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#1 Mon 05 Mar 07 8:17am
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picnic food....
hay y'all,
i've got a picnic comming up....
all of us are contributing some food.....
what food should i contribute.........
im on a budget....
simple foods will do....
thanx loads
#2 Mon 05 Mar 07 9:24am
- Member Occupation Teacher/Registered Nurse
- From Brisbane Australia
- Member since Fri 14 Apr 06
Re: picnic food....
Quiche.... gorgeous eaten cold.... can be anything you want... we usually have ham with lots of cheese. Very filling.
But you can do the same thing with Chicken,
You need:
about 4 eggs,
lots of cheese - grated
half a cup of cream or milk... depending on how rich you want it
1 onion
About 330gms of shredded ham
Chop the onion into little pieces and saute them until they are soft.
Place in the bottom of a baking/pie dish along with some shredded ham and a handful of cheese and mix it all around. Beat the eggs together really well with an electric mixer and add the cream/milk. Pour over the ham/onion/cheese mixture and then top with grated cheese. Bake in a moderate oven for about 45 minutes or until golden brown.
For a picnic, I would suggest making a pastry to line the quiche, this can either be bought or made, depending on your preference.
Take the whole thing... still in the pie dish to your picnic and then serve straight out of the dish at the picnic.
Last edited by gregandjanine (Mon 05 Mar 07 9:25am)
#3 Mon 05 Mar 07 9:37am
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- From sydney, nsw, australia
- Member since Mon 20 Nov 06
Re: picnic food....
what about an antipasto platter type thing... (dont really know allot about it, lol)
#4 Thu 08 Mar 07 6:32am
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Re: picnic food....
Parmesan chicken baguettes with caper mayonnaise
4 chicken breast fillets
1 cup plain flour
Salt and pepper
60ml (¼ cup) milk
2 eggs
1 cup fresh white breadcrumbs
1 cup finely grated parmesan
1/2 cup freshly chopped flat-leaf parsley
2 tbsp freshly chopped thyme
1 tbsp butter
80ml (1/³ cup) olive oil
6 baguettes, baby rocket leaves and caper mayonnaise (below), to serve
Place each chicken breast between a double layer of plastic wrap and flatten slightly with the side of a meat mallet or a rolling pin. Cut each breast into 3 strips.
Place flour in a shallow bowl and season with 1 tsp salt and pepper to taste. In a second bowl, lightly beat milk and eggs together. Mix breadcrumbs, parmesan and herbs in a third bowl with salt and pepper to taste. Dip fillets in flour to coat, then in the egg mix and lastly in the breadcrumbs.
Heat butter and olive oil in a large, non-stick frypan over medium heat. Place schnitzels in the pan (don't overcrowd - cook in batches if necessary) and cook for 3-4 minutes on one side until golden brown. Turn and cook for a further 3-4 minutes. Remove from pan, drain on paper towel. Allow to cool and then refrigerate until ready to transport. When ready to serve, fill baguettes with baby rocket leaves, top with 2 schnitzel strips and a dollop of the caper mayonnaise.
Caper mayonnaise
160ml (²/³ cup) whole-egg mayonnaise
1 tbsp baby salted capers, rinsed, chopped
2 tbsp freshly chopped parsley
1 tsp freshly grated lemon zest
Stir ingredients in a small bowl until well combined.
Macaroni Salad
4 pounds cooked macaroni
3 cans drained tuna
2 cans chopped olives
1 cup boiled garden peas
1/4 cup grated romano
Mix it all together, let it sit in the fridge overnight
Salsa Chicken
3 pkgs Chicken thighs
1-30oz jar Medium Spicy Salsa
Garlic Powder
Onion Powder
Black Pepper
Poultry Seasoning
Preheat oven to 350 deg.
Cut each piece of chicken in two making 24 pcs total.
Spray some non-stick cooking spray in the bottom of a good sized oven pan. Don't use those throw away aluminum ones to cook in.
Coat the bottom of the pan with a thin layer of medium spicy salsa.
Put all the chicken pieces in the pan and season with the spices.
Pour the remaining Salsa over the chicken.
Cover pan with lid or aluminum foil and bake for covered for about 30-45 minutes.
Uncover and before putting back in oven, check liquid level. Normally the Salsa will become more liquid as it cooks, but if the pan looks a little dry, add a small amount of water. This will also tone down the spice of the Salsa if you don't like your food too spicy.
Cook uncovered for another good 40 minutes or until chicken is done.
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is anyone have any experience with the saiga's 16 and 20 plus inch barrel rifles. Maybe muzzle speed between the two??? and accuracy.
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is anyone have any experience with the saiga's 16 and 20 plus inch barrel rifles. Maybe muzzle speed between the two??? and accuracy.
i have a 16 and 20 inch 308s--haven't had a shoot off to see which one will pull the best MOA as one is scoped the other is iron sights.
the 20 inch scoped with a good scope ammo and mount is a solid 1.5MOA or even less at times depending on how good the ammo is. it does about 2inch moa on the steel case 308/7.62x51--pretty darn good if you ask me.
Thanks, I appreciate it!!!
I believe the thread was on Calguns, but there were some guys that did a head to head comparo of a Springfield M1a vs. a Saiga .308.
What it came down to is there was no noticable difference in accuracy between the two rifles.
I've been thinking of getting a 308 Saiga but man.. #1 I don't need another 308 to feed and #2 lord knows I have enough Kalashniovs.
I can relate to having to feed another 308, its like having a house full of Red-Headed step kids with a 10 ft tape worm? I was looking at center fire systems, they have one with a 21 inch barrel and thumbhole stock. I have the 16, think I'll just buy ammo instead. Thanks
Had both the 16 and 20 inch Siagas and they are as accurate as a standard M1A.
