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This is a small species with body size between 8-11 mm. Dorsal coloration brown to brownish green, or metallic blue to metallic green. Elytral maculations are complete, and can be normal or reduced, a marginal band is sometimes present. This species occurs most commonly in wet soil, and is closely associated with saline habitats such as salt flats. This is a summer species.


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NRCS has adopted the Corps of Engineer's HecRas (River Analysis System) for computation of water surface profiles. Use of the NRCS program WSP2 has been phased out as NRCS engineers become trained and experienced with HecRAS. The major advantage of this program are Windows-based graphics for input and output, program technical and financial support at the Corps of Engineers Hydrologic Engineering Center, future enhancements expected, and its use by other government agencies and private engineers.
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The HecRAS package includes several support documents, pdf files that are accessible from the program's main user interface. Separate copies may be downloaded here:
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HecRAS User's Manual is a guide to using HecRAS. The manual provides an introduction and overview of the modeling system, installation instructions, how to get started, a simple example, detailed descriptions of each of the major modeling components, and how to view graphical and tabular output.
HecRAS Hydraulic Reference Manual describes the theory and data requirements for hydraulic calculations performed by HecRAS. Equations are presented along with the assumptions used in their derivation. Discussions are provided on how to estimate model parameters, as well as guidelines on various modeling approaches.
HecRAS Applications Guide contains a series of examples that demonstrate various aspects of HecRAS. Each example consists of a problem statement, data requirements, general outline of solution steps, displays of key input and output screens, and discussions of important modeling aspects.
WRAS is a conversion program developed by NRCS that takes existing WSP2 data sets and converts them in HecRAS format for import into HecRAS. Users should be aware that significant differences exist between HecRAS and WSP2 as to the way topography is represented by cross-sections. Users are urged to become fully informed of all differences between the two models by reading the user manuals.
WRAS is written in Visual Basic 6.0, and requires Windows 95 or higher. WRAS is CCE compatible, but also runs on non-CCE machines.
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One reason for computing water surface profiles is to develop cross section rating tables used in the NRCS TR-20 program for flood routing of stream reaches. The WSP2 program developed these tables as an option. However, HecRAS does not automatically develop there tables in the correct format for TR-20. For this reason, a program (named Rating_Table.exe) was written by NRCS to take a HecRAS output file and develop rating tables formatted for input to TR-20. HecRAS has many optional output variables and allows the user to develop a customized table with certain desired information. This customized table, once created and saved, will be accessible for use whenever HecRAS is run on the various projects and plans organized by the user. The program was written based on output from HecRAS version 2.2. Download the zipped file Rating.zip.
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Saturday, January 19, 2013
NEW DURHAM — A collection of treasures and trinkets await those who venture into the recycling building at the Transfer Station.
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Last year we only had six cars at the pinewood derby. We gave out awards for first place, second place and third place. My son received an award for best design. I don't recall if there were any other awards, but every boy received a "drivers lincense." This year we may very well have 30 cars. I don't imagine that anyone is going to try to give everyone an award. It might be nice to do 1st, 2nd & 3rd for each den (except one den only has 2 scouts). Aside from best design, what other awards do you present at the pinewood derby?
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We always gave everyone a "I Did My Best" award. It was a Hot Wheels car hot glued onto a piece of wood with a paper label glued to the front. The kids loved them, though often they would twist the car off the piece of wood and play with the cars. We still have two or three of them from my son's years in the Pack.
We have about 20 cars. We give awards to the top 3. We also give awards for sportiest, most original and best of show.
We go overboard.
Sixty-ish cars last few years. Medals for 1st, 2nd and 3rd for each level (Tiger/Wolf/Bear/Web1/Web2)
Trophies for top 3 overall and best design.
Also we give each scout a blue "participant" ribbon available from Scout store. Those are a pain, but it gives us a chance to say something nice about everyone's car at teh end of the derby.
We've considered a "safe driver" award for slowest car, but haven't done it yet.
If I recall our (very large pack) had 1st, 2nd and 3rd for (Tiger, Wolf-Bear, Webelos) and 6 design categories. Everyone got a ribbon and every car got raced in at least 2 heats. (which took a loooong time) Last award was a big trophy (and small gift) for Best Sportsmanship for the boy the CM spotted cheering on the other's cars.
(When we got a nice track we retired the old one and set it up as an area for tag-alongs to roll old cars down too. That was popular.)
The last few years I was at the pack we started photographing the cars as they got checked in and immediately putting them in a slide show so everyboy's car got splashed on the screen. Occasionally some shots of the deseperate pre-race tinkering (and hand injuries) to bring them under 5oz.
A highlight was a Scouter who was the MC and managed to come up with a racing nickname for every car that raced. Pretty hard when there is 80+
We occasionally had a most spectaular crash award which was a necklace of old toy car tires and parts.
We generally have 30-40 boys at PWD.
We give out 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place medals. These are overall, not by den.
We also do a few design award certificates.
Everyone gets a participation certificate, participation ribbon, and driver's liscense. The 5th grade Webelos create car stands for everyone as part of their Craftsman badge.
I am working to resurrect a Pack that was close to failing.. We may have 6 to 12 boys for the PWD... The Pack has no money, in fact come to find out last year boys earned awards and with no money were given "IOU"'s... So I did some home made awards made out of felt and lots of odds and ends of crafty stuff I had around the house, fabric markers etc... Each boy will get a different award.. If you surf there are lists of different awards.. Don't remember all that I choose, but beside "fastest car", there was "best paint job", "most distinguished car", "mean Machine", "Judges choice", "Most Resourceful car" (It was to be held this month where the theme of the month is Resourcefulness, so the boys were challenged to use what they have around the house to build their cars before going out to buy materials..
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Trophy for Each Rank 1st 2nd 3rd,,Tiger, Bear, Wolf, Webelos 1, Webelos 2...Each Scout ran multple times.I think 3 times..Best Compiled finishes advanced
1st Place each rank competed for Overall 1st 2nd 3rd place trophies
plus we had Open Class ( Adults and Youth outside the Pack and Nonconforming cars) 1st 2nd 3rd
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Pack has 32 very active Cubs, all ranks, and families involved to, and a CM that is willing and eager to "get dirty".
Everyone gets a PWD patch at the next usual Pack Meeting.
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An ad hoc award committee peruses the entries in the "Race Impondment Lot" and makes up awards on the spot , this years included:: Most Patriotic, Best Use of Money(!Coins for weight), Most CARtoonish, Mythical Relations, Best Black, Best Red, Most Realistic, Best use of Legos,..
