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The Collapse of the Falafel
- orangewasabi Sep 10, 2007 08:37 AM
Any tips on frying falafels without having them burst apart into a fluffy mass of crunch? We were able to achieve structural integrity but the tennis ball size was a bit off putting.
At L'as (in Paris) they serve lovely little 1" round falafels that are crunchy on the outside and soft on the inside.
We used 2-3" of oil (so they could float) but maybe that's too much? What texture should the mix be? Ours might have been too wet?
re: JungMann
freezing is genius, I can see that helping a lot!
re: hotoynoodle
Patties might be a better idea.
We tested all kinds of different sizes and the only size that didn't explode was tennis ball size The smaller ones just turned into a crisp lattice structure.
I kept turning up the heat thinking that the hotter the faster it would sear but perhaps it was too hot.
re: orangewasabi
I like to use a number 10-12 disher and slight flatten them before I slip them in peanut oil. My preferred pan for frying falafel is a 2qt all clad sauce pan. 350F is plenty hot.
I would not want to make enough for the Waltons in this pan, but for 3 people, it's sufficient.
re: scubadoo97
::hanging head in shame::
I used a Cedar Phoenicia packet - 14oz of dry goods to 2 cups of water.
re: orangewasabi
You really should try to make your own. It's very easy. Just soak dried chickpeas in water for 18+ hours. They will be eatable but crunchy. Grind them up with garlic, green onion, parsley, cilantro, a touch of baking powder and cumin in your food processor or a meat grinder. That's it. You can add a little flour but not needed. You can vary the above ingredients as well. It's really just ground up chickpeas and or a mixure of chickpeas and fava beans that are seasoned and fried.
re: scubadoo97
What he said!!
I can get by with canned chick peas as long as the percentage of the above fresh veggies and herbs is good. Egg and chick pea flour as binders work for me. Make 1.5 inch diameter, 0.5 inch thick patties and let them set for a while to hydrate any flour. A wok uses less oil for us who don't deep fry often.
THank you so much for posting this Q! I had a very similar experience 2 wks ago.... It was really my first home frying-of-any-kind experiment and failed miserably.
I have decided that our favorite Israeli restaurant up the street makes much better felafel than I ever will.... We'll stick with them!
I have had mine disintegrate on occasion. Very sad. Here's an excerpt from Mark Bittman's The Minimalist column that addresses this. I have not made them since I spotted this last April:
>There are two keys to making good falafel. First, keep the amount of water you use when grinding the beans to an absolute minimum. More water makes grinding easier, but it also virtually guarantees that the batter will fall apart when it hits the hot oil. If this happens, bind the remaining mixture by stirring in a little flour.
For this reason, a food processor or very powerful blender is essential; you don't want a blender that isn't strong enough to grind the beans without adding too much water.
The second essential step is to get the oil hot enough: 350 degrees or a little higher. If you don't have a thermometer, just wait until the oil shimmers and then add a pinch of the batter. When it sizzles immediately, sinks about halfway to the bottom, then rises to the top, the oil is ready. If it sinks and stays down, the oil is too cold; if it doesn't sink at all, the oil is too hot. <
re: Craterellus
using raw beans makes a huuuge difference, it tastes so much fresher when you grind it with the herbs!
But can you fry them, but not deep fry on a stove-top?. I'm not worried about calories, I just am afraid of deep-frying & it is too rich for me. So is there another way? Maybe flatter?
re: Rory
you will need a good inch of oil. You could try them in a shallow amount like half and inch or less. As long as you brown them on both sides and heat them through it should work. Deep frying is more effecient and will assure you get good browning and the heat will cook them through.
Did you allow the batter to "rest" ? You have to set it aside for like 30 minutes, that helps it bind or something.
also, I always use the baking soda because it makes them puff up and be slightly fluffy or spongy on the inside rather than heavy. mine have never fallen apart. I agree w/ the first commenters about the oil issue. that was more likely it.
oh one last thing, in addition to using minimum water, one mustn't over blitz them in the blender or they will come out heavy and hard rather than light and fluffy. if you feel you've over blended them, try whipping some air into them gently---don't over do it or you will inadvertantly overhandle the batter and whip all the air OUT!
good falafel is tricky but really easy and delicious once u get the hang of it.
