winter beach adventure. moroccan food. family heirlooms.

 while cooking dinner last night, we learned a few things about fava beans:

-they're hard to find in stores.
-they supposedly taste like pinto beans.
-don't buy them dry.
-they take two hours to boil.
-you have to take the outside skin off.

i mentioned yesterday that we made dinner last night (Arabian Pizza from Lebanon and Artichoke Tajin from Morocco). The pizza was delicious. The Tajin was really good, too, minus the dry fava beans. We didn't have time to boil them for the full two hours. Next time, we'll buy the canned version. It was quite an adventure.

like i said, yesterday we also went on a beach adventure. here are some highlights:

Question: Which heirloom that you have inherited from an ancestor means the most to you? If you don't have any, then write about a specific object you remember from your father, mother, grandmother, etc.

Grandma: Vintage cameo pendants that I made into jewelry. I helped her go through some stuff in her house when she was moving, and she gave me quite a bit of her jewelry. I made a couple necklaces (that I won't sell) that I love. Every time I wear them, they remind me of her.

Grandpa: A lot of coins. He gave me a bunch that have holes drilled in them right when I started my jewelry business. We usually got coins for most holidays. He's a coin dealer.

Great-Grandpa: I have this little glass dog statue that I remember getting after my great-grandpa passed away. I was really young, but I still remember almost exactly what his house looked like.