In our "Unlimited" class (adults, older brothers, ex-CubScouts, etc. ) one dad had molded a block of lead and sheathed it in wood. Looked like his son's car, weighed 7 lbs. We ruled it too dangerous to run on the Cub track.
Our biggest trophy goes to the best sportsmanship. Each boy has an 8x11 back tag with a number on it. Parents watch the boys during the race and vote on the boy who displayed the best sportsmanship and it's the last trophy awarded.


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Carom3D is the world's most popular billiards MMO. The game was developed by the Korean studio Neoact and originally released in 2002. It has a winning formula consisting of low system requirements, a small client size, support for a wide variety of billiards games, and servers for players of different skill levels. How does it compare with the newer, and graphically superior Cue Online? Read on to find out!
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The 60 mb client can be downloaded on the Gameis portal which hosts three other free to play games. All of these pale in popularity compared to Carom, but do share a universal login. The installation screen looks like something from the Windows 95 era, but is thankfully over quickly. After launching the game, players are greeted by a title screen with a host of options. Carom3D is the first MMO I've seen with the option of LAN play. LAN games can still pull player stats from the main server if participants have Internet connectivity. A practice mode is also available which acts as the game's tutorial. New players are highly encouraged to spend some time in a practice match. Carom3D has a steep learning curve and can be quite frustrating for beginners. Graphics options are predictably limited. Only one windowed resolution, 800×600, is available. Full screen mode is available in many more resolutions up to a maximum of 1680×1050.
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After selecting 'online' and logging in, players must chose which server to play on. Servers in Carom3D act as channels, their stats and player data will carry with them when ever they switch servers. Generally speaking, there are 7 different server types. The first typed are reserved for tournaments and are generally empty when there isn't an event going on. A free server supports all game types and players of all ranks. The training server is similar to the free channel, but game results there do do not effect a player's stats. The rest of the servers are labeled either Novice, Advance, Expert, or Professional. The higher ranked servers will be colored red for new players, meaning they cannot be accessed. There are three separate servers for each rank; one for pocket games, one for no pocket games, and one for snooker games. The most popular billiards style involves pockets (the holes on the corners and sides), so this is a good place for beginners to start off. Players with a more advanced understanding of pool, who already know the rules for the more advanced styles, can play the games they prefer.
Rack Them Up!
Carom 3D uses a simple lobby system that should be familiar to gamers. Oddly, a random Korean phrase by a female voice plays when ever players enter a server. The game has an international playerbase and supports a variety of languages, but in reality English and Korean receive the most support. Players are free to host rooms or join those hosted by others. Most games are simple one vs ones, but team modes are also available. Additional players can join a room and act as observers. There are a small number of different stages to play on, but this isn't a major fault since they all play identically. The key controls in Carom 3D are the mouse and the ctrl key. Aligning/powering the cue, and placing free balls is done with the mouse while the ctrl key is used to release the cue to actually hit the ball. It takes a few attempts to get used to this system, but it allows for a lot of precision. At the end of each match, players earn or lose points which effect their overall rating. The people in the rookie channels don't seem to pay much attention to ratings, but it becomes more important in the advanced servers.
Hit the Store
Unlike Cue Online, players can actually see their avatars in Carom 3D. The default avatar is a male with black hair wearing a white shirt and brown pants. Players can purchase a female avatar, or additional clothes using 'chalk' which is the primary currency in Carom 3D. Chalk must be purchased on the official website at a price of $4.99 per 50. Even the item shop is located on the website, when players click 'shop' in-game, a small internet explorer window opens where the items are listed. Some items, especially custom cue designs, can be purchased using points which can be earned by actually playing the game. This mix of cash and point priced items makes for a very balanced cash shop. Nothing in the store is require for regular gameplay. Unlike Cue Online, there's no need to use chalk on cues during matches. In fact chalk, that little square thing people rub against the end of the cue, plays no role in Carom 3D. It's one missing feature compared to its main rival, but it isn't a major one.
Carom3D does an excellent job at fostering a sense of community. Players are given their own profile page which they can customize with backgrounds, an avatar image, and even background music. During account set up, players can chose their country and have their nation's flag be displayed next to their name in the lobby rooms. The dozens of flags on display are proof of the game's universal appeal as a simple billiards simulator. In fact, the game is so popular that it has been included in the international World Cyber Games tournament for years. The graphics are dated, the interface is a bit clumsy by today's standards, but Carom3D still has two major advantages over its newer rival — an established playerbase and support for more game modes. This is definitely a niche game, but for fans of the sport it is well worth checking out.
Final Verdict: Fair
Carom3D was the first major billiards MMO and has established it self as a dead-simple simulation of carom, pool, and snooker games. With international appeal and low system requirements, Carom3D is great at what it does, but player with no interest in pool won't change their minds because of this game.
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One Note. One Note that breached the Void, piercing the Silence. Still, it was alone, Monotone, and without Chord or companion, it could but diffuse itself throughout the Void to touch upon the broken ends of Song, and wait for the guidance of another....
"A hand, Sam! Give me a hand, if you can."
Sam hastened forward, reaching up with both arms to steady his master as Frodo dangled from the last handhold to be found. "I'm right here, Master Frodo! You can let go, it's just a little drop. And you know if I'm saying it, it ain't more than a Shire yard to the ground," he declared firmly. Which was not to say that Sam had much enjoyed making that drop himself, Shire yard or no, but there was no need to say so. If you can't say any good of it, then why open your mouth at all? he'd always been told. Good advice, and Sam was guiltily aware that he had not been very diligent in applying it for quite some time. In fairness, most of his complaints were voiced with an eye to protecting his master. But this grey and menacing land stood the hair on his head straight up, it seemed, and drew forth fears that might've been better left unspoken. Hours they would scramble and to Sam's suspicious eyes, the dull, somber heights seemed unchanged: at the end of the day, however hard and long they toiled, it seemed they returned ever to the same view of those aloof, threatening crags.
And though it's likely a mad notion, I could swear that they watch us, those peaks! Hills, they call them—mountains to me, and they don't much like us, I think. Just then, however, Frodo released his hold on the rock face they had been climbing, and Sam grunted as he tried to steady the other, who landed rather heavily. He earned himself a stubbed toe for his trouble, but Frodo, after a few moments spent panting, straightened up again and sighed as he glanced round.
"Well, that was a bit of a fright. I'm sorry, Sam, I don't know what came over me just then," Frodo said, frowning slightly as he glanced out from their shelf to the east, whence came darkness descending with the failure of day.