I picked up a 22" model 2 years ago. Put a bi-pod on and a 3x9x40 scope. Broke in the barrel slowly and that sucker hits clay skeet disks at 350 yards. Keeps all shots on a quarter at 100 yards. Even put up against an AR10 last spring and we went shot for shot for 20 rounds. The AR10 owner was amazed. For a rifle that was only $389.00 on Wolf ammo to shoot like that ? Its worth it..Now have to go to the bank to get a loan to buy some magazines for it..
308 saiga seem to be very nice. Has anyone experience witht the M76 8mm ak?
Paid 269$ at gunshow for mine :)))))).Wish i would of bought 2,then.

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Apparently the first call was to the local pest company. They aren't interested in killing honeybees if they can avoid, so gave my information to this guy.
After explaining that it was way too late in the year to do a cutdown and then do a cutout and after hearing the "branch" they were in was at least 24" in diameter, I informed the guy that if he could just block the entrance, they should be able to cut down what they needed to (so the tree wouldn't ever fall on the house) and just leave the stump there with the bees. I suggested wrapping a blanket around the tree and tying it up to keep the bees inside while the cutting was going on, but he wasn't too interested in doing it himself. What if I came and picked you up and drove you since you have the suit and everything so you don't get stung.
I told him, yeah, that would work. Give me a call once you plan on cutting it down, and you can pick me up the night before and I'll close up the entrance after dark.
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Discussion in 'Lighting Discussion' started by KentWong999, Jan 12, 2012.
I like them. What model years do they fit? How much are they? Details?
Its for a Chevy Silverado 99-02 should fit all models
Wow, those look pretty cool! I'm still at a point where I think a lot of guys are, I know there are different aftermarket lights, but I don't quite know what I want to do for an upgrade because there are so many different options out there.
But I know what I like and those look pretty cool!
Styling your car in your own personal way is the only way stand out from the rest!
Well, had these been available, last week (and the price both known and reasonable) I'd likely have ordered the chrome pair. But alas, I ordered some last week and have them sitting in the shop for installation, tomorrow...
i like them. but i like the black better then chrome by far but nice lights
They would be a nice mod to individualize anyones truck. nice find!!!
Did you get them installed Surreal? I wanna see them on!
Nope. The ones I ordeed (again, not the ones in this thead) have a non-working LED on the driver's sider, so they're going back.
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text: I am not a fan of Garrett. This goes back prior to his being hired as the head coach. I think Jerry totally screwed up the hiring process by making him the Assistant Head Coach under Phillips. But then I think Phillips was the wrong guy to begin with and said so when he was being considered. My gripe about Garrett is two-fold. I think he never showed enough as a coordinator to warrant the head coaching job, and his on the job training is not what this team needs. Now Garrett is a nice guy, I'm sure. But the latter is one of the big points about why this guy should not be the head coach. And I will give you a PRIME example of how this comes into play. The first half Dallas was using a two tight end formation and was moving the ball. They were having success to the point that Collinsworth made a remark about it. Then the second half came around and Washington made an adjustment. They started blitzing from Romo's blind side and put the pressure on him. Dallas was finding it increasingly difficult to pass the ball because Haslet made the adjustment at halftime Now in my mind the play would have been to set up as planned with the two tight end set, then move one or both of the tight ends to the opposite side late in the play clock and force the Redskins to face more blockers, or send the blitz from the side where Romo could see it. Did Garrett use the opportunity to call his team together and make an adjustment? Rob Ryan calls the defensive plays. So Garrett missing a few plays at that point to get his team focused would have been the right thing to do. Which brings me to my complaint. 1. He made no adjustment whatsoever to the blitz. 2. With Ryan calling the defense, with little to no input from Garrett, how is this team being run differently than it was under Wade/Garrett. You have two different squads and two different bosses. The only difference is Garrett has a press conference later after the game. Right kind of guy - I'm fine with that. Changing the culture of the team - well, we'll see about that because the culture is based on what Jerry Jones does - but I'll give Garrett credit for this. But leadership means defining the lines and taking charge. He exhibited no leadership in changing the offense to adjust to the blitz. He has shown no leadership in bringing in a play caller, because he needs to lead the team and not just half of it. His on the job training has brought this team 8-8 twice and nothing he has shown in two years as head coach indicates he learns from his mistakes. One last point. Garrett, in his press conference, made the point that all teams have injuries and that doesn't count. Then in the same breath he starts listing off the injuries and using that as an excuse. That is not leadership.


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The only QB i like in the second or third, would be EJ Manuel or Matt Barkley..doubt they fall to us..Manuel had a nice senior bowl, and is under rated running the football, think he could be a good overall starter in the NFL.
eli will be our qb for many more years... its way too early to be thinking about his replacement.
Nobody will be replacing him soon but we still need a reliable back up cause he could get hurt *knocking on wood* and right now I would panic if David Carr had 2 play the rest of the year because Eli got hurt....the season would end right there...
Hopefully Eli's replacement is an athletic QB with good read-vision who can throw the ball accurately down field.
It is WAY to early to Draft a supposed replacement/franchise QB. Besides that we have too many holes to fill this year to even be a playoff caliber team. MLB O-Line and RUnning Back are MUSTS this offseason. Thats not even addressing the CB position. Yae we have some young CB's but IMOVHO they 1 either aren't ready or 2 aren't good enough to play the whole game. Im hoping that Webster restructures his contract because after him there isn't really anyone on this team that is good enough in their development to take over
I'd say in the later rounds if the opportunity presented itself then take one of them. Otherwise wait around and trade up for Johnny Football. Have to throw the house at the team in line to draft him. Or do a trade like we did with SD and give up as much or more then we did for Eli to get Johnny M
Football has been very, very good to us.
After losing seasons 2013-15, the giants put up 11 wins in 16.. they are on way Back
But for now we can console ourselves with this fact-
# of Super Bowl victories since 1985:
1-Chicago, St. Louis, Tampa Bay, Indianapolis, New Orleans, Seattle
2-Washington, Green Bay, Pittsburgh, Baltimore
3-San Francisco, Dallas, Denver
4-New York Giants!!!