This is so fantastic.....I have a box of Cedar Phoenicia Falafel mix in front of me and I was wondering what to do with it....
The directions are pretty vague, simple, but vague...
I was looking for a way to cook them with out deep frying...
I was hoping they would have the integrity for baking,
I am getting the feeling that it might not be a good idea?
re: apryl
I often bake felafel if I'm doing a big batch (50 or more). Roll smallish balls, flatten slightly, brush or spray quite generously with oil, put them on a tray lined with baking paper, and stick them in the oven for about 20 minutes, turning once halfway through (I cook them for longer if I need to transport them somewhere where they're likely to get knocked around a bit). Cool them on a wire rack if they're not for immediate eating.
They're not exactly the same as a fried felafel, but they're just as good, in a slightly different way. Experiment!
re: Daisy.G
I've done baked before and also baked chicken fingers and such but when I measure the oil before frying and after recovery, take into account some loss to atomization and some staying in the pan and compare it to how much oil I brush on when baking, I'm not sure that baking is any more healthy than frying. It may be easier than standing over a fryer but the results aren't as good imho. It makes my wife feel good when we bake things like this but it's a false sense of "feel good"
re: scubadoo97
Absolutely, there is just as much oil in the finished product. Like I said, they need a generous coat of oil before going in the oven, and they're thirsty little things. I don't know that Apryl was necessarily asking about baking as a healthier option, just a different one.


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We had two great successes on April 30th. We started the day with a great press conference with the Businesses Against the East-West Highway campaign presenting the list of 125 small, local businesses owners in the path of the proposed highway opposing the highway. In the afternoon was the Transportation Committee hearing on 6 bills working to help stop the highway. Many environmental groups and individuals in the path of the highway voiced their concerns about the highway and their support for the bills.
Here are a few media highlights from the day:
Maine Small Business Owners Criticize East-West Highway Plan
You can read our testimony above and additional media hits from the day.
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About the Campaign
Known as the "East West Highway," the proposal includes plans for a privately-owned 220-mile long high-toll highway. It would cut across the center of the Maine Woods in order to move freight trucks and cargo from New Brunswick to Quebec Canada. Although many of the key details have not been disclosed, corporate promoters describe a four-lane, high-speed highway through a 500-2,000 foot wide swath cleared through existing forest. The massive construction project would cross a multitude of mostly privately owned lands between the eastern border town of Calais and the western border town of Coburn Gore.
This East-West truck transport highway would endanger our waterways and air quality, increase noise and light pollution, harm key wilderness recreational areas, and diminish the tourism experience in the region.
Read more about the campaign in our new brochure below.
Maine Chapter Press Release (12/11/12):
Proposed East-West Highway Across Maine Ranks As One Of The Worst
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"Why is aïoli so popular with our diners?" I wondered aloud at work one day.
"Just Add Aïoli" is our staff motto whenever we want to turn something on the menu into a hot seller. It's the comfort-food angle we work when our clientele wearies of inventive preparations or dishes that require a foreknowledge of Europe's culinary landscape for interpretation.
"Because it's mayo," said a co-worker, with a slight duh! tone to his voice. He was right — people love mayonnaise — but technically, he was wrong. (He did call us out correctly on an industry sleight of hand: Restaurants often print "aïoli" on menus when they really mean mayonnaise. It just sounds better.)
Let me explain. Aïoli and mayonnaise are not the same. Traditional aïoli is a smooth Provençal sauce of olive oil and mashed garlic bound with bread and egg yolk. The amount of garlic in aïoli could be considered medicinal. Enjoy a meal in which aïoli plays a part, and the bulb's aroma will drift from your every pore.
Mayonnaise, on the other hand, is just emulsified egg yolk and vegetable oil, with a little vinegar, salt, and pepper. Mayonnaise is like chicken: satisfactory on its own, yet a bit plain. This quiet, garlic-free sauce stands out as an especially fine host to whatever seasonings a cook cares to add.
Garlicky aïoli is too strong to be truly versatile, but mayonnaise is marked by balance. The tart, salty, and slightly sweet smoothness of mayonnaise makes for one of the more addictive edible fats.
