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Where can I find Austrian food/Austrian market in LA?
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- OliveBelle Aug 4, 2006 04:57 AM
And I'm not talkin' Schatzi's.
Rockenwagner used to be good for some dishes (their summer stammtische especially)
But I have not found a market. Alpine village doesn't have all the stuff I'm looking for.
It would help to know what specifically you're looking for. I've seen some austrian specialties at the Van Nuys German Deli - some others at the mostlhy hungarian Otto's on clark in Burbank. Some cakes and stuff at B & L. There used to be a store that carried my favorite austrian confection, Ildefonso, but I think the distributors stopped carrying it
ANyway, anything a bit more specific?
re: SwissMiss
Shoops has a decent selection of packaged goods and might have the cookies.
You might try European Deluxe Sausage Kitchen for sausages and smoked meats:
9109 W Olympic Blvd
Beverly Hills, CA 90212-3507
There's some Austrian specialities at Schreiner's Meats, on the corner of Ocean View and Verdugo in north Glendale, and you can go next door to Berolina (Swedish) Bakery where they have Austrian-style bread.
re: OliveBelle
I'd give them a call. They're a German deli but I know I've seen Männer cookies there, and their meat-and-sausage selection has to be seen to be believed. Berolina bake Austrian bread most days, but you can call Mrs Karlsson and ask ahead of time, or with a large enough need place an order in advance.
re: OliveBelle
Manners are easy, they have a reasonable selection at most Cost Plus World Markets.
You could try Old World Village down in Huntington Beach...similar concept to Alpine Village in Torrance. I think they had a good sausage selection, but I really can't remember--haven't been there in a while. Manner is easy to find lots of places--I usually get it at Costplus World Market (locations in westwood, torrance, and I'm sure other spots). You might also try Bay Cities Deli in santa monica--they don't specialize in austrian food, but they have a nice selection of international food.
re: diningdivala
You're talking about the Old Vienna Strudel Factory. They closed about a year or so ago.
The bread at Kalinka in Los Feliz and a few other Russian markets is imported from Hamburg (frozen, then reheated here) and is really excellent. Here's a post about it:


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I'm planning a smallish get together (around 8-10 people), this weekend to break in my new Belgian waffle iron and just needed some ideas on what to serve with the waffles besides the usual maple syrup. I'd like to keep it as uncomplicated as possible and not planning on making anything besides the waffles (ie, no eggs, meats), but will likely have fruit. Any ideas on how to have an "elegant-looking" brunch while keeping it simple at the same time?
It's fig season, so the first thing that popped into my head was figs poached in port or sherry. Just spoon onto the waffle and serve with a not-too-sweetened whip cream or a spoonful of mascarpone.
If your guests are more adventurous, you could also try strawberries macerated in a good-quality balsamic with shredded fresh basil.
re: tartiflette
Set up a condiments station for your guests much along the same idea as the mashed potatoe bars at functions are set up... lots of toppings in bowls and let your guests choose.
Cut up all kinds of fruits (in season) berries, peaches, nectarines, figs, dated, plums etc...
Fresh whipped cream (add a touch of vanilla/sugar)
Caramel sauce
Toasted/salted pecans or
Pure Maple Syrup for those die hard traditionalists
Powdered Sugar
Strawberries with sauce (frozen berries mixed with sugar/water allow to defrost)
Apple Sauce
Mascapone Cheese
Sweetened Ricotta Cheese
The ideas are endless really- makes me want to invest in a Belgiun Waffle maker and invite over tons of people for a party!
re: MeffaBabe
great list! All I would add is bananas in caramel sauce and chocolate sauce (if you haven't any time you could just add some cream to loosen nutella)
Wow, thank-you both for the great ideas.
MeffaBabe--how do you prepare sweetened ricotta cheese (or do you buy it already sweetened)?
re: charliefur
i was just looking at a soyrizo and egg frittata that might be something I'll try. i know i have some vegetarian and non-vegetarian friends coming. Thanks!
re: charliefur
Concur on a little protein... Could offer cottage cheese - plain or sweetened w/ sugar and cinnamon
Ricotta is also a good protein source and sweeten by mashing with sugar or honey and optionally vanilla and/or cinnamon
Love nutella
Perhaps a PB sauce a la Friendly's
Marshmallow Creme
Stewed rhubarb... just rhubarb cooked down in water with sugar and cinnamon then mashed
I's offer a few savory options as well such as...
sauteed mushrooms
caramelized onions
honey ham cubes or smoked sausage (good w/ maple syrup)
Cheddar Cheese
and um... vanilla ice cream???
