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Today's been one of those days. One of those days when everything goes (and feels) wrong. I mean, it's so bad that I cried when I realized we were out of Nutella…tears for nutella, people!!!Ha. Well, I ran down to the store (nobody messes with my Nutella, oh no!), and what did I make with it? This nutty little mug cake. It was yuum! I'm telling you, there's no better pick me up than a little mug cake…especially when it involves Ferrero Rocher! The world seems like a better place all of a sudden
Thought I'd share the recipe with you all in case you also need something not calorific at all to cheer you up.
What you need:
What you do:
1. Add all of the ingredients in the order of the list above. Whisk with a fork.
2. Bake in the microwave for about 45 seconds to 1 minute if you like your cakes runny, or about 2 minutes if you like them more dry. Please note: time depends on microwave wattage.
3. Add a little wiped cream….and enjoy!
Makes one rather large serving.
Hehe, nutella definitely deserves a few teardrops now and then! Nice recipe, I'll try it!
TOTALLY have to try this I even know what the occasion will be, and I'm really looking forward! Off to get Nutella and Ferrero Rochers I go !
I sure hope it helped… I totally know what those days are like. Luckily, there's always the promise of a new day (as Paula Abdul would say).
Looks delicious. I'm trying this next week – after my friend's wedding is over. I'll be going crazy for sugar!
I made this over the weekend and it was DELICIOUS! Honestly, I actually thought it was better than a traditional cake. Next time I think I'm going to add a scoop of ice cream 😉
Tried this about 20 minutes ago. It turned out good except that my mug was to small..chocolate/Nutella explosion… Not pretty.
Will try again with a bigger mug lol.
You need to update this to say " whisk with fork" I wondered if you knew more than I did, and followed blindly. I made exactly like recipe states and I now have chocolate cake with bits of scrambled egg in it.
Incase we don't have self rising flour, What can we use as a substitute ?
OH.MY.GOD. this is THE BEST recipe I have ever tried for a mug cake. I am definitely coming back on your blog for more of anything and everything . You're amazing, and thanks – from a very cheered up gal.
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Proofs have been proofed. I have proof!
Things are moving along smoothly with the printing of reMIND Vol 1, Vol 2 and slipcase. I received that proofs about midway through last week and made my small notes and sent everything back. There was only the new cover of Volume 1 that was missing so I'm waiting for that still. We are still on schedule for me to get the books at the end of January too. Here are some pictures I snapped of some of the proofs.
Here are the digital proofs. This is what I look at to make sure the color looks exactly right. These digital proofs are what the printer people will try to match the final colors too. So if these are off then they will be trying to match to off colors. These turned out perfectly though. :)
Next were the Ozalid Proofs. These are to make sure everything is cropped right and the pages are in the correct order. Usually ozalid's a very ugly with horrible color but for some reason this time, they looked great.
Here you can see how they are made out of signatures, as they call it. A signature is pretty much just like a comic book. Each signature is printed on one sheet of paper and folded over and over and trimmed until it looks like this little booklet. These signatures are stapled but the book itself will be sewn. In this closeup you can see a little number for each signature so the binder will know they have the signatures in the correct order. This is the Ozalid for Volume 2.
Next are the Wet Proofs. These are actually printed on the printing press and they are trying to match the colors to the digital proofs above. In this case they were pretty close but some of the yellows had a slight green hue so I made a note to adjust it. Other than that the Wet Proofs were spot on. You will notice that the wet proofs are all cropped sloppy because it doesn't matter.
There were also Wet Proofs for the cover. A glossy and unfinished version. I approved the glossy version. The left side is what the back cover will look like.
Here is a picture of almost everything, minus the slipcase proof and Volume 1 proofs.
That's it for now! We are getting so close I can feel it.
In other news, reMIND Volume 1 made it onto a state reading list for Arkansas! I don't know how it happened but I am honored that any state would entrust their children to read reMIND. :) Thanks again for all your support!


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CoreMedia Positioned in the Visionaries Quadrant of Leading Analyst Firm's 2010 Web Content Management Magic Quadrant
- Evaluation based on CoreMedia's Completeness of Vision and Ability to Execute
Aug 25, 2010, 09:00 ET from CoreMedia
HAMBURG, Germany and SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 25 /PRNewswire/ -- CoreMedia, a leading Web Content Management (WCM) company, today announced that it has been positioned by Gartner, Inc. in the Visionaries Quadrant of Gartner's 2010 Web Content Management Magic Quadrant(i).
CoreMedia believes its positioning by Gartner as a Visionary reflects the company's clarity of vision, its increased penetration across multiple market sectors and geographies, and the strength of features such as CoreMedia V's Content Application Engine that allows customers to manage and deliver content to increasingly complex online environments.
In the year since the last publication of Gartner's Magic Quadrant for Web Content Management, CoreMedia has launched CoreMedia V - a major release of its CoreMedia CMS platform, helped boost portal adoption and productivity with the announcement of CoreMedia CMS for SAP NetWeaver Portal, and extended its global operations in the North American market. In addition, the company has expanded its development focus in the key areas of multi-touchpoint support, personalization and contextualization – all combining to help organizations deliver better customer engagement.
"We consider our positioning in the Visionaries Quadrant by Gartner as recognition of CoreMedia's strategic focus over the last year, and the increasing applicability of our WCM solutions to deliver multi-touchpoint experiences for our clients that engage their customers, build customer loyalty and – ultimately – drive greater revenue and profitability," said Gerrit Kolb, CEO, CoreMedia.
"We plan to accelerate this momentum over the coming year with a number of significant announcements, further growth from our North American operation, as well as an expansion of our partner ecosystem," he continued.
To download a complimentary copy of the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Web Content Management report, please visit: https://www.coremedia.com/en/Products/hot_topics_channel/coremedia-visionary-in-gartner-mq/5838/gartnermq.html
About the Magic Quadrant
The Magic Quadrant is copyrighted 19 August, 2010 by Gartner, Inc. and is reused with permission. The Magic Quadrant is a graphical representation of a marketplace at and for a specific time period. It depicts Gartner's analysis of how certain vendors measure against criteria for that marketplace, as defined by Gartner. Gartner does not endorse any vendor, product or service depicted in the Magic Quadrant, and does not advise technology users to select only those vendors placed in the "Leaders" quadrant. The Magic Quadrant is intended solely as a research tool, and is not meant to be a specific guide to action. Gartner disclaims all warranties, express or implied, with respect to this research, including any warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose.
About CoreMedia
CoreMedia is a premier Web Content Management company that enables organizations to engage their customers with more dynamic content and achieve a greater return on their Web activities. The CoreMedia CMS solution offers an open, social, adaptive Web Content Management approach to create dynamic, contextualized Web sites. It delivers content consistently across multiple touchpoints, providing a flexible platform for conversations across integrated social networks. CoreMedia benefits organizations by engaging their users in a way that creates value for customers while driving conversion and delivering a bottom line return for the business.
For further information, please visit: http://www.coremedia.com
(i) Gartner "Web Content Management Magic Quadrant" by M. MacComascaigh et al. August 19, 2010
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Jay Leno still loves making people laugh
"It was a nightmare!," Jay Leno said.
He was only half laughing.
Tap any comic and you can find a story like this: the stand-up gig from hell. For Leno, it was early in his career, and the catalyst for his doom was singer Tom Jones, who at the time was one of the hottest hunks of burnin' love in pop music.
"It was a nightmare," Leno repeated. "I was in Las Vegas, opening for Tom Jones, and the Tom Jones Fan Club – all these women – would buy up the first 10 or 12 rows for all 14 shows, the whole two weeks. And there was nothing you could do to please them.
"The way they saw it, any time that you were on stage, it was time that Tom Jones couldn't be on stage."
It was, he recalled one last time, "a nightmare."
The point of the story for Leno is that, for him, "the hard part is over!"
Leno has not been anyone else's opening act for decades. Should he run up against a stone-wall of an audience like the Tom Jones Fan Club, there is no one to blame but himself.
Fortunately for the comedian, over the past 40 years, including his 22-year tenure as host of "The Tonight Show," he has nailed down this joke-telling business pretty well.
Fans will get to gauge it for themselves at 8 p.m. Saturday when Leno appears in the Seneca Niagara Casino Events Center. Tickets have been sold out for a while.
Leno talked about his upcoming visit recently by phone from his home in Los Angeles. He had just been out on one of his motorcycles, something he agreed would have been tough to do in Buffalo in mid-March.
Wintry or not, though, he said he has a real affection for the Northeast, where he grew up.
"I like Buffalo, it's a fun city," Leno said. "I like old industrial towns – I like Buffalo, I like Detroit, I like Cleveland. I like places where they used to make stuff."
Leno, 63, recalled performing at the original Tralf, back when it was called the Tralfamadore Cafe and was in the basement of a building on the corner of Main and Fillmore, and was a pretty funky place. He enjoyed it.