Name a summer setting, and homemade mayonnaise is your helpful friend. It's a condiment, sauce, or the basis for a salad dressing. It's good with vegetables you've roasted or parboiled and chilled early in the day; on sandwiches; with grilled, roasted, or leftover poultry or fish; and even whisked into vinaigrettes for a slight creaminess.
Like aïoli, mayonnaise is an emulsion: droplets of oil hang suspended in the egg yolks (and any vinegar or lemon juice used) in a homogeneous mixture. But mayonnaise is lighter in texture than aïoli.
Mayonnaise's foundation is neutral oil, like canola or grapeseed, with little distinguishing character. Like a white T-shirt and khaki pants, mayonnaise's plain base needs dressing up. Enter acid in the form of wine vinegar or lemon, and seasonings that typically include dry or prepared mustard, salt, pepper, sugar, and maybe a pinch of cayenne.
You can customize your mayo with fresh herbs — rosemary, tarragon, chervil, sorrel, parsley, thyme, marjoram, cilantro, or oregano — or you can add horseradish or spices such as smoky paprika and saffron.
The list goes on with green onions, roasted red peppers or tomatoes, chopped toasted almonds, capers, anchovies, citrus zest, roasted shallots, jalapeños, and of course such 1990s trend classics as curry powder or puréed chipotle chiles. And yes, even garlic.
Here's how to make a mayonnaise by hand, with a whisk. Why the old-fashioned way? Because the bowls of food processors can be too large to emulsify small amounts, and not all blenders properly catch and mix the oil into the egg yolk.
Oil is the main ingredient, so make it a good one. Pour a little into the palm of your hand and taste it. Does it seem stale? If so, it may be rancid. Is your olive oil sharp and grassy? That's fine, but it could dominate. You may want to cut it with neutral oil.
Your eggs should be fresh, preferably laid by chickens that get to enjoy some time under the sun. The vinegar should be worthy of a good salad and the lemon juice should be freshly squeezed.
Finally, when both the eggs and the oil are at room temperature, it is much easier to get them to emulsify.
Get a heavy mixing bowl and place it on a damp kitchen towel or a tablecloth, so it doesn't move.
Choose a whisk that has thin, flexible tines. The whisk should have many tines, not just five or seven.
If you're using garlic, use a mortar and pestle to pound it to a paste. You may want to pound other ingredients in this ancient vessel to bring out their flavorful oils. This is especially helpful with softer herbs like chervil, or with any ingredient you want to emphasize or mash.
Emulsification isn't scary; it just requires patience.
Whisk the egg yolks in the bowl until they loosen and lighten in color. This means they are ready to start absorbing the oil. Whisking can be done with a brisk back-and-forth motion, or in fast circles. I find back and forth much easier.
Whisk in the garlic paste, if you are using it, some salt, and half of your recipe's measure of lemon juice or vinegar. (Both garlic paste and lemon juice aid emulsification.)
Begin to whisk in the oil drop by drop. It's helpful to use a liquid measure for slow pouring. You can move up to a thin stream once the mixture resembles the consistency of ranch dressing. This takes a couple of minutes.
Continue until you have added all the oil. If the mayonnaise is too thick, thin it with a teaspoon or more of warm water.
You'll know it when you see it. When mayonnaise breaks, the eggs and oil refuse to come together into a smooth mixture. This happens because the eggs or oil were cold, because the oil was added too quickly, or because the whisking was not sufficiently vigorous.
Julia Child called this a "turned mayonnaise." Don't take it too seriously, though. Anxiety does not aid the process.
First, try whisking in a little warm water. If this doesn't work, put another egg yolk in a clean bowl. Then slowly whisk the broken mixture into the new egg yolk, drop by drop.
Use a spoon to stir in any other ingredients you are using and check the seasoning. Judging the salt can be tricky. Add as much as you think is needed, then check again in 20 minutes. Salt is slow to dissolve in mayo's thick fat.
Besides salt, flabby mayonnaise often needs more acid and pepper.
With a little practice, you won't need to go to a restaurant to enjoy a sinfully delicious mayonnaise — er, aïoli. You've made your own summertime comfort food.
Kelly Myers is a chef and writer in Portland, Oregon.