I don't know if you have a waffle recipe already but my very good Belgian friend recently threw a party for the Belgian national holiday (in July) and served these waffles, which are her grandmother's recipe. Everyone was begging her to write it down. Here's the waffle recipe:
1.1 lbs (500g) selfrising flour
17 oz (0.5 liter) milk
6 eggs
0.44 lbs (200g) sugar
0.33 lbs (150g) butter
First stir the flour, milk and egg yolks
Then add the previously melted butter (you can do that in a sauce pan) to this mixture, stir, then the sugar, stir, and then finally add in the beaten egg whites (do this beforehand with a mixer, make it very foamy), stir again
Heat your waffle iron and add in some of the dough (it will be very fluid). Don't add in too much because the dough will spread in the iron. Bake them light brown.
Enjoy! Smakelijk!
re: LAcupcake
Hey LAcupcake, any idea how many waffles this makes?
If you can find Dorie Greenspan's Waffles from morning to midnight, there are a lot of great ideas in it--things like pizza waffles or using waffles like bread. I'd add some salty food, eg., ham and/or cheese, because it could get too sweet w/ all those sweetened toppings. I like peanut butter on my waffles.
Ok this may sound weird, but bear with me for a sec.....I know you weren't planning on making any meats, but my husband makes me waffles with bits of crisp cooked bacon thrown into the batter.
If you're the type to dump syrup on your bacon/sausage, then you will love it.
To make it workable for your party, you can fry up a pound of bacon beforehand and crumble it up into a bowl. That way people can add it to their waffle before its cooked on the iron.
re: HungryRubia
Everyone's given me some great ideas--thank you!
I love bacon so I actually am considering using your idea about putting some into the batter. When I was a little kid, I used to pile a few slices of bacon between waffles to make a waffle sandwich, along with the whip cream, strawberries and syrup!
re: HungryRubia
....I make corn bread waffles and serve them with raw cheese and stews (eg chili, beef stew, etc once a week in the wintertime. I just use a cornbread recipe and add an additional egg and a little more oil.


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1. Yellow bird ("Tweety") on a blue background, marking - CE, 23OV, 50Hz, 7W max, E-14.
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Description: Food-imitating decorative candles on a metallic base, in the form of small chocolates with white or brown topping (approximate dimensions: diameter 4 cm, height 4 cm). 6 candles packed inside a transparent box with a cardboard base (approximate dimensions: 13 cm x 8.5 cm x 5 cm), containing warnings in Spanish and details about the manufacturer and the product. The candles cannot be bought separately.
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Category: Jewellery
Product: Chain - Fashion Bijoux
Brand: C.A.
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Description: A silver-coloured chain with a pendant in the form of an initial.
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18 1550/08
Product: Women's boots
Brand: CACHE CACHE
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Country of origin: Portugal
The product poses a chemical risk because it contains 19 ppm dimethylfumarate (DMF). Symptoms of the allergy which can be caused by this substance are itching, redness, burning sensations, articular pain and also highly incapacitating, generalised eczema. Furthermore, it appears that the allergy resulting from contact with dimethylfumarate can, when combined with other diseases, cause chronic attacks or serious respiratory problems. The characteristics of this substance, such as its volatility which enables it to cause contamination by diffusion in surrounding products, and its ability to be permanently absorbed in finished products exposed to it, accentuate its dangerous nature.
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Category: Decorative articles
Product: Wooden Christmas tree and Apple tree
Brand: FLORABASE
Type/number of model: Wooden Christmas tree (Sapin en Bois): ref. 259273, Apple tree (Arbre POM): ref. 259283
Description: Christmas tree: height 1.40 m, consisting of pieces of wood nailed to a trunk representing branches. Apple tree: imitation apple tree with twigs nailed together as branches.
Country of origin: The Netherlands
The product poses a risk of cuts because of several sharp protruding points.
Voluntary measures: Voluntary withdrawal from the market by the importer.
20 1552/08
Product: Plush dice - Activity & Sport
Brand: LiHONG, Healthy & Happy Dodo
Type/number of model: on sticker: 117019, EAN code: 8590331170197
Description: Toy - a cube (dice) with a rattle inside. Made from foam material, covered in textile and with plastic dots. Packed in a transparent plastic bag.
The product poses a chemical risk because the dots from plastic material contain 17.5% by weight of bis (2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP). According to the Chemical Restrictions Directive 76/769/EEC, certain phthalates in toys are prohibited.
Voluntary measures: Voluntary stop of sales, withdrawal from the market and recall from consumers by the distributor.
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Product: Parasol patio heater
Brand: TMC S.R.L.
Type/number of model: XRI 15
Description: Flue-less radiant heater for use outdoors or in amply ventilated areas.
Country of origin: Italy
The product poses a risk of burns because by changing the pressure from high to pilot light, the product poses a risk of injury due to instable flames. The flames burn behind the burner.
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Product: Children's tricycle
Brand: VECON kid
Batch number/Barcode: 6900004104060
Description: Tricycle for children aged 3-5 years, maximum weight 25 kg, with a push-bar and a sunshade. The frame is made of metal; other parts are plastic in blue, yellow and red colours. A dog shaped head is placed on the handlebars, which emits a sound when pushed and is operated by two AA batteries. The tricycle also has a small basket and a long handle to allow an adult to steer.
