Teeth

Hudson is now the proud owner of 16 visible teeth. We're hoping and praying that his 2-year molars will be as painless as his sisters' were, because the other 16 were far from it.

In other tooth news, Jasmine's dentist told her last month that she had a loose tooth. Oh my goodness, was she ever excited!! She wanted us to floss even more on both sides of it, in hopes that it would hurry it along. I showed her how to wiggle it with her tongue (though she wasn't really wiggling it with her fingers often, thankfully).

Yesterday at dinner, I looked at her and thought, "did she get enchilada sauce on her tooth?" and then realized, no, I was looking at her bare gums!! It fell out and she didn't realize it!!
We think it was at the play date we went to in the morning; they were running and playing hard for 5 hours, so it likely came out then and she was too distracted to realize it.

She's very proud, though:

Iskender Kabob

Anyone who lives in (or lived in) Turkey, Germany, New York City, Rochester, or any other city with a decent-sized Turkish population can just go get iskender kabob whenever they want. But for those of us not in that position, we're stuck not able to eat one of the most delicious dishes created. So I've created my own version of it. For people who can get the real thing, this is a sorry substitute. But after 7 years away from Turkey, I don't think it's too bad :)

This should serve about 4:
half a can of tomato sauce (make sure there's at least a little salt in it or it tastes a little odd)


pitas or plain Naan, warmed up for a couple minutes in the oven:
and then cut it up into bite-sized pieces

meanwhile, cook about 8 portions of Steakumm (or Philly Steaks, in the frozen section)
and melt about 6 tablespoons of butter.

You'll want some plain yogurt, too. It works with lowfat or nonfat, but the creamiest is closest to what you'd get in Turkey.

When everything is all cooked or warmed up, put a couple handfuls of the bread on a plate. Add a quarter of the meat on top, followed by a few tablespoons of tomato sauce and some butter. Add a couple spoonfuls of yogurt, and you're done!

Afiyet olsun!! (enjoy!)