According the OED, aïoli does contain a diaeresis, at least optionally: http://www.languageusage.com/q/answers-is-the-diaeresis-legal-in-naive-108431.html. And it's not an Italian word; It's French ;)
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Cafe Amici
- Address:
1371 main street
Sarasota, FL 34236Neighborhood:
- Cuisine:
ItalianPrice: $30 and under
Cafe Amici
- Dining Style: Casual Elegant
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- Phone: (941) 951-6896
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Monday - Friday: 11:00am - 2:00pm
Sunday - Thursday: 5:00pm - 10:00pm
Friday & Saturday: 5:00pm - 10:30pm
- Payment Options: AMEX,MasterCard,Visa
- Cuisine: Seafood, Italian
- Dress Code: Smart Casual
- Accepts Walk-Ins: Yes
- Additional Details: Banquet/Private Rooms, Bar Dining, Bar/Lounge, Beer, BYO Liquor, Cafe, Counter Seating, Full Bar, Gluten-free Menu, Happy Hour, Non-Smoking Area, Non-Smoking Restaurant, Patio/Outdoor Dining, Personal wines welcome, Personal wines welcome (corkage fee applies), Private Room, Smoking Area, Takeout, Wheelchair Access, Wine, Wine Bar
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Cafe Amici is a traditional Italian cuisine, we offer extensive menu, you will enjoy dish from Puglia, Veneto, Tuscany and the Mediterranean shores. There is an eight seat bar with 20 wines by the glass, 120 bottle of wines from all over the world, wine vintage from 1964 thru 2010.Continued
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Cafe Amici reviews from OpenTable diners
8 reviews since July 31, 2014
- Food4.8Service4.3
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- Perfect for a celebrationRetewannabeDined on 10/9/2014Friends who were visiting, and celebrating a special occasion as well, recalled a restaurant they had wanted to try when they were last in Sarasota and thought it was Café Amici, but unsure. On a whim we made a reservation, and indeed, upon entering the restaurant our friends verified tha indeed "this was the place." The authentic Italian atmosphere (apparently all who work at Café Amici are from Italy, we learned from our waiter!), impeccable service, wine and food - the entire experience - met, and exceeded our expectations. We look forward to returning with family, and friends, and have already recommended Café Amici to others. (Between the four of us we tried three different salads, four different entrees, and ALL was delicious!)Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- The following 15 reviews are from the Cafe Amici reviews archive.
- Great night outWineguy920VIPDined on 7/11/2014We were greeted at the door and our visit was the best. From the service to the food we all enjoyed everything. We will return as soon as possible.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Fair foodMammaMiaVIPDined on 7/7/2014Nothing to rave about. The eggplant was mushy in the eggplant parmesan. Was dissatisfied
- Best Italian Food in SarasotaOpenTable Diner Since 2005VIPDined on 5/24/2014We have been coming to Amici for years, great vibe, feels like you are in Italy! Food is always great, especially the Bolonese!! Will be back many times!
- Not so great.BhamladyVIPDined on 4/30/2014We were the only ones in the restaurant on a Wednesday night at 8:00 pm. That should have told us something. The pesto pasta with chicken was okay - I've made better at home. My husband had the house speciality - Osso Buco, but found it dry and with no flavor. Couldn't recommend it and will not be back. Not sure how the other reviewers were able to give such great reviews.
- A little Italia in sarasotaItaliangirlDined on 4/19/2014Authentic Italian entrees all freshly prepared. Wines are from owners hometown region of Italy, fantastic burrata fresh and homemade, Osso bucco is incredible flavoring and tenderness, fresh fish Mediterranean style, great ending with homemade strawberry savignone, and delicious lemoncello! Our favorite Italian experience we go every visit to sarasota!Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Nice surpriseCustomerDined on 3/14/2014Met friends at Café Amici on the recommendation of our neighbor. Went for 6:30 reservations, before the rush started. Greeted warmly. Seated right away. Server was a character, but made it fun. Nice wine list. Delicious salads, very good fresh fish. Pasta was nice. Mine could've been a little hotter, so I sent it back to get reheated. Decent prices. Low-key as far as I'm concerned. And will definitely go back.I would recommend this to a friend.
- Not so great.BuddyDined on 3/7/2014This was my second visit since I thought I would give it another chance after a poor first visit. Service was very slow. They just do not have enough wait staff to handle the tables. We had a 7:00 reservation for both visits and a performance at a close by theater for 9:00 pm. We had to leave via the back door through the kitchen in order to get to the theater performance as the actors were taking the stage. This is a restaurant that you only need to go to if you have nothing else planned for the evening. Out waitress only came back to the table one time during the meal. The manager or owner took our drink order after we had been seated for some time. We had to flag down people several times for water, bread, etc. before we got our meal.