Injuries, Choking
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- choking, because the lid of the battery holder can be opened without using any instruments. As a result a child could reach the batteries, place them in his mouth and swallowed them.
The product does not comply with the Toys Directive and the relevant European standards EN 71 and EN 62115.
Compulsory measures: Sales ban and withdrawal from the market ordered by the authorities.
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Category: Hobby/sports equipment
Product: Mountain bicycle HARRY Roxy 20
Brand: HARRY
Type/number of model: Roxy 20", frame No. GH7122571
Description: Mountain bike with 20" wheels and 6 speeds, full suspension, height 740 mm. With various markings - on the frame: "HARRY ROXY"; below the saddle: "ROXY FULL SUSPENSION"; on the fork of the front wheel: "20" FULL SUSPENSION"; on the fork of the rear wheel: "HARRY".
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- the pedal spindle can fracture and become detached causing the rider to fall,
- the bearing system does not meet requirements.
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Product: Mountain bicycle Red Fox Kangaroo 24"
Brand: Hawker
Type/number of model: Kangaroo 24", frame No. 07095766, EAN code: 8591720007186
Description: Mountain bike with 24"wheels and 18 speeds, fully suspended, height 740 mm.
- the design of the brake lever does not ensure a safe grip and the bicycle therefore fails to stop safely,
- the stem can crack,
- the frame and saddle pillar can crack,
- the bicycle is not equipped with a spoke protector on the rear wheel close to the gear-change. By incorrect gear changing there is a risk of stopping rotation of wheels due to interference of chain with wheel spokes,
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Product: Powerful bicycle
Brand: KENZEL
Type/number of model: KENZEL POWERFUL 16", frame No. KEN262870
Description: Mountain bike with 16"wheels and 1 speed. Marking on the frame – Kenzel Powerful, No. of frame KEN262870, KENZEL with No. of standard STN EN 14766, on the front fork sticker with marking KENZEL CHILDREN BIKE
Country of origin: Slovakia
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Command ships to steer them into and out of harbors, estuaries, straits, or sounds, or on rivers, lakes, or bays. Must be licensed by U.S. Coast Guard with limitations indicating class and tonnage of vessels for which license is valid and route and waters that may be piloted.
It is also Called
- Bar Pilot
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People who work in this occupation generally have the interest code: RIC.
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In 2013, the average annual wage in California was $76,130 with most people making between $24,890 and $146,510
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New & Exciting things to put on a hot dog
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- 1 wiener hound Sep 28, 2004 08:05 PM
There is nothing better than a dog and I have eaten many. I have become a little tired of the standard toppings that go on hot dogs. I am not looking for toppings that are found in hot dog stands unless they can be produced at home. What are your hot dog topping fetishs? Or is that Fetishi.
I spoon baked beans onto mine, usually with Gulden's and grill-sauteed onions.
You could maybe try a pizza dog- tomato sauce, mozzerella and possibly pancetta? Would be same concept as chili-cheese dog w/bacon...
I haven't tried it, but if you're game let us know how it comes out.
re: Amarone Jones
Oh wow. That sounds GOOD. I'll have to try that. I just recently got hooked on that Sriracha sauce. That stuff is great on just about everything.
When I was growing up, we had a cart in town manned by "Angelo the Hot Dog King". My favorite was a chili dog, and I have seen the chili stuff in cans...but not often. It is refried beans,cheese, chopped onions and ground beef. Thinned with broth, and seasoned with chili powder and cumin. Yummm.
Make macaroni and cheese preferably with Velveeata and stir in bacon. Top dog with this concoction.
This isn't really new or exciting, but it is good. I like to stick potato chips between the dog and the bun and then dress as you normally would. I love the different texture.
Various Baor's Head relishes, or Inglehoffer's mustard. Inglehoffer's comes in a lot of flavors-- the lemon/caper/dill is my current favorite-- and it is oil-based which makes it taste very rich.
I, too, like nothing better than a hot dog. In fact, it's my favorite thing in the world to eat. I've sampled many quality dogs and been to numerous hot dog restaurants. A good hot dog should be enjoyed with just mustard. That way you can really taste and appreciate the quality of an exceptional frankfurter. If you load up the dog with too much stuff, you might as well buy cheap hot dogs because it's hard to tell the difference. I'm fortunate to live in North Jersey where we have access to quality hot dogs. Plus I send away for Usinger's beef franks, which is one of the finest, if not finest beef franks there is. Thumann's from Jersey is the best beef and pork dog hands down. There are many fine franks including Liehs and Steigerwald (Syracuse), Boars Head, Best's, Sabrett, Schickhaus, and others, that are best, in my opinion, with just mustard. They don't need anything else. That said, on the rare occasion that I feel like adding something, I get the unique relish from Rutts Hut or the beanless chili (or "all the way sauce") from The Hot Grill. These toppings go well with the dogs used at these places which are intentionally milder than other dogs whose focus is on the frank itself.
re: John Fox
I really like the deep fried Thuman's pork/ beef dogs as well. I found that they have as much of a 'sausage' thing going on as they have a 'frankfurter' thing, so I started topping mine with mustard, peppers and onions (sauteed). It's a great combo.