"Cold climates are just better for comedy," he said.
Hardy people appreciate a good joke, he theorized, possibly because they grew up, as he did, reading books like "Ethan Frome" and "Silas Marner."
"Grim, depressing stuff," he said. "You're born, you suffer and you die. No wonder you need a laugh."
Compare that to an outdoor show he once did near the beach in Hawaii:
"People were going by on sail boards and things in the background, and it was horrible. I like the shows to have a communal feeling. People don't gather anymore. I grew up in a small town in New England [Andover, Mass.], and every few months they would have a town meeting at the Grange. Nothing would get done, but everyone would talk. It was good."
There was one super-warm venue that did work out for him, maybe because the vibe in the isolated locations also was more "town meeting" than "tropical vacation."
"I did USO shows in Kuwait, where they fly you in on a helicopter to these bases, and it is so hot, but the guys don't care, they are just sitting in the sand watching you," Leno said. "And there is nothing out there. These guys are so starved for jokes that they fall down laughing. And I'm up there wondering, 'Hey, it's not that funny!'
"But really, I'm like, 'Give me more shows with Kuwait tank guys!' You never know how these things will work out."
These days, life is working out pretty well for the former "Tonight Show" host. The Hollywood Reporter asked some of his comedy colleagues what Leno should do after he handed off "Tonight" to Jimmy Fallon in February, and got some thoughtful responses.
From Andy Samberg: "Three words. Jay. Leno. Impersonator. He would clean up."
Chelsea Peretti's tip: "Start a line of denim clothes. He's really known for his denim-on-denim repertoire. Or hair care; he's got a nice shock of hair."
And, from "The Soup" host Joel McHale: "He's the biggest American car collector, and he's a master mechanic. Maybe he'll start building helicopters by hand."
Or maybe not.
Leno went through the fire with critics and the media over the intrigue, real and imagined, related to "The Tonight Show" job when he first took over and David Letterman didn't, and then when Conan O'Brien took over, and NBC had buyer's remorse and brought Leno back. But Leno never stopped loving comedy, and never stopped doing stand-up.
Now, as he puts it, he can even go out and do it on school nights.
"I can do more dates during the week, which is great," he said. "Recently I went to China for the day, which was weird. I landed at 10, did the thing [a talk with students about car design] at noon and then came back." He paused. "That may be too much, I don't know."
He's also fitting in some shows in Israel soon. Will he have to adjust his jokes for the Israeli audience?
"I think it's pretty universal, with the themes of family and stuff, you don't have to change it a lot," Leno said.
"Or, maybe you do. I'll find out. Maybe I'll be saying 'Wow, I lied to that reporter!' "
A few weeks ago, Leno was inducted into the Television Hall of Fame, and he used his acceptance speech to point out the importance of knowing when to step down, among other things.
He told the audience that even though he doesn't want to look or act 63, there are certain things that cannot be denied. Twenty-five years ago, he said, he wiped out on his motorcycle at nearly 100 mph and landed in the hospital. A day later, he went home, stiff and sore. A day after that, he was a little less stiff, a little less sore, and the day after that he was back in front of a microphone, "as if nothing had happened. ...
"Last Thursday, I'm sitting on my couch, I yawn ... and turn my head ... at the same time. Argh! What an idiot I was thinking I could pull off a maneuver like that!"
Hopefully, no yawning will be involved when he's doing his show, which he said helps keep him in shape.
"I may be older, but I'm not elderly yet. I'm still able to stand up, it's not like I'm George Burns. I probably walk four or five miles a night on stage."
His goal is to have his audience enjoy themselves as much as he does, and he loves the live interaction.
"I'm having a lot of fun now. On the road, you can tell the same jokes and try them in different ways, and you have more time, so you can tell them as a story."
It isn't rocket science.
"Except for the microphone," he said, "it's pretty basic communication."
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Try these on for laughs
During the interview, Jay tried out some jokes he was working on:
"I was reading that at the London Zoo, when the monkeys see people with cellphones, they try to grab the phones, so the zoo says it's going to try to retrain the monkeys.
"I say 'No! Don't retrain them! Put them in movie theaters and restaurants ...' "
And this, which he says could be "too guy-centered:"
"Scientists say looking at pornography can disrupt families and hurt relationships. Or, as men call it, 'A small price to pay.' "
And then, there is a Buffalo joke that he has told many times before, but which has sadly run its course:
"Ah, Dickie's Donuts – I always tell my wife Mavis it is 'not associated with Richard's Doughnuts Inc.,' and she always laughs. It doesn't make any sense, but my wife likes it."
With Dickie's gone, the joke probably is, too. "Not associated with Timothy's Doughnuts, LLC," just doesn't have the same ring.


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Rep. Pitts: Congress must show leadership on wireless directory
March 3, 2005
Washington -Renewing his effort to protect the privacy of cell phone numbers, Congressman Joe Pitts (R, PA-16) today reintroduced the Wireless 411 Privacy Act with Congressman Edward Markey (D, MA-07) and 21 other Members of Congress. The bill was also introduced in the 108th Congress.
"This directory could be a great service," said Congressman Pitts, "but it has to be done in the right way. Several states recognized this and have passed or are considering laws to protect consumers. They are doing this because Washington has refused to take action.
"That has to change. Congress must show leadership and pass protections for consumers. These protections should be flexible enough to allow the industry to innovate, but rigid enough to guarantee consumers' privacy. That's what this bill does," said Congressman Pitts.
The Wireless 411 Privacy Act, states that -
"Opt In" for Existing Users - wireless carriers must have clear preauthorization from all existing wireless users before including the user's name and phone number in the Wireless Directory Assistance database.
"Opt Out" for New Users - at the time of entering into an agreement with wireless users, wireless carriers must allow all new users a clear conspicuous mechanism to decline to participate in the Wireless Directory Assistance database.
No fees for being unlisted - No fees can be charged to consumers for being unlisted in the database.
Congressman Pitts added, "We've made great progress on this issue over the last year and a half. When Congressman Markey and I introduced this bill in 2003, very few people knew about plans for this directory. Today, it's almost common knowledge and it's clear consumers would support the idea if their privacy is protected. Congress must demonstrate the leadership our constituents have come to expect. We need to pass the Wireless 411 Privacy Act."


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BANK-LOANS-RBI:April industry, services sector loan growth slows: RBI
MUMBAI (Reuters) - Credit to industry grew at a slower pace in April, compared with the same period in the previous year, while advances to agriculture grew faster, data from the Reserve Bank of India on Thursday showed.
Credit to industry rose by 19.5 percent during the month, slower than 25.9 percent in the previous year-ago period, while loans to agriculture increased by 14.6 percent, compared with 12 percent growth.
Credit to the services sector also grew at a slower 15.8 percent in April, compared with a 24.1 percent growth in the previous year.
Advances growth to non-bank finance companies slowed to 36.2 percent from 55.7 percent and the commercial real estate sector to 5.8 percent from 21.9 percent.
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The attack on Senator Amidala just before a crucial vote thrusts the Republic even closer to the edge of disaster. Masters Yoda and Mace Windu sense enormous unease. The dark side is growing, clouding the Jedi's perception of the events. Unbeknownst to the Jedi, a slow rumble is building into the roar of thousands of soldiers readying for battle. But even as the Republic falters around them, Anakin and Padme find a connection so intense that all else begins to fall away. Anakin will lose himself. and his way, in emotions a Jedi, sworn to hold allegiance only to the Order, is forbidden to have.
Based on the story by George Lucas and the screenplay by George Lucas and Jonathan Hales, this intense and revealing novel by best-selling author R.A. Salvatore sheds new light on the legend of Star Wars, and skillfully illuminates one of our most beloved sagas.
© & (P)2002 Lucasfilm Ltd. & TM; Random House, Inc., Random House Audio, a division of Random House, Inc.
"Actor Jonathan Davis gives the characters American or British accents, depending on the nationality of the actors in the film version, and these characters are so on-target as to make the drama entirely believable." (AudioFile)
"Don't hate! Appreciate!!"
For those who continually find fault with the prequel films, please direct your attention to the wonderful novels that accompany the ever critiqued stories of Anakin Skywalker. The much needed insight into the motivations of the prequel characters are found within this recording. Here the love between the main leads is explained and becomes a romantically intriguing example of young love, as opposed to awkward and uncomfortable. Here one is able to see that thematically the idea of "clones" transcends that of just cloned troopers. There are wonderful father/son moments between many of the characters that are touching and profound. Read and listen to this wonderful book, then avert your attention to the film to watch with a deeper perspective. You'll be glad you did!
"Poor Jango"
I think this is a great companion to the movie, it fills in the little things with Annakin and Padme, her background and family. I like all the nuances you can retrieve from the book where the movie cuts them for time and production reasons. One thing I will say is that the light saber battles get confusing to imagine them and I can only piece together what I recall from the movie to go in its place.