- Amici never disappointsOpenTable Diner Since 2010VIPDined on 3/6/2014ive been coming here for a few years and this italian restaurant is the real deal. Outstanding food and the best italian wines. Ask Massimo for any special wines , he almost always has some gems that are not on the wine list. Last week my wife and i took my daughter and two friends who were on spring break from Villanova. We ate at the bar and watched the basketball game. loved the sauteed spinach appetizer and veal milanese. Best pasta in sarasota. Great service by Barbara behind the barSpecial Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Superbjam52Dined on 3/5/2014Excellent food and impeccable service. We have traveled several times to Italy, and the food here rivals authentic Italian cuisine, especially in the region of Puglia. We visited twice during our stay in Sarasota. Highly recommended and not to be missed.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- An Italian gembevangDined on 3/5/2014Great restaurant with wonderful service. The food presentation was good and the meals were delicious. I had the salmon and my husband had the frutte di mare. Everyone was very accommodating and the ambience was lovely.Special Features:
- meat was rawOpenTable Diner Since 2014Dined on 2/14/2014My husband loved his Rack of lamb but my veal chop was raw.... Couldn't even cut it with the steak knife offered.. just kept sawing away at raw meat sliding around the plate.
- Wonderful food and ambiancesallyddVIPDined on 2/7/2014Enjoyed a delightful meal here on a recent visit. The wine list was extensive, with some nice ½ bottle offerings. The caprese salad was outstanding. The bread they serve is OK, but when grilled to accompany the salad it becomes divine. The homemade pasta was delicious as well. We had a nice little table up front, which was a bit secluded. The service was just OK...very, very slow on the bread delivery (was mentioned twice before it arrived) and refiling of the water. We were never offered coffee or dessert, which is a big no-no in my opinion. We'd go back for sure...and hope for another waitress.
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Johnson reveals ID register linked to NI numbers
Home Secretary Alan Johnson has confirmed that the National Identity Register contains National Insurance numbers and answers to 'shared secrets'. In a revelation that is likely to intensify the arguments over the privacy implications of the database, Johnson claimed the NI numbers have been included to "aid identity …
"and a unique national identity registration number."
What's that in barcode?
NI numbers included
and this is surprising because?
NI numbers included
"and this is surprising because?"
Because NI numbers are not unique to individuals, and people might treat them as if they are?
Seriously though, it does allow the ministry of love more chance to data-mine you from all the other gov databases. It will also make it easier to transfer everything to the universes biggest ever DBM with each currently separate database just being a window onto parts of the magaDB
"NI numbers are not unique to individuals"
Since when? Please explain.
NI Numbers not unique
Not sure if this is urban legend or not but I did hear many years ago that one batch of NI numbers got issued twice in the 1960s or 1970s - if that's true then there are a small number of people who have identical numbers to someone else.
Transcription errors also cause problems - see:
I feel very much safer already
Knowing that my personal information is being protected by the impossible to crack 'What was your mother's maiden name?' question.
Thank you Mr. Johnson.
BTW. Can the Reg find out how many New Labour drones have signed up for their commemorative Blunkettcard?
More importantly has the supposedly blind facist himself got one yet? He thought they were such a wonderful idea surely he must have been the first person to volunteer for one?
More Lambs to the slaughter
Alan Johnson also said: "He added that between 20 October and 10 December last year more than 2,400 people had voluntarily enrolled, or made an appointment to enrol, for an identity card."
These all must be labour voters as only they are daft enough to let go of their privacy in the belief that this will "protect" them!
The faster that we can vote these losers out the better!
i cant believe...
.... that they would tout a figure of 2400 people (out of a population of approx 60million) signing up over the course of nearly 3 months as being a successful figure...
Hurry up and bring the Tory's to power please!
RE: i can't believe....
"Hurry up and bring the Tory's to power please!"
Presumably you are too young to remember the poll tax, Thieving cow Shirley "Tesco" Porter, Jeffrey "2 grand per hooker" Archer or any of the other convicted criminals that make up the conservative party?