For the all beefs I try to stick with a quality mustard, maybe a horseradish mustard, and hot sauce.
re: John Fox
Damn! You had to mention R**ts H*t. Now I'm salivating all over my keyboard.
re: John Fox
I am from New Jersey as well, but having lived in the Midwest and now California, I can tell you that the "mustard only" way of eating food is definitely a "back east" phenomenon. Although my tastes have adjusted, I still very much enjoy my hot dogs with just mustard and pizza with just cheese for the same reasons as you. But in the midwest, if you order a cheese pizza, they look at you like you're crazy, as if you're ordering a hamburger, bun only.
Mr. Taster
re: John Fox
I am of the mustard-only set, and agree with Jon Fox on the virtues of enjoying the frankfurter with minimal accompaniment. Just enough mustard -- I actually like all different types (Dijon, brown, country-style, etc) of mustards on 'dogs, but for me the ultimate will always be French's plain old regular yellow mustard. Also, spread on the bun rather than squirted along the hotdog itself.
My variation is actually only to enhance the flavor of the overall dog. On a steamed bun (I prefer steamed to toasted, but toasted is good too, and definitely preferable to a cold bun), I first spread a thin, even layer of butter (any good salted butter, but unsalted works fine too) over all the interior surface of the bun. I follow with a similar thin layer of the yellow mustard. I add the grilled (preferred) or steamed (which is also good) dog and then eat.
My preference is Hebrew National beef franks.
What a fantastic food. Other toppings are nice, too, but to me they obscure the full flavor of a fine 'dog. Also, they don't exactly go with the premier accompaniment to a hotdog, a cold beer. I've never found peppers and tomatoes and celery salt to go really well with beer.
(Note -- I did live in Chicago for five years and have tasted the real-thing Vienna beef Chicago hotdogs, both from vendors at the ballpark and it fine Chicago homes. I realize this as a unique local delicacy -- it's just not my taste. But Chicago pizza -- well... that's another thread).
Love hearing about other's dog toppings -- keep them coming!
Make chili dogs, and finish them off in the oven until the cheese melts and buns are toasty.
Top with Onions, Relish, Mustard.
Rings on the side.
my favorite is a pearl hot dog, with howards piccalilli and mustard. of course, the dog must be grilled, and served on a toasted roll. and the roll must open on the top!!( not sure if that is called a frankfurt roll, or a hot dog roll)
re: formerly grueldelux
re: formerly grueldelux
My wife's father makes his own kimchi style cucumber/pickle spears, which I often put on my dog, (when he has enough on hand for his own use and gives us a jar or two...oh happy day)
re: formerly grueldelux
now THAT'S a good idea! Thanks Grueldelux, I'm trying it tonight.
re: formerly grueldelux
another vote for kimchee
re: MidtownCoog
...junk on a good dawg - kills the flavor completely. I prefer either just brown mustard and perhaps grilled onions, or a beanless chili and some shredded cheese. All that extraneous garden produce is just swell on a burger, but a dawg? Yick!
After visiting Cincinnati with work, I gotta say the best way to have a hotdog is a "Cheese Coney with Mustard." A hotdog with cincinnati chili, mustard, chopped onions, and finely shredded cheese. Add some hot sauce on top, and I cant think of any other way to eat it.
My step father used to make homemade jarred bell peppers in oil. I loved these on my hot dogs!
Another favorite, which I'm shocked that it hasn't been mentioned, is to wrap the dogs in crescent rolls, smear with mustard and bake according to the crescent roll instructions. Cheese is good in this, too, but I find that it messes with the roll texture a bit.
I think this is pretty disgusting but...my husband loves to put the sauce from leftover chicken tikka masala on his dog.
Not too new or exciting but I like brown mustard and sauerkraut. Also mustard, beanless chili and chopped sweet onions. D.
In northern New York state, Clinton County to be exact, there is a chili dog that is indiginious to that area and is unlike any others found elsewhere in the US. It is called a Michigan (I don't kbnow why) or a Michigan Red Hot or just a Red Hot. It is a very dense dryish meat sauce and the bun is a split top. New England style roll. Toppings are yellow mustard and chopped onions. If you want the onions on the bottor of the roll you ask for one buried. Those of us who have moved away from the area crave them and they are usually a first stop when returning "home".
My other favorite condiment on hot dogs is mayonnaise. My family is Southern and we put mayo on a lot of stuff. Not Miracle Whip!
All beef hot dog on a sturdy bun, with chopped onion and pickled jalapeño peppers--the kind that go on nachos.
Or...wrapped with bacon and grilled, cheese melted on top and scattered with chopped onion/pickled jalapeños/catsup.