Side Note: I wish Jango made it and I'm glad I got a glimpse into the love for his son (clone). Long Live Boba Fett!!
"better then the movie"
Better then the movie. Good reader but sometimes it is hard to hear due to soundeffects
Better than the movie 😜 totally loved it and finally understood what was going on with Anakin!
"Excellent narrative"
I really enjoyed this version, providing more insight into the characters' thoughts than does the film counterpart. Scenes deleted from the movie were included much to the enhancement of the story. Both author and narrator did an admirable job. I fully recommend.
"Good Book"
If you liked the movie you will like the book. You get a deeper understanding of the story by getting inside the heads of the characters. There are a number of scenes that didn't make it into the movie.
"Great book"
The person that presented the book was great. The sound effects was totally awesome! Can't wait to hear Episode 3
"very well done"
this reading was very well done. the reader spoke in the voices of the characters while reading their spoken lines and he did a good job.
there were also sound effects and music presumably from the movie that added nicely to the reading.
"Star Wars II"
Too much politics you say, well darn, it is the whole basis for the progression of the story. The debates in the Senate and the Jedi Counsel are all necessary and allow the reader to understand that the strife caused by disagreements allow for a someone to come in and change things to how they desire. The manipulation and arguments set the stage for the fall of the Jedi.
I love the scenes most of all with Obi-Wan exploring Kamino and Geonosis. They make the illustrate the land and give more depth to the universe.
Overall, I thought it was a great story with a good narrator. Just my opinion but I think that it is worth a read.
"Fett or Fett not"
If you are a fan of Boba Fett, you'll love the detail given his backstory here as opposed to the movie.
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Written on: 07/01/2009 by mbaxendine (1 review written)
Good Points
None for me.
Bad Points
The continual noise from a motor running.
General Comments
I have not had any problems so far with the performance it has recorded all of the programs that I have timed, even those which are regularly repeated. Having said that I would not buy another or recommend to friend because of the continual motor noise.


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Q4TRO from www.imaginovation.com is an experiment in immersive and interactive 3D puzzle worlds.
The goal was to create and explore new ways to interact with Objects in a 3D world, with the goal to prove Alexey Pajitnov wrong, who raised skepticism in a LA Times interview that, although a 3D puzzle games look "very good on the screen", "our brains haven't adapted. People have problems with 3-D."
That this is wrong at least for regular Blockout gamers can be seen easily while exploring the Blockout II online highscore database. There are top notch Blockout players here in the forum and on the highscore list, that can easily handle even the complex, 3dimensional Pentominoes.
But Alexey's statement may still hold for the average non-gamer.
The Imaginovation Team tried to make 3D interactive worlds more accessible to the average computer user.
Check their website and make your own judgement. I personally found it very interesting and the "X-Ray" mode a real innovation regarding 3D Tetris. It allows you to see through pieces in your pit by making them transparent and thus allows you to see where you left holes during your stacking.
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Ukip isn't racist and I will prove it, insists Farage
Nigel Farage denied yesterday that Ukip was a racist party as he justified voicing concern at the prospect of having neighbours from Romania.
The Ukip leader said that the presence of "a lot of black, ethnic minority candidates" at its election launch this week would disprove claims that it was prejudiced. He also promised a fresh purge of those representing the party after a series of exposés of candidates expressing racist or anti-gay views. Mr Farage told the BBC's Andrew Marr Show: "Not only am I adamant we are a non-racist party, I am going to fight back against it. You will see a lot of black, ethnic minority candidates who are proudly standing for Ukip."
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Politicisation of poor law is no solution
Bad law impoverishes justice and poorly drafted laws beggar justice, which is what our courts from the local level up to the Supreme Court of Appeal and, at the best of times, the Constitutional Court have been saying ("Legislature faces a litmus test", June 8).
Whenever our courts find flaws in the laws that come before them, they are fearless in declaring provisions of those laws unconstitutional and referring them back to the drawing board. Yet, instead of recognising the problem at source, the government seeks to politicise its response, using clichés such as "counter-revolutionary", then threatening the judiciary with the spurious charge that it still carries the discredited baggage of apartheid jurisprudence.
As a lawyer working at the coal face of commercial law, I can say that one of the worst laws ever drafted by this government is the National Credit Act.
A clear example of its inadequacy lies in the judgment of the Constitutional Court in the case of Sabelo and Another vs Standard Bank of South Africa Ltd and Another, handed down on June 7 2012. When the drafters could not clarify what constituted "delivery" of a notice to debtors, in legislation stitched together in haste to become law in 2007, it took the highest court in the land to do so.
Clearly there is a lack of drafting skills in the government, coupled with an absence of research capacity, which is resulting in more injustice and greater retardation of the constitutional enterprise.
Instead of politicising the problem, the government should help to solve it. We still boast brilliant consitutional minds in this country, people who can advance the constitutional protections that every South African deserves, free from political threat or interference. – Saber Ahned Jazbhay, attorney


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|Happy New Year from Kitchen Delights - back again in 2013
The shot glasses are filled with buttery apple puree, a thin layer of mincemeat, topped with mascarpone and a scattering of gold dragees.
31 Dec 2012
Happy New Year From Kitchen Delights!
Labels: Desserts , Desserts and Puddings , Fruit
24 Dec 2012
Catch A Falling Star Christmas Cake
This years Christmas Cake is perhaps one of my easiest. I used a large star shape to cut through to the marzipan layer, carefully lifted out the fondant star and filled with small silver dragees. The silver beads around the base of the cake and the rope of silver stars I used as a cake topper are Christmas tree decorations.
Why Catch A Falling Star? The silver star cake topper wouldn't stay on top of the cake whilst I was trying to arrange them and I had to keep catching the falling stars!
Happy Christmas!
Labels: Baking , Baking - Sweet , Cakes , Christmas Cake
22 Dec 2012
Chocolate and Redcurrant Christmas Cupcakes
The sharpness of redcurrants and the richness from chocolate go beautifully together. I made chocolate cupcakes and added some redcurrants to the batter. After baking and cooling they were topped with my favourite cupcake chocolate fudge icing.
To make the frosted redcurrants all you have to do is whisk an egg very lightly and brush the fruit with the egg white, dip the fruit into sugar and leave to dry overnight on baking paper - frosted redcurrants are delicious.
20 Dec 2012
TV's Gadget Queen, Suzi Perry, Demonstrates Her Top Christmas Gizmo Must Haves!
Suzi Perry knows a thing or two about must have gadgets and in this short video demonstrates a wow Philips Saeco Xelsis Digital ID Espresso Machine which uses fingerprint recognition and demonstrates a fabulous personal wireless lighting system.
18 Dec 2012
Sage Sausage Rolls - Recipe
These well dressed little beauties are filled with good quality sausage meat from my trusted butcher, I then add a grated apple, a few breadcrumbs, chopped sage and parsley. Decorate with fresh sage leaves. The recipe is from Delicious Magazine and because I have never found a recipe to upstage this one, I use this time and again! I use my Stellar Eazistore trays because the sausage rolls don't stick whilst cooking.
Open freeze the uncooked sausage rolls on trays and when frozen pop into ziplock freezer bags ready for cooking - easy!
16 Dec 2012
Chocolate Truffles
Home made chocolate truffles are fun to make and I just love getting into a chocolaty mess. I'm not sure how it's possible to make truffles without getting sieved cocoa powder and icing sugar everywhere, most things in my kitchen were coated with a fine dusting of both, including me.
I find the best way to deal with edible gold lustre spray is to place the rolled truffles onto cling wrap and carefully spray directly onto the truffle, also spray the clingwrap surrounding the truffle. Take the cling wrap and wrap around the truffle and roll the truffle back and forth until totally coated - this also prevents lustre spray coating all of your kitchen gold, which is fine for Christmas, but not such a bright idea when the New Year arrives.
Despite the mess they are well worth making, they can be flavoured to your own taste with Baileys, Cointreau, Brandy to name a few ideas. The chocolate truffles can be rolled in a variety of coatings - I coated mine with icing sugar, cocoa powder and sprayed some of the truffles with edible gold lustre - they can be coated with toasted desiccated coconut, chopped pistachios or dipped into melted chocolate. After you have made them place into gold petit fours cases. They will make a lovely Christmas gift too.
Keep in the fridge or they can be frozen. They taste fabulous chilled......
The recipe is from the BBC GoodFood website.
Labels: Chocolate , Christmas Gifts , Gifts
14 Dec 2012
Sponsored Video: Blacksticks Blue
A Taste of the Unexpected - A must watch fun and quirky video.
