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I have been meaning to blog about some of the new features of Google Webmaster Tools. I just saw this article from Search Engine Land, and it basically covers it all, see below on Search Query and follow link to full article. If you are an SEO expert, or a Internet Marketing manager in a large company, you may use your analytics tool instead. That is fine, but you probably won't find some of the rich data that is available in your GWT account. In my opinion GWT is one of the best SEO tools you will use, especially the Search Query Data. If you want to read more of our SEO blogs, don't be afraid to go to our WordPress SEO blog templates site.
Here are the top reason for it's SEO value:
1. Check your Index pages from your Sitemap, easy and tells you how many are indexed, the higher percentage the better.
2. Check for Crawl errors
3. Check for duplicate content issues
4. Search Query Volume is simply un beatable, it's very hard to find this data.
5. Great Link data, who is linking to you and how many links to top pages
Excerpt form the Search Engine Land's 9 Step SEO Checkup Article below:
Knowing what people type, and which searches get you clicks, is invaluable search intelligence. Use the Search queries report to gain great insight. Click Your site on the web::Search queries, and you'll see a report like this:
Whoa. That's a lot of data. Don't panic! Break it down to what you really need:
Don't treat this report as a benchmark for search performance. Rankings are a terrible benchmark, especially now that Google appears to be Bingifying their results pages. But you can look for easy improvements. For example, I think I should get more than 2% clickthru on 'Google Analytics'. I click on that query and get a drill-down report:
The pages I see listed probably need better meta description tags, and maybe more compelling titles. By rewriting these to present a better call to action, I can potentially improve clickthru.
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Old Spice Sales Double With YouTube Campaign http://bit.ly/cfZzFX @eanmusic SocialMedia Videos work for #Retail about 13 hours ago via Twitterrific
Google Developing a Facebook Rival with social games features http://on.wsj.com/amOFCH @WSJBusiness about 13 hours ago via Twitterrific
mCommerce not a fad, based on Amazon's $1b in Mobile sales, internet retailer: http://bit.ly/dxLZdh #Retail about 18 hours ago via Twitscoop
Google gains access to more ratings and reviews: http://bit.ly/dndRCf #Retail #SEO #Commerce for Websphere Commerce about 18 hours ago via Twitscoop
New m-commerce guide suggests strategies Mobile conversion http://bit.ly/doAjKp #mcommerce #smartphones #retail @GlobalBay about 19 hours ago via Twitterrific
Amazon influences social commerce – could be a watershed event: http://bit.ly/drdBdQ @TalentSynch #Retail #faceBook about 19 hours ago via Twitterrific
Five Ways to Get Unique, Keyword-Relevant Content on Your Site #eCommerce #retail http://tinyurl.com/397glce @dancommator #SEO about 19 hours ago via Twitterrific
US Retail Sales in June grew 2.5% per commerce department. @JYelton Http://CrossView.com your websphere commerce source! about 19 hours ago via Twitterrific
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I just tried to tweet about it and Yahoo would not let me use Bit.ly, too bad for them, so they won't get the Twitter link juice. Here is the top part of the article: Best places to shop, Retailer Costco
Last year shoppers spent $405 billion at Walmart, the world's largest retailer. But according to a new study by the Consumer Reports National Research Center, they might be better off if they switch stores.
For all the talk about Walmart's low prices, 30,666 subscribers we surveyed said the prices at 10 other retailers, including JCPenney, Sears, Dillard's, and Meijer, were at least as good. And bigger wasn't necessarily better when it came to the overall shopping experience. Almost three-quarters of respondents who shopped at Walmart found at least one problem to complain about, and half had two or more complaints about the store or its staff.
Walmart and Kmart scored notably lower than the other chains, but Costco stood tall. In addition to citing the warehouse club's rock-bottom prices, survey respondents praised its bang for the buck: It was the only store judged much better than average for value. In our surveys over the years, Costco has earned high marks as a source of a surprisingly large selection of goods, including mattresses, electronics, small appliances, groceries, and books. In recent years, the chain's Kirkland Signature products have often performed well in our tests.
"Costco surprises consumers with great products and brands at exceptional prices," says Will Ander, senior partner inMcMillanDoolittle, a retail-consulting firm in Chicago. "They don't promise to have everything, but they do offer a true treasure hunt where everyone seems to find that exceptional item at an unbelievable price. Most customers will give you great satisfaction marks if you exceed their expectations, and Costco is light-years ahead of the other discount competitors in that respect." ..please go to link above to read full article…
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I attended a great webinar by the folks at Hubspot today, the topic was SEO and Social marketing. Some of you know from our marketing book above that I am a huge fan of blogging and we connected the dots between SEO and blogging years ago.
Here is a slide from http://HubSpot.com on statistics that prove, blogging gives your more inbound links, which is the #1 thing you can do for SEO:
Did any of you just notice that Google does not allow easy access to their Keyword Tool any more? Before you just went to http://adwords.google.com and you could search for keywords right there. Now you have to go in to your Adwords account, Click on the Opportunities Tab, then click on Keyword Tool, then you get the same information as before. So much for easy access Mr. Google:-).
I wanted to do some research on the keywords around SEO, especially for WordPress SEO, and Blog templates. for our SEO Blog Templates site. That site, still ranks in the top 30-100 for those keywords. Surprised, as I have not blogged for a long time about any of those keywords. I tweet now days, and don't really spend as much time as I should on blogs. I need to keep my skills refreshed and keep up on the marketplace, so I decided to write this post. For those interested in following us on Twitter, you can do so here at http://Twitter.com/enthos Here are some recent Tweets:
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Answer to this question is undeniably maybe. Your rankings, especially for very competitive keywords are always depended on the anchor text links coming from high Google PR Sites. The more of those high PR site links you have with exact anchort text of keywords, the higher you will rank versus your competitors. I wrote about how my high ranking Google PR blogs got my friends Yoga Clothing and OM T shirt sites indexed and ranked quickly. If you have a no name site, and worse yet a not so high a PR, it will be very hard for you to get ranked higher. So the key is to write great content on Twitter and link to your articles and blogs to your destination sites. This will help you get a high PR and over time you cna link from that site to your blogs and cross index links. Easier said then done, but Aaron Wall says that High PR may not be as important, as earlier. Since he is the best SEO in the world, he is right. It's not as important as before, and it all depends on your competition. http://www.seobook.com/learn-seo/is-pagerank-important.php
I am super excited that our friends site is now within a couple of week is ranked #23 on Google for "Om T Shirts" though not showing up yet for a very competitive keyword "Yoga Clothing" or "Yoga clothes". I think it's just a matter of time it will. So as I always use to say, have patience, it may take up to a year or so to get ranked in the top 10 for very competitive keywords. It's definitly worth the wait. Also as ReTweeted in my Twitter yesterday sending out a professional Press Release is the fastest way to get tons of high valued links and get a good Google PR. Here is that post: Practical Points For Perfecting Press Releases http://bit.ly/2Wi9BG RT@anuconvo PR's are the #1 thing you can do for SEO!
As always if you are serious and want to learn about SEO get my free marketing book first, it's free. And, then read Aaron Wall's book, if you can afford the $80 or whatever he is charging now. Good luck! Don't forget to check out my friends Yoga clothing with Om T Shirts and Yoga clothes made from 100% organic materials. They are not fully launched yet, but coming soon and all yoga clothing will be made in the US!
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August 2nd, 2009 by admin
Our free Internet Marketing book site is #1 Bing.com for the keywords marketing book. So while we have mastered the Bing.com ranking system, we are not bad at Google either. So what does it take to rank high on Bing, more contextual recent links from blogs. What about ranking on Google? Same thing, but higher the Page Rank of the site, the better the ranking on Google. You can find all of these and blogging for SEO and high ranking strategiest that are time tested. Bonus for you all, did you know that Twitter user name and FaceBook user names are great for SEO too? But do use the exact keywords.