If you think that bunch of thieving, lying, Etonian crooks are going to be any improvement over the current bunch of thieving, lying "labour" crooks then you really do need some serious help.
Fill in the blank
Hurry up and bring the Tory's ________ to power please!
The Tory's what? And which Tory, btw?
Your choice..
Wonderful choice. Let's see what you get to decide for.
The set of crooks who generated a surplus while occasionally behaving like idiots (who may thus manage to effect at least *some* recovery, or the current set of crooks who have yet to show *anything* positive, and who have generated the largest deficit ever.
Just to clarify the scale of that word "deficit", that's not a "starting from 0" black hole, that's a "starting from a positive balance PLUS raiding everyone's pension funds" type of hole - in the process introducing draconian privacy invading monitoring because they needed to keep an eye out for who was on to them.
BTW, you may have forgotten who came up with the "sleaze" tactic - Mr "You never voted for this man", twice disgraced, definitely-not-deserved-Lord Mandelson.
So well done, intelligent choice. Now go back to reading the Sun, oh, no, they now support the Conservatives too..
Government Statistics.
He added that between 20 October and 10 December last year more than 2,400 people had voluntarily enrolled, or made an appointment to enrol, for an identity card.
Either this means that the Government has received 2400 appointments and does not know how many of them have actually become issued cards, or the Government does know how many cards have been issued and the number is so embarrassingly tiny they don't want to tell us.
Incompetence or failure, which would you choose?
Incompetence or Failure
Those aren't mutually exclusive, through incompetence, they have failed
Mutual exclusion
I'm a Geek if I wanted Mutually exclusive options I'd have written
Incompetence xor failure, which would you choose?
Who Are The 2400?
"He added that between 20 October and 10 December last year more than 2,400 people had voluntarily enrolled, or made an appointment to enrol, for an identity card."
Who are they?
How many of them are Labour party members, doing their bit to support Labour's schemes?
How many of them are dopey journalists who need the state to reassure them of their own identities?
Who are the rest?
Labour, Conservative, what's the difference?
What really irks me about this stuff is the way some people get all partisan about it. Do you honestly think that the Conservatives wouldn't have gone down exactly the same route, or another one that's just as bad? Could you tell me that with a straight face?
Whilst I get irked with all the sixth-form comedy renaming to "Zanu Labia" or whatever's the current preferred mockery of Labour, what really troubles me is the assumption that any of those useless tossers in any party will be our saviour: all the major parties are utterly crap.
No-Policies Cameron and whoever's in charge of the Lib Dems this week may claim they'll ditch the scheme in a heartbeat, but I'll believe it when I see it, especially when it turns out it may be useful or profitable to them. The only way of dealing with this is to fight the policy itself, not to call for an election, which really be a case of out with the old, in with the old.
I'd be AC too
Did'nt you want to sign is as 'Labour Party spindoctor then'?
@Who Are The 2400?
You missed a couple of obvious categories :
1) IPS staff who have been bribed (time off work, free travel) to sign up
2) Fraudsters who want to be first in the queue to learn how to forge these things
Mind you, both may only contribute small numbers. About the only ones stupid enough to sign up in IPS are those actually working directly on the Identity Scheme (they have to try and convince themselves that they are actually doing something worthwhile with their lives). And how many crooks are so daft they think these bits of plastic will have any use by the end of this year?
Re: I'd be AC too
Er, where did I say anything in support of Labour? I thought "all the major parties are utterly crap" was explicit enough, but apparently not.
Thinking No-Policies Cameron is a liability in waiting does not make one a Labour fanboy.
Actually, no
The difference between New Labour and Conservatives is that the latter have actually experience with money, and know that making more for themselves is best done with a growing economy, because it leaves more to grow which can be harvested later.
It's comparing old money with new money. Old money quietly makes more, and a whole family has plenty for generations, new money buys a flash Ferrari and crashes it, leaving the wife and kids to pick up the pieces.
The Conservatives know the flaws in the feasibility study and how it came to be built regardless, and they know that this scam, sorry, scheme will be a bottomless tax money pit that will never deliver on the original requirement. A sort of Dome version 2.0, but with more impact on everyone's lives. They know that the current scheme is so flawed, trying to use it would cost vastly more than it would bring, and remember that they have a New Labour black hole of a deficit to climb out of, no doubt whilst being blamed by "it's never our faul" New Labour for creating it.