Hot dogs (*salchichas*) are incredibly popular here in Mexico, where vendors set up grill stands in town plazas late in the afternoon and the smell of cooking dogs tempts gently in the evening air.
Make a Francheezie. A hot dog with a pocket split down
the center,stuffed with cheese,wrapped in bacon and deep fried! Yum!
"Hot dogs in Brazil are always offered with a dazzling array of condiments including various dressings, boiled quail eggs, peas, corn, olives and crunchy potato straw."
Isn't that interesting? Just found it googling around. Can anyone speak from experience about hot dogs in Brazil?
Also I found (and subsequently lost) a reference to hot dogs in Chile, the "completa" being loaded with a bunch of the standard american toppings plus a final dollop of mashed avocado.
re: formerly grueldelux
My friend from Chile made me a hot dog the way they sell them on the street there, and it had so many toppings I can't remember them all, but I do remember mayonaisse and guacamole.
re: formerly grueldelux
I know in some Latin American countries you can get hot dogs wrapped in bacon and deep fried. They're very tasty.
You thought Chicago-style was a laundry list of toppings... Down in Tucson, there is a little place called BK that serves up some unusually topped (and unusually delicious) hot dogs. Start out by wrapping the dog with a strip or two of (cooked) bacon, put it in the bun, then top it with chopped tomatoes, chopped raw onion, grilled onion, cold pinto beans (not refried!), mayo, mustard, and jalapeno sauce (or whatever hot sauce you have handy).
re: JK Grence (the Cosmic Jester)
Don't they call it a Sonora Dog?
With me it is just grilled dog, slice of grilled bacon, and mustard.
The only dogs I will eat anymore are Best Kosher Dinner Franks. I can only get these at Sams. I don't have a membership, but I get a guest pass every now and then. I'm going this weekend. If I stock up, how long will they stay good in the freezer?
try this spicy slaw from Haiti. terrific
Or try some chow chow
Had dawgs last night. Nathan's franks simmered in Fredericksburg Farms barbecue sauce and topped with thinly sliced Best Maid baby dill pickels. Very good, but the BBQ sauce was a bit sweet. I think a more hot and savory BBQ sauce works better on dawgs.
I've never tried this myself, but I have a friend of mine from Chile, and he says down there they like to put guacamole and sour cream on their hot dogs.
re: mmalmad
i always loved a rueben dog,with kraut,swiss cheese and mustard.
Chopped pineapple, drained sauerkraut, and melted swiss cheese. It sounds like something de debbil created, but it's just soooo gooood, and a spoonful of good chili doesn't hurt it one bit.
Peter's Drive-in in Kansas City, Kansas operated in the 50's and 60's. They served killer chili cheese dogs. The bun was a two inch slice of French/Italian bread with a pocket cut in the middle. The pocket was filled with a hot dog, beanless american chili, grated cheddar cheese and, if wanted, finely diced white onion. The outside edges of the bun was then buttered and grilled to a golden brown. Many other drive-ins of the time served footlong chilidogs topped with yellow mustard, ketchup, sweet pickle relish, and diced onion. Delicious memories.
re: powillie
Kansas City now has two amazing and innovative hot dog places.
Dog Nuvo
New York Dawg Pound
Dog Nuvo has the Le Poodle: Hot dog topped with boeuf bourguignon, Brie, radishes and and chives with Pinot Noir mustard.
NYDP has the Yankee Poodle: Nathan's hot dog topped with chili, cheese, and a fried egg.
(I just noticed that my two favorite dogs are both called a poodle!)
NYDP also has a hot dog with baked beans -- I'd never heard of that before, but it is mentioned a few times in this thread.
I also enjoy baked beans and brown mustard on my dogs! either homemade w/brown sugar & bacon,or bushs baked beans [the best]
My favorite hot dog toppings are guacamole and pico de gallo. Or an habanero, peach, and onion relish. I also have a few jars of picklese I made last fall, it goes really well on hot dogs, but it's even better on sausages.
One I had today was a homemade fried hotdog with mashed avocado and sauteed onions with ketchup, but my mustard was frozen and I was too hungry to wait, so I had it like that. Another good thing to add a kick to it is chopped unsmoked bacon, fried crispy. One I would like to try is a mashed potato hotdog with brown gravy and/or barbeque sauce.


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Mulcahy retired last January as a director of NAMA where he was head of asset management at the agency.
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Frank Close, chairman of IPUT plc, says: "I believe John's wealth of knowledge and experience of commercial property will significantly contribute to IPUT's continued evolution, and will assist us in enhancing the growth and value of the company in the interests of our shareholders."
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Federal officials are digging deep for ways to get around the across-the-board spending reductions of sequestration.
As much as $5 billion in slashed spending is set to be restored to federal budgets after White House number-crunchers discovered an obscure mechanism from a 1985 budget law and re-did the math with newer, more detailed numbers from the latest continuing resolution, the AP reported.