So what is up with Om Yoga Clothing and mentioning Yoga clothing in a marketing blog? Well nothing, except for that Yoga clothing is one of the top 10 keywords for Yoga. Yoga as you know is every where now days, well in Seattle and in major cities of the world. So our friends in Olympia have decided to start a Yoga clothing company and I am helping them SEO their site. They are starting out with Om T Shirts first, all made from Organic materials. The site is barely up and they have asked me to help them early on, so I am not going to go on an on about how wonderful their Om Yoga Clothing is. They are wonderful people and I met them through a community of Yoga meditation gathering. More on that later…
PS, just turned on the FIT tv on DirectTV, Namaste Yoga is on. These women have the most beautiful Yoga Clothing on. It's no wonder that LuLulemon the #1 leader in Yoga clothing is based out of Vancouver BC, same as the namaste yoga show:-). Vancouver is a very stylish city if you have never been, you must visit this gem in North America!
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How many $$$s does Apple make from an iPhone?
Apple's figures came out on Tuesday, revealing that all is going well in Cupertino, but analysts crawling over the details are trying to work out if they reveal anything else besides - such as the revenue cut Apple is getting from every iPhone in use. The details of the deal Apple did with AT&T, and more recently with O2, T- …
so keen to stop unlocking?
i'm confused why everyone keeps on harping on about Apple being so keen to crack down on the unlocking of the iPhone.
they've only released a single upgrade so far that broke phones which had been unlocked, and they gave fair warning beforehand that they thought there was a risk that hacked iphones would not be compatible with the upgrade.
in addition, the 1.1.1 firmware has been hacked for over 2 weeks now and yet Apple haven't rushed out 1.1.2 to fix the tiff exploit that is required to hack the iphone in the first place which allows you to unlock it.
seems to me if they were as keen as you claim they are, they'd have rushed out a patch the day after the hackers first annouced they could crack 1.1.1
It's news Jim, but not as we know it
So a company founded on the premise of making money actually succeeds. Not really news, is it?
Is this really working for Apple?
MS and Nokia floundering? Read your own reports on how many iPhones have been unlocked and how long with this model work at all for Apple once Orange in France bring out an unlocked version.
Entertainment for Beancounters
These endless "how much does apple make from" series is a bit tedious. iPhone here, iPod model [x] yonder and iMac mini there. Even if it made sense, it would be interesting and entertaining only for... a special type of `people' (sensu latu).
When are you going to do a series "how much does Lenovo make on..", or Toshiba or HP or Nokia? I know you're just republishing other peoples stuff but chrissakes...
Ah, now I geddit! The underlying idea is "anything apple makes = toys", because all other beancounterism was practiced on PSP, PS3, XBox, X360's etc.
Clarification please
What service are we talking about? The actual iPhone, as in you are only really renting the device from the Network provider and Apple or the cut Apple take from the Network who provides the service?
All in all though, seems like Apple have a good revenue model that's good for them and their partners but a complete rip-off for the consumers.....
(ok I thought about not saying it but couldn't resist) but then if your iFan being rip'd off is all part of the prestige of being an iOwner.
Whilst enacting Reg Club rule 8, may I also remind people of Reg Club rule 3, now let the fighting commence.
Selling a service???
I don't see in the iPhone deal what service Apple is selling/providing... except if letting you use a product you bought is a service!
Apple has managed to go beyond vapor-ware, their main revenue will be selling "nothing", or the right for mobile operator to sell subscription on a non-subsidised product.
Sounds a bit like consummers are considered stupid cash-cows, and it seems they were totally right to see them that way; people paying back to the operator more than the subside for any other mobile, for a mobile they pays full price in the first place.
I never saw a car manufacturer getting a share on the petrol you put in the tank, locking the cd player so you have to buy the music from them, and charging you (again) for the horn tone...
Go on Apple, as long are people are happy to pay for having the right to buy your product...
Capital cost plus contract
What is truly astonishing about the pull of the Apple brand is that they've managed to (or will manage to) break the UK philosophy of getting a free phone with a pricey contract OR buying the phone outright then using a cheap no-strings contract (pay-as-you-go).
Apple and O2 are planning to charge us the full cost of the iPhone, AND charge a £35-£55 monthly contract. And they'll get away with it, too.
Much as it annoys me (particularly as I'm stupid enough to fall for it, and will be buying one), I have to admire their marketing abilities to be able to hype a product up so much that people will unquestionably break their usual purchasing patterns.
And Apple are raking it in from all directions - the cost of the phone, the ongoing contract, the music and video downloads... I might as well sign over my soul to them, they pretty much own it (or maybe 50/50 with Tesco).
re: Selling a service???
Apple don't sell a service to you the user. And you don't pay Apple for any service.
Apple sell you the hardware.
AT&T (and soon O2 and Orange etc) sell you the service of being able to use the phone networks and make calls and data transfers and voicemail etc etc. And you pay AT&T for that.
AT&T then decide to hand part of what you paid them to Apple in order to make sure that none of their rivals are allowed to sell the iPhone as well. It's AT&Ts choice to pay Apple the chunk of your monthly payment but it means they get the majority of the iphone purchasers on their network, so they're happy.
NOT profit: ignores apples development costs
Your analysis just looks at marginal costs, and completely ignores the sunk R&D costs apple put into the iPhone.
Apple has put significant resources into developing the iPhone over the years, and needs to cover that. I imagine the iPhone won't actually break even until end of this year. While a lot of the dev costs are shared with desktop-OS X, much of them (e.g. UI/hardware) are new.
...what a boring article - why did anyone waste time writing it (and why am I wasting time commenting on it)?
A Shame
@Ian Ferguson + others
Its a real shame you're going to go for the iPhone. I considered it myself until I added up the total costs - even if it is spread out over 18mths its still daylight robbery at >£900.
Its much more powerful a statement to turn around to Apple+O2 and say - WE'RE NOT BEING SUCKERED. Just make a stand and say OY, APPLE, NOOOO. The pull, though, towards the hottest gadget on the planet, is going to be greater than the cost factor for most (or just ignorant about them) which is why Apple will win.
I just wish EVERYBODY were told the total costs they have to pay at the point they purchase it, that should turn at least some people away before they commit.
Don't get me wrong, I love the iPhone, I've used one. But the cost is just too high, financially and morally.
Whats so good?
Just out of interest, i've read the reviews, i've seen the pro's and con's.. and well,
its just another smart phone with an apple logo stuck on the back, except its more limited than other smart phones. I can understand the apple victims getting them, but even your average Joe wants to go and buy one?!?! has the world gone mad?
Now i am not an anti-apple campaigner, i see apple as a designer PC (yes i said it, PC) but in terms of hardware, they use a lot of foxxcon parts, which arent exactly renown amongst the PC industry for "high end". And then theres lawsuits with certain models which jsut stop working after a certain time due to a dry joint.. so tell me... why do people see me day in day out and come up with the argument that "theyre more stable" or "more reliable" with out any evidence?!!?
rant over
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UK Profits from Iphone ?
In the US, I'm sure that such a mark up is achievable, but in the UK I think O2 and Apple maybe be far less confident of the BIG iphone rush.
The problem is that last year all the mobile companies sprung the 18 month contract trap and there are loads of techno and fashion junkies locked into these.
The 18 month contract is now know for what it is...a set of handcuffs.
The fact that we have to also pay some £260 for the privilege of buying into this iphone contract as well, really doesn't sit well with me and several others.
So will Apple be doing the same level of business with the iphone in the UK...I doubt it. The only thing that might help the iphone is the fact that neither Nokia, SE or Samsung have anything like it. So for novelty value, the punters might think about buying into the iphone dream...that is until they realise that they have to pay £260 to buy into an 18 month contract with a mediocre phone with few apps and a flash interface.