Let's make it 5 in 2016 so we can be on a LINE NE again!!!
***Stat provided by "Schloss22"***
Look for Shawn Mannion out of OSU in a few years. He is already a top QB in the PAC-12 but a knee issue be it a small one tripped him up this year.
Eli has at least 8 years left in him


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Vietnam: Human Trafficking
The Situation
Vietnam is a source and destination country for human trafficking.
Vietnamese men, women, and girls are trafficked for sexual and labor exploitation in Cambodia, the People's Republic of China (P.R.C.), Thailand, Hong Kong, Macau, Malaysia, Taiwan, South Korea, the United Kingdom, and the Czech Republic for commercial sexual exploitation. Women and men are trafficked for forced labor as factories and construction or as domestic servants. Vietnamese trafficking victims are recruited through fraudulent marriages, false promises of employment, licensed and unlicensed migrant labor recruiting agencies.1
Many Vietnamese women and girls are trafficked through Dong Tham, An Giang, and Kien Giang to Cambodia for sexual exploitation. In 2004, Cambodian police estimated that more than 50,000 girls were in brothels through Cambodia, many of whom were Vietnamese. The World Human Rights Organization and UNICEF estimate that one-third of the prostitutes in Cambodia are under the age of 18, the majority of whom are Vietnamese. 2
Vietnamese women are also recruited through fraudulent marriages. The Vietnamese Government estimates that approximately 10 percent of the arranged marriages with Chinese men may have become trafficking victims. Many women raped and abused by their husbands and in-laws. In some cases, they are sold off to other men.3
A Vietnamese NGO estimated that the average age of Vietnamese trafficking victims was between 15 and 17; other NGOs have estimated lower ages. 4 There are no reliable estimates on the number of Vietnamese who are trafficked but Chinese police stated that they rescued more than 1,800 trafficking victims on the China-Vietnam border between 2001 and 2005. 5
Vietnam is a destination country for children who are trafficked from Cambodia for sexual and labor exploitation.6
There are many causes of human trafficking in Vietnam. UNICEF argues that the causes are poverty, little education, lack of awareness of trafficking, family conflict, the demand of Chinese men for wives and the open, shared and difficult-to-police border between the two countries.7 The UN Inter-Agency Project on Human Trafficking argues that many of the causes are socio-economic, such as difficulty finding employment in rural and remote areas, lack of awareness, and low education level.8
According to the Vietnamese Supreme People's Court, there has been a 60 percent increase in the number of trafficking cases between 2001 and 2006. One such case involved a Taiwanese couple trafficking Vietnamese women to Taiwan, Malaysia, and Singapore for forced labor or brokered marriages; the Government of Vietnam arrested 73 individuals in connection with this case. Another case was the 2005 arrest and 2006 conviction of former British pop star "Gary Glitter" (a.k.a. Paul Francis Gadd) for sexual acts with minors in southern Vietnam. Of the more than 700 individuals tried and 500 individuals convicted of trafficking in 2006, several received the maximum sentence.
The Vietnamese Government has begun to improve services and facilities for Vietnamese trafficking victims who have returned from abroad and funds its embassies abroad to assist and repatriate trafficking victims. The government does not adequately identify all trafficking victims in Vietnam; foreign women found in prostitution are more likely to be incarcerated than Vietnamese women. 9
The Vietnamese government continues to support an array of projects to prevent human trafficking. The government has developed a number of awareness raising projects, and vocational training for teenage girls in high-risk areas.10 The government has also created a legal handbook for judges and prosecutors and collaborated with NGOs to train law enforcement.
International Cooperation
The Vietnamese Government signed an anti-trafficking memorandum of understanding with China and Cambodia for more cooperation in identifying victims and prosecuting traffickers.12
12007 US Department of State Trafficking in Persons Report
2 East Meets West Foundation, ADAPT Program: Research The Face of Human Trafficking
3UNICEF: The children in Viet Nam
4 2006 US Department of State Human Rights Report
5 2007 US Department of State Trafficking in Persons Report
6 2007 US Department of State Trafficking in Persons Report
7 UNICEF: The children in Vietnam
8UNIAP: Vietnam Overview
9 2007 US Department of State Trafficking in Persons Report
10 2006 US Department of State Human Rights Report
11 2007 US Department of State Trafficking in Persons Report
12 2006 US Department of State Human Rights Report


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#1 Fri 16 Feb 07 4:31pm
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Weekly Plan
Have you any ideas or a basic plan for a shopping list for a week for two?
.. just started living together, both working much - so the idea is to always have something to eat, doing shopping once a week.
#2 Fri 16 Feb 07 4:50pm
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Re: Weekly Plan
We usually sit down over the weekend and decide what we want to eat on each night and who is going to cook it - normally we'll cook a bit of a treat at the weekend (maybe make our own pasta, bake a nice dessert or make something that takes a bit more effort). Then we go shopping on Saturday or Sunday and buy everything we need for the week (using a combination of our local market and the supermarket). We'll try to plan it so that anything that's likely to go off gets eaten on a Monday or Tuesday. Sometimes we'll plan to have something that really needs to be bought on the day or the day before to be at its best (e.g. fish) on the way home from work (but we know we've got everything, and all that's needed is to nip in the shop or down the market on the day to get it.
We sometimes make lots of something and reheat it the next day (curry is always best the day after ) or freeze it and reheat to save time.
#3 Fri 16 Feb 07 8:08pm
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Re: Weekly Plan
I have some friends who take the mickey out of our weekly food plan but it really helps save money, time and effort! Plus when I know what I'm having to eat in the evening I look forward to it more...
Soup is an obvious one which takes little effort and can stretch over a couple of days, tastes better the following day and can be frozen. I always get onions, potatoes and carrots in (plus stock) as they are a great base for most soups. Lentils and bacon are good for adding substance to a lot of soups.