The move represents the kind of wiggle room that so far has allowed federal agencies to dodge some of the doomsday predictions set forth during the budget negotiations that ultimately led to sequestration being implemented.
Some of that leeway – which reportedly emerges amid cooperation between agencies and Congress in transferring money between accounts – means agencies can reduce or avoid furloughs and reroute funding to high-priority programs.
Already the Defense Department, reported to be on the receiving end of $4 billion of the restored funding, has reduced the projected number of furlough days for all civilian employees from 22 to 14. That number could once again change in coming days, as could the specifics of which employees will face furlough, once Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel concludes a budget review and issues a final decision.
Hagel "is relooking [at] the number of furlough days that must be implemented," said Cmdr. Leslie Hull-Ryde, Pentagon spokeswoman. "We expect to have the details soon, but no decisions have been made. At present, all civilian DOD employees, from all services, are subject to being furloughed. No final decisions regarding exemptions have been made."
It remains unclear when furlough notices could be issued – which also leaves uncertain when the furloughs would begin, how long they would last, how frequently they would occur and -- what sort of pay cuts all that would translate into for DOD employees.
Hull-Ryde declined to elaborate on when and how furloughs may be implemented once a decision is made.
Outside the Pentagon, other agencies are working to evade the sharpest of sequestration's cuts as well.
Congress last week passed legislation waiving Federal Aviation Administration furloughs that were causing flight delays, which President Barack Obama signed on May 1. The legislation allows the FAA is move money between accounts to keep employees at work and flights on time – but it also drew fire from backers of other government programs, including those related to education and serving the elderly, which are not necessarily so visible to frequent-flying lawmakers and still face major cuts.
On May 3, State Department officials said the recalculated cuts would allow them to escape furloughs, and officials at Food and Drug Administration said they would no longer have to go through with plans to curtail 2,100 inspections of food processing plants.
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by Ryan Dunch
China is currently our second-largest trading partner, and its economic importance to Canada will only increase. Complex policy questions are sure to arise as a result. The recently approved Chinese takeover of Canadian energy corporation Nexen is merely a foretaste of what is coming down the metaphorical pipeline.
In 1995, Graham Johnson, then Chair of the Centre for Chinese Research at the University of British Columbia, viewed Chinese studies in Canada with tempered optimism: "In the 1990s, Canadian universities, like those in other parts of the world, have been deeply affected by budget constraints. The growth of Chinese studies has, nevertheless, been sustained."
In 2012 we can no longer say that. Over the very period when Canada's educational muscle on China should have been strengthened, even our strongest Chinese studies programs have struggled to replace faculty retirements, and Chinese studies has been losing ground relative to other university sectors and to peer institutions abroad.
Reflecting on his time as Canadian ambassador to China, David Mulroney warned in The Globe and Mail this past November that Canada needs to "work a lot harder at understanding China, warts and all." Where will the Canadian experts who can engage with China in the 21st century come from?
There are currently 95 member institutions of the Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada. Only eight of those offer a full four-year undergraduate program in Chinese language. Another nine or 10 offer some credit classes in Chinese language, with a major or minor in some version of Asian studies. Only five universities in Canada offer any kind of graduate degree in Chinese or East Asian Studies. The number with doctoral programs is three.
This should be a matter of national concern. More, it is a national embarrassment. It represents a profound systemic failure to come to grips with vital changes in Canada's domestic and international realities. Yet there seems to be little anxiety or even awareness about it in higher-education circles in Canada. Why?
The distorting effect of Canada's relationship with the U.S. is one underlying reason. When one trading partner is so dominant, why channel scarce educational dollars into the others? Proximity to the U.S. has also relieved Canadian universities of pressure to develop our own educational resources on Asia. For decades we have sent many of our best students abroad for their graduate training in Chinese studies, and graduates of U.S. PhD programs comprise the overwhelming majority of academic specialists on China teaching in Canadian universities. Canada has benefitted immensely from those scholars, but we have, in effect, relied on outsourcing graduate education in Chinese studies and importing China expertise from abroad to staff our university faculties.
Educational provincialism is another factor. The driving forces for a national agenda for Asia – foreign policy and international trade – are felt federally, where the importance of China has been well recognized, but that has seldom translated into sustained investment by provincial governments in Chinese studies in our universities.
The example of Alberta is instructive. Throughout the 1960s and '70s, federal government agencies were content to concentrate federal resources supporting Asian studies in Toronto and Vancouver. The crucial difference for the development of East Asian studies at the University of Alberta came with the election of the late Peter Lougheed as premier in 1971. As Dr. Brian Evans recounts in his fascinating memoir, Pursuing China, Lougheed imagined a bigger Alberta, one engaged with the world, and he made sure that funding was directed toward developing the China program at U of A. Lougheed was convinced, rightly, that a strong university program in East Asian languages and cultures was an investment in cultural capital for Alberta's future engagement with China.
