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I’m thinking of starting a cooking blog. I’ll call it Recipes for Rockets or Eating between the Shoots.

Because something so mundane as cooking lunch or dinner becomes a tricky proposal when you know you might have to leave the stove for the shelter at any moment.

I would include tips for baking pita on the stovetop (on an upside-down wok) with dough that can sit an extra 15-20 minutes. For baked goods that come out quickly, casseroles that can wait in an oven that’s turned off, soups and stews (just add a bit of extra water if you get an alert that a missile is on the way). If you make rice, turn it off and let it sit in the pot once the water has boiled. Drain your pasta after getting an alert that a siren is about to sound, and boil it again when you get the all clear. Only dress your salad once you return to the table and wait another minute to make sure another missile is not on the way, and that you’ll have time to take a deep breath and eat without rushing.

Friday evening, we had a guest at our dinner table, so I put in a bit of extra effort. The grape leaves were rolled between the early afternoon siren and the evening one; the dry ingredients for the cake had extra time to soak in the orange juice while we sat a siren out in the safe room – with serendipitous results. Of course, dinner started a bit late due to yet another siren, but the soup was well heated; the baked dish managed to come out unburnt; the salad was crisp and lightly dressed.

This is not that blog.

This is a blog post about the disruption of living with missile fire. It is about how many of us have so readily slipped........

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