Also, roast chicken is great, as you could have it as a roast dinner on the Sunday, then use it for sandwiches in the week, also soup (again!), in a curry (somehow roast chicken bits really work in thai curry), plus a couple of chicken legs cooked up in onion, butter, parsley, lemon and some dry white wine (and maybe some cream at the end) is a great supper with crusty bread and salad in the week.
I always get creme fraiche in as you can easily knock up a pasta (thinly-sliced courgette and ham with cracked black pepper is a good one - add chopped onions) or pad out a dish with it.
Sausage casserole with red onions, bacon and any bean (borlotti, flagelot, etc) is a good one - quite unoffensive, unless you are a veggie. We often cook it up on a Sunday eve ready for Monday teatime when we normally can't be bothered to do too much. Add wine or cider for more richness. Basically just fry it all off then chuck in a casserole dish with chicken stock and a tin or two of tomatoes and bake until cooked.
Hope these help
#4 Sun 18 Feb 07 7:19pm
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Re: Weekly Plan
if you live in the UK I can recommend "Delicious" magazine. Every issue contains a weekly plan that starts with the stuff you have to buy, followed by recipes for each day of the week. Normally, the recipes don't take that long to prepare. And they often feature nice Jamie-stuff, too! I like the magazine so much that I asked them for an overseas subscription and now they ship it over to Germany for me every month!
#5 Mon 19 Feb 07 4:14am
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Re: Weekly Plan
To tell you the truth, I go weekly shopping and buy a bit of everything, beef/pork/chicken... then plan around that to my recipies I have already in my mind and what works for us. I buy fish on the day that I am going to cook it. I usually do very simple dishes that I know I can make quickly or with a little bit of effort. If the meat requires marinating I do it early am. It may help you to do a bit of prep work the night before, like onions/carrots/potatoes, etc... just try and prepare a few things the night before or the morning of that you know will take up a bit of time when you get home. Buying an already roasted chicken night of saves time too. Fish takes no time at all really and so does steaks... stir frys are quick and easy, especially if you have prepared things in advance like sliced veggies and marinating the meat if need be in the am. If you have a slow cooker you can use that to your advantage if you like that sort of thing... same with a rice cooker. You could always have one night thats take out for your busiest night. JUst cook some rice if its a curry or chinese... maybe its pizza, then make a salad. Hope that helped a bit?
#6 Mon 19 Feb 07 6:59am
Re: Weekly Plan
It helps to have your kitchen cupboards stocked with all the essentials that can be stored long term. Jamie's got a list in his first two books and it's probably floating around in a thread here somewhere. But what we have is:
Olive oil (an evoo and a normal one (for cooking, we buy a 4L tin)
vinegar (balsamic, white wine, and a normal one for the vinegar fiend who lives here)
spices (usually whole because they last longer but some powdered ones too; like coriander and cumin that get used alot ie. before their expiry date)
anchovies in oil (can capers too if you like them)
tinned tuna in oil (outside of this list all you need is rocket, lemon and parmesan to make the tuna and rocket pasta in Genaro Contaldo's Passione - beaut recipe and barely takes 15 minutes)
tinned tomatoes
tinned mushy peas
baked beans (remarkably good substitute in mexican dishes)
refried beans (if you like mexican)
tinned beetroot (if you are aussie)
dried pasta (a variety of shapes)
rice (short grain, long grain and basmati (yes, I know it's a long grain too but it tastes odd in chinese dishes))
dried or tinned beans/pulses
taco shells/corn chips (if you like mexican)
chateau de cardboard (cask wine for cooking, decent stuff)
soy sauce
oyster sauce
hoisin sauce
sesame oil
various other sauces
tomato paste
redcurrent jelly (try to get a small jar as you tend not to use it as regularly as you may hope - a spoonful when deglazing a pan that has just cooked lamb is lovely)
plain flour
SR flour (if you like baking; then also caster sugar, bicarb soda, baking powder, icing sugar, etc)
dried porchini mushrooms (makes mushroom risotto very impressive)
stock cubes (at present i have no time for real stock)
the more perisable things are:
parmesan cheese
root vegetables
lemons (will survive a considerable time in the fridge)
in the freezer:
we try to keep a bit of back up meat, like thin veal or chicken that can be quickly defrosted when we've run out of time to go to the butcher (we go as we need meat but sometimes we don't make it)
frozen berries (cos they are fun)
frozen pastry
bay leaves (kaffir lime leaves also freeze well)
left over wine (for cooking)
i've probably forgotten a large amount of stuff; if i had a larger kitchen there would be more
From this sort of stock you can make just about anything with a few fresh ingredients. It's nicer to shop as you go but it's not always possible. About 6 months ago we moved and I can now buy meat every day or two. We still get fruit and veg once a week but that's because we are foodies and drive 45 minutes each way for it.
After a while you'll get into a routine of dishes that will be quick to make (because you've had practise), and you'll add dishes to your list.
#7 Mon 19 Feb 07 7:10am
Re: Weekly Plan
We used to try to make a list of what we'd have during the week, now we don't get around to it, but it was easier when we had a smaller kitchen.
Our list of recipes for weeknights is:
Chicken or beef stirfry - this is done with chicken breast or thin veal steaks, various vegetables and sauces; generally on rice or with noodles.
