THE TAINTED ARCHIVE: HOBBITS ARE BAD FOR YOUR HEALTH!!!

Westerns author Gary Dobbs opines on the following:

THE TAINTED ARCHIVE: HOBBITS ARE BAD FOR YOUR HEALTH!!!:

"Tolkien's Lord of the Rings trilogy has been called into question by UK based health campaigners because of the smoking habits of the hobbits"

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Cafe Fernando – Food Blog

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Cafe Fernando – Food Blog:

"PASSION FRUIT, MANGO AND CHOCOLATE CAKE"

" Paris. Denise Acabo’s shop, A l’Etoile d’Or. Mr Genin’s caramels lined up on the white marble counter top. Mango and passion fruit caramels, to be specific."

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gotta tell ya,

the picture alone is Pavlov's wet dream.

yum! :-)

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THE LAST VISIBLE DOG

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THE LAST VISIBLE DOG:

"Happy Birthday to you
Happy Birthday to you
You look like a monkey
And you smell like one too."

. . . a birthday cake, for very artsy Katherine.

:-)

nice lady, fantastic artist,

giv'er a hollah . . .

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Balancing Beauty and Bedlam ::

Balancing Beauty and Bedlam :::

"Stimulating the senses are important to me and I know my children will have fond memories of deliciously baked meals and pleasing aromas, but even though I prepare food that tastes delicious, I do not create beautiful food.


You know the kind of food I am talking about…food that becomes an unbelievable art form.


That is one of my goals this year…to create beautiful food. Not all the time, but every once in awhile."

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Jen, over at Balancing Beauty and Bedlam,

has a cornucopia of great recipes.

is you're the type who loves blog challenges,

and you love food {or you wouldn't be here}

then Tasty Tuesday Parade of Food is the challenge for you.

hop on over there and see what's cookin'

and then share some of your own

gems.

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Zythophile

Zythophile:
"So who IS the most popular beer blogger in Britain?"

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well, we figured that we' post something
for the JR's of the world wherever they may be.

{beer by ~thorvaldsen}

[O'Connor-Alex]


{Galena, Il. included, 'kay JR?}

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Ask Budweiser To Step Down From The Chamber Of Commerce

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Ask Budweiser To Step Down From The Chamber Of Commerce
  

uploaded by Headzup
  

http://headzup.tv

Bob, a Budweiser Clydesdale horse, comes out and asks Anheuser-Busch to step down from the board on the US Chamber of Commerce due to the chamber's radical and extremist views on the environment and climate change.

Sign the Drinking Liberally petition at--
http://www.drinkingliberally.org/bud




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DILLY'S CASTLE

DILLY'S CASTLE:

"Dilly be exslent cook.


Mummy say,
want mayke cottage pie.
Dilly say,
NOR!
NOR!
NOT mayke pie wiv briks in,
mayke yummy werm pie, sted!!
MWEAH!"

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Dilly's is a weird blog,
today it contributes an ok recipe
 with funny pictures. :-)

check it out.

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EN EL PAIS DE ALICIA MARIA.

EN EL PAIS DE ALICIA MARIA.:

"'El beso, luces y frutilla'
Tecnica: Pintar con luces
Cordoba"

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a gorgeous food-related image ( a must see!).
the theme: a strawberry kiss. :-)

kudos, Alicia!

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Absurd Banana by JohnnyMarbelo

 

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{Absurd Banana  by JohnnyMarbelo}

[now living in joaoramos.org]

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Grannymar

Grannymar:

"Baked Apples


Baked apples make a very easy dessert and can be cooked in the oven alongside the main course or in the microwave. I often bake just one for myself and place the apple in a large ramekin dish.This recipe gives direction for microwave cooking."

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{Baked Apples  by Leichenengel}
[Love is Suicide]


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yummies from Grannymar . . . yay!

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Eating From My Pantry: Day #11: My project ends

Since my pantry is stocked with items that I have been dragging around for years, I decided the only way to make sure I get rid of it all without throwing it away was to not go grocery shopping. There will be no grocery shopping at all until Dec 31, while from January 2 through January 31 I will only buy fresh fruit, fresh vegetables, and meat. Wine, beer, and soda, of course, are excluded ;-)
Here is the list of items I started out with in my freezer/refrigerator/pantry.

Obviously, I quit this project right smack in the middle of it.

I was on my 2nd night of serving my husband "breakfast for dinner": pancakes and eggs, when he said "Pancakes for dinner is an odd choice".