My perfect cheese board is a wedge of blue cheese, and Blacksticks Blue will look magnificent - a soft cheese and also a hard cheese, but I do tend to get carried away and buy other cheeses too. I like to serve these with a selection of fruits, nuts, chutney, speciality biscuits for cheese and home made bread.
Butlers have a recipe on their website for Blacksticks Blue and Basil Brioche which shows the cheese is not only for the cheeseboard but can be used as an ingredient in recipes too.
For those last minute foodie ideas, Butlers have the perfect Speciality Cheese and Beer gift set, a Chunky Cheeseboard and Three Truckles of Love, which can be purchased from their online shop.
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9 Dec 2012
Chocolate and Vanilla Berry Pavlova - Recipe
The cream filling is softly whipped double cream mixed with natural yogurt - this lightens the cream and also gives a subtle tang. The fruit is a pack of good quality frozen summer berries mixed with a few frozen redcurrants from my garden. Tip the frozen berries, with the exception of the raspberries, into a sieve and allow the berries to thaw and release some of their juices, otherwise the cream will become stained with fruit juice. I used the reserved frozen raspberries to decorate the top, this enables them to keep their shape for longer.
The adapted Nigella Lawson pavlova recipe is one I have used many, many times and always works.
You will need: large oven tray - draw a 20cm diameter circle on a sheet of baking paper (I use a plate). Turn the baking paper over and place onto the oven tray. TIP: Take some of the vanilla meringue and place blobs at each corner of the tray, place the baking paper on top, the meringue will secure the baking paper.
4 large egg whites
250g caster sugar
2 tsp cornflour
1 tsp white wine vinegar
1 tsp vanilla extract
4 tbsp sifted cocoa powder
300ml double cream
150ml natural yogurt
1. Preheat the oven to 180ºC
2. Whisk the egg whites and a pinch of salt until they reach the stiff peak stage.
3. Gradually add the caster sugar a teaspoon at a time, whisking well in between. Keep on whisking until the mixture is stiff and glossy.
4. Whisk in the cornflour, vanilla extract and white wine vinegar.
5. Remove a third of the meringue mixture to a bowl. Add the sieved cocoa powder and stir in to combine.
6. Take alternate blobs of vanilla meringue and chocolate meringue and place onto the marked out circle on the baking paper. Swirl the two together.
7. Turn the oven temperature down to 150ºC and cook for one hour.
8. Leave the pavlova in the oven overnight.
9. Remove the pavlova and place onto a large plate.
10. Whip the cream into soft folds and gently fold in the natural yogurt.
11. Decorate.
Labels: Chocolate , Desserts , Desserts and Puddings , Fruit , Nigella Lawson
8 Dec 2012
BBC Good Food Show Birmingham Winter 2012
|Click on the photograph for a magnified view.
The Great British Bake Off attracted a huge crowd all eager to see this years finalist John Whaite. His adoring fans had waited patiently and everyone, including me, gave him a huge cheer when he appeared on stage.
We had fabulous seats in the Supertheatre to see MasterChef Live with John Torode, Gregg Wallace, Shelina Permallo MasterChef Finalist 2012 and Emma Kennedy Celebrity MasterChef Finalist 2012.
|James Martin busy signing Stellar knife sets on his stand.
|Olives, Turkish Delight, pastries and nuts on this fabulous stand.
|Beautifully decorated cupcakes.
Labels: Events
6 Dec 2012
Visit to Chateau Siaurac, Bordeaux
A visit to Chateau Siaurac, Bordeaux by Kitchen Delights Roving Reporter.
A short drive away from the centre of Bordeaux, I continued my journey of wine exploration to Chateau Siaurac.
Set in 60 hectares of beautiful grounds, this family run chateau which is steeped in history and brimming with character, offers a unique wine experience.
Dating back to 1832, the family is proud to have carried on the tradition of making wine, continually innovating to produce the very best. On the day of our visit, we were able to see the cellars where the wines are kept in French oak barrels and also taught about the daily working life within the vineyard.
Afterwards in a private tasting session, we sampled exquisitely made food and had great fun pairing food to wines. The key lesson here was to appreciate how a wine can taste so different when paired with different foods, all of which is of course subjective.
For lunch, there was the option to eat from a gourmet style lunch box containing brioche style rolls, soup and a crumble, or you could opt for a VIP lunch and enjoy a more formal dining experience in a private space (I could have spent all day eating – feast your eyes on the divine chocolate dessert in the photograph).
This vineyard is special because it is accessible to everyone. For young families with toddlers, you can opt for a package which allows you to taste wines, and also explore the grounds and historic chateau with an activity pack (you may even discover little Babouche the puppy pictured). Whilst for groups of friends, you may choose the food and wine pairing workshop or the VIP package. With so many chateaux to choose from in Bordeaux – I recommend putting this one at the very top of your bucket list.
To find out more about the packages available email email@example.com or visit www.baronneguichard.com
A huge thank you to Carey, Rosamund and Natasha at R&R Teamwork.
Disclosure: The trip was funded by The Bordeaux Wine Council (CIVB) www.bordeaux.com/uk
5 Dec 2012
Judge Thermal Gravy Pot - Review
|Images courtesy of Judge Cookware
Keeping extra gravy hot is always a struggle and the thermal gravy pot will be used over the Christmas holiday, alongside my regular Sunday roast, and at other times when I need to keep liquids hot.
After Christmas Dinner the gravy pot will be washed and then filled with custard, to serve with my Christmas pudding. Later in the day the thermal pot will make another appearance, but this time as a cream chiller.
RRP £15 Available from Amazon.
Thank you Pam and Judge Cookware for the review sample.
Labels: Gifts , Kitchen Kit
3 Dec 2012
Kitchen Delights Christmas Gift Ideas
A round up of some of the fabulous items I have been sent for review - they will all make great Christmas Gifts.
Joseph Joseph Nest Plus 9 Multi-Coloured Set
Montezuma's Orange and Geranium Chocolate Snowballs
Judge Heated Milk Frother
The Kraken Black Spiced Rum
Eddingtons Meat Thermometer/Temperature Probe
Stellar Easy Lift Cast Iron Saute/Server Pan
Labels: Gifts
1 Dec 2012
Christmas Mini Mince Pies
I love a good mince pie, made with a buttery flaky pastry and lots of mincemeat inside. The filling can't have any peel, nuts of any description and definitely not a fresh cranberry in sight. My mince pie has to look home made too, I don't want it to look as though it came off a production line. The mincemeat must have lots of Brandy added to it - this is essential because I need to eat lots of mince pies in the run up to Christmas.
The mincemeat recipe is by Delia Smith and I make this every year without fail, I exclude the nuts and peel. The pastry recipe is from Women's Institute Complete Christmas.
Makes 18-20
225g plain flour, 115g butter, 50g lard, 25g icing sugar, 1 egg, 2 teaspoons iced water, 450g luxury mincemeat.
1. Preheat the oven to 180ºC. Sift flour into a bowl and the butter and lard. Rub fat into flour until the mixture resembles breadcrumbs. Stir in icing sugar and then the beaten egg and water. Bring together to form a smooth dough. Place in plastic bag and refrigerate for 30 minutes.
2. Roll out just over half the pastry to 3mm thickness and cut out circles large enough to fit the base of tart tins.
3. Fill with mincemeat.
4. Roll out the remaining pastry and cut out the tops. Brush the tops with water and place on top of the mincemeat, lightly press the tops onto the base pastry.
5. Bake in oven for 15-20 mins.
6. Cool in tin for a few minutes then transfer to wire rack to completely cold.
7. To serve dust with icing sugar.
8. The cooked and cooled mince pies can be frozen and defrost at room temperature.
Labels: Delia Smith , Pies sweet
28 Nov 2012
Trip to Bordeaux - École du Vin Bordeaux (Wine School)
Posting by Kitchen Delights Roving Reporter.
My food and wine press trip started on a cold cloudy Friday afternoon at Luton airport and in just over an hour I arrived in glorious Bordeaux in the south of France, to discover why it is the natural home to sensational food and great wine.
Described as the 'mini Paris' of France, due to the stunning architecture and the cool city vibe you would expect to find in Paris - Bordeaux is a very walkable city which makes it the perfect weekend get-away.
My culinary objective was to discover knock your socks off wines and scrumptious food. I hope you will get just as excited as I am, as I share in a series of forthcoming blog posts, my visits to gorgeous Châteaux, delightful food markets and other amazing treasures that wait for you in Bordeaux.
A Visit to École du Vin
When you visit Bordeaux be prepared to thoroughly immerse yourself in food and drink (and of course the amazing shopping!) and where better to start than with a trip to École du Vin (Wine School) which is located in the centre of the city.
Learn how to sniff, slurp and sample sensational wines, just like a professional, and learn all about the different soils, grape varieties and other complexities involved in the wine producing process.