I will no doubt by an iphone one day, but not this time around and not until it's more of a real phone and not just a fashion accessory.
Next year folks, next year, just about the time that most of the first tranche have woken up to the fact that they still have 6-8months to go on their first contracts.
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The Cross-cultural Ministry Center (or CMC) at Concordia University, Irvine is an extension of our Concordia Seminary in St. Louis. It is a path toward ordination designed for mission-minded men who are called to reach into urban and multi-ethnic communities in America with the Gospel of Christ, while it also equips these men with the theological formation that is equivalent to the M.Div. curricula available at St. Louis and Ft. Wayne.
Most, if not all, CMC students are working full-time while they proceed through the program. With that in mind, all of the classes meet at night – from 6-10:00 p.m. Pacific Time every Monday and Thursday night. For students who live outside Orange County, the classes in the Fall and Spring are available in a real-time, online format. Students are required to come together on the campus at Irvine for their summer classes.
The CMC currently has students from the PSW District as well as the California/Nevada/Hawaii, Rocky Mountain, Texas, Northwest and English Districts.
All CMC classes are delivered at the graduate level. The program does include an M.A. in Theology, but it also includes many practical and in-the-field courses, all of which culminate in certification for ordination into the Pastoral Ministry in the LCMS. In all, it encompasses 106 units. It is typically completed in 4 years (including classes in the Fall, Spring and Summer terms).
The CMC is unique in that its vicarage and fieldwork requirements expect students to serve in the community where they are already established. The intended result of this simultaneous vicarage program is the launching of a new church or ministry.
The CMC classes are conducted in English, but many students are fluent in more than one language. In fact, those who speak English as their primary language are required to document a familiarity with a second language before they can graduate. This multi-cultural nature of the CMC makes for rich dialog among students and professors, and prepares pastors for the challenges of 21st Century multicultural ministry.
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"Well I've definitely have had a couple of tweets, with some being angry with me. And I'm not going to retweet them, I'm not going to respond to them. I'm not going to respond to someone who is just being a jerk even though I want to. Just a number of things, like for instance some guy said that "AJ, if you're done with TNA, then that's a big F you to me." Like saying I'm screwing him. My argument would be to him if you would like to pay me to work there then I'd be more than happy. Negotiations are what they are and sometimes you can't agree on something and at some point you need to make a decision that benefits your family. One guy brought up this--this is the most ridiculous thing--did you know that I guess, Ring Of Honor's website there is an under 18 kind of--I don't know, soft porn or whatever it is, that sponsors them? I don't know if it sponsors the website, I don't know anything about it. I'm not filming any movies with soft porn if it makes him feel any better. I'm not doing that. I am there to wrestle and that's it. I'm sure if we knew where a lot of money comes from; from different businesses; we would be less likely to support them. I am supporting my family. That's the bottom line. It has nothing to do with some soft porn site. I don't really know what it is. And he's attacking my beliefs. And I want to say to this guy "well you without sin, throw the first stone." They always want to bash something that you do. No matter what it is but it relies on me taking care of my family and what I think is right for them."
While many understand that it was a business decision, there is still said to be some backstage heat towards Dixie Carter for failing to come to terms on a new contract with AJ Styles, especially from those that are extremely close with him.
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In the interests of health and safety a number of trades are controlled by law, most particularly plumbing and electricity. The degree to which plumbing and electrical work are actually regulated varies from jurisdiction to jurisdiction. For instance almost all work performed in new construction must be undertaken by licensed plumbers and licensed electricians, and that right across the country. There are some exceptions to this general rule in different regions allowing for some work done in owner built homes to be done by the owner as long as it is inspected by the municipality.
In renovation, most jurisdictions require any work hired out to be done by licensed professionals but when the work is done by the occupant/owner (both occupant and owner, not the owners or occupants of rental properties) there are many exceptions. In addition most general renovators will do minor electrical or plumbing work themselves, although they should technically be hiring a licensed tradesperson for that work. Some larger renovation companies actually have licensed staff on their in-house team.
Vancouver sits on one extreme where owner/occupants can take a course on such things as minor electrical work, get their permits and do it themselves. Ontario allows minor work like changing outlets and switches without any training as long as the owner/occupant obtains a permit. Quebec has decreed that changing a light bulb is as close as an occupant is allowed to get to any electrical wires. That is the technical side of the law and each jurisdiction seems to have arrived at their particular type of regulation via very different reflections.
Vancouver recognizes that people will do DIY electrical work anyway so they believe that a pro-active approach will have the end result of better work being done in real houses. However, a lot fewer people take the courses than purchase electrical fixtures and wiring at the renovation centres so just how effective is this approach is unknown.
Ontario believes that the permit requirement will allow the possibility of DIY electrical maintenance without opening the door too wide. But when the permits are more expensive than the light switches and there are no inspections, the general attitude is that this is just a government money grab and very few people get permits while there are a lot of switches sold in Ontario.
Apparently the Quebec absolute interdiction was pushed into place by the insurance industry trying to reduce house fires caused by electrical installations. At one point they tried to forbid the selling of all electrical wire and fixtures in retail outlets, restricting access to licensed professionals, but the courts judged that freedom of commerce prevailed and the retail stores could legally sell everything you need to build a house -- of course assuming you were purchasing it to give to your electrician to install it. Given the volume of electrical sales in the retail outlets, this policy has been a dismal failure with the consequence that an owner/occupant cannot even get his DIY installation inspected and rendered safe because he wasn't supposed to do it in the first place. Just to add total incoherence to the Quebec situation, Hydro Quebec advertises and subsidizes the retail sale of 240v setback thermostats directly to homeowners -- all of which are dangerous to work with without knowledge and none of which are legal for the homeowner to install themselves. It is fairly easy to get these 240v thermostats to work, but do you know if you have too many or too long wires jammed into that electrical box violating the electrical code fire safety provisions? This well functioning box could overheat and cause a fire! There is more to safe wiring than just making something go on and off.
DIY books abound on how to do all plumbing and all electricity. The books are legal, the activities they explain are illegal for non-licensed to do in some jurisdictions under some circumstances -- and that is usually noted in small print someplace in the book. As a DIY communicator should I follow the Quebec example of sticking my head in the sand, refusing to give any safety advice to people who are going to engage in this activity anyway? Or do I teach good practices but tell people in certain jurisdictions to not listen?
Sure you should follow the law where you live, primarily because you could potentially have an insurance problem if the house burns and it is proved that illegal electrical work was responsible.
My best advice is to study what you want to do. If you do not feel totally confident about what you are doing, either in plumbing or electricity (or the structure of the house for that matter) then call in a professional -- even if the laws in your area permit you to go ahead on your own. The laws are inconsistent, mostly ignored even by those who should be supporting or enforcing them, and the reality is that you or someone before you has probably already done a lot of DIY plumbing and electricity in your house. Learn to know if it is safe and healthy -- or ask a professional to inspect and correct it for you.


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Christmas Food Traditions
Going down memory lane ....
My two favorite Christmas food traditions -
Butter cake - we always had a brunch the Sunday before Christmas at Grandmom's. And she always served butter cake. Probably about 2500 calories but ohhhh soooo good. I just found out that my client, Oteri's Bakery in Olney, makes one. I am putting in my order for next week. How many calories is it when you eat the entire thing by yourself?
Egg Nog - my dad made the best! Don't know the recipe but I know there was quite a bit of alcohol in it. And NO virgin nog for the kids - we were allowed to have the real stuff with the adults!