"It weren't nothing, Mr. Frodo," Sam replied quickly, surreptitiously wiggling his abused toes. "After all, we hobbits were never made for climbing, that's certain! Look at that, will you?" Sam gestured at the sheer drop on the southern side of their rocky perch. Down it plunged, thrice, possibly even four times, the height of a Man, 'til it reached a spur of rock that led out into a valley of tumbled boulders. "Maybe Strider and Boromir could manage that, and I'm sure Legolas could, but you and me, not a chance."
"Well, not without help. And that side leads back west in any case, or so it seems from the way it bends. This side seems a bit more manageable," Frodo replied. "If we take this—I hesitate to say 'path' but I don't know what else I might call it—if we take it, there looks to be a cranny or a bit of an outcropping there that we can sleep in or behind for a time." He sighed softly, glancing east once more, as night wafted in past the Ephel Dúath. "Tomorrow, we can try the rest of the climb and see whither that gully leads. I do wish we had a map or some notion of how these hills lie."
"I don't know as it'd do us any good, begging your pardon, sir," Sam replied, taking the lead down the 'path.' It was more of a ledge, and Sam felt his heart pounding at the sight of the broken earth below. Determinedly, he pressed on, talking for the sake of sound and strained nerves. "You need a hand free to read a map, and nothing to disturb you. Maybe an Elf could read one without trouble—they walk ropes and run along tree branches like they're proper roads, so maybe they wouldn't see no trouble here. Now me, I need both my eyes and hands to keep on the track."
"I don't suppose even the Men of Gondor would have a reason to come so far, either," Frodo admitted reluctantly. "Who knows if anyone has ever charted these hills?" Which only brought home again how very isolated they were, how far from friends and the bustle of daily life. Following in Sam's wake, therefore, Frodo let the other's chatter wash over him, hoping to hold at bay with it that chill paralysis that threatened at times to overwhelm him, to root him to his spot, unthinking and helpless. Not that he hadn't cause for such fits of panic, given the heights that they had scaled in the past three days, but they worried him. It was as if he would sink suddenly into darkness in those moments, and afterwards, at night, his dreams were plagued with memories of Weathertop and the long dark of Moria.
And they are but a foreshadowing, as it were, of the darkness that hangs over us, Frodo thought grimly, as he reached their shallow scoop of a campsite and sat down at Sam's side. Settling back again, he put his back against the wall and bowed his head. The eastern wind whistled in the passes, and as Frodo nodded off into an uneasy sleep, his mind made of it a lamentation to the lost ones of Middle-earth.
All through the night, the hobbits tossed and turned, shivering in their sleep and waking ever and anon for no discernible reason. It was nearly a relief to wake to a glimmer in the east, though it meant another day of toil, for it had seemed wrong to call 'night' so sleepless a period. Breakfast was a hurried affair beneath a murky sky, and the reek from the bogs below was oppressive, lending a faint flavor of decay even to the lembas. Nevertheless, they made the most of their rations, for Frodo was determined that today they should find a way into the rift that bypassed the bogs. "We have already wandered too long," he said, standing at the edge of the ledge, staring down at the slope. "Four days it has been since we left the Fellowship."
"Do you think they're all right, sir?" Sam asked, in an unusually hesitant voice, and winced slightly when Frodo's face grew very still and almost hard in the dawn-light.
"We cannot think of them now, Sam," Frodo replied, his voice flat. Adjusting the weight of his pack, he pointed at the pocked rock face. "There are plenty of hand holds here, and the slope is not so steep as it is elsewhere. We should be able to work our way north-east. Come, let us go!" Sam only nodded, watching as Frodo began scrambling down as fast as a hobbit could manage.
I shouldn't have asked him that, he thought, as he, too, began to climb, though much more slowly and carefully. I shouldn't remind him. If they weren't my friends, I'd not want to think of them either, alone back there... with the orcs, seemingly. The orcs we left them to. And no way across the river, if they needed to get across. And with Boromir. Boromir! Sam did not precisely fear what the others might say to him—it was plain as day on Rose Cotton's face that he knew he'd been wrong. Worse than been wrong, he'd done wrong. The others might have forgiven him, but Boromir promised to be poor company after that, and Sam could scarcely fathom what the Man must feel now. Enough o' that, my lad! he berated himself, clutching tightly at the rough slope, panting hard as a few pebbles slipped out from underfoot. This is not the place for wool-gathering, no matter what sort of wool it may be.
After that, Sam took good care to concentrate on his climbing, until at length he heard Frodo's voice call up from below. "You're nearly there, Sam! Another ten feet, I'd say."
"Shire or Bree?" demanded Sam through clenched teeth, hoping against hope for Shire.
"Well, Bree, to be honest."
"Meaning no offense to any of the Big Folk, but did they have to be so tall? I was happy with Shire measures and miles with more feet in 'em." But though Sam listened carefully, he heard no laughter from below. Perhaps the wind covered it, but he suspected not. It had been too long since Frodo had laughed easily at anything. Eventually, however, he stood at Frodo's side again, and if his master seemed a bit preoccupied, he also managed a fleeting smile for Sam before they began once more to work their way down through the piled rocks, outbound to the east. All that morning they scrambled, 'til Sam's fingers were scraped, all ten of them, and his feet were sore. Around mid-afternoon, a storm broke out overhead, nearly washing them away, and although they were able to descend a bit further afterwards, they were slowed by the slick pathways that they walked.
And if we're any closer to the end of these hills, I couldn't tell! Sam thought, dispiritedly. They had come a few times to steep precipices that overlooked the plains, but none of them had proved scaleable, even with Sam's rope. "Not unless you figure we could drop off at the end," Sam had once said.
"No, I think not. There must be another way down." And so they had continued on at Frodo's insistence, though it seemed that every turn led them to a dead-end. Towards evening, as the light began to fade in earnest, however, Frodo beckoned to Sam with an urgent note in his voice. "Look! I think we may have found a way. See?" Frodo pointed, and Sam sighed softly, as he stared unhappily down at the too-distant ground.
"Well, if you say so. But not without a rope am I going down that. And you neither," Sam replied, setting his pack down to search for Haldir's rope. Pulling it out from among his other belongings, he found a useful rock and tied it securely before throwing the free end over the edge. So still was the air that the hobbits could hear it slither against the rocks as it uncoiled. Frodo made as if to go first, but Sam stopped him with an out-flung arm. "Let me go, Mr. Frodo. Not that we haven't spent an unnatural long time dangling on cliff edges the past few days, but this is the furthest we've had to climb in one go. May as well be me who slips first. And if I do, I don't want you underneath me."