This two and a half hour masterclass paints a colourful picture of Bordeaux, as you learn about it's geography and the impact this has on wine production. Don't worry if you are not a pro - it's a really fun and accessible way for anyone, to start appreciating Bordeaux wines. You'll feel suitably smug that you have attended a masterclass before visiting a Château or two - trust me!
To find out more about the introduction to wine course http://www.ecole-du-vin.fr/
Disclosure: The trip was funded by The Bordeaux Wine Council (CIVB) www.bordeaux.com/uk
Carey, Rosamund and Natasha at R&R Teamwork. Thanks a mill....
25 Nov 2012
Christmas Crumble Muffins
Christmas Crumble Muffins - Christmas - crumble - muffins all rolled into one, perfect. The muffins are filled with dried cranberries, sultanas, raisins, and black spiced rum, the buttery crumble is perfumed with cinnamon.
These are go large and there was far too much batter for the recommended 12 and will make 16 smaller cupcakes by half filling the cupcake cases. There's a very generous amount of crumble topping too, I'm going to make 16 muffins next time.
I'm not too sure who the recipe belongs to but I've adapted it. Maybe the recipe is written by Annie Bell, I seem to be making quite a lot of her recipes recently. I have now found the original recipe - I thought so, it's another great recipe by one of our best cookery writers Annie Bell.
This is a fabulous bake and ticked all the boxes - hope you have a go at making these.
They freeze perfectly and can be refreshed and gently warmed in the microwave, if you use foil cases remove them before refreshing.
Listening to Chris Evans on Radio 2 this week, he made the comment that all lovely Christmas foods should be for Christmas Day and two weeks after that. I feel really guilty now..........
Crumble Topping
35g dark brown muscovado sugar
35g light brown sugar
70g chilled and diced unsalted butter
100g plain flour
⅓ tsp cinnamon powder
Whiz the above in the food processor until it takes on the look of breadcrumbs, put to one side.
180g diced unsalted butter
180g light brown sugar
3 eggs + 1 egg yolk
50ml dark rum - I used a black spiced rum
80g sultanas
40g raisins
40g dried cranberries
180g plain flour
¾ tsp baking powder
icing sugar to decorate
1. Line a cupcake tin with either 12 or 16 cupcakes.
2. Preheat the oven to 190ºC.
3. Put the butter and sugar in a food processor and whiz until fluffy, add the eggs one at a time whilst still whizzing, add the egg yolk. Now add the rum, it will look curdled but no worries.
4. Toss the sultanas, raisins and dried cranberries in some of the plain flour.
5. Pour the batter into a large bowl. Sieve over the flour and baking powder, fold into the batter.
6. Fold in the fruit.
7. Half fill 16 cupcake cases or use all the batter mix in 12 large cupcake cases.
8. Sprinkle the crumble mix over the top of the batter.
9. Bake for 25 minutes or until cooked.
10.Once cool dust with icing sugar.
Labels: Baking , Baking - Sweet , Muffins
23 Nov 2012
The Bar of Aero - Chocolate Heaven
|A new fun way to get hot chocolate.
Have you ever dreamt of munching your way round Willy Wonka's Chocolate Factory, like young Charlie Bucket did? I certainly felt I'd won a golden ticket when Kitchen Delights was invited to the media preview at The Bar of Aero, Trumans Brewery, Brick Lane to celebrate 70 years of bubbly fun in a bar of Aero.
We all know Aero is famous for containing bubbles, but have you ever questioned how a piece of chocolate can contain perfectly preserved bubbles without popping. Listening to the boffins from Aero, it has a lot to do with 16 variables including gas and temperature. Sadly, they didn't reveal any trade secrets to help us make it at home.
|I'm not the Roving Reporter!
|Aero Fool
|Aero Mess
Thank you to Red Consultancy and The Bar of Aero for a bubbly evening of fun!
Labels: Chocolate
Knorr Gourmet Recipe Mix - Review
|Classic Chicken Casserole
Knorr Gourmet Baking Bag - Classic Chicken Casserole with Red Wine and a Dash of Balsamic. A great idea to save time and washing up - all you have to do is add chicken cubes, button mushrooms, red onion, streaky bacon, red wine and the recipe mix to the bag. Place the bag into a casserole dish and cook for 30 minutes. Taste test: Very rich, and the chicken and vegetables were cooked to perfection. We would have preferred less herbs.
|Rustic Ratatouille
Thank you for the samples.
17 Nov 2012
Mincemeat Bites with Five Seed Topping - Recipe
|The crunchy toasted seeds are very, very, delicious
Quick and easy Christmas recipes that work are a priority, and this little number from a Waitrose recipe card is a winner - think sausage rolls but with a sweet mincemeat filling. Ready rolled puff pastry, add a handful of dried cranberries or dried sour cherries to either a home made mincemeat or a quality bought one and a few seeds scattered over for crunch - I used pumpkin, sunflower, poppy seeds, sesame and linseeds.
Adapted Recipe
You will need: Greased baking tray
375g pack ready rolled puff pastry, 300g good quality mincemeat, handful dried cranberries, lightly beaten egg, 50g mixed seeds, 2 tbsp sifted icing sugar.
1. Preheat the oven to 200ºC.
2. Cut the pastry in half lengthways. Put half the mincemeat down the centre of the pastry strips and scatter over a few dried cranberries.
3. Brush the beaten egg along the edges of the pastry. Roll over to make two long rolls. Seal the edges together.
4. Place the rolls onto the baking tray cut side down, brush with egg, sprinkle over the seeds.
5. Bake for 20-25 minutes or until cooked. Cool, cut into mincemeat bites, dust with icing sugar.
Labels: Waitrose
Christmas Stocking Gift Ideas
Stockist: Presents For Men - £3.99
DropStop Wine Pourer
The DropStop wine gadget - insert the flexible circular disc into the neck of the wine bottle to stop those annoying wine spills and drips. They can be inserted into any drinks bottle.
Stockist: Amazon.co.uk - £2.99 Supplied in a pack of 3
DropStop Wine Breather
Especially for red wine, this is fitted into the neck of the wine bottle and prevents drips and aerates the wine. Stockist: Amazon.co.uk - £1.95 available in packs of 2.
Thank you to Eleanor and Eddingtons for the samples.
12 Nov 2012
Braised Red Cabbage With Apple - Recipe
This Braised Red Cabbage with Apple recipe from Waitrose is one of many red cabbage recipes I use, but I always make this one for Christmas Day, it is so delicious and tasty.
The perfect sweet/sour taste, not too spicy and sweetened with light muscovado sugar and redcurrant jelly - can be made in advance and frozen too.
To freeze: Line a baking tray or similar with clingwrap, place the cooked braised cabbage onto the lined tray, spread over the base, cover with clingwrap, place in the freezer. When frozen remove and cut into portions. Wrap each portion in clingwrap, place into a ziplock bag and return to the freezer. To reheat: defrost and reheat in the microwave.
The recipe can also be found in the Waitrose Christmas Harvest 2012 recipe guide.
Labels: Fruit , Vegetables , Waitrose
10 Nov 2012
Quick Portuguese Tarts - Jamie's 30 Minute Meals
Whilst Jamie's Quick Portuguese Tarts aren't the same as we were served in Madeira, the filling is light, the orange caramel topping is superb and I could quite happily have eaten the lot!
I didn't cook these against the clock, I can't do it, won't do it - otherwise we end up with car crash food.
There are plenty of great recipes in the book, although if you wish to cook only one of the suggested meal plans the method layout can be frustrating.
I hope you have a go at making these delicious tarts.
Labels: Jamie Oliver , Sweet , Tarts
9 Nov 2012
Rosemary Roast Lamb Chops and Potatoes
Whilst lazily reading the newspaper at my local coffee shop the other week, I came across this recipe from BBC GoodFood in the Daily Mail. I always look forward to seeing which recipe they have chosen from the GoodFood website because I can then buy the ingredients whilst I'm out shopping and cook the suggested recipe. I don't know whose job it is to choose recipes from the GoodFood website for the Daily Mail readers but they always pick a winner. I'm mostly grateful to them because it saves me thinking 'what shall I cook for dinner'.
After my disaaahhhster (disaster) with a previous meal, I thought it only fair I cooked something that looked good, tasted wonderful and is very delicious too.
The recipe is very easy to prepare and make, I used King Edward old potatoes because when roasted they are crunchy on the outside and fluffy within. The balsamic vinegar drizzled over the roasted meal is a must and takes it to another level. I cut off some rosemary which happily grows in my garden and managed to tear off the last sprig of mint too.
The recipe is on the BBC GoodFood website. I found the oven timings suggested on their site too short and cooked the potatoes for another 20 minutes.
Labels: BBC Good Food , Herbs , Meat , Vegetables
8 Nov 2012
Lindt Excellence Chocolate and Wine Pairing
Lindt recently invited Kitchen Delights to a Chocolate and Wine pairing event, which they were hosting at Chocolate Unwrapped in London, to celebrate National Chocolate Week. Lindt Master Chocolatier, Stefan Bruderer and Master of Wine, Sarah Jane Evans held an in-depth chocolate and wine pairing event.