One other memory - we always had Cherries Jubilee for dessert on Christmas Day. Of course, igniting it was half the fun and any "issues" with getting a flame were solved by pouring more booze on top! The next morning - my mother walked out to the kitchen and found my grandfather drinking the left over "juice"!
Merry Christmas everyone!
Our Christmas meal was spread out over the entire day, starting with a marzipan stollen and coffee or cocoa in the morning after presents were opened. Around 1:00, we had a crock of mom's French onion soup (that she learned in Madeleine Kamman's class) to tide us over until Whiskey Sours (affectionately renamed Shishkey Wowers for obvious reasons), Parmesan spinach balls and crab claws with mustard cream sauce emerged around 3:00. By six, the 24-pound bird was ready for tenting and carving. Half past six was the traditional hour of serving turkey, filling, gravy, white potato and sweet potato casseroles, homemade cranberry/orange relish, Cope's corn, petit peas with pearl onions, sweet cabbage slaw, crescent rolls with parsley butter and a relish tray dominated by black olives and gherkins. Add Champagne to the tryptophan and then add pecan pie, apple pie and Christmas cookies around 9:00 and its amazing that anyone was still awake.
Those days are long gone and the table now bears a simpler and lower calorie fare. A few dishes remain (along with the mandatory cookies) but memories of those feasts past are indelible.
re: Chefpaulo
I'm waiting to hear tales of the dinner of seven fishes...But, from what you each write, Betharu and Chefpaulo, it seems each family has their own special food traditions.
re: Chefpaulo
And brandied peaches. How could I ever forget the brandied peaches? Especially Christmas of 1961 when dad oversauced the peaches and blew up the oven when the alcohol reached flash point. Yes, "KABOOM" blew off the door, left it hanging on one hinge with the insulation all over the kitchen floor. Fortunately, it was a double decker oven and the turkey upstairs was unharmed.
Mom controlled the saucing from then on and dad (an organic chemist), reminded annually of his folly, was held in reserve for turkey prep and carving only.
re: goodhealthgourmet
Viva la Carvel!
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we ended that part of it years ago when the quality of Carvel plummeted :( now it's usually a flourless chocolate torte from Balthazar Bakery.
Very sweet. I grew up in a Jewish home as well, but since we invariably spent the Holiday vacation with my Gramma and Grampa in MN and she was such a grand cook, we had some holiday-centric foods and customs. One was cheese dreams, which were like mini-blintzes that she served with strawberry or blueberry/cinnamon compote that she "put up." This was a breakfast food, filled with lightly sweetened pot cheese; accompanied by a lox platter and the other usual suspects; bagels, capers, onions, cream cheese or vegetable cheese schmears, tomatoes. She was one kickass Midwestern baker, too, so a variety of cakes and bars were always on offer; especially rugelach, mandelbrot, and anything with caramel, chocolate and toasted nuts.
The other tradition, until it became noticeable and verboten by the self-help program he attended, was for Grampa to continually head out to the garage to "check the car" (?) while he got merrier and merrier and eventually went off to take a nap. I noticed Gramma was a whole lot more relaxed when the car no longer required an hourly visit to check it's condition. : )
Turkey, ham, all kinds of homemade candy and cookies, pies, cakes. I remember my grandmother's orange slice cake and my other grandmother's fruit cake. Oh and making gingerbread men with my grandmother. Then as I grew older learning how to make candy with my mother-in-law and her fruitcakes. They weighed about 7 lbs she put so much stuff in them. Red velvet cake- don't care for the cake, but love the cream cheese frosting. Having holiday buffet supper the night of the church Christmas play. Walking from a big decorated farm house up the road to a little country church to watch the play and then getting to sit on Santa Claus's lap. It seemed so magical.
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Forgot about the oysters! My grandfather worked in the coal mines so he brought home several containers of shucked oysters from the company store. Ate fried oysters on Christmas Day. Then saved some oysters back for oyster stew a couple of days after Christmas. Also boxes of fruit- oranges, tangerines, grapefruit, pears. Ate so much citrus that around my mouth broke out from all the citrus fruit. The country ham we ate was our own- killed and sugar cured by my other grandfather.
Every Christmas meal was the same in our house. My grandparents lived on the same property as us, so each year it was my mother and father, my brother and my 2 grandparents. Each year my mother would go out and buy a monsterous sized turkey and a ham that alone would have been large enough to feed a small African nation. My grandfather would also do the same. So for the 6 of us we had 2 giant birds and half an oversized pig. Every year I would wonder if it really was necessary, but then I realised my grandfather just felt the need to contribute, regardless of whether it was needed or not.
So while the morning was spent arguing over cooking methods and times for the 2 ostrich sized birds (and where the hell we we going to fit them?) one would inevitably go into the Weber (my mothers turkey) and one would go into the oven (my grandfathers turkey). I don't think we ever ate before 8pm. Once it was decided the birds had been incinerated enough, my mother (who is a control and health freak) would microwave plain vegetables one at a time and obsess about heating up plates in the oven. I should probably mention here that we live in Australia and Christmas day is usually at least a balmy 30 degrees celsius - if not, hotter. Which means the house is sweltering and my mother is falling apart over her issues of food staying hot. While she microwaves a vegetable and leaves it on the benchtop to get cold as she microwaves another. But she insists that the food is cold due to cold plates. Go figure. By now I am trying to hurry things along and am gracefully allowed to stir gravy after having organised the table and tried to gather all the family at the table.
Eventually the food makes it to the table, everyone is seated and ravenous. Giant birds and hams are carved. Debate ensues about which one is superior, what could be done better for next year and my mother lists all the things that are wrong with the Christmas dinner, skillfully not pointing out her own culinary flaws and unnecessary hot plate obsession. Obviously there is a huge amount of poultry and pork left over and then we are forced to eat it until well beyond it is considered safe.
My grandfather passed away a few weeks ago and I am sad that he won't be there to present his giant turkey out of his own generosity. My mother is still fretting over how large a bird she will need to feed herself, my father and my brother. My father is wisely encouraging my mother to go away somewhere for Christmas.
re: TheHuntress
Sounds like it was a blast:) Good that you have such great memories of your grandpa. We always had curry on Christmas:)
What I grew up with: Brunch of homemade Danish pastry, a braided wreath, the strands of which are filled with an almond and cheese filling. Dinner of roast goose, originally with a grated-potato stuffing (both goose and stuffing came from my paternal grandmother, of German descent), but later the stuffing was ditched; dessert was a steamed fig pudding, flamed at the table (the flames are known as "blue devils," my maternal grandparents' term), with hard sauce and warm lemon sauce. My mother made fruitcake for the family and gifts, with dried fruit, not candied. And cookies, of course.
Nowadays, my mother still makes the Danish and fig pudding, but her dinner centerpiece is a multilayer vegetable pie in filo (she remarried and her husband is vegetarian).
Also, being of mixed heritage (but not particularly religious in either), it wasn't unheard of to have a dinner of latkes with applesauce and sour cream on Christmas Eve if Hanukkah coincided.
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"Also, being of mixed heritage (but not particularly religious in either), it wasn't unheard of to have a dinner of latkes with applesauce and sour cream on Christmas Eve if Hanukkah coincided."
whenever we had a holiday party in college there was a very interesting array of food because those of us hosting were quite an eclectic bunch in terms of heritage...it wasn't uncommon to find things like latkes, ravioli and sweet potato pie all among the same spread :)
Many years ago -- late '50s or early '60s -- my father bought a customer, as sort of a business, a Mission Pak (sugared, dried fruit). Before he'd had a chance to give it, my father discovered that the customer was diabetic. So we wound up with it, under the tree, with the card reading "from a dear, dear friend."
Mission Pak is long gone, as is my father. But to this day, every year there's a gift platter of dried fruit under the tree..."from a dear, dear friend."
re: Muskrat
That is a very sweet tradition. I like the little traditions that remind you of years past.