Genaro's tuna and rocket pasta - a great standby; mr rabbit is getting sick of it (we probably have it once a fortnight but at one stage it was once a week)
risotto - usually mushroom, beetroot or cauliflower (a la jamie's italy); nice for cooler weather when you want to stand over the stove or when you can convince someone else to make it
lamb cutlets (my all time favourite) with kumara mash and various greens - a marinade of garlic and rosemary or thyme, sage, oregano and parsely is nice; if they drop good juices then a touch of red wine and red currant jelly to deglaze the pan (and cream if you want to impress)
pan fried fish with kumara and potato roasted up as chips with mushy peas
genaro's lemon chicken dish (also from passione) - a knockout again; if you make it with red onions it goes pink! I've also done a variation (from another recipe) with tinned white beans which was very nice (good with silverbeet or kale)
sausages with mash - sometimes with greens of various types; bottled sauces and/or packet gravy
pasta with napoletana/tomato sauce - all you really need is some onions, garlic and herbs but if you've only got tinned tomatoes it will still work
it's not a very long list but it's the current favourites; when winter rolls around there will be more stews and things (jamie's slow cooked shoulder of lamb tends to feature weekly in several meals as it will usually make 7 or 8 serves)
#8 Mon 19 Feb 07 7:13am
Re: Weekly Plan
Oh, one more thing..if you are freezing meat (if you shop once a week then you probably are) - defrost it in the fridge overnight; if you forget then put it in the fridge in the morning - most smaller things will defrost in normal work hours. I can be forgetful so the backup of small thin pieces of meat is good as they can be quickly be defrosted in the microwave (or even in the pan)
#9 Mon 19 Feb 07 11:37am
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Re: Weekly Plan
We tend to shop more than once a week by default. On our 'main' shop we'll stockpile veggies, meat and fruit, plus breakfast bits and snacks. Usually, we'll get some chicken and some pork, but as we'd both rather have better meat less often (we're dealing with student budgets here) we tend not to have meat more than twice or three times a week. We've always got pasta and risotto rice in the house so we usually just need bits and bobs like tinned tomatoes, courgettes, onions, lemons, cheeses etc. Also, we get through rather a lot of things like dried beans, lentils, oats etc. However, there's a good market on the weekends and if we're up and about in time, we'll buy things like sausages and cheeses there. As our bus stop is opposite a Sainsbury's we'll often pop in there on the way home if we fancy something in particular, also if we go for Sunday lunch in the village next door we'll sometimes pop into the local shops - fantastic greengrocer and butcher, specialist cheese shop - and get what we feel like for that evening. Oink.
If you make sure you keep the basics (pasta, rice, cheese, tinned tomatoes, maybe a jar of pesto, potatoes etc.) you'll always be able to rustle something up.
#10 Mon 19 Feb 07 7:16pm
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Re: Weekly Plan
I shop for herbs weekly,
But meat daily
For the normal family
1 time a month to get cooking wine, fish stock, chicken stock, olive oil, sherry vinegar and reg. vinegar. Truffle oil.... ECT
I suggest going and buying meat for two weeks,
And buying small stuff weekly.... like herbs ECT
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Tuesday, January 15, 2013
From Kenya, 15-Year-Old Nozomi Musembi Takamatsu Passes Six On Way to Setting National Women's Ekiden Stage Record
translated by Brett Larner
The new star of the proud Osaka track world, with a Kenyan father Nozomi Musembi Takamatsu (3rd yr., Kunei Joshi Gakuin J.H.S.) passed six people on the 3.0 km Third Stage of Sunday's National Women's Ekiden to break the 9 year-old course record with a new record of 9:10. The Kanagawa team ran 2:14:55 for the nine-stage, 42.195 race to set a new overall course record while taking its first win in 26 years, with the Hyogo team 2nd. With seven members including Takamatsu returning from last year's winning team, Osaka took 3rd.
All eyes along Kyoto's historic streets were focused on the 15 year-old Takamatsu. Taking up the tasuki in 8th place, her slender 157 cm, 39 kg body moved with spring and energetic grace as she advanced through the field. "There were a lot of runners ahead of me, but I went after them with all my energy," she says. Among the voices cheering from the roadside, that of her father, 2001 Nagano Marathon winner Maxwell Musembi, 39, rang out. "Hearing him gave me courage," she says, the courage to brilliantly catch six of the people ahead of her before handing off in 2nd.
Her time of 9:10 broke the old stage record by 1 second. "It's nice that I got the record, but I was shooting for 9:00, so....." she says with disappointment. "I should have pushed the first half a little harder." As she reviews her performance, despite still having the innocent appearance of a child it's clear that someone of great potential is already stirring within her. Last year she ran 9:22 on the same stage. Her father Maxwell says, "This wasn't the time that she wanted, but she was much faster than last year and that is a good thing," showing pride and appreciation of her growth.
Maxwell has been coaching Takamatsu since she was in 4th grade. Since entering junior high school she has run in the Junior Olympics each year, increasing the distance and winning each time. "Nozomi was just running as hard as she could no matter what the distance," says her mother Kaoru Takamatsu, 46, "but now she's at the stage where she can pick the pace up a little bit each km." The younger Takamatsu has not only inherited her father's talents but is also learning the tactics and thinking behind track racing from him.
In April Takamatsu will enter Osaka Kunei Joshi Gakuin High School, the sister school of her junior high. The powerful team placed 5th at December's National High School Girls Ekiden. "Once you get to high school a lot of people become strong athletes," she says. "I want to run among them and help lead the team to the win in the ekiden."
At the National Women's Ekiden Takamatsu received the junior high school division's 'Most Likely to Succeed' award. At last year's London Olympics, javelin thrower Genki Dean (3rd yr., Waseda Univ.), whose father is British, and sprinter Anna Doi (2nd yr., Saitama Sakae H.S.), the youngest post-war athlete to be named to the Japanese Olympic Team, were big topics of conversation. With the Rio Olympics just 3 years away, Takamatsu's future is growing brighter and brighter as she herself continues to grow.
Nozomi Musembi Takamatsu
Born Aug. 31, 1997. 15 years old. 157 cm, 39 kg.
At age 3 she came with her parents from her father's native Kenya to her mother's hometown of Ikeda in Osaka. While at Kunei Joshi Gakuin J.H.S., in 7th grade she won the Junior Olympics 800 m, in 8th grade the 1500 m, and in 9th grade the 3000 m. In both 8th and 9th grade she won the National Junior High School Track and Field Championships 1500 m. She lives with her parents, older sister and younger brother.