"No. You stay here and follow me in a bit," Sam replied, cutting him off as, before Frodo could object, he dropped to his knees, took firm hold of the rope, and slid over the edge. Frodo sighed inwardly, resigning himself to humoring Sam. He had wanted to tell him that it hardly mattered who went first—it was a doomed effort, after all. But mayhap it is better he didn't let me, he thought, striving against the temptation to let himself slip once more into the bleak pit of hopelessness. It was so easy a fall! It ought not to be so easy, yet the path he trod between despair and defiant hope was thinner than the slender ropes of the Elves, and sharper than the rocks that awaited the unwary traveler below.
Frodo closed his eyes, clutching the Ring hard through his clothes and felt it heavy around his neck. I know the worst, he reminded himself, gritting his teeth. I know it, but what of it? Why should Sam have to suffer this burden of mine? There are forces in the world—good and evil. And though it seems that the Darkness must come, we have our small triumphs in spite of it. Or because of it, perhaps, I do not know. Maybe it is enough right now that Sam has a little hope, in spite of what happened at Parth Galen. That caused Frodo to wince, for he had not meant to be so very cold to Sam earlier. In truth, he, too, worried about their friends, and a part of him cringed at the thought that even if he were to reach Mt. Doom, he might well find that his efforts and Sam's had not saved them, who so deserved to know peace.
But another part, which he knew to be right, yet which he despised nonetheless, knew very well that it was their place to die on that greensward, if it meant that he and Sam could continue onward. And they know it, Frodo thought, determinedly refusing to use the past tense as he prepared to scale the cliff face. They know it—Legolas and Gimli, Aragorn and Boromir. I think even Pippin and Merry know but... but let us not think about this!
"Are you coming now, Mr. Frodo?" Sam's voice drifted upward from below.
"Yes, Sam," he replied, and swung over the edge into darkness.
The next day was much the same, although at least it seemed that Sam and Frodo had at last found the proper track. About the feet of the Emyn Muil they climbed, picking their way down a long, gentle slope that northwards between two great ridges of rock ran. The slope became a good-sized gully, and a shallow stream trickled through it, dodging the rocks on its way out to the mires. Stony as the land was, it was at least relatively flat, and they made good progress, particularly once they left the boulders behind for a flat sort of rocky shelf. Its surface was riddled with eroded waterways, though only one seemed now to carry any, as their stream fell away to the left. The gully's walls were still higher than a hobbit's head, but even to Sam and Frodo, they did not seem unmanageable. Nevertheless, it seemed to go on a very long time. All that day and into the early hours of the night, they walked and tried not to trip over the shallow grooves in the stone. When they could go no further, they huddled against one of the walls and slept for a time. Dawn saw them wandering steadily forward, as the rock gave way to earth, eventually, until at long last, the gully emptied out onto the rotted plains.
"Well, I can't say but that that's a relief," Sam sighed, wiping sweat from his brow and stretching in the sunlight. Casting a final glance back at the sad, silent heights of the mountains, he shook his head. "Marshes we've done before, at least."
"True enough, although I dare say they shall be just as unpleasant as Midgewater, if not worse. East of the river Mordor's power lies heavy on the land," murmured Frodo, staring out at the fume-enshrouded peaks of the Ephel Dúath. Sam gave him a sharp look, not liking that pronouncement at all, nor the queer note in his master's voice. "So heavy.... Everything is silent, bowed beneath that withering gaze. So heavy... so very heavy...." At this point, Sam frowned, worried. So heavy, Frodo said, and seemed to mean the Enemy's shadow on the plains, and yet.... And yet, I don't know. What else could he mean? The Ring, perhaps? Troubled, Sam laid a hand on Frodo's shoulder and, when his master did not move, assumed his most matter-of-fact tone and said:
"Well, standing here looking at it won't make it no easier. Nothing ever got done just staring at it, my Gaffer always told me, and I expect he's right."
Frodo blinked at that, and shook his head, seeming to come out of his reflections. "Hm? Oh. Yes, well then, let's go, Sam. I suppose we are lucky after a fashion. We could've spent another two days in those hills, if we had not stumbled onto the right path."
"I suppose so, though I don't remember any path, sir," Sam replied, and proffered one of his best scowls in imitation of old Ham Gamgee. That usually got a chuckle out of Frodo, who complained that Sam would never master the art of glaring. But as before, Frodo said nothing, seemed not to notice, and strode onwards with a vigor and determination that might have made him seem intimidating, had he had Strider's height. As it was, 'forlorn' and 'pitiful' were probably closer to the truth, and Sam hurried after him. Hours passed. For a time, it was a pleasant relief to feel living earth and grass underfoot, rather than sharp, hard rock or dead soil. But as the day waned, the ground began to grow muddier, and reedy tussocks or the occasional scraggly bush dotted the landscape, springing up from the stagnant pools of water.
"Phew! What a stink! To think, we'll smell like this place for days," Sam muttered, waving a hand before his nose. It was a futile gesture—the fens were vast and there was no escaping the scent of putrefaction and decomposition. "Where are we headed, Mr. Frodo? Do you know?" he asked after a moment.
"I should know—I suppose that in one sense, I do, but... not truly. I studied the maps that Elrond kept, but Rivendell seems so very dim to me," Frodo sighed, pausing a moment to look round. "I remember that both Gandalf and Aragorn agreed that the Dagorlad was to be avoided, and that that lies north of here. I cannot say how wide these fens are, but it seems we must cross them, and make as straight a line east as we can for the Black Gate."
"Well, I can't say as I remember anything about maps, so I'm no help at all. But you seem to remember an awful lot, sir," Sam said, encouragingly.
"No," Frodo replied sadly, shaking his head. "I remember the words. I remember hearing Gandalf and Aragorn speaking of the southern lands. But I cannot see the map in my mind. I can barely see Strider and Gandalf in the library. Where Rivendell ought to be, there are only words, and a few sparse memories of light and faces. Let's go on."
By nightfall, the hobbits had come perhaps two leagues, weary as they were. Thus far, they had managed to navigate their way through the marsh with only minor mishaps. Sam had fallen into one of the deeper pools when a low, reed-covered rise had suddenly ended, and Frodo had had to pull him out. Later, Frodo had discovered a quagmire. After that incident, Sam had insisted that he take the lead. "Clumsy I may be, but better me than you, Mr. Frodo," he had said firmly. "I'd give a lot, though, for a walking stick. You remember that Strider picked one up in Chetwood when he knew we'd be going into the marshes. Kept us out of most sorts of trouble with it."
