Comments for Aliette de Bodard

Comment on Ga xao dam gung sa (chicken with lemongrass and macerated ginger) by Laura

Laura — Wed, 23 May 2012 22:56:34 +0000

I think I followed the directions to the letter, and it was delicious!

Comment on Com chien: fried rice by aliette

aliette — Wed, 23 May 2012 15:01:53 +0000

Nice recipe
I fish out the egg because I find it easily gets overcooked if you leave it in the pan while the shallots are cooking.(also, because that’s what I was shown ). I don’t much like to add curry, except in select dishes like, well, potato curries and the like (and my go-to for zinging up anything is chilli garlic sauce. That includes tomato sauce, to the H’s dismay…). Peppers would be a nice replacement for the corn taste-wise, though I find that corn crunches under the teeth in a way that peppers don’t. (I like textures in my dishes ).
You really should read the kitchen tigress post if you’re interested in making fried rice. It’s a very cogent one, and I learnt lots of things from it.

Comment on Com chien: fried rice by Brian Dolton

Brian Dolton — Wed, 23 May 2012 14:54:13 +0000

I’ve been doing fried rice a bit lately, using a very good recipe I found for Cape Malay (similar to Singapore style in my experience) spice mix – http://www.food.com/recipe/bo-kaap-cape-malay-curry-powder-south-african-spice-mixture-289383

I start with the egg, like you, but I leave it in the pan as everything else gets added in. So I tend to go: oil – egg – initial teaspoon of curry powder – onion – rice – protein (maybe pre-cooked chicken, maybe prawns, etc) – other veg (celery or peppers, usually) – second teaspoon of curry powder – dash of soy sauce (or equivalent). If I want to make it spicier I’ll toss in a bit of sambal oelek at the onion stage (sambal oelek is my big go-to for zinging up anything).

Comment on Nokia to Android, or arg by Cameron Smith

Cameron Smith — Sat, 19 May 2012 01:55:06 +0000

I love mine too, but Nokia OVI Suite doesn’t work for me so I have to re-enter manually my contact.

Happyly that’s not for my business, just for my personnal…

I hate this f$$##@g programmer! Never thinking thing simply for efficient customer experience…

Comment on Shipbirth by 2011 Nebula Award Nominees « Katherine's Reading Notes

2011 Nebula Award Nominees « Katherine's Reading Notes — Wed, 16 May 2012 05:58:43 +0000

[...] “Shipbirth” by Aliette de Bodard (Asimov’s Science Fiction, February 2011) – This is from the realm of far-out SF. You just have to go with it. It really is amazing how much backstory/world building can be skipped. [...]

Comment on Saturday update by Aliette de Bodard

Aliette de Bodard — Tue, 15 May 2012 20:00:08 +0000

Aw, thank you! That’s pretty encouraging–nice to know it’s working for you! (I do agree it’s the personal touch that makes people more likely to connect with you. It’s just a very very scary thought as a writer and an introvert )

Comment on Shipbirth by Nebula Awards | ScifiBook Review

Nebula Awards | ScifiBook Review — Tue, 15 May 2012 00:10:30 +0000

[...] “Shipbirth,” Aliette de Bodard (Asimov’s Science Fiction, February 2011) [...]

Comment on Saturday update by Brittain

Brittain — Mon, 14 May 2012 18:27:42 +0000

I dunno if this is any encouragement whatsoever, or why I should be trying to encourage a famous published author, but I like your ambitious and personal stuff. I learned as a musician that most of the people who came to see me play didn’t want to just hear music they could hear anywhere else. They wanted to hear stuff that was me, that nobody else was doing, and once I’d gained a certain level of trust with the crowd, they’d gladly follow the band in whatever crazy direction we decided to go. I’m guessing that your people will go wherever you take them and enjoy the ride!

Comment on SFF as metaphor: aliens, vampires, foreigners and immigrants by Brittain

Brittain — Mon, 14 May 2012 17:30:15 +0000

re: Claire
Apparently my hopeful comment was taken differently than I intended. As a thoroughly white dude, I don’t really have any place to comment on these things in terms of personal experience, etc. All I mean to say is that my kids, Japan born to a Japanese mom, seem to have a better time of it here than they would in my Mtn. West home town. The fact that I perceive the West Coast, esp. the Pacific NW, to be ahead of the curve culturally, and not just in terms of race, in no way downplays the efforts of those who have made it so. It just means that I’d rather raise racially complex kids here than in Mississippi or Montana.

Comment on Help with deciphering mah jong tiles? by aliette

aliette — Mon, 14 May 2012 09:28:13 +0000

Hi John,

oooh, that sounds wonderful (better than the explanation of rules that I only have in Vietnamese :p). Will see if I can find it. Thank you!