I thought that if I made it to the end of the first letter, I'd start to blog about this adventure.
Tonight we visited the last of the "A" countries on the culinary trip around the world (in alphabetical order), Azerbaijan. I made Dill Pilaf. It was delicious.
When I first found the recipe, it called for beans, but did not specify the type. I sent the recipe to Maura, who had lived in Azerbaijan, and asked what type she thought would be indicated.
She wrote back," navy beans, I hate Azeri food, the little white ones."
The recipe said to pare the beans, and I don't know about fresh navy beans, so I bought green beans. Right before I began to prepare the recipe I noticed the title of the recipe was Dill Pilaf, so I searched for Dill Pilaf and found the exact recipe on a Peace Corps site except that they specified, Lima Beans! Uh-oh, too late - green beans it was. I have to say, again, it was delicious.
So, tonight was very special. I decided to plunge into the blog. We reached the end of the "A" countries. We enjoyed our Azeri dish, which we served with steak and beer,in honor of my favorite Marine's birthday. God bless Scott, he is in another "A" country across the globe from home and today is his 21st birthday.