Female Japanese high school Olympians in track and field
Running the London Olympics 4x100 m relay aged 16 years, 351 days, Anna Doi (Saitama Sakae H.S.) was the youngest post-war track Olympian. The next youngest was 10000 m race walker Miki Itakura (Kanazawa H.S.), aged 17 years, 3 days at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics. Pre-war, Sumiko Watanabe (Nagoya Joshi Prep H.S.) ran the 100 m at the 1932 Los Angeles Olympics aged 15 years, 8 months.
Translator's note: Besides giving a little background info on her, I'm putting this story up partly as a record of what Takamatsu faces in coming years should she go on to become one of Japan's best. Even in an overwhelmingly positive article like this one, the first relatively detailed article I've seen on her, the very first words in the headline are "From Kenya..." with no explanation until the footnoted profile at the end of the article. Similarly, the opening sentence mentions that she has a Kenyan father before even saying what Takamatsu had done to be newsworthy, with no mention that she is the daughter of a Japanese mother until the fourth paragraph.
There is probably no explicitly malevolent intent at work here, but right from go the article unambiguously sets Takamatsu down on the opposite side of the insider/outsider divide that permeates Japanese thought, by saying "from Kenya" clearly meaning "other," i.e. "not really Japanese." She is not the first; Olympic hammer throw gold medalist Koji Murofushi, baseball player Yu Darvish and javelin thrower Genki Dean are likewise the offspring of Japanese-foreign marriages and in the entertainment industry people like singers Crystal Kay and, in a slightly different sense, Jero, have broken ground. But Takamatsu could become a major figurehead in confronting unquestioned Japanese attitudes toward issues of cultural identity and race, the kind of inherent attitudes that would lead a major publication to immediately marginalize a teenaged Japanese girl as "other."
Takamatsu's best years will come exactly when Japan is projected to be facing serious social problems as a consequence of its falling population and birth rate and steadfast refusal to even mention immigration as a possible way out. She is in for a very, very interesting career and life if she matures into the athlete she may. Murofushi "looks Japanese" enough that his background is rarely mentioned, but there is no avoiding the issue and pretending otherwise with Takamatsu. Look at the picture of her in the linked source article and then imagine this scenario: Tokyo wins the 2020 Olympics, and a 22-year-old Takamatsu medals. How will the Japanese media and general public view her and treat her? Will the headlines read, "From Kenya, Nozomi Musembi Takamatsu wins Japan's first women's Olympic track and field medal in 16 years" or "Nozomi Musembi Takamatsu wins Japan's first women's Olympic track and field medal in 16 years on home soil?" Along with her career, Japanese media presentation of Takamatsu will be a recurring theme on JRN in the years to come.
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- Mahesh Natarajan said...
Brett - As with the previous article, i greatly enjoyed the clarity of thought you bring in highlighting the dichotomy of attitudes towards japanese athletes and pseudo-japanese. Sport is and should always be evaluated on merit alone in the spirit of improvement, not on one's origins. And the point that none of this attitude is overtly malevolent is well understood - the japanese at the end of the day are too polite and courteous (atleast those i know) even to gaijins.
- January 15, 2013 at 7:13 PM
- Dan said...
It's pretty difficult to guess what the Japanese reaction will be. In your scenario of Tokyo 2020, I think she might find quick acceptance if she takes gold close to OR pace in the marathon. I would struggle to see her gaining in if she medals any other distance.
But stranger things have happened. Speaking as a half growing up in Okinawa, it felt like overnight the Japanese pop culture went from ostracizing the island to loving us once Amuro had her first hit.
- January 18, 2013 at 4:51 PM
- Eido INOUE said...
Thanks for the article. One quick nitpick: don't you think you're overreading the "from Kenya" (I'm guessing the original article said ケニア出身) part of the article?
I mean, the article didn't deny she was Japanese, no?
In sports articles, even in English, it's very common to list things you would never list in a traditional newspaper article, such as height, weight... and yes, countries that person has a relationship with.
Especially because amongst the sports world, Kenya is known for producing some of the best distance runners in the world. Even though she hasn't been there since she was three, you can't help but wonder if her father and what he learned in Kenya had an influence on her training and ability.
And it's obvious she looks different from what most people (both Japanese and non-Japanese) consider to be a "Japanese national"... so it's human interest. As long as her origin is not used to exclude her from society and its something that is considered a positive part of her "background", I'm okay with it.
Anyway, besides that... great article. Thanks!
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If you have the original box, it may show a notation about optional grips on the end flap. Also, if you have the gun "lettered" (order a letter from the Colt factory, which describes the gun's configuration as it left the factory) it may list optional factory grips being added. I have seen at least a few new Colt handguns with Pachmayr grips that had the Colt "dancing pony" medallions on the side, so I do believe there was such an option for some models. For a collector, though, you have to have something to "prove" the grips are factory options vs. user- or dealer-installed.
Almost everyone likes the "look" of the factory wood Colt revolver grips, but most people I know that have shot with them, dislike how they feel in the hand, especially in the harder-kicking calibers. I'm a big fan of functional rubber grips; I know they often look like crap compared to nice wood grips, but I'm generally a "function over form" kinda guy.


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Love this idea. I've seen similar ones using foam core board, but i think this would be nicer/easier to hang.
Thanks for the link its wonderful. It does give ideas. Thanks
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Thanks for sharing - good views on how to make the corners and backing look professional.
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Oh my: Anti-Romney protesters say they're getting paid to heckle him
posted at 4:47 pm on June 19, 2012 by Allahpundit
Thank goodness this story came along when it did. Romney said earlier today that he won't ask conservatives to stop heckling Obama's campaign, which otherwise would have been the media's cue for 48 hours of naked concern-trolling about "tone." As if there's a single voter in our age of grinding economic malaise who cares about politicians or their hired lackeys being jeered on the trail.