The only way to prevent these costs (which New Labour is getting increasingly desperate to embed in government) is to bury this thing and maybe try again when it has been decided what is actually required instead of what makes the most money and creates the best after-government jobs for everyone.
This whole affair started with a report of some 70 professors of the London School of Economics who explained precisely why this thing was a colossal waste of tax money..
RE: Who are the 2400?
So, despite your apparent concern about this, you want to make use of the database yourself. Did you think how gormless this makes you look, moron?
Does this surprise anyone at all? Schedule 1 of the Identity Cards Act 2006 lists "any national insurance number allocated to him" and "questions and answers to be used for identifying a person seeking to make such an application or to apply for or to make a modification of that entry" among the items which may be recorded in an individual's database entry.
shared secrets?
If it's shared, how can it be a secret?
I want one now!
I was unconvinced about whether or not to voluntarily pay £30 for a card, but then I found this encouraging remark on the application site:
"Please note that you are required by law to keep IPS informed of any changes to your personal information. The guidance notes which accompany the form explain how to do this. If you deliberately choose not to let IPS know that your details have changed, you may have to pay a civil penalty of up to £1,000. Once you update your details, the penalty may be waived."
I'd love to pay £30 for the opportunity to be fined £1000 - it's like a lottery!
ID apostacy
So joining up is optional but once in you aren't allowed to leave.
A day older
Please note that you are required by law to keep IPS informed of any changes to your personal information
Should I writer to them each day to tell them I'm a day older?
@ID apostacy
>"So joining up is optional but once in you aren't allowed to leave."
Yes, really, no joke. You're on an utter hiding to nothing. Worst deal ever. Why anyone but a masochist would jump up and volunteer themselves for this vast liability is beyond me.
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Album: Fundamental. Song: "Integral".
Hear it. Love it. Live it.
- Love, Alan Johnson.
Like the song
Hotel California!
Hey! I was enjoying that sandwich!
Anyone got a tissue?
shared secrets #2
If it is a shared secret stored on a government database, how is it secret?
At least with a bank they tend to be a bit careful with passwords etc. however I have no doubt at all - given usual Government IT incompetence that the shared secret answers are stored in the clear, so any person with access to the blunkettcard database will be able to impersonate you.
Two legs good, four legs bad... peace is war... I am not a number...
yet more reliance on an already widely defrauded system. How do you know the number belongs to the person claiming to register it? Oh becouse it's backed up by another piece of forged documentation and a very faulty ancient system. W00t - glad these ID cards are going to be hard to get fraudulently.
Can my secret question be "What do you think of the ID Card scheme"
or would they not accept my answer of "Totally f***ing stupid, pointless, irritating and dangerous but probably pushed in because of a backhander to some Labour MP"
Bugger.. I've just made my entry a tad insecure.
Mother's maiden name
Whilst it isn't impossible to find out my mother's maiden name, it should be fairly difficult to know what answer I gave the bank/ID/etc people for that question. Nobody says it has to be the *real* maiden name do they? Using the real one just makes it easier to find out/remember what you told these folk.
Ditto for any of the other typical "shared secrets" - place of birth, first school, first sexual partner, etc.
Mrs D J Banana (nee Throatwobbler-Mangrove)
And in other news...
Our beloved dictators, knowing that their time is now short, are pushing forward with an expensive white elephant so they can dare the new guvment to cancel it and "waste money" on a scheme that is already in operation and will, by then, have proven* it's worth in PREVENTING TERRORISM. Using politician style "logic", anybody proposing to cancel it in 6 months time will be saying "! SUPPORT TERRORISM" and will be showing their out-of-touch-with-the-people credentials by "THROWING AWAY VALUABLE TAX PAYER MONEY".
You can just see the headlines now...
* "proof". For proof, please see "statistics"
secrets, lol
"If it's shared, how can it be a secret?" Maybe it becomes nearly a secret, like being nearly pregnant, or nearly dead. Strangely enough my bank just dropped the "secret question" verification routine as being to insecure to rely on for identification for major finacial transactions, so who designed these systems?
So who designed these systems?
The same bunch of incompetent consultants who sold the original scheme to the banks.
