Lynn's Pasta with Avocado Corn
2 cups chicken stock, boiling -- more as needed
1 cup corn kernels -- from two ears corn
1 avocado -- peeled and seeded
2 tablespoons chopped chives
1 teaspoon lemon juice
4 tomatillos -- parboiled
1 jalapeno chopped
1 tablespoon olive oil
salt and pepper -- to taste
1 pound angel hair pasta -- cooked al dente
1/2 cup freshly grated Parmesan cheese -- for topping
Put all ingredients except the pasta and cheese in a blender, beginning with
two cups of stock and adding more as needed, up to three cups total. Taste for
seasoning and adjust. Pour sauce into a saucepan and simmer, stirring
frequently. Pour over cooked pasta, toss, and serve with Parmesan cheese.
Children's Crusade
(1212)—only one of 30,000 French children and about 200 of 20,000 German
children survive to return home. Other Crusades—Fifth, against
Egypt
(1217), Sixth (1228), Seventh (1248),
Eighth (1270). Mamelukes conquer
Acre
; end of the Crusades (1291).