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Christmas Eve dinner was the most memorable for me in my Italian-American grandparents' Bronx home. We'd start off with huge antipasto platters: capicola, provolone, olives, artichoke hearts, prosciutto, homemade stuffed peppers, and my Grandfather's favorite - baccala salad - he always told all of us grandkids, "Mangia - it'll make you smarter!" Then one by one, the dishes of the Feast of the Seven Fishes would appear out of Grandma's kitchen, almost like magic. You had a choice of three sauces to go with your spaghetti bowl(s): red clam, calamari, and aglio olio (my absolute favorite -- still - no one could make it like Grandma could). Then we'd feast on stuffed shrimp, butter-drenched lobster tail, more baccala, scungili, mussels in olive oil and garlic broth - the spread was absolutely incredible.
Then we'd sit back and Grandpa would break out his accordion and sing Christmas carols as the desserts were put out. As we'd scarf down dessert - jam-filled thumbprint cookies, almond cake, brandy-soaked fruitcake, and sneak a few sips of espresso with Sambuca (a rite of passage!), Grandpa would come in the front door in his Santa suit! He took each of us kids on his lap and gave us our gifts.
What a magical time it was. Hope I can come close to creating memories like these for my son - and my little one in-utero. I still smile at the thought. :o)
re: Sra. Swanky
Congratulations Senora.
Start herhim off right with some Gingerbread. You probably already have the other stuff covered (Thanksgiving).
re: Sal Vanilla
Thanks, Sal - will do. Coincidentally, Baby-to-be and I enjoyed some Archway iced ginger bread cookies last night.:o)
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baby-to-be...again? wow, you & Senor don't waste any time - i feel like you *just* had the first one! congrats :)
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LOL!! Thank you, ghg! :o) You know how the saying goes - "Our kid is so much fun, we thought we'd have another one!" My little guy will be 2 on New Year's Eve and 2 1/2 when his little pal arrives. Senor and I can't wait! :o)
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Sra., that was lovely and you are lucky to have such a beautiful memory-bank, full of laughter, family, love and food. That warmed the cockles of my heart, and I mean that truly.
Have a lovely holiday, and blessings on the babe.
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Thank you so much, mamachef. I feel very lucky and blessed - my grandparents were one in a million, and I'll forever be grateful. A healthy, warm and wonderful holiday to you and yours as well. :o)
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Best wishes for a happy, healthy new babe!
I think being able to remember and appreciate family memories to this extent makes you a person very able to create them! People who are unaware of the beauty of tradition and ritual seldom put the energy into creating the potential..
Happy holidays!
re: meatn3
Thank you, meatn3! That's comforting to know. I'll give it my best effort, that's for sure. I only hope I do my folks justice when my parents "pass the torch" to me some day soon!
Happy Holidays to you too! :o)
re: Sra. Swanky
Our Italian family has a traditional soup that is served called Passate. I've found a couple of recipes that were similar but not exact. It consists of a 'dumpling' made from bread crumbs, parmesan and romano cheeses, lemon zest, nutmeg, and black pepper bound with eggs. It's run through the meat grinder so the dumplings are shaped like long, thick squiggles and nuggets. Added to very hot chicken broth and simmered until firm, this stuff might smell like feet but it tastes like ambrosia. I have even been known to eat it cold out of the fridge. The matriarchs of the family take turns making it but my own mother's is the best. When a new boyfriend or girlfriend comes to Christmas dinner everyone holds their breath to see the newbie's reaction. It is, of course, looked upon favorably if they like it.
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Wow, it sounds great! Sort of a baroque version of matzo ball soup. What region is Passate from? And do you know of any restaurants that serve it, or am I going to have to ingratiate myself with your family? I gather that "passata" - or tomato-based - soups are much more common.
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We always call it Roast Beast at my gramma's. If we had Christmas dinner with her it was inevitably roast beast and yorkshire (pudding).
Christmas Eve was always the time for oyster stew.
The dessert for Christmas dinner was always persimmon pudding...a great Hoosier favorite. This is a true pudding and made with wild persimmons, not the big orange cultivated ones you buy in a supermarket. Some people make what they call persimmon pudding but it is like cake. My mother made her pudding in a huge crock and I found out (after mine didn't turn out right) that you have to stir it every 15 minutes! Get a book and sit by the stove!
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I always loved reading that cookbook as a kid. I don't know where my mom got it but I don't think she ever cooked anything from it.
My husband and I are not big turkey fans - we like to things that are slightly different so we always do a fondue - cheese, oil, chocolate. We then tempura a lot of yummy things and off we go! So much fun with a few guests, too. That is his and my Christmas Eve tradition if we are on our own.
As for Christmas Day we love duck, goose or rack of lamb.
Our favorite is Greek Christmas bread for breakfast. It is a sweet yeast dough with walnuts, figs and golden raisins, brushed with honey when it is hot from the oven. Especially good toasted.
My dad's side of the family is German, and Christmas dinner has had the same menu ever since I can remember (I must have had this meal almost 40 times by now): roast goose stuffed with apples, gravy, mashed potatoes, red cabbage, and cucumber salad, accompanied by Riesling and Pinot Noir. Stollen for dessert. Looking forward to another one in five more days!
My parents divorced when I was young, my mother never big on cooking and the rest of the family lived far away so I never had the nifty grandparent multi-generational Christmas dinner some of you describe. Heck, I'm not even sure what my maternal grandmother made for Christmas dinner. Anyrate, for the first 12 years of my life, my mother had a tradition of making chili for dinner for Christmas Eve and then Christmas day dinner was spent at the homes of friends who had turkey or ham or some such thing. The only thing I really remember is a dark french fruit cake that one friend's mother always made and having marzipane stollen while opening gifts.
Which meant that when my husband and I married, we were able to launch our own traditions for our family and we did it in spades. Christmas Eve is a full giant Swedish/Nordic buffett with ham, pickled fish, jansen's tempation, smoked salmon, meatballs, boiled potatoes, lefse, crispbread, cheese, liver pate, glogg and cookies for dessert. The green veggie is usually kale or peas and sometimes there is lutefisk. My husband lived in Sweden for many years and it was there that Christmas became special for him. So in honor of that and a daughter in Sweden and a godmother of Norwegian descent, thats our Christmas eve. On occassion--this year will be one of them---we do not have the ham. We always bought our cured ham from a scandinavian deli but alas, the place closed and when it would have been time for me to deal with it this year, I was busy with a sick cat.
Then there is Christmas Day. We went for goose--the first year was a "what the heck" as neither of us had ever had goose but after one goose, we were hooked.. This year I will be cooking my 10th goose. The goose will go in around noon or maybe even a bit later. We roast it surrounded with crab apples [when we can get them] and quinces and little potatoes which roast in the goose fat. We always pour off the goose fat and save it for cooking potatoe or making confit the rest of the year.
In as much as we spend much time on presents and just hanging, during the day there is no formal lunch prepared but we do bring out all the leftovers from the night before.
The rest of the Christmas dinner menu is more flexible depending on our moods. Typically have smoked salmon and maybe some more chicken liver pate and lots of cheese for appetisers and then have some sort of veggie or salad. Stuffing is something we make on the side. The appertiff is sparkling wine, there is red wine with dinner [sparkling cider for the pups] and a digestive after everything. Dessert is typically some sort of steamed pudding---persimon when I remember to freeze persimons in season and store bought plum pudding when I don't. This year we are feeling very english so around Thanksgiving I actually made my first plum pudding from scratch ---along with a batch of mince meat ---and we will be desserting on plum pudding and mince pies.
We considered changing our program once but the elder pup looked at us aghast so we dropped the idea. I guess if we have established something that is that memorable and important to him at 12, we have succeeded.