"I do remember that. But I don't see much that would serve, even for a hobbit. These bushes are too thin and starved."
"Well," Sam had replied, stooping and hefting a small, slime-covered rock, "I'm not a bad one with stones, and stones'll reach further than sticks anyway."
As the hobbits crept now under the meager cover of one of the scrawny bushes, seeking shelter for the night, Sam's pockets bulged. He now had several such mire-stones (as he called them) in them, their numbers replenished at every opportunity, for Sam used them quite a lot. They did make for some discomfort, though, and he set about piling them on the ground at his side. Frodo, in the mean time, had fallen asleep almost immediately, curled up tightly under his cloak. He seemed so weary that Sam did not wake him, not even for supper. "Such as it is," he muttered under his breath, nibbling on waybread and wishing for apples. Or taters. Or anything, so long as it wasn't lembas. Not that he was truly tired of it, but he foresaw a long walk with naught but elven wafers for sustenance.
Having finished his dinner, Sam sat with his arms about his knees, keeping uneasy watch. A heavy mist had settled over the land, as if the fens' daily noisome exhalations had taken form, and Sam wrinkled his nose as he sipped moodily at his water. Squinting through the night, he thought he could make out a few stars, if he looked nearly straight up. All the rest was fog-obscured darkness, yet though he could not see them, Sam was uncomfortably aware of the jagged mountains to the east. They brooded over all the land, malicious and impenetrable, and if he stared long enough towards where he knew them to stand, he began to believe that in fact, he could see them: looming sentinels on Mordor's borders.
And if that isn't my imagining things, then I don't want to know what it is! Sam shivered, and for once it had nothing to do with the clammy cold. Glancing down once more at Frodo, he felt a stab of fear lance through his heart. All the long way from Hobbiton, he had watched his master grow quiet and grave, and seen a deeper anguish work its way into Frodo's eyes. Ever since Moria, Sam thought. Once, he might not have known what to call that which looked out through Frodo's eyes, or which showed itself in that fist that gripped ever at the Ring through cloth and mithril, or in that hardness of voice that wanted to break under its own strain. But Sam could not be rid of the memory of Galadriel's mirror, and Frodo, it seemed, could not leave Moria behind. Parth Galen had been the bridge of Khazad-dûm all over again.
Except that there was no Strider to lead us, or to tell us where to go. There was no Gandalf telling us to run, just me and Mr. Frodo. What it all added up to, he wasn't quite certain, but he thought he understood a little better now the anguish in his master's unguarded looks.
The next day was spent trudging along, floundering through the watery maze, and after awhile, Sam gave up tossing stones at suspicious patches of ground. There was no point: not only was there not a square foot of soil as seemed secure in his eyes, but he couldn't see anything anyway. For the mist did not lift, and seemed only to grow thicker as they pressed further into the marshes. They had slept the night before facing east, which had at least set them off in the proper direction. But as the day had worn on, they had had to go far round about to avoid the deep and often quite broad meres, or to escape tracts of mires. So bad was the vapor that the hobbits had to grope forward, hand in hand, to avoid losing each other, trusting to touch and blind luck to guide them in this space, where sight and sound failed utterly.
"What I wouldn't give for a breeze to clear out this murk," Sam sighed once, wincing at how loud his own voice seemed. "But there's not a breath of it, not even a bird's whistle to break through this."
"No. Nothing lives here now," Frodo answered, his reply falling flat and dead into the still air, as if the mists had strangled it. "It's like a dream... or a nightmare that never ended. Something happened here—something terrible, for the malaise to linger so long on this land." Sam shivered at that, and it seemed to him afterwards that the silence was worse than ever before. By mid-afternoon, the drenched, slime-coated hobbits came to a sudden stop. They had come to a patch of ground that seemed dry enough for this miserable land, and without speaking, the two sank down onto the moist earth.
"It's not that I want to stay here any longer than I have to, Mr. Frodo, but I've got to stop," Sam panted, shivering with cold, and shook his head as he huddled in his wet cloak. "I'm dead tired right now, and I hate this stench, and... and I don't know! Something about this place and this mist just strikes me to the core, and I can't hardly move."
"It's the air," Frodo replied.
"It's more than the air, beggin' your pardon, sir," Sam answered. "It's everything. It's the mud, and the water, and the smell, and the air, and these blasted, sharp-edged reeds and wretched bushes—it's all the world, as far as I can tell right now!" There came a silence, and Sam felt his cheeks heating in embarrassment. Now what happened just then? Where'd all that come from? he wondered, shocked by his own sudden vehemence.
"I'm sorry, Sam." Frodo's voice was soft, subdued, and ordinarily, Sam would've hastened to apologize himself, for he had not meant to drag Frodo's spirits down with his own. But there was something in the other's tone—something relentless, yet resigned... implacable, maybe, if implacable knew how to suffer at the same time. Such things passed beneath or else beyond Sam's ability to voice, yet he knew them, and before them, he remained silent. For long they sat, turned a little away from each other, and Sam felt his eyes drifting shut of their own accord. Just for a little while, whispered the voice of sleep. Only a little while... surely a few minutes are not so very many....
Stop that! Sam jerked straight, rubbing at his eyes with grimy hands, and he blinked at the pale light. Light? Light! "Mr. Frodo! Look!" Before them, some fifteen feet away, it seemed, hovered a bright spot in the mists—a pale luminosity that flickered a bit as its rays stole through the drifting haze.
"I see it! There are more, I think," Frodo replied, sounding tense with wary curiosity.
"What do you think it is, sir?"
"I don't know. I've never seen such a thing."
"You don't suppose," Sam paused, lowering his voice further still and gripping his sword pensively, "you don't suppose that there's someone out there in that muck?"
"It isn't moving... they just... appear and then... then disappear. Look there! Like that, just as if they were snuffed."
"And then relit," Sam murmured, watching one of them blink into existence just as another went dark. "What do you think, Mr. Frodo?"
"I think," Frodo said slowly, rising, "that we should leave. We have sat here long enough."
"But which way do we go?" Sam asked, glancing about and seeing naught but grey mist and occasional dim radiance.
"This way," replied Frodo in a strangely hush tone, and Sam felt him fumble for his hand. Clutching at it, Sam found himself led along he knew not whither. Great tendrils and clouds of mist swirled before his eyes, coming between Frodo and himself, and the odd, sullen lights drifted by about him. The ground was wet and cold beneath his feet, and rather slimy, and the mud sucked at every step, but Frodo kept moving. I don't like this, Sam thought, watching uneasily as another light blinked out suddenly. He wasn't half this sure of himself when we could see our path... if you can call it a path that we've been walking. And now this. How does he know? Or is he only guessing?
