن يكون يوم الوقفة بلا طبخ حتى أتمكن من العمل في الحلويات فقط. ولكن تسير الرياح بما لا تشتهي السفن ، إذ بينما كنت ووالدتي نشاهد التلفاز التفتت إلي وقالت أريد المعمول هذه السنة من المكان الفلاني، رفعت رأسي وقلت حاضر.

توجهنا بعد صلاة المغرب الى المحل الفلاني واشترينا المعمول والكعك والبرازق وعدنا وأنا أجرجر أذيال خيبتي كل ما أعددته سيبقى الى أجل غير مسمى.

تذوقت الآن كعكة بالفستق ولا أدري كيف بلعتها ,,أكاد أجزم إنها من العيد الماضي .

Wednesday, November 2, 2011

Really embarrassed

I have just realized that I haven't written here since 2009, I am so ashamed of Dawser who taught me how to use the blog but I have forgotten how to arrange my posts and how how to retrieve them. Anyway, I failed in many places not just here, my campaign to provide special pedestrian crossings at twitter failed maybe because most of the users have cars and don't suffer while trying to cross roads in Amman. I also didn't have the courage to buy a new car, although I checked many agencies and collected piles of catalogues ...

I convinced myself that the only places I drive to are Cozmo, Citymall where of course I park outside not at the main parking , C-town, Miles at Mecca Mall and Plaza and my old car knows all these places by heart. In fact I didn't buy a new car because I don't know how to drive an automatic car.

Maybe next time I will write in Arabic , the problem I don't have Arabic letters at the laptop, in that case I have to use the main pc.Enough stories now , I hope I will be able to reach my blog again successfully...sorry Dawser for failing you.

No travel in 2011

Due to my mother's situation , we decided that this year we have to skip travelling since no one can stay with her while we will be away. For us travelling is not only packing and jump from airport to the other, what we enjoy as well as being in a new place is the preparation for the trip, the hours we spend surfing the net for hotels, touristic sites that we have to see. To decide our destination comes most of the time by accident, we either decide after watching a program at dw-tv or by reading about a new place at the plane while coming back from the last trip.
The most irritating procedure is of course the VISA if we are going to Europe, some embassies have respect for the third world subjects, others consider us all criminals we have to line up early in the morning at the closed doors carrying all our papers no matter its hot or cold to apply and then be asked to come back in 2 -3 weeks to be interrogated.
Anyway, I don't know how to save and publish and retrieve back this post

Friday, September 25, 2009

Unknown visitors in the Eid!!!

No longer had I seen one batch of visitors off, than a car stood in front of my house, and 2 couples were heading towards my door. They couldn’t see me standing behind the window, trying to figure out who are these people.

The bell rang and I politely headed towards the door and let them in with a big smile. The taller woman was carrying a big bag and she placed it on the table proudly. I was still wondering who those people are, I haven’t seen them before. They seated themselves comfortably and one of the men was about to light his cigarette when he looked at me suspiciously and asked: this is the house of Um Mohammad isn’t it???

I smiled with relief and said: I am afraid no it’s the house of Um Iyad.

They all stood up at the same time and the man put the cigarette back in its bag and said: in a very embarrassing tone we are so sorry, but you will have to keep the present.

I said No No held the present in my hand to give it to him, while suddenly the tall woman snatched it from my hand and went out of the door as fast as she could.

I laughed as they left, but was wondering what was in the bag that the man wanted me to keep, while the woman thought I shouldn’t.

Monday, September 14, 2009

Coffee for the Eid

Decided to buy coffee for the Eid before the end of Ramadan so as to avoid the traffic and the long lines at the coffee shop, the shop was almost empty when I ordered a kilo of Turkish coffee and half a kilo of Sada coffee.

While my order was being prepared a man stood behind me and started to shout; where is my Sada coffee?? I have been asked to wait at the other side of the shop and all clients who came after me had their coffee ready while I am still waiting??

I looked at him sarcastically having in mind the add at the Egyptian tv, (Sebni be7ali al dunia siam). The young man behind the coffee grinder handed him a bag of coffee that was given to him from one of his colleagues from the other side of the shop.

The angry man touched the bag and said its not hot its old, this must be from the day before he shouted, and returned the bag back to the young man, meanwhile my Sada coffee was ready and I saw it in the young man‘s hand who was trying to explain that Sada coffee doesn’t come out hot, he looked at the angry man and gave him my bag, and handed me the bag that was refused by the angry man.

For few seconds I thought of shouting or refusing to take that bag.

I looked angrily at the young man and said: well that is the coffee that the angry man refused to take???? The young man looked at me with no expression whatsoever, realizing that I was too weak to protest; I took the bag and left the shop

Thursday, September 3, 2009

Red meat boycott sad ending!

I regret to say that I have ended red meat boycott which I obeyed for one month according to the consumer protection society, not because I missed the meat, but because I couldn't explain to my mother that although we can afford to buy the meat, we have had to follow the society's demands to protect the poor people from the greedy merchants.
I ate the meat, it was tasteless, not because it wasn’t cooked well , but I was ashamed because I broke the boycott. I apologize to the people  I stood with for one month and to the consumer society, but I couldn’t say No to my old mother