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The weekly specials menu and other pictures. 1 April 2008 1:38 am

Posted by Tracy in : Morning Glory,nepal,pictures,travel,work , trackback

Ack! It wasn’t April yet, but I was a fool last week, when I was responsible enough to pick up and scan and post a copy of the latest Morning Glory organic specials menu on Friday, but then forgot to say anything about it around here. Oop. Anyway, here it is:

Morning Glory Specials, March 28

As of closing time on Monday, we hadn’t run out of any ingredients, and the special pancake made a delicious shift meal, oh yes. In other TracyFood on Flickr news, I just finished posting my pictures of Mani Rimdu in Tengboche (the official site has gone to their 2008 information already). It’s been almost five months since I got back from the trip, and it feels like I’ve entered the picture-posting (and captioning) homestretch. Whee! Here’s some highlights from Mani Rimdu 2007:

Setting the stage

Mani Rimdu ticket Tengboche Monastery courtyard Not a sound check exactly.

VIP seating

Inside the monastery for Mani Rimdu.Dad, Mom, Jess, and Beth. More setup. On stage behind the horn players, some familiar faces. VIP seating on the monastery courtyard floor. But this dog really had the best VIP spot of all.

The dog who stole the show

The dog, however, was unimpressed. That dog was my hero. Eventually the dog moved back into the sun. Let's pretend I was really taking pictures of the dog.

Musicians, dancers, clowns, and more

Pageantry? Yep, got that. Now these guys were fun.
Up close with one of the Act IV cymbal player dancers. Ooh! A marching band! The 8th dancer was the awesomest yet. The big guy got offerings from the monks.

There’s even a little ritual offering of food at the end there. The basket was piled high with a mix of packaged and homemade foods, and I would have loved to get a closer look. As it was the big masked demon dancer touched one item with a dagger and another with a wand/mace, and at that sign (of approval?) the monks took the offerings away again. After that, I started to realize that I, too, was hungry, and I left the show for lunch not long afterwards.

  • mom

    One Breakfast Scramble for me , please!

  • Linley

    Okay, I’m dreadfully behind in my reading of TracyFood. But this set of specials for Morning Glory raises two questions for me:

    1. What do you marinate your tempeh in? I’m trying to make my sandwiches more interesting, and the tempeh sandwich spread I tried a few weeks ago was okay but nothing special.

    2. Broccoli cheese is one of my all-time favorite soups. I’m very curious about your recipe.

  • http://www.tracyfood.com Tracy

    Hi Linley!

    2. I didn’t make the broccoli cheddar soup but I can tell you it was a creamy potato-broccoli which we cheddarized at the last possible second before serving, and I’m pretty sure that made a big difference in the awesome. You’ve reminded me that I need to work on a TracyFood-appropriate resizing of my vegan broccoli uncheese soup, so thanks!

    1. I actually wasn’t too impressed by the marinade on this last round of TLT filling — not enough savory, too much sweet. And of course I’m not sure how to improve on it, since I failed to take any notes on the tempeh bacon in Vegan With a Vengeance, perhaps because it involved “liquid smoke” which as far as I’m concerned is just scaaary. BUT. If I’m not aiming for bacony taste specifically, it’d be hard to go wrong with classic basics: soy sauce and garlic and some kind of vinegar. Rice wine would be neutral, balsamic nice and sweet… and of course I’m giving myself ideas and I’m out of tempeh to try them on.