Thanks to BuzzFeed, though, they'll probably want to stay away from the subject of heckling for awhile:
The protesters popping up at Mitt Romney's rallies throughout Michigan Tuesday look like run-of-the-mill grassroots liberals — they wave signs about "the 99 percent," they chant about the Republican's greed, and they describe themselves as a loosely organized coalition of "concerned citizens."
They're also getting paid, two of the protesters and an Obama campaign official told BuzzFeed…
Neither of the representatives agreed to give their names, but two protesters said they were getting paid to stand outside for the rally, though the wage is unclear: one said she was getting $7.25 per hour, while another man said they were being paid $17 per hour.
Meanwhile, about 50 feet away, another protest had been organized by local Democrats in conjunction with the Obama campaign. A campaign official told BuzzFeed they had nothing to do with the other group — which he said he believed they had been sent by the labor-backed "Good Jobs Now" — and confirmed that they were being paid.
A Good Jobs Now spokesman insists they're not being paid, thus prompting the question of why protesters who are ostensibly committed to defeating Mitt Romney would lie to a reporter by claiming they needed cash to make them show up. Not the first time lately that we've seen the left handing out money to get people in the streets for the Cause either.
Via the Right Scoop, here's Romney responding to the newest beneficiaries of the left's "jobs program." Exit question via Lachlan Markay: Isn't the minimum wage in Michigan $7.40 an hour, not $7.25?
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The Datura is blooming again. It's a frenzy, as the blossoms only open at dusk and the bees have a very short window to work them before dark.
The Datura is blooming again. It's a frenzy, as the blossoms only open at dusk and the bees have a very short window to work them before dark.
Nobody ruins my day without my permission, and I refuse to grant it...
That was really cool to see. Thank you.
Great photo.Thanks for posting.
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Love those photos! Beautiful!
Any problem with datura honey? That stuff is crazy poisonous.
Moon Vine, also commonly known as jimson weed, is a member of the datura family. All parts of this plant are toxic to humans including the nectar. I would however assume that the amount of nectar distilled by the bees that contain the active alkaloid (atropine) would have to be in a concentrated amount to be a concern to someone consuming the honey. In other words if you had several acres growing in large quantity and the bees were able to gather that much of it, you might want to think twice about eating it. Obviously most of our nectar is mixed with other sources, and we usually don't worry about things like that. The plant itself and nectar are not toxic to honeybees. Datura is a member of the potato as I recall from my college days. There has been much written about this plant as a hallucinogenic (Carlos Castaneda) ..but atropine stops the heart, hence the caution to consuming any part of the plant for a high.
"Tradition becomes our security, and when the mind is secure it is in decay".....Krishnamurti
Impressive and also nice photos. I note that all of the bees are carrying a beige pollen. So, I would suspect that this plant
is a primary pollen source not nectar source. But obviously very attractive to the bees.
I've grown datura in my flowerbed for several years and the mason bees have always been crazy about it. I've had bees for 3 summers now and this is the first year I've seen the honeybees all over it. Turns out it isn't even my bees, as I've watched them fly home in the opposite direction. They are very frenzied and somewhat defensive about it and stay on it right up to twilight. I'd never seen anything like it.
Datura is hallucinogenic but historically it wasn't consumed Risky. Datura was crushed and the slimey sap was applied to mucus membranes to get the hallucinogenic effect... As we are coming up on fall some may find this intreasting... The wicca or herbalists of the day would crush datura with a broom stick in a basin and apply the sap to thier bum hole. Many hallucinogens cause certain types of visions seeing snakes, meeting your spirit guide, or as in the case of datura it is supposed to give the feeling of flying. Put it together and yes this is where we get the tradition on witches flying on the ends of broom sticks. One of the many lessons from a ethno-botany class from 15 years ago but it was very memorable.
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I don't recall saying that is was consumed Dan, but your reply is quite informative. So applying the sap to your mucus membranes and butt hole won't ingest it into your system then?
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Great photos.
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Love the photo's. little more that I needed to know about the plant. but very nice
Daturas (jimson weed), while sometimes called moonflowers, are in the tomato family (Solanaceae) and are not vines. "Moon vines", also confusingly called moonflowers, are members of the morning glory family (Convulvulaceae, genus Ipomoea) with similar-looking though more fragile flowers that also open at dusk. Both Daturas and moon vines are toxic and hallucinogenic.Moon Vine, also commonly known as jimson weed, is a member of the datura family.


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As I look back on 2012, I am amazed and proud of all that we have accomplished at the President's Council on Fitness, Sports and Nutrition (PCFSN). It was a year of significant progress toward our mission to engage, educate, and empower all Americans to adopt a healthy lifestyle that includes regular physical activity and good nutrition.
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I remember it clearly: I was 10, sitting in the back of our car. It was a hot day and I had my face pressed against the window. I was watching my eight-year-old brother try out for Little League and I was jumping out of my skin. It was killing me that I couldn't try out. I could throw and catch pretty well ... and I was fast. Suddenly, my mom left the car and walked right up to one of the coaches. I watched as she talked, gesturing back at me. She ran back and opened the car door: "Okay, Karyn, you're on!"
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Hey guys, i posted a thread over in the main section and they pointed me to here so wanted to ask a couple of questions regarding building a bee house for orchard mason bees or similar.
The problem is I live in nyc so curious to if this project will work as Ill be honest, I very rarely see any bees let alone a group of bees anywhere in the city but would like to do something to help them thrive and that with full disclosure let me also play around with my laser cutter.
The idea sprang from wanting to build something so my daughter will become interested in bees and how they effect the ecosystem and she can help with the design. (bear in mind ive already built a birdhouse which to this day remains unoccupied so already seems nature is against me - im hoping this will be a lot more successful).
with that all said im just wondering where to start - is there any documentation i should become familiar with regarding construction, colors I can use (i was wondering if bold colors help attract) specific heights they should be positioned as this city is a very vetical one, or any other pointers that should be taken into consideration. if i have to go guerrilla and put a bunch up sneakily in central park or the high line maybe ill do that)
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2012 has been a great year for Rush Soccer! To countdown to the new year, Rushsoccer.com will count down the 5 most read articles posted on this website over the past 360 some odd days ending with the most read story on 12/31.