Unfortunately I was unable to attend the event but they have kindly sent me a fabulous mini chocolate and wine pairing pack which was made up specially for Chocolate Week.
The pack contains a Chocolate and Wine tasting guide and:
2 x Excellence dark 70% Cocoa
2 x Excellence dark 85% Cocoa
2 x Excellence dark Orange Intense
2 x Excellence dark Sea Salt
2 x Excellence dark Mint Intense
2 x Excellence Extra Creamy Milk
1 x Cool Harvest Sauvignon Blanc
1 x Jacobs Creek Shiraz Cabernet
Hubby, who has neither experience or knowledge regarding chocolate and wine pairing (but does enjoy both chocolate and wine) was assigned the task. His first pairing was Sauvignon Blanc and Dark Mint Intense. Individually, he enjoyed both the chocolate and wine, but somehow seemed to miss the point regarding the pairing. This is obviously a new flavour experience he needs to work on.
He read the tasting notes again, which fully explain how to enjoy the pairings, with this knowledge he was now able to appreciate the next pairing.
A Shiraz Cabernet and 85% dark Cocoa chocolate are the pairing this time, and he thought the complexity of flavours in both the chocolate and a full bodied wine are the perfect match.
We both enjoyed the mini chocolates - as soon as you remove the wrapper you are in chocolate heaven. I couldn't choose a favourite chocolate from the above list, but Dark Sea Salt is one we hadn't tried before and is definitely a taste sensation.
Thank you to Sandra and Lindt for the Chocolate and Wine Tasting Pack.
7 Nov 2012
Good Heavens! Drinking Yogurt - Review
I have been sent Good Morning! Raspberry, Oats and Honey yogurt drink - a zing of raspberry, oats for fibre and lightly sweetened with honey - this one is a slightly thicker yogurt drink. I was concerned the oats might be a little annoying to drink, but 6% finely milled oatmeal was absolutely fine and an easy way to get extra fibre into my diet. This is the perfect start to the day, or for those days when you can't find time for breakfast, can't face breakfast, need breakfast on the go or had an early start to the day. Also available in Blueberry, Oats and Honey.
Next I tried the heavenly Luscious Strawberry Drinking Yogurt, this is a taste of summer past and perfect for those of us who love fruit. Not just for breakfast but anytime of the day, and if you find yourself beginning to feel weary mid afternoon these are the perfect pick-me-up. Available in Refreshing Apple & Pear or Succulent Blackcurrant too.
Good Heavens! are a Boutique Dairy based in Hayes, Middlesex. They make their yogurt slowly and in small batches. Completely natural, free from additives, packed with real fruit and contain over 25% of an adult's calcium RDA.
Thank you to Martin and Good Heavens! for the review samples.
Labels: Breakfast , Reviews - Food Products , Yogurt
6 Nov 2012
Montezuma's Advent Calendar + Orange and Geranium Chocolate Snowballs: Review
Montezuma's Advent Calendar is filled with 24 large cubes of luxurious milk and white organic chocolate. The calendar is beautifully decorated with reindeer, robins, Christmas trees, snowflakes and baubles. Both children and grownups will have fun finding the next delicious chocolate treat.
Orange and Geranium Chocolate Snowballs filled with dark organic chocolate truffle will delight adults. Thoughtfully and carefully, the floral scent of geranium has been mixed with citrus orange, incorporated into a dark chocolate truffle centre and enveloped with a white chocolate outer casing, to give a surprising and luxurious taste sensation. It is impossible to eat only one of these..........they are so very delicious.
Unique, innovative, British, hand made luxury chocolate with the wow factor, lovingly brought to us by founders of Montezuma's, Helen and Simon.
Advent Calendar with 24 chocolates (240g) £9.99 - Chocolate Snowballs (150g) £4.99.
Stockists - 5 shops(Brighton, Chichester, Winchester, Kingston-upon-Thames and Spitalfields in London), John Lewis, Debenhams, moonpig.com and good fine food stores.
Thank you Martin and Montezuma's for the wonderful Christmas Chocolate Gifts.
Labels: Gifts , Reviews - Food Products
3 Nov 2012
Chilli Con Carne Meatballs - Jamie's 15 Minute Meals
I challenged myself to make Chilli Con Carne Meatballs from Jamie's 15 Minute Meals, after seeing him on TV effortlessly produce this recipe.
Jamie has a team who do all the prep - I have just me and distractions. Everything started off well and I thought it would be a doddle, but then the washer finished, more washing to put in, next the tumble dryer to fill. Couldn't find the blender, found the blender, struggled to assemble the blender. Where is the bulgur wheat hiding? I forgot to buy the preserved lemons. Why are there only a few cumin seeds left in the jar? It was all going wrong.......
I wasn't sure about cooking the meatballs for such a short time and cooked these for longer, I thought the quantity of bulgur wheat might not be enough and then cooked too much - I should have trusted Jamie:)
Would you like to know how long all this took me? - I lost the will, and have absolutely no idea. The photograph tells the story........
Hubby thought the meal was very tasty and he particularly enjoyed the meatballs. He would have liked less bulgur wheat and more meatballs, not the huge plate of bulgur wheat I gave to him, and as for me, I will always prefer traditional chilli con carne.
I plan to cook a few more recipes from the book, perhaps this time I might manage to cook something without so many distractions.
The book - bursting at the seams with tasty healthy recipes, great food styling and photographs, and each recipe gives calorie, fat, sugar and saturated fat details.
Please Note: This blog post isn't to be taken seriously - ok!
Labels: Jamie Oliver , Meat
Sabichi Brasserie Range - Review
I made Autumn Spiced Plums in my dish - Preheat the oven to 180ºC - stone the plums, cut into eighths. Melt some butter in a pan, add the sliced plums and spoon over 4 tablespoons caster sugar. Stir until slightly softened. Place the plums and their syrup along with a star anise and cinnamon stick into the Sabichi Rectangle Ovenproof dish. Cook until the plums are tender. A little Port poured over the cooked plums would be good too!
|More items from this fabulous cookware range
The Sabichi Brasserie Range offers a co-ordinating and affordable range of cookware, cutlery, dinnerware and table runners.
Thank you Pam and Sabichi for sending me the dish to review.
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I just have loaded up the latest version of Allegro. But I have noticed that the copper pour menu has changed. Previously you were able to Edit>Shape select the shape then pick the elements you wanted cleared Via's, traces, small planes. etc... Can someone direct me in the new version on how these steps are done in V15.5.ThanksBrian
Hi BrianIn 14.2 Allegro was using Static shapes only - the shape required manual voiding to achieve the required DRC clearance. In 15.5 you have the choice of Static and Dynamic shapes - Dynamic shapes are linked into the DRC and will void automatically depending on the parameters of the shape. If the shape is dynamic there is not a option to void individual elements as this is done dynamically - you can however add properties to elements that affect the clearance (DYN_* properties). The shape Parameters define the way the shape behaves (voids to DRC values or Padstack values, clearance oversize, solid or hatched etc.To edit the shapes in 15.5 (or 15.2 and 15.5.1) use the Shapes menu - Shape->Select Shape or Void, then click on the shape - the shape will then get small "square" boxes at each vertex which can be moved. To add a manual void into the shape use Manual Void->Polygon or Rectangular or Circle.Andy


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how to move digikam photos and database
I'm running out of space on the device where I store photos and music so I need to move the photos to another partition. The problem is that I want to keep all the tags and ratings that I've put on this snaps in digikam so I need to move the database.
Is there a way to do this ?
Thanks for any help
I'll go to bed now but when i don't forget i'll look for you, just installed Suse 10.2 on my old pc so ... :)
Same problem!
Oooh! I have the same problem! I need to move directories containing all my pictures from one 'parent' folder to another, whilst preserving the tags!
Can anyone help please?
All I can think of at the moment is: cut-and-paste the 'parent' directory ("Pictures", in my case) to the desired location, thus copying the digikam3.db file along with everything else. Then, change "Album Library Path" to destination/Pictures.
I might try this later. I don't want accidentally lose my tags, though... :D
Yeah, my method worked.
Originally, the folder:
/media/sda5/Documents and Settings/FSHero/My Documents/Pictures
I moved the whole "Pictures" folder to:
/media/sda5/Documents and Settings/SharedDocs
Finally, in digiKam, I changed the Album Library Path to:
/media/sda5/Documents and Settings/SharedDocs/Pictures
NOTE: I backed up my digikam3.db and exif-info.db files first!
I imagine that an identical method would work for you, dukeinlondon. GLHF!
Hmm ok, i found it too lol but forgot to post. Sorry, but good that you found it too ...