Just then, the terrain changed suddenly, and Sam let out a yelp of alarm as he went to his knees. He felt Frodo's hand slip from his grasp, and chill water greeted his outstretched hands with a soft splash. "Are you all right? Sam?" Frodo called back to him, though he could not have been more than a foot or two distant. A shadow knelt beside him, and as Frodo leaned close to peer anxiously at him, Sam sighed softly.
"I tripped," said he unnecessarily. "Something uneven here about the ground, and I... bless me, but look at that!" For just as he had been speaking, one of the lights had appeared before them, low-lying as some of them were, although it still hovered over Sam and Frodo. Greenish it appeared up close, or perhaps a pale blue, and Sam reached out to wave a hand beneath it, only to feel cool air against his palm. "Nothin' there," he muttered, bowing his head an instant, anxious and perplexed... and that was when he saw it. With a cry, he scrambled back on all fours.
"What is it?"
"There's a Man in there!"
"In the water! Look in the water!" Frodo, frowning, did so, peering cautiously over the edge of the ill-lit pool. And for all that it was murky, he saw with great clarity the water's treasure. A young man he beheld, eyes wide and darkly staring, clad in mail, and his hair streamed out to mingle with the fallen reeds. A long lost soldier, waxy and bloodless now, though Frodo could see the tears and rents in the armor where swords had done their vicious work.
Perfectly preserved, he seemed, and yet decay lay heavy upon him—stir the water but a little, and he would disappear as flesh and fragile bone dissolved in the mere's reeking bosom. Touch his hair, and it would drift to the surface; touch his face, and fingers would sink into his skull; the white tree upon his tabard seemed wilted. And to Frodo's horror, those dead eyes seemed to stare at him accusingly, and a dead hand seemed to point, as if this long-forgotten son of Gondor knew where lay the Doom that had brought him and so many of his brethren to an untimely end. At just that moment, the light over the pool flickered and died, and suddenly, the water was dark again.
Slowly, Frodo backed away, heart hammering in his chest, and the Ring seemed to hang heavy on its chain, dragging him down. Work of my Hand, and work of yours, Ring-bearer! mocked an insidious little voice in his mind.
"Mr. Frodo?" Sam's worried voice murmured, and he felt the other's hands upon his shoulders.
"We must keep moving... keep moving, and... and not look into the pools. Never look into the pools," Frodo managed, clambering to his feet. He grabbed one of Sam's hands, clutching hard, and began once more to walk, as swift as he could, skirting the pool by as wide a berth as he dared. "Come, Sam, let's—did you hear that?"
"If by 'that' you mean—that," Sam whispered hoarsely, just as noises issued from somewhere to his left... and far too close at hand. It took him a moment to realize what it was, but then he felt his blood run cold. Someone wading through the waters... a lot of someones, he thought. Who would come here? It seemed far too much to hope that a company of Boromir's people had strayed into this swamp, for surely they would prefer to hunt their enemies elsewhere. Which left the hobbits with the unpleasant conclusion that perhaps their enemies might prefer to use the marshes as a byway....
Orcs! Sam swallowed. Breathless, the hobbits stood still, waiting to see how events would turn. The strangers who filed through the marsh were now clearly orcish, for a few low-muttered curses could be heard amid the splashing. A fair-sized company, it seemed, that walked the fens, passing like misshapen ghosts in the mists. Sam stuck his knuckles in his mouth and hoped that orcs had worse hearing than Elves. His other hand, though, crept down to the grip of his Barrow-blade, and he waited, tense, wishing he had, say, Boromir's height and strength. Although I suppose it'd be a lot harder for a Man to hide, even with this fog. Which was why Sam decided that perhaps it would be better to have Strider's skills—at least then, he'd have a chance if it came to either fight or flight.
Of a sudden, he felt Frodo leaning against him, shaking like a leaf. What's wrong... oh blast, the Ring! It had happened before, at Weathertop, and Sam had known intuitively that his master had been in trouble of the worst and most helpless sort. And now it had struck again. Hastily, Sam reached across himself to grasp at Frodo's hands, hoping that if the other had something else to hold onto, the Ring's allure would not be unbearable. Frodo's grip was painful, as if the other sought to anchor himself to Sam's solid support.
Yet the tremors did not cease, and Sam felt fear congeal in his stomach, as he tried desperately to think of what to do. If they moved, they would surely be heard and pursued unless they were extremely careful, but they had already made quite a bit of ruckus over that poor lad in the mere. What if we just stayed still? In this mist, they could pass two feet in front of us and never know we were here! And there's enough water in this ground that surely the scent won't stick! We both just smell like swamp anyway. It was not, he realized, as if they had a choice. Until the fit had passed, Frodo could not move, not with any stealth at least. Best to stay here, then. Hold on, Mr. Frodo, just hold on a bit longer—
"Hai!" Just then, a shadow loomed up right over them, stepping out of the fog as if by magic. A scout! Sam didn't think, he simply reacted. Jerking a hand free, he grabbed his sword, swept it out, and struck. The orc shrieked... and it continued to shriek as Sam and Frodo abandoned all caution and ran. Sam had surprised his foe, but the blow, though fatal, had not pieced either heart or lungs, and so his enemy continued to scream and writhe after it had fallen. Harsh cries went up behind them as the orcs bounded forward in pursuit.
For his part, Sam did his best to avoid the bushes and reeds, and if he fell, he scrambled up again as fast as he could. But between the orcs behind him and the mist all about him, he soon lost sight of Frodo. Panic struck deep in that instant, and Sam opened his mouth to shout... and then the cry died ere ever it could leave his lips. Don't give him away, Sam Gamgee! a voice in his head cried. And hard on that thought came the realization that perhaps... perhaps it was better if he did lose Frodo. Because maybe that means the orcs will, too. They can't know how many we are, can they?
And so it was that Sam found his steps slowing, found himself turning back round to face the orcs. He couldn't possibly win in any fight, but Sam did his best, trying to recall any and all advice that Strider or Boromir had ever given him on sword-work. Keep moving, chiefly, and Don't hesitate came to mind, and when the orcs appeared before him, he didn't. With a snarl as fierce as he could make it, Sam flung himself at his pursuers. The first orc dropped, surprised like the other, and the second one was caught trying to turn. Curses rang out all around him—So much for keep moving!—and the circle closed. Sam got a few—in such close quarters, it was inevitable. And so was the flat of the blade that slammed into the back of his head, sending consciousness fleeing in an explosion of stars....