Today, by contrast, our university leaders are putting the cart before the horse when it comes to China. They are in hot pursuit of China, in fact, but rarely connect that pursuit to investing in strong programs in Chinese studies aimed at Canadian students in Canadian universities.
A recent report by UBC President Stephen Toope exemplifies the problem. Dr. Toope outlines the "top 10 steps to position Canada as the education destination and partner of choice for Asia," emphasizing the standard current repertoire of academic administrators: research collaborations, institutional partnership agreements and the recruitment of fee-paying students from Asian countries. Ensuring strong Asian language programs in Canadian universities gets one sentence, with no mention of funding. Ironically, at a time when East Asian governments are investing heavily in overseas education for their languages, the pressing need for base-level educational investment in Chinese studies programs in Canadian universities receives scant attention from our university leadership elite.
Ambassador Mulroney had it right: "There are no shortcuts. We need to spend a lot more time and effort trying to understand China, its language and culture."
What should be done? Canada's future engagement with China requires a broad-based and stable infusion of resources, building up faculty strength and teaching capacity for the long term in the core areas of Chinese studies. This must start with strong language programs, adding classes on culture, history and contemporary society to that foundation.
With exposure to these classes, some students each year will catch the China bug that will launch them on a lifelong adventure of discovery and fascination. They will become the talent pool for Canada's China engagement over the coming decades – in politics, business, media, education, tourism, cultural diplomacy and countless other areas. But exposure is the first step, and nationwide in 2012 far too few Canadian undergraduates get that exposure.
Fixing the China knowledge deficit will cost money, for sure, but courses in language and culture are a bargain when compared to other demands on university budgets. We could double Canada's current teaching capacity in Chinese studies by 2020 for under $30 million annually nationwide – as long as those funds are directed towards new faculty positions for early and mid-career scholars in Chinese studies. This is a very modest investment in the context of higher education budgets, equivalent to three of the 19 Canada Excellence Research Chairs the Harper government created in 2010.
Pundits and scholars are constantly talking about the need for students in today's world to "think globally," and rightly so. But here is the brutal truth: as a sector, higher education in Canada has failed to invest the resources necessary to build strong undergraduate and graduate programs in Chinese studies. If Canada's future involves China, we must start paying down the China knowledge deficit.
Ryan Dunch is an associate professor of Chinese history and chair of the Department of East Asian Studies at the University of Alberta.
As I know the China program always gets a little bugdet but feedbacks great in maintaining and developing the relation between Canada and China. It's quite sad to hear and read this news of UA. Maybe China studies can get more different channels to raise fundation, such as oli company of China, community of canadian Chinese....
Posted by WU QIYAN, Dec 15, 2012 1:54 AM
A very interesting piece! To consider only funding as one key issue raised: I'd be curious to know the author's views on whether funding should apply to China studies, or to Asian studies more generally. What about the role of Confucius institutes (which see the Chinese government invest more in Chinese studies in Canada than the Canadian government does, but with some potential issues of course. What about the role of foundations such as the Chiang Chingkuo Foundation, which raises different questions given its Taiwan link?
Posted by David, Dec 13, 2012 1:45 PM
This appeal for more funding is very similar to the appeals made as Japan was rising to prominence. The following is speculation but I suspect that there are many networks within the Chinese community in Canada with many cultural and business links to China. However, energy sector and ag related businesses do not really attract those people with links to China.
Therefore instead of gov't funding, it those businesses that should provide the funding for scholarship. Which leads to the problem of not being able to say anything critical , human rights for example, or funding will be withdrawn or scholarship will just be viewed asPR for the PRC and those scholars will be seen as puppets.
Which leads to scholars staying away from anything political or business related and concentrates on more peripheral areas such as literature and history which can not be viewed as threatening to business or political interests. But these are the very things that are most pertinent to the people involved. This is not a circular argument but why the article's appeal will largely go unheeded.
Posted by kohai, Dec 12, 2012 7:26 PM
I read this article with great interest, and my response will be more personal.
I am a retired university professor. Nine years ago my son moved to China. Three years later he married a Chinese citizen, and they have two children.
When I first went to visit for his wedding, I was astonished that the images I had in my head about China were completely wrong. I was not prepared for the China I saw, which was incredibly sophisticated and cosmopolitan. I came back to Canada determined to learn everything I could about my son's chosen home. I have even made efforts to learn Mandarin, which is a wonderful and complex language.
Everything I have read, everything I have learned, and every experience I have had in China just continues to whet my appetite for more. The history and development of this country and its peoples continues to be fascinating.
I solidly approve the idea of building up this branch of study in our universities. The world has shrunk, China is just a short hop away, and its peoples have a lot to teach us.
Posted by Valerie Senyk, Dec 12, 2012 6:48 PM
We can tell how good parents are in terms of academic knowledge and civilized manner, by observing their own children's behaviour.