I would probably have tried this but I have been short on experimenting time. That's great, thanks for your help.
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James Salter: "It's hard to think of any other women on the spur of the moment here"
At 87, James Salter is having perhaps the best year of his career. His first novel in three decades, "All That Is," has brought rave reviews and even a New Yorker profile. It's heady, late-life success for a novelist mostly revered as a writer's writer for books like "Light Years" and "A Sport and a Pastime."
But this weekend on NPR's "All Things Considered," the latest stop on his celebratory media tour, Salter was asked by host Arun Rath about his women characters -- and he gave what might be as bizarre an answer as has any male writer these days, suddenly faced with direct questions about literature and gender that they might not have been asked before.
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The Raf Simons Spring 2014 menswear collection is a daring display of synchronized printed pieces. The collection is made of one-piece button up rompers layered with tale telling printed t's. The entire collection is show stopping. Each piece has the ability to be worn alone or paired with another staple from the collection. If you are someone who likes to let their clothing do the talking this Raf Simons collection is for you.
From primary color blocking shirts to neoprene structured overcoats this collection is bursting with boldly wearable outfits. The designer was inspired by Paris parties and old school comics for his latest collection. If you like clothing that tells its own story you will love wearing the pieces from Raf Simons Spring 2014 menswear collection. Especially if you like futuristic boots.
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The Raf Simons Spring 2014 Menswear Collection is Iconic
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Priyanka Chopra found it hard to resist the handsome Shahid Kapoor on a Harley Davidson and so she agreed his proposal of a late night ride through the streets of Mumbai.
The recent Holi party hosted by SRK broke the chill that set in the love story of Shahid and Priyanka. The duo also found themselves on adjacent sets. While PC was shooting for director Anurag Basu's next film Barfee, Shahid was nearby.
Buzz also has it that PC, between the shots, met Shahid and the two bonded again as if they were still a couple.
Taking this as a perfect moment, Shahid proposed the idea of a bike ride at night when the streets of Mumbai have lesser traffic. Priyanka agreed instantly.
The two were spotted on Shahid's metal beauty Harley Davidson, on the smooth streets of Versova.
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Getty Images/Danny E. MartindaleThe Financial Times' Festival of Finance took place two weeks ago, on July 1 — a bunch of finance and economics professionals in one place.
At the festival, Aimee Keane — a producer of Alphachat, the Financial Times' business and economics podcast — asked the participants what was going on in the world that we should be paying attention to.
The festival took place in London the week after Brexit, and the consequences of the referendum were on everyone's minds. But with so much attention focused on Brexit, the FT wanted to know, "what might we all be missing?"
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This may be a very dumb question but I rarely buy guns via a private sale and am hoping someone here can answer this for me. I'm thinking about buying a handgun from a guy I work with but I don't want to take any chances on the gun being stolen so I would like to get the gun transferred. My question is, in order to transfer a handgun do I have to have the last person a background check was ran on there to transfer it to me? The guy I'll be buying from bought it from someone else in a private sale so he is not the most recent person a background check was ran on for the gun. Does that matter or as long as its not flagged stolen can a gun be transferred no matter who is selling it?
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Dr. Phil checks in with some of his most talked about guests. The first story had all the drama, intrigue and suspense of a Hollywood movie! Dr. Phil uncovered Jeffrey's obsession with his wife, Jennifer. He would follow her every move, lock her in the basement, tap her phones and take inappropriate photos of her. When we last saw them, Jeffrey was in jail, awaiting trial, and Jennifer went into hiding with their children. Don't miss Jennifer's update from her secret location! Next, what happened to Melinda, a 17-year-old with a rage problem who had her family terrified? Then, an update on the deafblind triplets, a mom who had a fear of germs, the guests from Dr. Phil's House of Hatred, and the family who was attacked by a madman with a hatchet while they slept. Where are these guests now? Talk about the show here.
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SAILOR TWAIN, OR: THE MERMAID IN THE HUDSON is a webcomic by Mark Siegel. A new page posts every Monday, Wednesday and Friday, in an unfolding graphic tale, serializing online ahead of book publication (October 2, 2012) in the tradition of the old 19th century novel.
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Today I'm thrilled to be a part of a blogger movement I was excited to hear about from Meg Biram of Mimi + Meg. A few weeks back, blogger Jess Constable decided to write a personal post baring many of her insecurities she would otherwise never share with her readers. Shortly thereafter, blogger Ez Pudewa turned Jess's inspiring post into a "Things I'm Afraid To Tell You" blogger movement. When Meg asked if I wanted to participate, I surprised myself by saying "sure!"
I'm not one to "tell all," but I do think it's important to be open from time to time. After all, what makes you more human than admitting you are, in fact, human?
Yup! Bloggers have issues too (like getting posts done on time .. I was supposed to have this up this morning and now it's 10:50 pm. Eeek!).
So, in the spirit of supporting one's community, here are a few things I'm afraid to tell you.
1. I blog about fashion yet I rarely feel confident about how I'm dressed. I typically go through several outfit changes before settling on a "look" I don't know if I actually like. And yes, it bums me out. Although the world I create here on my blog and on Pinterest looks very stylized, I have struggled for years to create a personal style for myself that I'm happy with. I fear that I may never be satisfied with my personal style and admire the way I look the way I admire the way others look.
2. I have a very difficult time focusing. It often takes me hours to do something I should be able to do in half that time because I'm so easily distracted. For example, I wrote the sentence before this one over fifteen minutes ago. What did I do during those fifteen minutes? Nothing really, my mind just decided to go somewhere else and I followed. I really wish I could be more productive.
3. I compare myself to others waaaaaay too often. Most of the time, it keeps me from acknowledging and respecting my own accomplishments the way I should.
4. I'm kind of a messy person. And by "kind of" I mean MESSY. I create little piles of stuff everywhere (piles of clothes, piles of receipts, piles of shoes, piles of beauty products) and I don't pick them up until they're out of control.
5. I have a love/hate relationship with my following on Pinterest. It causes me a tremendous amount of anxiety that I'm having a difficult time understanding all of my mixed feelings about it at the moment. Of course, I'm grateful for the success there, but, in the words of the Notorious B.I.G., "mo' followers, mo' problems." Actually, I think he said "mo' money, mo' problems," but you get the point.
6. I feel HORRIBLE that I was the last blogger to get their post up today. I probably shouldn't have agreed to participate today because my life is super CRAZY BUSY right now, but I can't help but say yes to everything. Note to self: Christine .. learn how to say no.
Hmm .. that wasn't so bad! In fact, it feels good to get some of that off my chest! *blogger sigh of relief*
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Cocoa Programming for Mac OS X For Dummies
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This book gives you a solid foundation in Cocoa and the unusual syntax of Objective-C. You'll learn what's new in Cocoa frameworks and create an application step by step. For example, you can:
- See how Xcode underlies your applications as the main component of Apple's IDE
- Examine the basics of the Objective-C language, the elements of a Cocoa interface, and object-oriented programming
- Use Xcode and Interface Builder
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- Create applications with the stunning graphics for which Macs are famous
- See how to build apps with multiple documents and even executables that aren't traditional Mac apps
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February statistically has the coldest annual water temps for our region. As a winter warrior, I am curious what some may do to extend surf sessions or to minimize the suffering when changing into and out of your wetsuit. I wear a 6/5/4 with 5mm gloves and 7mm boots but still some days are just brutal after a hour into the session.
Some things i do that help are: sitting in my car blasting the heat until my suit warms up and recently i came up with the idea of filling up my wetsuit bucket (its basically a recycling bin) with hot bath water. Ill dip my suit in the hot water before suiting up and I find that it helps get in on faster and gives me a heat boost. Its also great when I get out of the water because ill dip my frigid hands and feet in the bucket to warm up.
I saw a guy today that had a portable pump shower. I also have and see many people with the FCS robe towels.
So, what are some of the clever things you have come up with or have seen other warriors do to fight the cold?
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change at home before and after
Get a big bottle of hot water and wrap it in a towel on the way to the beach, put your suit on with the FCS towel it helps a lot, and right before you get into the water or leave your car pour half of the hot water in your suit, it will help keep you warm for 30-45 extra mins right when you get into the water, and when you get out or get too cold to keep on going pour the rest of the water into your suit to warm back up.
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Get a van.
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Take a leak in your suit. Works everytime
or you could get 15 hot hands and vaccum seal them an insert them into your wet suit brahh.
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Half suited up to the beach...pee whilst in the water and sit on garbage bags/towels on the way home and change out in the shower. Also doubles as a rinse session for the wet suit since its to cold to be messing with the hose outside.
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here's an idea for ya.
Before or after your session (it doesn't matter which) douse yourself with kerosene and drop a lit zippo down your suit.
