Ghee

Ghee is one of those things that totally grosses me out. When it's incorporated in a dish, it makes the food taste pretty good, but when you just see it in all it's solitary glory, it's enough to make you run to the bathroom and get rid of all the food you just ate. So why do we still use it? Are there alternatives to ghee? Can we get the good taste without the artery-coating nastiness? Ghee is not commonly sold in American grocery stores, unless it's marketed under another name that I am not aware of, so you have to go to the Asian grocery store to find it. Not that I was looking :). This is what I found:

A WHOLE FRICKIN' GALLON!!!!

and this little guy - he doesn't even know that he's in a grocery store to get bought, killed, cooked and eaten! Eeeeeww.

In other news, I spend the ENTIRE weekend steam cleaning my carpets. It was pretty rewarding. (What does that say about the lameness of my weekend, I wonder?) But seriously, check this out. You can see the line between the clean bit and the not-yet-clean bit, and the tools of the trade. The Rug Doctor is way better than the lowly vacuum. That's all I have to say about that.
Lucky was really quite bewildered by having to be corraled in the kitchen the whole weekend (so he wouldn't step on the wet carpets) and by not being able to follow me around the whole time. I think he thought we were moving. At one point, he went and sat right at the front door and WOULD NOT MOVE! I think he's a little insecure about my commitment to him.

I actually did have a good weekend, and went out for dinner on Friday to Thai Ginger and ate yummy pineapple fried rice. I also went to a Christmas cookie party on Saturday where we played a fantastic game of taboo.