Ok, let me explain the significance of this seemingly mildly spoken observation. My husband is a Brit, and even by British standards, he is incredibly understated...to a fault. When he says "It's a bit chilly out", what he really means is "It's fucking cold".

Besides being ridiculously understated, he also needs to be pushed to his absolute limit before he would even hint at complaining about any food I prepare for him. (No, it's not because I'm a big meanie...it's because he's a big softie. I have been known to threaten him with repeating a dish the next night as a way for him to tell me the truth about how he likes it).

So when my husband utters with a kind smile a phrase like "Pancakes for dinner is an odd choice", I know that what he's really saying is: "Buy some fucking food now, or I'm ordering pizza, blog be damned, and while you're at it, find a new goddam hobby, please".

So ended this experiment.

Of course, I was also running out of creative ways to re-combine the items in my pantry in fun and interesting ways - to eat AND to blog about - so I was happy for my husband to give me an excuse to blame the end of the experiment on him ;-) Off to the market I happily went, and picked up 2 kinds of flour, yeast, olive oil, butter, cheese, cold cuts, pasta, jarred pasta sauce, a shitload of vegetables, and sausages.

All in all, in was a fun couple of weeks that I will probably repeat every once in a while when I feel like my cabinets are overpacked.

Him:
*burp*

Me:
Well, that was fun. Now, what's my next project?

Here are some before & after photos of my cabinets:
BEFORE

AFTER

BEFORE

AFTER


Day #1
Day #2
Day #3
Day #4
Day #5
Day #6
Days #7 & #8
Days #9 & #10

Neuroskeptic

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Neuroskeptic:
 "Domoic acid is responsible for amnesic shellfish poisoning, which struck a cluster of over 100 people in Canada in 1987; 4 died, and several others suffered permanent neurological symptoms, including epilepsy and most notoriously, anterograde amnesia, the inability to form new memories."

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A neuroscientist takes a special type of shellfish poisoning;
memory poisoning!  . . . eat clams and forget what you ate!


huh?


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Mac Lethal's Guide to Love Potions

Mac Lethal's Guide to Love Potions:
"He told me, 'Food is not what you need.
The answers you seek lie in this magical book.
Pay me $1,000 and don't ever show or tell anyone.'"


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Mac Lethal Shares potions for Valentines' Day.
Be Aware, powerful stuff!

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Drinking beer could help prevent weak bones | Life and style | The Guardian

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 Drinking beer could help prevent weak bones | Life and style | The Guardian:

"The experts said beer was a major source of dietary silicon

– roughly half of the silicon in beer can be readily absorbed by the body.

Charles Bamforth, lead author of the study, said:

'Beers containing high levels of malted barley and hops

  are richest in silicon." 

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as anecdotal proof we submit the picture.

JR, as he is known in the Blogoshere
is a travel-seasoned  young man who
 hails from Great Britain. he is somewhat of

a Cerveza Connoisseur, who can speak
Beer in one-hundred-and-seventy-two
 languages.

as evidenced by his hand, as he expertly
 shifts gears on his Mini-Cooper,
osteoporosis is nary on the horizon.

raise one for JR!

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Neuroskeptic: The Sweet Taste of Cannabinoids

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Neuroskeptic: The Sweet Taste of Cannabinoids:

"The munchies are something specific to marijuana. But why?

"New research from a Japanese team reveals that marijuana directly affects the cells in the taste buds which detect sweet flavours - Endocannabinoids selectively enhance sweet taste."

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Are Leftover Onions Poisonous? - Urban Legends

Are Leftover Onions Poisonous? - Urban Legends:
"The notion that onions are a 'bacteria magnet' may stem from an old wives' tale dating at least as far back as the 1500s, when it was believed that distributing raw onions around a residence guarded against the bubonic plague and other diseases by 'absorbing the elements of infection.' Believe it or not, though it has no scientific basis whatsoever"

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we LOVE onions, and BEFORE we developed a healthy interest
in the opposite sex, we would eat raw onions much as one would eat an apple.

these days we chop-up onions, put them in a zip-lock bag and freeze them.
whenever a recipe calls for onions we scoop out a handful of frozen chopped onions.