Happy holidays to the universe!
My mother was such an awful cook, that Dad started a tradition of grilling steaks on Christmas day. Snow, blizzards, sunshine, rain....it didn't matter. My husband and I continue this, in memory of Dad. That and his mom's tradition of breaking out cocktails early.
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I'm beginning to think that Jewish people have a more cohesive tradition for Christmas than do Christians . . . ;)
The Christmas bug just bit me and I'm in an all glowy Christmas spirit. As I wrote most of this, a posada was passing my house with children carrying lamps and singing.
Growing up in a Polish household, it wouldn't be Christmas without my mom's rose-shaped chrusciki, a fried dough dusted with powdered sugar with a dab of strawberry jam or mint jelly in the center.
Christmas Eve, Wigilia, is the important dinner. There is no meat. There are supposed to be 12 dishes for the 12 apostles … some have an odd-numbered number of dishes such as 11 … but that wasn't strictly adhered to. What WAS important was to eat a bit of each dish or it was believed there would be bad luck in the following year.
Dinner starts with breaking the opłatek, a wafer like a communion host, but large and stamped with elaborate designs such as nativity scenes. When my grandparents were still alive these were sent from Poland by brothers and sisters. People break off a piece, kiss and wish each other good health and a good year.
Dinner started with sauerkraut soup with dried mushrooms (also from Poland). It was served with potatoes fried with onions. There was pickled herring, smoked white fish, cucumbers in sour cream, fresh white mushrooms with sour cream that were fried with onions in butter, cheese pirogi,, a compote with dried fruit.
When I was very little, there were live carp that were kept alive in the bathtub until they were ready to be cooked. My mother then took it from there and improvised with what other dishes were served. Often there was also that fine Polish dish ... lasagna.
In a mixed ethic nabe we exchanged chrusciki with our Italian next door neighbors for Italian Christmas cookies. Some years there was a gift of homemade Italian wine. Usually my father, who drank wine only on Christmas Eve, broke out the good stuff - Manischewitz.
Then it was off to midnight mass in the frigid and often snowy Connecticut night. The Polish church had the nicest mass. All the lights were turned off and at midnight, Silent Night was softly played on the organ as the lights slowly were turned on. Then home to open presents.
This has nothing to do with Poland but for some unknown reason we always had ribbon candy though no one in the family liked it. I guess it looked pretty ... oh, and popcorn balls ... loved those. My grandmother always gave me a box of Whitman chocolate and a card with money. I'd spend Christmas day amusing myself by picking holes in the bottoms of the Whitman's, avoiding the creams and the dreaded jellies.
This year, with a new family in Guatemala, it is ponche, bueneulos, fruit studded cakes and breads similar to fruitcakes and stolen … Guatemala has a large German influence. Bimbo actually makes a fine pannetone here.
There were black tamales filled with pork, prunes, raisins and macadamia nuts and finished with chocolate sauce. On the 23rd we will make the tamales rojo with various meats such as pork, turkey, beef and more.
The turkey in the backyard is still a teenager, so it will be a Butterball from Dispensa Familiar or Paiz. There is lots of discussion about what cut of pork should be purchased … and if it should be from the local carneceria or supermarket.
For some reason marshmallows are wildly popular at Christmas here with huge mountains of bags in pastel colors on market shelves.
My absolute minimum for traditional (for me) Christmas is smoked white fish and pickled herring. I actually found some exquisite smoked fish in Antigua made by a lady from Germany who had a special coal smoker built for her here. One day a week she smokes whatever fish is fresh. The jarred herring I found at one of Walmart's stores. Today I'm going to pick up some eggnog from one of the Walmart supermarkets, Paiz. So ... eggnong, ponche, tamales, smoked and pickled fish this year .. something new and something familiar ... actually that smoked fish is better than anything I've bought in the States.
As I drove back home from Antigua Sunday night on the road that passes between three volcanoes … the chill of the city eased into a warm tropical coastal night ... a pretty pine tree so perfect it looked artificial, was strapped to the roof of the car ... the trunk was filled with items from the Christmas market ... instead of cranberries there were strings of tejocotes ... there was a small manger thatched with sugar cane flowers ... lots of fireworks for Christmas Eve ... the radio was playing "It's Beginning to Look a Bit like Christmas". I guess so.
My Flickr photostream with photos of Christmas in Guatemala. My favorite for the sheer gall-o is the Gallo beer Christmas tree … that will be my Christmas card next year.
I came across this site with the top ten international Christmas dinners. It is just a cut and paste of the next wiki Christmas dinner link, but it has some nice photos.
Feliz Navidad
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you hit a sore spot! ---- posadas! Not a sore cranky spot, just an emotional sore spot of a thing I miss. In LA we lived in the, as my husband put it, Salvadorean section of K-town. There were always people pushing shopping carts selling tamales and chili relanos but best of all, at Christmas there were the posadas. It was so neat. Now we live in the most diverse zip in the country [98118] but alas, we have seen no posadas. . . maybe I need to look harder. Thanks for the wonderful description.
merry xmas, God Jul! Noel!
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A little late for this year, but check out the Latino Catholic churches in your area. They usually have posada schedules in the bulletins.
Last year in San Francisco I went to a few Mexican posadas which were different from the Guatemalan version. There were street fairs with lots of food around the churches and more structrued programs such as plays or music programs.
OK....so I am half Danish/half American. My half-sisters are American, though I grew up with them and refer to the as my sisters.
The Danish tradition was always the norm. Christmas would not be the same without the straw Christmas goat, the Christmas pig or the angels that twirled from the heat of the lit candles below them. We wove heart baskets to go on the tree. They were filled with candy. Heck, one year we even did live candles on the tree!
As for food, when Auntie was visiting from Denmark, it was a goose as only she could cook. Beyond the amazing flavor, oddly, I remember she used Kosher salt to draw out some of the grease I think? When Auntie wasn't with us, we did frikardeller, red cabbage, and mashed potatoes. My poor mom could never make enough.
As many families go, ours split. My oldest sister and my Danish dad never got along. As she eventually became the Christmas host, it looked like the Danish traditions were becoming non-existent. I decided to gently take the bulls by the horn and I taught my niece and nephews how to make the woven hearts.
To make a long story short, the Danish traditions are back and melted in with my brother-in-law's Italian traditions. So after presents food will be gravlax, antipasto, anchovies, esrom(which we still call the stinky feet cheese but love) and that flat dark square bread whose name I can't think of at the moment, and good beer. Dinner....frikadeller, red cabbage and mashed potatoes. If I'm lucky, Mom will brew up some glogg:)
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My mother is Danish, and many of the traditions you describe are familiar to me. You do not mention one that was invariably - one might say inescapably - part our Christmas: bowls of rice pudding, one of which contained an almond. S/he who found the almond won a marzipan treat, often in the shape of a pig. Glaedelig Jul!
Our Christmas traditions start before Christmas or Christmas ever, in some random weekend in December, Me, My Mother, My Cousins and Aunt get together to make decorate Christmas cookies.The cookies are plain lemon scented and cut out with cookie cutters in various holiday shapes (and an axe for some reason). We make frosting with confectionary sugar, butter and food coloring: red, green, yellow, blue, purple, white and chocolate. My mom is an artist with frosting, so is my cousin Anna and My Aunt. Me and the younger cousin not so much. We also have: sprinkles, red hots, dragees, colored sugar, and various other cookie toppings. For hours we decorate cookies and chat. It's wonderful and can get quite silly after a while. My young cousin always opts out early and goes to do some "bored teen activity," My cousin Anna and my Mom tease me about Randolph the purple nosed reindeer (Rudolph's cousin) who drinks at local bar, they like to say I join him there. And I come home with tin or box or cookies that I consume with in a day or two. it's so much fun, and female bonding dontcha know.