Likewise, we can acknowledge the government's constitution, foreign and national official policies, by observing their countrymen's daily practices, work habits, and trading characters.
I guess that western leaders do not practice 10 commandments, neither does Chinese government in terms of Confucius' wisdom.
If communist leaders have dedicated their time in wars after wars for more than 50 years, how can you trust their integrity, honesty, left alone their kindness? Why do our Canadian Higher Education leaders, and Conservative government blindly sell Canadian energy (oil) resources, and invest Canadian intellectual resources with Chinese communist government? It is very gullible, selfishness, and naivete to harm western generous spirit in dealing and wheeling with communist. back2basic.
Posted by back2basic, Dec 12, 2012 4:39 PM
It may be, as Professor Dunch claims, that Canadian universities are moving backwards as far as knowledge of China is concerned. But I am not sure that this claim is accurate for Canadian education as a whole. Even if it is, there are so many initiatives and ongoing success stories that I am inclined to think that one of the real Canadian educational needs in this matter is to identify, support, and explore the potential of existing Canadian initiatives with respect to China. The Government of Canada tabled a report, International Education: A Key Driver of Canada's Future Prosperity in October, 2012. Amit Chakma, President and Vice Chancellor, University of Western Ontario and Chair of the Expert Advisory Panel which drafted the report, remarked from Beijing while on a trade delegation with Prime Minister Harper that his main challenge as President was "domestic, try to convince people that internationalization is important to our students". He is essentially saying that the academic will is there. What is needed is public education. In Professor Dunch's home town the Edmonton Chinese Bilingual Education Association reports that approximately 2,000 primary and secondary school students are learning to speak and write Mandarin in five elementary schools, four junior high schools and three senior high schools. The University of Windsor has a program, directed by Professor Xu and supported by the President's Priority Fund, for preservice teacher education exchange between the University of Windsor and Southwest University in China in cooperation with the Greater Essex County District School Board. In Toronto the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education/University of Toronto (OISE/UT) in cooperation with the University of Windsor and the Toronto District School Board has a Sister School Program pairing Toronto schools with Chinese schools. Professor Di Petta, in response to Professor Dunch, describes a Brock University program operated through the Confucius Institutes. There are a dozen or so of these Institutes throughout Canada. Professor Hayhoe at OISE/UT is holding a conference and writing a book on forty years of CIDA supported Canada-China university relationships in which there has been extensive reciprocity between Chinese and Canadian universities. In many of the initiatives of the sort noted above education is operating on a broad based front involving university faculty and administrators, school board administrators, teachers, and school students, and teacher educators and teacher candidates. My hope is that response to Professor Dunch's article reaches beyond the identification of a problem for universities to the multiple rather hidden educational initiatives underway that address, or at least relate to, the "China knowledge deficit".
Posted by Michael Connelly, Dec 12, 2012 4:13 PM
Get off the ivory tower. The best way to learn about China and the Chinese is to actually have Chinese friends.
Anglo-Franco Canadians are such nice people but, like all the ethnics, they hardly interact beyond their tribe.
We should scrap the Multiculturalism Policy. It promotes tribalism of the worst kind.
Posted by Benny Quay, Dec 12, 2012 2:17 PM
Two issues were reflected after reading this article. The problem is not only about the language or linguistic level, but also about the cultural competence. Basic values, norms, and cultural practices need to be better introduced, interpreted and integrated into Canadian culture. However, such empirical research is deficient in Canada. In the department of psychology at the Wilfrid Laurier University, we are conducting cross-cultural research to explore cultural similarities and differences about identity, moral personality and motivations between Canadian and Chinese. Moreover, a process of cultural assimilation needs to be transferred into immigrant settlings because issues of language and cultural identity loss were inevitable, even though multiculturalism is encouraged.
Posted by Fanli JIa, Dec 12, 2012 1:26 PM
While it seems that Canadian higher education is reducing its interest in and capacity for Chinese Studies there are pockets of innovation and increasing capacity such as the Confucius Institute for Brock University and the Centre for Continuing Teacher Education at Brock University. Working togteher these Brock units have developed the first of its kind Internation Languages-Mandarin Teacher Training course that certifies K-12 teachers in the province in teaching Mandarin as a Second Language. Moreover, the Confucius Insitute at Brock works diligently and creatively to bring Chinese scholars to Canada and to send Canadian scholars to China. These programs not only build interest in Chinese studies but also help build capacity in terms of the new scholars who will move Chinese studies forward in Canada.
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Wallace on song in Pompey win
Portsmouth bounced back from their FA Cup humiliation against Aldershot in style as a Jed Wallace double inspired them to a comfortable 3-0 triumph over Morecambe at Fratton Park.
Pompey dominated possession and took charge after 11 minutes when Morecambe failed to clear their lines from Danny Hollands' long throw.
Craig Westcarr's initial attempt was blocked, but he lashed home at the second time of asking.
Morecambe's Laurence Wilson came closest for his side when he headed just over the target from...


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