I cooked black rice for the first time last night. Black rice contains high levels of seven different anthoÂcyanin polyphenols...antioxidents.
I made a mushroom and shallot risotto seasoned with hyssop and sumac(za'atar).
served that with homemade hummus and Lay's Ruffles potato chips.
Hyssop??
I thought hyssop was supposed to be a very unpleasant and bitter substance, which was why the Roman soldiers
handed a cup of the stuff to thirsty Jesus. They wanted to mock his suffering, so the Bible says and when he begged
for water, they gave him a cup of hyssop, which he spat out.
Don't ask me why I remember this, I haven't been a Catholic since right after Confirmation but
my mind is filled with useless info like this.