... and a burst of Sound.
Welcome to Book IV. Long ago, I decided I would follow JRRT's original division of labor (Sam and Frodo/ the remainder of the Company), so anyone interested in charting the course of this tale can make a check mark next to "Taming of Sméagol" and "The Passage of the Marshes." I apologize for the rather dull bits—I'm afraid I find swamps and being lost in hills rather monotonous, yet I couldn't quite bypass them. After this, it gets better, I swear!—Dwimordene
Author's additional note: I never noticed the hobbits using different measures from Aragorn or the rest of the world. But you'd think they would have a local measurement more appropriate to their size, though they'd be conversant with measurements out of Bree, which match our own. And since Sam was needing to cheer Frodo up a bit, I thought I'd let him have his Shire standard, for all the good it did him.
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Carolin Widmann and Alexander Lonquich are hailed in the New York Times for their recording of the C-major fantasy, the B-minor Rondo and the A-major Sonata by
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Sometimes it is hard to understand why a work widely deemed a masterpiece fails to catch on with performers. But the reason Schuberts astonishing Fantasie in C for Violin and Piano (D.934) is played infrequently is obvious to all performers who have tackled it: The piece is tremendously difficult. Though there have been some excellent recordings, a recent one offers an especially vibrant and commanding performance by two impressive German artists: the violinist Carolin Widmann and the pianist Alexander Lonquich. [...] The instrumental writing is akward, especially for the piano. But it must be played with the kind of effortless grace and delicacy this duo demonstrates. [...] This rewarding album includes beautiful accounts of Schuberts Rondo in B minor and Sonata in A. The sonata is also pretty hard, especially the restless scherzo. You would not know this, though, by the fleet, crisp and sly performance from these superb Schubert players.
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Everything Lubimov plays is thought through in depth and mature, musicianly detail, so that the performance never sounds intellectualised or manicured. To the two books of Préludes he brings a variety of nuance that is the very opposite of processed piano-playing, and the colours of the music are enhanced by his choice of instruments a 1925 Bechstein for Book One and a 1913 Steinway for Book two.
Andrew Clark, Financial Times
British daily The Herald on Garth Knox'
Its nothing less than a survey of 1000 years of Western musical tradition. The violist with his long-time musical associate, cellist Agnes Vesterman, goes back to his folk roots with traditional airs and dances, moves forward through a hymn by Hildegard von Bingen, into the medieval period with music by Machaut, on through John Dowlands Flow My Tears and Purcells Music For A While; into the Baroque with a sizzling Vivaldi concerto actually written for the viola damore, and bang up to date with an atmospheric two-part piece for viola and electronics, written for Knox by leading Finnish composer Kaija Saariaho.
Its a gobsmacking disc, and Knoxs playing throughout, in a very un-showy way, is out of this world: he includes one of his own compositions, entitled Fuga Libre, where his strength, power and technical prowess are mind-boggling.
Michael Tumelty, The Herald
The Guardian's John Fordham is thrilled by the enery displayed in the playing of Keith Jarrett's so-called European quartet on
This enthralling double album is a previously unreleased concert set from Tokyo in 1979 and features Keith Jarretts European quartet of Jan Garbarek on saxes and flute, fellow Norwegian Jon Christensen on drums and Swedish bassist Palle Danielsson. The band made their last live album, Personal Mountains, on the same trip this one covers many of the same vivid Jarrett originals, and is the better set. But you dont need to know that history to hear the bands exuberance over Jarretts teasing yet hard-rocking vamps, Garbareks brusque power and the rhythm sections energy and freedom.
John Fordham, The Guardian
The Sunday Herald on the co-operation of Arild Andersen with Tommy Smith & the Scottish National Jazz Orchestra for
In the jazz world, having your celebration of the music associated with ECM Records considered suitable for relase by the label itself is a pretty impressive accolade. Inviting the marvellous Norwegian double bass player Arild Andersen, whose association with the label stretches back to some of its earliest releases, to be the featured soloist may have smoothed the way. But while Andersens playing is as majestic, nimble and big-toned as expected, the Scottish National Jazz Orchestras quality of musicianship and ensemble sound make it an equal partner at the very least- in this enterprise.
Rob Adams, Sunday Herald
Andy Sheppard's approach to improvisation on
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Andy Sheppard first sequestered himself for four days with Michel Benita and Sebastian Rochford, improvising together and recording everything. Sheppard has said, We seemed to be able to improvise virtually complete tunes. He worked on editing and harmonizing the material, and used much of it two years later for this album, the trios ECM debut.
This backstory is relevant because it illuminates their creative process. As Sheppard describes it: Improvise, write it down, develop it, then replay the tune with fresh improvisation.
ECM is the word headquarters for spontaneous composition. This ensemble goes further because their spontaneous compositions are run through twice: refined, recomposed, and reimagined. Every piece here is a concise, elegant, self-contained song.
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Heavenly Eggless Tiramisu
I've known Terri from Hunger Hunger for many years. We connected when both of us were featured in a local Malaysian newspaper. Once in a blue moon, Terri and I would exchange emails and I even made plans to visit her in her hometown, Kota Kinabalu in Malaysian-Borneo, but the plan never panned out. One thing is for sure, Hunger Hunger continues to whet my virtual appetite with Terri's fabulous home-cooked meals, baking recipes, her local dining experiences and travel eats. Please visit Hunger Hunger and you will be hungry for sure as Terri tempts us with her mouthwatering content and food photography. Please don't miss out her heavenly eggless tiramisu recipe below.
I am honored and delighted to guest post on Rasa Malaysia, one of the top food blogs that inspired me to start my own blog 4 years ago. I don't know if Bee remembers it, but I wrote to her asking for photography tips and was thrilled to my toes when she replied me. One of her tips, which I stick to, is to use white tableware and if you dine at my house and find that all my tableware are white, blame it on Bee!
Bee and I agreed on a tiramisu post and I took quite a while to make different versions of tiramisu (green tea, green tea with choc and classic) because Italian mascarpone cheese (pronounced "mas-car-pon-nay," not "mas-car-pon") is flown in only once a week by a wholesaler and the hotels get the first pick. I've found that only Italian mascarpone—creamy-white, less dense but silkier than clotted cream with a milky flavor that reminds me of good buffalo mozzarella—makes the best tiramisu.