People up and down the country are............
not signing up for the card
I would imagine that everybody that has signed up HAS something to hide. If I HAD something to hide I would sign up right at the start as well. Then you could tell them whatever they wanted to hear because they're so grateful you have signed up they would believe anything you told them.
Give it a couple of weeks and it will pop up on WikiLeaks... then we will know who all the terrorists are.
Vote for change what ever semblance of democracy is all we have
Err...being stupid but...
If the passport database and the ID database both contain similar data on a person, why didn't they just add in another table into the passport database or add a couple more columns onto the main passport person table for the extra ID data? I mean the passport DB can't be that big that it can't be altered or migrated or would that answer not spend enough money? Not that I want ID cards, but......
Nulabourians tighten...
their grip on the sheeple a little bit more then. And they're 'providing' full body scanners at all airports too. Everyone thank the nice gentleman with the explosive xmas package for his 'assistance' in that , will you. How very convenient.
Now, if they can just come up with a plausible 'reason' NOT to have a general election this year...
do you seriously think the rest are any better?
Perhaps you should changed your ID to "Tory party member".
Not having an election this year
They could just amend this act of parliament http://www.statutelaw.gov.uk/content.aspx?activeTextDocId=1516478
If they were to consider amending said Act, let's hope
"this present... Parliament hereafter to be summoned shall be sooner dissolved by his Majesty, his heirs or successors [the Queer Old Dean]".
That would be somewhat worth her entry on the Civil List.
Re: Mother's Maiden Name
How about if your mother's maiden name isn't written using the Roman alphabet ? I doubt that they have the ability to key in names in Thai / Korean / Laos / Burmese / Chinese character sets and even if they did there are often multiple translations.
I suppose there is no chance that they can store them as JPEG images of the writing.
Yours, Anon, son of squiggle squiggly squiggle(no 2)
Yes it's deep, keep digging!
To be fair, the people running the project have shoe-size IQs and have extreme difficulty remembering to breath when the keeper with the pointed stick takes a tea break.
However, as time has passed, the original idea of a nice clean database containing few if any errors has degenerated to something that will be little better than the passport office or DVLA can provide, using security methods that a child could, and probably will, defeat.
The suggestion of combining passports, driving licenses and id cards into a single document was rejected for no good reason so driving abroad will involve at least three UK documents, each claiming to contain ID info (of course there are other documents that may be required but they aren't issued by uk.gov)
BTW, the 2400 applicants are from just Liverpool and Manchester so far. For some reason MPs have not been asked to sign up, perhaps the results would be embarrassing (and result in expense claims?)
I can't believe all the cynicism
1) obviously the ID scheme has already proved it's worth in the fight against terrorism. 2400 applicants already, everyone who hasn't applied, must ergo, be a terrorist, how simple can that be to work out.
2) merging the databases? obviously no one would swallow such a simple solution as that, the British public expects to be ripped off to the tune of billions of £££££££££££££, and their wishes will not be denied. I mean after the MP's expenses debacle, how is a retired MP to make a city living if he doesn't oil the wheels of big business?. Think of the pensioners, if not the children.
3) not all politicians are scurroulous crooks out to feather their own nests you know. There are a few decent politicians left you know, don't tar them all with the same feather, and Jeffery was only doing research, and Neil was entitled to ask for remuneration for asking that question, don't forget the new expenses scheme only came into effect under Labour, how were politicians expected to make a living before that? Churchill would be spinning in his grave.
4)Alan Johnson has already proved his worth at fucking up a working system, just look at how good a job he made of CWU/RM relations, why should you doubt his already proven ability at completely fucking it up, when it comes to the British public.
Shared Secret
Please, make totally sure that your secret answers for the ID DB are unique i.e. not the same ones you've used _anywhere_ else.
That way when they lose stuff on a train your bank a/c etc won't be compromised. I mean, any more than it already is.
2400 ID Cards Issued?
A much more relevant question for El Reg is; "How many IPS managerial staff were shipped into the enrolment centres to swell the issued numbers for the card when it was launched?"
Should give a very interesting answer if given truthfully.
We're not giving away your info
You are. You must in order to use your ID card.. it's a very simple distinction; but a critical one. Of course, we won't ever tell anyone. We might sell or just lose the info, but we won't tell a soul.
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