Our proper christmas traditions include: shrimp cocktail by a raging fire, cold duck, a green jello salad and trying not get anyone (My Grandmother) mad. Also My mother complaining about the party then never wanting to leave it when me and my Stepfather do. :)
re: rworange
We think it's more like "Bury the hatchet" for New years. I always give mine red goredripping tip.
We start with a delicious chicken soup (brodo) made from an old hen together with small meatballs, cardons and cheese and egg mixture.
Followed by cheese filled manicotti with a simple marinara sauce.
Stuffed capon and pork roast with a side dish of oven roasted potatoes and a fennel/orange salad.
My family has never really had a set Christmas food tradition. Our tradition has always been more of a choose your favorite food - we all choose three and then we all cook together. It's a bit schizophrenic but it seems to work for us and gets us all laughing in the kitchen.


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Lamb Pita Sandwiches with Kiwi Yogurt
Published: December 2010 Servings: Makes 8 prep: 50 minutes total: 1
- 4 teaspoons cumin seeds
- 3/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
- 1 1/2 pounds trimmed boneless leg of lamb, cut into 1 1/2x3/4x3/8-inch strips
- 2 1/2 tablespoons olive oil, divided
- 1 1/4 cups plain Greek-style yogurt
- 2 tablespoons chopped fresh cilantro
- 1 garlic clove, pressed
- 1 1/4 pounds kiwis, peeled, cut into 1/4-inch cubes (about 2 cups)
- 4 7-inch-diameter pita breads
- 1 small head of romaine lettuce, torn into bite-size pieces (about 8 cups)
- Hot chili sauce (such as sriracha; for drizzling)
- 1 cup very thinly sliced red oniont
Nutritional Information
One serving contains:
- Calories (kcal) 370.2
- %Calories from Fat 43.4
- Fat (g) 17.9
- Saturated Fat (g) 7.7
- Cholesterol (mg) 64.8
- Carbohydrates (g) 29.3
- Dietary Fiber (g) 3.1
- Total Sugars (g) 8.0
- Net Carbs (g) 26.2
- Protein (g) 22.8
- Sodium (mg) 342.0
PREPARATIONView Step-by-Step Directions
Toast cumin seeds in small skillet over medium-low heat until slightly darkened and aromatic, stirring frequently, 4 to 5 minutes. Cool; grind to powder in spice mill. Mix ground cumin, 3/4 teaspoon salt, and 1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper in large bowl. Add lamb and 11/2 tablespoons olive oil; toss to coat. Mix yogurt, cilantro, and garlic in medium bowl. Stir kiwi cubes into yogurt. Season with salt and pepper. DO AHEAD Lamb and kiwi yogurt can be made 2 hours ahead. Cover separately and chill.
Preheat oven to 350°F. Wrap pitas in foil; warm in oven 10 minutes.
Meanwhile, heat 1 tablespoon olive oil in large nonstick skillet over medium heat. Working in 2 batches, add lamb to skillet and sauté to desired doneness, 2 to 3 minutes for medium-rare. Transfer lamb to plate; cover to keep warm.
Halve pitas crosswise; pull open. Fill with lettuce, yogurt, and lamb; drizzle with hot chili sauce. Add onion and more yogurt.
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There are no new leads in the search for missing South Pittsburg, Tenn., resident James Roger Tant, who last was heard from a year ago today, but investigators plan to refocus on the case this week.
Marion County Sheriff Ronnie "Bo" Burnett said Tant, now about 55, was reported missing by family members on June 28, 2012, but had not been heard from since March 10, 2012. Family members reported him missing after repeated, unsuccessful attempts to reach him on his cellphone and at home.
Burnett said a year later there are just as few clues to his disappearance as there were then.
"We met with some of the family members last week. Nothing new's come up," the sheriff said Friday.
He said the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation agent assigned to the case has been away for training for some time but is expected back this week.
"He and my detective are going to start back full time on it," he said.
Tant, of Hewgleys Road on South Pittsburg Mountain, was the subject of a major ground search last September that used emergency crews, divers and cadaver dogs to probe the mountainside near his home, but it turned up nothing helpful, the sheriff said.
A $6,000 reward still stands for any information on Tant's whereabouts. Tant's family offered $5,000, and the sheriff's office put up $1,000, Burnett said.
He urged members of the public to "just help us find him."
Tant's wife, Patricia Tant, told investigators she last talked with her husband by phone on March 10, 2012. She said she hadn't seen him since, but has not offered an explanation as to why she never reported her husband missing, according to the sheriff.
Sheriff's Detective Matt Blansett said early in the investigation that Roger Tant's vehicle remained with other vehicles at the home, and that friends and family said it was uncharacteristic for him to go anywhere without letting someone know.
Friends say Tant is an "outdoors type" who rides four-wheelers and walks and hikes in the woods, according to Blansett. The rear of the Tant home faces the slopes of South Pittsburg Mountain.
Authorities placed Roger Tant on the FBI's missing persons database.
Tant is white and 5 feet, 9 inches tall. He weighs about 195 pounds with brown hair and blue eyes.
Ben Benton is a news reporter at the Chattanooga Times Free Press. He covers Southeast Tennessee and previously covered North Georgia education. Ben has worked at the Times Free Press since November 2005, first covering Bledsoe and Sequatchie counties and later adding Marion, Grundy and other counties in the northern and western edges of the region to his coverage. He was born and raised in Cleveland, Tenn., a graduate of Bradley Central High School. Benton ...


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Edmonton Eskimos set for another awkward dance with Argos' Ray
Chris O'Leary, Edmonton JournalPublished: Saturday, August 17, 2013
TORONTO - In the wake of the end of a relationship, it's the post-mortem get-togethers that are the hardest things to deal with.
The run-ins at parties; the crossing of paths at the grocery store; the accidental third-wheel surprise on one parties' date.
Ricky Ray and the Edmonton Eskimos will do their dance on Sunday at 5 p.m., the equivalent of a well-intentioned but uncomfortable attempt at a how-have-you-been dinner.
Toronto Argonauts quarterback Ricky Ray is sacked by Edmonton Eskimos Almondo Sewell during 2012 CFL action at Commonwealth Stadium.
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Ray's successes in Toronto are one part of the awkward equation. A Grey Cup ring from the 2012 Canadian Football League season, followed up by perhaps the best play of his career to date - his quarterback rating (128.6) and his passing percentage (76.4) are at all-time highs through five games - are a glaring contrast to what the Eskimos are bringing to the table.
A combined 8-16 since Ray was traded to the Argos in Dec. 2012, the Eskimos are 1-5 this year and on a four-game losing streak. Their quarterback situation is better this year than it was a year ago, with Mike Reilly taking the offence in the right direction, but they are learning on the fly. The league is affording the Eskimos no luxuries, with their last two losses coming on plays in the final seconds of the fourth quarter and a combined six points.
A nine-year Eskimo who threw passes to Edmonton's now-general manager Ed Hervey for two Grey Cup wins (2003 and 2005), Ray was asked if he felt for the Eskimos this season.
"Not really," was his nonchalant response, which drew laughs from the media scrum around him.
"I don't really think about it too much. I've seen so much happen in this league, with B.C. doing what they did a few years ago (surviving a 0-5 start in 2011 to win the Grey Cup).
"Even us, I started out slow in 2010 and we came up to the last game (of the regular season) with a chance to play in the playoffs. I've seen teams start slow and finish strong like we did last year and I've seen teams start fast and finish slow and limp into the playoffs. Anything can happen and you really don't feel sorry for any other team. You just feel good about what you're doing out here."
Eskimos linebacker T.J. Hill said Edmonton's situation doesn't feel any different in Toronto.
