it is a Yemeni herbal hot sauce. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zhug
if i may ask, what is the not eating “feathered species” about?
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Thank you … Appreciate the link too.
Have a nice evening.
Trader Joe’s carries it fresh, that’s where I first tasted it, and immediately started making my own.
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i love Açorda à Alentejana! we made it a lot when we got back from Lisbon a few years ago. never saw it that thick, however, but still looks great. nice adaptation. Such a simple but delicious dish.
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Thank you. Maria sent me a link earlier …
Appreciate your kindness.
Ah see, since Trader Joe’s carries an excellent version, I stopped making my own “anything similar” - meaning green chutney, green adobo, green charmoula, and so on 
I just use the TJs stuff, doctored for whatever is missing.
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TJs’ is very good! i just almost always have all those ingredients on hand so it’s super easy to make and keep in the fridge at all times.
I’d SO be “Get the hell out of my kitchen, both of you!” Especially since I have a galley kitchen and there’s not a lot of room anyway. It’s hard enough with 2 cats underfoot…a grown human would be impossible. 
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Without naming names, I remember a famous Paris chef who worked in a narrow galley kitchen with her cat in close attendance. Stir, stir, a taste for me. a bite for you, neither was a sylph.
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LOL, you just said the quiet part out loud. We have a 1920s house, so our kitchen space is likewise small. I suppose I should be happy they take an interest.
For real, the dog tries to direct me into the kitchen when she thinks I should be making dinner. 
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I won’t be home tomorrow night for dinner so I wanted to be sure the troops were going to be well fed in my absence. Garlicky roasted chicken over fresh vegetables. Side of “homemade” (my mother used to make “pierogies” using a large pasta shell in lieu of making dough) pierogies. I made both bacon cheddar and sour cream and onion potato stuffed.
A good stick to your ribs kind of meal. Might do a cigar on this beautiful fall night. Peace peeps
Garlic and oil marinade, seared on the flat grill
Onions in butter for the pierogies
Looks good!!
Pierogies
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We have an efficient U-shaped galley kitchen which is perfect for one cook. Over the Covid era, we have both been prepping meals. We have two 55 lb. Australian Shepherds who must be with us at ALL TIMES. Their names are “Effing Move” and “Get Out of the Effing Way”.
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Just the way Finnegan runs into the kitchen every time I walk in there, thinking I’m going to feed him. Ummmm…no.
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Your mom was brilliant! Many thanks. Maybe not pierogies, but certainly a good bite!
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And Effing is part of both names. Rightly so. 
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When she was a pup, my sib’s aussie shepherd would just come lie across my feet when I was in the kitchen,
Can’t tell you the number of times I almost fell moving from counter to stove or sink because I forgot she was weighing my feet down 
She was unfazed, however. She would just wait a few mins for me to relocate, then come back and lie down on top of my feet again
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I had a long weekend away (i.e. break from cooking!) but now I’m back. This is a sourdough bread with nigella seeds and a salmon chowder.
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Asparagus and baby beets, green goddess
Mushroom and barley soup, mid bowl. Sorry.
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