when i was in high school i was really good friends with this girl named nikki. her dad was from india and her grandmother and aunts and uncles didn't even speak english very well. it was so different than any of my other friends' families. one of the many things i loved about being friends with nikki was going to her grandmother's house and eating indian food. my favorite part of indian food was what i called "indian tea." this is the recipe as i remember it:
- 3 or 4 standard black tea bags
-a handful of random spices taken from unmarked containers
-milk (no idea how much)
- sugar (enough to make the tea bad for me)
Nikki would boil water, throw in the tea bags, throw in handfuls of unknown spices, strain the whole thing through a strainer. pour in milk til its light brown and sugar to make it super sweet and voila! indian tea. i've been searching for something close for years.
today i made a major discovery. it's called naji's pita gourmet and it is in the sketchville neighborhood of birmingham. none the less, it's fantastic. i'm talking everything a mediterranean food lover could ask for. fresh feta, house made pita's, bins of premium olives and loads of spices. they even have flavored tobacco and hookas. here's the catch: the tea smelled like indian tea. yes, i think i might be getting close to something. i'll let you know how the hunt continues. . . .
good find number two:
new bearings for my car. i'm not sure what that means, but it stopped that awful noise my car made every time i drove it AND i got to pay lots of money for them. they have to be good right?
good find number three:
my back sweatpants. they had been M.I.A (and i don't mean the rapper) for far too long.
and that's it. more posts coming this week.
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