"We know who we are and it's all about what we've got to do out there," Hill said. "Ricky's going to be Ricky. You know what your going to get (with him) and at the end of the day you hope he makes one more mistake than he wants to, if he makes any."
Eskimos slotback Fred Stamps, who was Ray's main beneficiary in the pivot's final years in Edmonton, said there's no quit in his team, regardless of what has happened so far. To their credit, that's a trait that Reilly preaches in the locker-room this year.
"The crazy thing is a lot of people are looking at us like we're at the bottom of the barrel, but we're a good team," Stamps said.
"The way we look at it, we're just a few inches away from victory. What we have to do is get some momentum and just execute our plays. We haven't lost faith in our locker-room; that's important."


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As the kids get older their activities encroach upon the dinner hour more and more. As much as they enjoy what they're doing, they (and I) need to come home to a calm, even zen, environment. They need to decompress, and I need to get dinner on the table quickly.
I don't have long runs of counter space in my kitchen. Anything on my counter that I'm not actively preparing is clutter and in my way and looks like a mess. For a time I lived in a house that did have a lot of counters, and I bought a rather large drip coffee maker that made great coffee for nine years before its top cracked. In my smaller kitchen it just doesn't work to have not-in-use appliances sitting out. The only place for anything to sit is too close to the stove. Anything close to the stove needs to be wiped down often. All of this adds up to a decidedly un-zen home-cooked meal experience.
As a first step toward de-cluttering I decided to dig out our old Farberware stovetop percolator instead of buying a new auto-drip. I want something easy to clean that can be put away. I was pretty skeptical about the percolator making good coffee though. I couldn't even remember how coffee made in it tasted. It was missing the spring from its stem, and the plastic top looked super grody. It seemed too wasteful to consign it to the landfill without a try though. I found a Fitz-All glass top at the local hardware store, and good canned coffee and Melitta wraparound percolator filters at Fairway.
This thing makes really good coffee. Many people think percolator coffee is being boiled because it bubbles up. I think the bubbling is pressure as the water heats and expands. It's not at a full boil – the lid just is really tight. The coffee does get cooked though. I think cooking it makes it richer the way cooking a roux takes away the raw taste of flour. I also think the wraparound filter helps keep the cafestol and grounds out of our coffee.
My kids get a kick out of seeing the coffee perk in the beautiful glass top in the morning. It also makes fun sounds and seems old-fashioned and homey to them. My son seems to be more content doing homework in the de-cluttered kitchen too.
Perfect "Perc" Coffee Method
1) Fill pot to desired number of cups.
2) Assemble basket and line with a wraparound filter (this makes a big difference).
3) Add 1 tablespoon coffee for each cup of water
4) Start pot on high on stovetop.
5) As soon as you see the water begin to perk, turn heat to medium and set timer for five minutes.
6) Turn off heat after the five minutes.


text: Review: Jack In The Box Loaded Breakfast Sandwich Peter October 26, 2012 Bacon, Breakfast, Fast Food, Reviews, Sandwiches 3 Comments Last time we talked about Jack in the Box was when I gave the Waffle Breakfast Sandwich a try a couple of months back. If you'll recall, I found it to be quite delicious. It also incorporated the two best things about JITB: 1) Their delectable breakfast offerings, which include real fried eggs, and 2) They serve breakfast all day. I once again took advantage of those by testing out the new Loaded Breakfast Sandwich one afternoon this week. Jack's new offering features grilled sourdough bread with two fried eggs, two slices of American cheese, bacon, ham and sausage. All of your breakfast porks, plus two eggs, cheese, and toast…no one could mess that up. Not even Burger King (well, maybe) – ZING! – but especially not JITB. Needless to say, I had high hopes. Of course, if there's one problem with a sandwich like this it's the nutritional value, or lack thereof. Breakfast porks are salty and these are no different – the Loaded Breakfast Sandwich has 1691 mg of sodium, about two-thirds of the recommended daily intake. It's also quite high in fat and cholesterol. However, what little concern I have for my health once again fell by the wayside as I took the salty plunge into the porcine depths of the Loaded Breakfast Sandwich. My local Jack is slinging them for $3.19, and I had a $1 off coupon, so it cost me $2.37 with tax. The best part was that this happened at about 2 PM; there's nothing I enjoy more than eating breakfast in the PM. It feels so right. Anyway, I got this bad boy home and checked under the hood. It was all there; nothing more, nothing less. Its appearance was unremarkable. The flavor, however, was very remarkable. It was as delicious as a sandwich featuring these ingredients should be. All components made significant contributions in the flavor department, although none stood out as dominant. There really isn't much more to say than that. Everything tasted as one would expect. The bacon was bacon-y, the ham was hammy, the sausage was sausage-y, the eggs were eggy (more than you can say about a lot of fast food eggs), the cheese was cheesy and the toasted sourdough was bready and toasty and even a little buttery. The only thing I'll mention is that the metric fuck-ton of sodium was noticeable, and did take away from the sandwich a tiny bit. However, I still thought it was totes delish and I would definitely get it again. In fact, if the Loaded Breakfast Sandwich sticks around on the menu it may replace the sausage croissant as my go-to breakfast sandwich at JITB. This sandwich is an 8.75/10, and I definitely recommend giving it a try if you get a chance. Provided, of course, that you would rather have delicious food than healthy food. Otherwise, why are you even reading this? So you can look upon me with your healthful scorn and organic, hippie disdain and write a snide comment about how it's no wonder Americans are so damn fat? Well I still won't care. No can dosville, baby doll. No can do…sville. The following two tabs change content below.BioLatest Posts Peter Latest posts by Peter (see all) Review: Popeyes Garlic Pepper Wicked Chicken - June 8, 2013 Review: Arby's King's Hawai'ian Roast Beef & Swiss - May 24, 2013 Review: Carl's Jr./Hardee's Hillshire Farm Smoked Sausage, Egg & Cheese Biscuit - May 3, 2013 3 Responses Jimbo Gastro November 1st, 2012 I decided to try a Loaded Breakfast Sandwich for the Hell of it about a month ago. It's now my favorite Fast Food Breakfast Sandwich. AND – I always order (2) at a time. LOL. Something's gotta kill ya' sooner or later. And the dangers of food like this…are greatly overrated. Unless you're downing this stuff 6 – 7 days a week, 2 – 3 meals a day. Great blog. Reply Leave a Reply Cancel Reply Your email address will not be published. Name* Email* Website Comment Current day month ye@r * Leave this field empty * Notify me of follow-up comments by email. Notify me of new posts by email.


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Well, here we are in our efforts to share with you the sights and sounds of elk in the high country of the Rocky Mountain West. We love this time of year, the anticipation and just being here. It's the sights, the sounds, and the emotions that we experience each year chasing elk, that we want to share with you. Our goal is to share what makes this so special to all of us who love to chase elk. Welcome to The TRUTH 13. Over 2 Hours. 13 Hunts.


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You will get Pro Evolution Soccer PES 2012 CD Key ( cd key from original DVD box). You need to have the game already installed on your computer, the cd-key can then be used within the game. This key can not be activated on Steam.
NOTE: You must own the required physical or digital media for the installation. We will only provide the serial code, no download will be provided upon purchasing this game version.Pro Evolution Soccer makes its return this fall, Pro Evolution Soccer 2012! This year, Konami is determined to give global football fans a truly realistic, immersive and a delightfully playable take on the beautiful game. Creative Producer Shingo "Seabass" Takatsuka has been sourcing the desires of fans across the globe and working non-stop on marrying the digital game to the real life game so fans can get as close to the real thing. All elements have been examined - defense, offense, AI, penalties, officiating and of course, graphics! The result is a game truly represents the key attributes of the game and it's players. Pro Evolution Soccer… "Can you play?"