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For the first time in club history, the decision was made to honor the top male and female senior players at each branch within the Rush Organization. High School and College sports acknowledge 'All Americans' but this is Rush! We are global! But rather than 'All World', we wanted to keep the recognition about the club, so the 'All Rush Team' was born. Nearly every US based club participated and several international partners nominated players as well.
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BEULAVILLE, DUPLIN COUNTY - A pregnant cat, found in Beulaville with an arrow through its body, has since given birth to a litter of healthy kittens, according to the owner.
"Chloe" the cat gave birth to the five kittens about five weeks ago, Ashley Ornoski told NewsChannel 12. The Ornoski family has found homes for all the animals except for one female kitten.
The Ornoskis discovered "Chloe" on Feb. 17 in their garage on McCain Street in Beulaville. According to a veterinarian, the arrow missed the pregnant cat's heart by a quarter of an inch.
"Chloe" appears to have healed completely from her injury, Ornoski family said.
The vet said it appeared the cat was intentionally shot, because both ends of the arrow were cut off, suggesting that whoever was responsible was trying to cover his or her tracks.
"If someone would do this to a kitten, that same person, I'm sure under the right circumstances, would do it to a human," said Tom Ornoski.
NewsChannel 12 alerted Duplin County Animal Control about the injured cat, and the Ornoski family told NewsChannel 12 the investigation is ongoing. So far, no suspects have been named.
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Neighbours to discuss rich lister plans for landing pad and flight path in quiet bay.
A proposal for a private helipad on the Spencer estate beside the Waitemata Harbour has drawn protests from neighbours, who say flights will affect a quiet haven for people and birdlife.
Neighbour Felicity Wilson said yesterday that a neighbourhood meeting would be held on Monday night to discuss the application for the helipad's resource consent.
Mrs Wilson lives 63m from the proposed site on Stanley Point Rd, Devonport.
"We have lived here for 18 years and there is nowhere as quiet - all we hear are native birds."
She urged people to express their views on the consent bid to the Auckland Council before submissions closed on December 13.
The application, for non-commercial flights, is from Tokoeka Properties, which lists one of its two directors as Berridge Spencer, director of Man o' War Vineyard, Waiheke Island and managing director of the Spencer Family Group. Mr Spencer is overseas.
His grandfather, Berridge senior, bought a property on the point facing Ngataringa Bay in the early 1930s.
Tokoeka Properties owns all adjacent land except for Mrs Wilson's property. Its eight properties give a total area of 1.54ha and the proposed helipad is in the centre of Nos 76 and 80 Stanley Point Rd on a flat cleared site.
A report from planning consultants Isle Land said the nearest house was 63m from the site and other dwellings were screened from view by trees. A flight track was developed which restricted movement to and from the site via a "less noise-sensitive" part of the coast - over Ngataringa Bay to the north of the property and 20m over the property to the helipad. But another neighbour, Chris Darby, who is chairman of the Devonport-Takapuna Local Board, said he was affected by the proposal.
He said he could not comment in his official position on the proposal.
"But as a private individual I can say the Spencers have been terrific neighbours for my 15 years here. They have planted hundreds of trees which have helped create a tremendous bird life on this bay.
"But I fear the comings and goings of a helicopter will not only affect this but also my amenity of living in a very quiet place."
He said as an alternative, he would gladly chip in to buy Mr Spencer a 10-trip ticket for the Waiheke Island Ferry.
Helipads are a non-complying activity in the North Shore District Plan. There are believed to be about three private pads on the North Shore - in Takapuna, Milford and Greenhithe.
Isle Land said the district plan policy stated approval was possible where it can be demonstrated that a site adjoining the coastal marine area can be used as a private helipad without adverse effects on the amenities of the locality.
In considering the application, the council shall have regard to the potential disruption to the amenities of adjacent residential sites and coastal recreation areas in terms of noise, public safety, air turbulence and community expectations for maintaining recreational values.
The application was designed in light of advice from an acoustic engineer about noise and vibration.
The council decided the application should be publicly notified despite the applicant's protest this was not necessary.
The application said it would abide by the "Fly Neighbourly Guide" of the Helicopter Association International and the application had safety approval of the Civil Aviation Authority.


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[quote user="bigblue4417"][quote user="MattMeyerBud"]i would just like to congrats Landon - he has officially become the scumbag of trading in this league.
I've held the title (unfairly for this league) for a while now but the target is now on Lando
Sharick and Pappy - no clue what u guys were thinking
everybody - u owe daven an apology
daven - even though u made him stronger, I think u also made urself strong as long as Beanie doesn't go down.
I would have to disagree strongly. I never have the intent to rip someone off like you. You still hold the title because no one will trade with you ( except Daven ) and it looks like he won that trade. My offers are always fair and in the best interest of both teams. You can't kill Sharick for the Vick trade because he knows what he is doing, he won the B league last year. Maybe he has the same feelings that Daven does about rival teams and players. Pappy needed a QB and I guess is not very high on Graham for some strange reason.
So thanks for trying to give me the title but you are still the undisputed rip off king of the world. Keep your belt for the next chump. Meanwhile keep staring up at my team. You will finish below me just like I said in the summer.
Jealousy is the highest form of flattery.
lando, just because u SAY that it was hard decision for you to make on that Vick trade, nobody in their right mind would say you didn't rip sharick off. Stop it. This misdirection is unbecoming.
That trade with Daven is up in the air. Beanie's health is the wildcard.
You may not of ripped Moorehead off but it was a dumb move for Moorehead to make. Top 5 WR production out of graham this year. Thats the bottom line
The thought frightens me on how you would of reacted had I got that deal off on Sharick. Im pretty sure you wouldn't of had to think about that