Tiramisu is one of the easiest desserts to make. There's no baking (unless like me, you make your own sponge fingers or sponge cake) and all you do is just assemble the dessert like how you make an English trifle. This is a recipe I've adapted from a wonderful recipe called Majestic Tiramisu (from the kitchen of the Majestic Hotel in San Francisco) found in one of my favorite cookbooks, San Francisco's Cooking Secrets. What makes the Majestic tiramisu so heavenly is the use of chocolate ganache to sandwich the sponge fingers before they are dipped into a coffee-Marsala mixture. Most recipes do not include a chocolate layer. I've stuck to this recipe for 15 years because I've not found a better tiramisu recipe than this. I've amended the recipe to my liking by reducing the sugar, adding coffee liqueur to the espresso, whisking the heavy cream to give more volume instead of just mixing it with the cheese. I prefer to use home-made sponge cake instead of sponge fingers especially if I'm making a tiramisu gateau. The difference is totally worth the extra effort. Sponge fingers can sometimes turn out too wet or too dry.
After my photo shoot, I ate a slice of classic tiramisu and one bite was enough to remind me why the dessert is named tiramisu, meaning "pick me up." The blend of coffee, chocolate, mascarpone and most of all, liqueur, will pick you up even on your gloomiest day.
The great thing about this recipe is that no raw eggs are used. That means that I can serve this cake a day or two after it's made when the cake is at its best as the flavors would've blended and mellowed and the cake would've firmed up. I've never liked zabaglione and raw egg yolks make me uneasy. If you do like raw eggs, you can still incorporate them into the tiramisu. Experiment with the level of sweetness and liqueur too. That's what cooking is about, tinkling with ingredients—kitchen chemistry—to create food that please your taste buds. The key to making a good tiramisu, or any dish really, is to use the best and freshest ingredients. Get the best coffee, the best liqueur, the best chocolate, the best mascarpone and leave the tiramisu overnight for the flavors to blend. Serve it the next day and be amazed by the most awesome tiramisu you've ever tasted. Buon appetito!
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Love tiramisu….Easy and totally heavenly! These pics look stunning, and you managed to slice it so neatly!
Brilliant that this tiramisu is so scrumptious and eggless at the same time. Love it!
Looks better than heaven!
Just in time! I was thinking of tiramisu this weekend :) thank you!
thanks bee for the shout out! make one tiramisu yourself this weekend!
This Tiramisu is terrific! I can't wait to try it. What if I only have access to regular mascarpone, and not the premium one described in this post? Any suggestions?
it looks yummy.
Thanks for the pitcher, I got it yesterday. Really nice.
Wud like to try the recipe but can u help:
1 cup strong expresso. Not very clear abt this. Is it 1 cup of expresso powder or do I have to mix it to get 1 cup liquid expresso. do u know of any brand. thanks alot
hmmmm my favorite Tiiiiiiiramisuuuuuuu :)
must try!
One look at the delicious looking photo and I knew I wanted to make this dessert. It looks incredible!
Have some questions though: if you don't have access to/can't afford decent mascarpone cheese, could you substitute cream cheese?
Also, what size pan should be used? An 8-inch round or square glass dish? 9-inch? How deep should the pan be?
elizabeth: hmm. regular mascarpone will give you a regular tiramisu. still, better than nothing!
et: it's liquid coffee, not the powder, for soaking the sponge fingers. make your choice of coffee, just stronger. I used local sabah-malaysian coffee + brazilian coffee, 2 1/2 tbsp to 1 cup.
rebecca: no no no, cream cheese can't sub mascarpone, it just won't be as good! cream cheese is heavy and slightly salty while mascarpone is very light, slightly sweet, smoother than butter and has a milky flavor.
9″ is good. square or round too is up to you but square will have more volume so the tiramisu will be lower but it's ok. about 3 to 3.5″ deep is good. make sure it's glass though or you won't be able to see the layers. make it soon n tell me how it turned out!
i made it yesterday and daringly shared with my friends today for the first time! i must say it is really heavenly and will stick to this! lovely and wonderful!!!! thank you!
I'm so excited to try this recipe out~!
annie: makes me so happy tt you did it n liked it! it's one of my best recipes, and guarded for years!
This is my favourite dessert.
Hi this looks so delicious, I keep wanting to make tiramisu but my mum freaks out about raw eggs so I usually end up not making it. I love the look of this recipe but Im in the UK and dont understand the measurements! Ive looked for converters but they are not very clear. Could you please tell me the grams and millilitre equivalent of the ingredients please? I'd be so grateful.
Hi Terrie, would love to try this! Can I ask a silly question? Does 3-4 T of coffee liqueur means tablespoon or teaspoon?
Hi, Happy New Year! Would you please be so kind to share with me of how to prepare chocolate ganache for this Tiramisu. Thanks, Monica.
Where is the chocolate ganache described in the description on page 1? Please provide it will lift this above over yet another very good Tiramisu…
yumyum: one gram = 0.35 oz, 1 ml = 0.34 fluid oz
meowmee: yes, big T is tablesppon, small t teaspoon.
monica & tsr: see step 2!
Hi! Tried your recipe being the third one I tried over the internet and this one seems the most successful! Thanks much! I will also try with kopi sabah since I have some sachets left. For the chocolate ganache I used plain cooking chocolate but it didn't give me the chocolaty taste was hoping. Will use bitter sweet next time!
Eggless except for the sponge cake or fingers? ;) Sorry if that seems snarky, but it does make a difference to folks who are dealing with food allergies. This is not an eggless recipe unless you also have an eggless recipe for the cake – and if you do, I'd love to have it!
I totally agree with you. I always get so excited to see egg free recipes for some of my favorite desserts (allergy in the family) and so disappointed when the recipe pulls a switcheroo like that. Sponge cake and lady fingers are not egg free so neither is the recipe unless you provide an eggless recipe for those items. Now it is not difficult to find recipes for eggless sponge on the internet, but will the tiramisu still be heavenly? Probably not. Very misleading. The name of the recipe should be changed.
What is the recipe for the sponge cake if you were to make it at home?
Can i omit the rum or i can replace it with kahlua? how to ensure the mascarpone does not curdle? i have tried making tiramisu with other recipe but my mascarpone always curdle. I am using an electric hand mixer
can I make dipped the sponge cake with only coffee and without liqueur. does the taste will be the same and still be delicious?
hi. i really2 wanted to try this but can u suggest whats best to sub the liqueur and rum?
i am muslim any idea wat can i use to subtitued the alcohol
I love the presentation of your cake. How did you get the edges of the cake so straight? Did you cut it after cooling? Also, how did you prevent the cocoa powder from getting onto sides when dusting. I have baked a 10″ square cake that I am planning to torte and layer. Thanks!