{o'course we wash our hands before the scooping.}

so, its a relief to know that onions are fairly safe.
:-)

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The Healthy Recipe Finder - Orange-Sesame Turkey Cutlets

the weird thing is that we'd just picked up a pairof turkey cutlets
and were feeling kinda bored towards them. now its
like the cutlets donned some Victoria Secrets for fowl . . .

anyhoo, Prevention has a dozen freezer friendly
healthy recipes. and it all starts with Ben Franklin's favorite for national symbol.
uh, . . ., gobble, gobble?

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The Healthy Recipe Finder - Orange-Sesame Turkey Cutlets:
"A teaspoon of dark sesame oil adds extraordinary flavor to these turkey cutlets for only 2¢ per serving.
The lean meat is cooked right in its marinade to keep it tender and moist. Serve over rice."

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[click to enlarge]{Turkey by thestudiopresents}[TheStudio]

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Muddy Boot Dreams: Visions of sugar snap peas danced in their heads

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Muddy Boot Dreams: Visions of sugar snap peas danced in their heads:
 "Don’t tell me to purchase online, I want to fondle the new green leaves of the budding shrubs. I want to smell the soil around the rhubarb roots, feeling my mouth pucker as I remember the sharp sour taste."




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Jen, who lives in White Rock, B.C. is jonezin' for some gardening.
on her Muddy Boot Dreams blog, she posts {quite lyrically}
about an early spring, crocuses and daffodils, and inconsiderate
 garden centers. quite funny with superb macro-pics.

take a stroll, why don'tcha?

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Ful and Arabic Panini with Cheddar Cheese and Jam / American Bedu

Carol, an American living in Saudi Arabia
shares the recipe that follows.
(we love ANYTHING with cheddar.
blame it on Wisconsin)

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Ful and Arabic Panini with Cheddar Cheese and Jam
 from American Bedu:
 "Most cooks have their secret ingredients to add to the basic dish,but most will admit to adding a little bit of onion and tomato and possibly some red lentils to the pot while it is stewing, to keep the color light. It takes hours to make ful and most busy cooks don’t have the time or patience to try it themselves. For the rest of us we can find canned ful in the supermarkets and specialty stores dealing in Mediterranean and Middle Eastern foodstuffs. The better quality bean is light-colored, small to medium size and the darker, larger beans are not as good eating. Some of the Italian brands feature the larger beans probably for a different use than as a warm salad."

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Now Baking | Beyond Red Velvet Cake

Charlotte Druckman  at Time Magazine shares some fancy-schmanzy

 {easy to make, yet impressive} pastries for Lover's Day (themed red).

these recipe takes are off the beaten-path

 and look delicious. 

so gowan

 see what's cookin'  :-)

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.Now Baking | Beyond Red Velvet Cake
 - T Magazine Blog - NYTimes.com:

"RED BELL PEPPER CHEESECAKE
Adapted from Stephen Collucci at Colicchio and Sons"

Kilter

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Kilter:

"Kimchi is a fermented vegetable that mixes pickled Asian cabbage

or radish with spicy vegetables and various condiments such as red pepper power."

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Kilter has an informative and entertaining post

on Korean Kimichi. take a gander. :-)

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I crave your mouth... by Pablo Neruda

I crave your mouth...
by Pablo Neruda

I crave your mouth, your voice, your hair.
Silent and starving, I prowl through the streets.
Bread does not nourish me, dawn disrupts me, all day
I hunt for the liquid measure of your steps.

I hunger for your sleek laugh,
your hands the color of a savage harvest,
hunger for the pale stones of your fingernails,
I want to eat your skin like a whole almond.

I want to eat the sunbeam flaring in your lovely body,
the sovereign nose of your arrogant face,
I want to eat the fleeting shade of your lashes,

and I pace around hungry, sniffing the twilight,
hunting for you, for your hot heart,
Like a puma in the barrens of Quitratue.

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At First Glass: Norma Shearer's apple shortbread meringue, updated with Pama

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The Women (1939)

women, women, all the time! works as a chick-flick,

but not as a date movie. 'less yer lookin' fer a coolin' chill.

. . . quite the unique ensemble piece;

satisfying and memorable . . . {click here for our review}

so we were reviewing the film
 when we ran into the following recipe.
{wotta coinky-dink!}

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At First Glass:

Norma Shearer's apple shortbread meringue, updated with Pama:

At any rate, on Norma Shearer's page we find, beneath her well coiffed and bejeweled studio photograph, two desserts, one for "Chocolate Antoinette" and one for "Porcupine Dessert with Vanilla Sauce." 


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