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Lifespan of a Chennette
http://chennette.net
Trini food enthusiast, traveling the Caribbean and sharing tales, photos and recipes
Recent Posts
Bakra Eid!
Eid Mubarak! It’s that time of the Islamic calendar again – Eid ul Adha, the Festival of the Sacrifice. It falls on the 10th day of Dhul Hijjah, which is the month in which Hajj falls (hence name, if you recognise the root syllables). So...
Lessons I’ve Learned Recently…
Photos should be transferred from your memory card to your computer more often than every 7 weeks… Photos should be at least transferred before you reach 220 shots… Earth crust displacement theory is the best device ever for a screenwr...
Farewell Geocities
Back in the day, I had a Geocities page. Two in fact. One under this sobriquet of Chennette* and another using my real name. I think it’s been 10 years since that first website of mine, learning basic basic html and creating my own backgrounds ...
Last minute surge for Divali
Well, a couple days ago my blog stats suddenly spiked. It’s not Eid (Eid ul Fitr was a few weeks ago, and we have some time before Eid ul Adha). As usual, even if I didn’t know, the almost single-minded focus of the searches would clue me...
Falafel Recipe
Falafels are that ubiquitous Middle Eastern item – savoury, crunchy, fried balls of beany-goodness. Some may say falafels are Israeli, there may be other countries laying claim to the source of these delicious vegetarian protein-pack...
Sawine Rules (Eid Recipe)
My mother has Sawine Rules. They are not very many, but she is very firm about them. Other people don’t follow these rules and their sawine is doomed. Doomed? you ask. Yes, doomed. Destined to spoil quickly, for the milk to “split” ...