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Anyway, no secrets here. If you can drive home and change in the shower. Time in the water will be limited when it's really cold, no way to get around that. Maybe on of those super fancy heated suits could work well but my 5/3 works for as cold as I care to go anyway.
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Havent tried it yet, but I have some foot warmers im going to try putting in ziploc bags and putting them in my boot so they wont get wet


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Approximately 2,000 Polk County residents, including breast cancer survivor and business and community members, joined in the American Cancer Society's Making Strides Against Breast Cancer 5K walk at Mosaic Park in Bartow.
Approximately 2,000 Polk County residents, including breast cancer survivor and business and community members, joined in the American Cancer Society's Making Strides Against Breast Cancer 5K walk at Mosaic Park in Bartow.
This noncompetitive, fundraising event on Oct. 20 raised more than $100,000.
"The Making Strides Against Breast Cancer walk was truly moving and inspiring," said Polk County Making Strides event chair Christian Lee.
"Mosaic Park was taken over by a wave of walkers clad in uniquely and beautifully decorated pink bras, each one with its own story about a very personal journey with breast cancer."
In its second year, the "Put On Your Pink Bra" campaign empowered walkers to wear pink bras in support of the fight against breast cancer.
Polk County walkers accepted the challenge, decorating their pink bras with everything from lace to glitter to feathers.
This event was one of 26 held across the state.
The American Cancer Society uses the dollars raised through Making Strides events to fund breast cancer research, provide up-to-date breast cancer information, ensure all women have access to breast cancer screening and treatments �— regardless of income — and provide services that improve the quality of life for patients and their families.
Sponsors of this year's Making Strides event include WTSP 10 News and WDUV.
To make a donation to Polk County's Making Strides Against Breast Cancer, visit www.putonyourpinkbra.com.
For more information about breast cancer, contact the American Cancer Society at 1-800-ACS-2345 or visit www.cancer.org.
Main Street Bartow's 2012 "Magical Illumination" Christmas Parade will be on Friday at 6 p.m.
Trophies will be awarded for the best floats in five areas: Best Professional, Best Non-professional, Best Greenovative, Best Church and Best School. There also will be trophies for Best Decorated Car and Best Animal Entry.
After the parade, entertainment will be featured just south of the Polk County Historical Museum. Mamie's School of Dance will perform, and Santa and Mrs. Claus will visit with the children in the rotunda of the Polk County History Center. Local organizations will serve food beginning at 5 p.m. on the east side of the Polk County History Center, and the downtown restaurants also will be open.
The parade is sponsored by Main Street Bartow, Inc. and the city of Bartow. For more information or to receive an application to enter the parade, contact Main Street Bartow at 863-519-0508.
Churches, clubs and organizations are invited to participate in Bartow's monthly citywide yard sale, on Dec. 15. The yard sale will take place in the Oaks Parking Lot from 8 a.m. until 2 p.m. with set-up beginning at 7 a.m. Vendors will be charged a $10 fee, and no preregistration is necessary.
For more information, call the Main Street Bartow office at 863-519-0508.
The citywide yard sale is held the third Saturday of each month, October through March, and is sponsored by Main Street Bartow, Inc. and the city of Bartow.


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President Obama Asks Congress for Carbon Cap Legislation; to Spend $15B per Year on Energy Technologies
25 February 2009
In his first address to a joint session of the US Congress on 24 February, President Barack Obama named energy as one of the three areas of investment "that are absolutely critical to our economic future" and called on Congress to "send me legislation that places a market-based cap on carbon pollution and drives the production of more renewable energy in America." (The two other areas named were health care and education.)
It begins with energy.
We know the country that harnesses the power of clean, renewable energy will lead the 21st century. And yet, it is China that has launched the largest effort in history to make their economy energy efficient. We invented solar technology, but we've fallen behind countries like Germany and Japan in producing it. New plug-in hybrids roll off our assembly lines, but they will run on batteries made in Korea.
Well I do not accept a future where the jobs and industries of tomorrow take root beyond our borders—and I know you don't either. It is time for America to lead again.
Thanks to our recovery plan, we will double this nation's supply of renewable energy in the next three years. We have also made the largest investment in basic research funding in American history—an investment that will spur not only new discoveries in energy, but breakthroughs in medicine, science, and technology.
We will soon lay down thousands of miles of power lines that can carry new energy to cities and towns across this country. And we will put Americans to work making our homes and buildings more efficient so that we can save billions of dollars on our energy bills.
But to truly transform our economy, protect our security, and save our planet from the ravages of climate change, we need to ultimately make clean, renewable energy the profitable kind of energy. So I ask this Congress to send me legislation that places a market-based cap on carbon pollution and drives the production of more renewable energy in America. And to support that innovation, we will invest fifteen billion dollars a year to develop technologies like wind power and solar power; advanced biofuels, clean coal, and more fuel-efficient cars and trucks built right here in America.
As for our auto industry, everyone recognizes that years of bad decision-making and a global recession have pushed our automakers to the brink. We should not, and will not, protect them from their own bad practices. But we are committed to the goal of a re-tooled, re-imagined auto industry that can compete and win. Millions of jobs depend on it. Scores of communities depend on it. And I believe the nation that invented the automobile cannot walk away from it.
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Readers may be interested to look at the interview we published this Monday with Neil Eckert, CEO of London-based Climate Exchange plc, the primary trading exchange worldwide for cap-and-trade credits and securities such as the market-based carbon caps mentioned by President Obama. Check http://www.smallcapworld.wordpress.com, and scroll down to the interview with Mr Eckert, posted on Monday, Feb 23. Eckert quantifies the carbon market at potentially $1.6 Trillion annually. We have no business or other relationship with Mr Eckert, by the way, do not own his stock, etc.
In Obama's speech yesterday he said that the United States invented the automobile and it is assumed he also included the internal combustion engine.
But we all kow that it was Carl Benz in Germany that invented both.
Obama is an intelligent man with very little technical or scientific knowledge.
Also, he gets an F in history 101.
Raymond, read attentively the whole speech:
Emergency spending to arrest deflation spiral with immediate promise to cut spendings.
Emergency measures to unlock credit and investment, with immediate promise to crunch bankers, rich, and corporations – exactly ones who could provide such investments.
Massive deficit financed by debt, with derogatory statements against foreign capital which is exactly who will buy newly minted T-bills.
Promises of extremely expensive social reforms in time of severe recession and huge budget deficit.
Demand for extremely expencive and damaging changes in energy industry in time of – yes – severe recession.
The guy does not understand consequences of single catchy phrase he is spewing with such aplomb.
Oh man... Are we in serious trouble. Cap and Trade is the Administration's new money raising scheme?? This is the invention of Algore and Wall Street Commodities brokers who will take huge fees to administer punitive taxes on the dreaded "pollutant" CO2.
Maybe now the greens will begin to see how badly they've been duped by AGW thieves.
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The Big 10 was so bad last year that it was more like the Big Tin. The conference qualified only three teams for bowls, and even the legendary Bo Schembechler admitted he never had seen it worse.
This year it's the complete opposite. The Big 10 is the Big Ton, at least as far as the bowls are concerned. The league is sending seven teams to bowls, the most of any conference.


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Policy paper
Chalara management plan
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- Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
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- Forests and woodland
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- 26 March 2013
This was published under the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government
Ash tree dieback is caused by the Chalara fraxinea fungus.
Chalara management plan
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Ash tree dieback is caused by the Chalara fraxinea fungus. It has already affected a high proportion of ash trees in Northern Europe.
It was discovered for the first time in Great Britain in a nursery in Buckinghamshire in February 2012. In October 2012, it was also found in the wider environment in woodland in Norfolk.
The scientific advice is that we can't stop Chalara but we can focus on reducing the rate of its spread. However, this plan ;
- provides an update on the action Government and others have already taken in response to the disease;
- Sets out new science-based and proportionate action that will be taken now that our understanding of Chalara, and the costs and benefits of action has developed further; and,
- Outlines further work that will be undertaken to further develop our understanding of the disease.
This plan is an update to the interim control plan that was published on the 6 December 2012.
The Management Plan sets out action around four key objectives:
- Reducing the rate of spread of the disease
- Developing resistance to the disease in the native ash tree population
- Encouraging landowner, citizen and industry engagement in surveillance, monitoring and action in tackling the problem
- Building economic and environmental resilience in woodlands and in associated industries
The actions announced in the Plan includes research into resistance to Chalara, outlines funding to assist landowners with replanting of diseased newly infected young ash trees, details how we are working with engaging with citizens, landowners and industry on surveillance, monitoring and action in tackling Chalara, and details on build economic and environmental resilience in woodlands and in associated industries.
- In Spring 2013 the independent Tree Health and Plant Biosecurity Expert Taskforce convened by Defra's Chief Scientific Adviser, Professor Ian Boyd will be publishing the Final Report of the Independent Tree Health and Plant Biosecurity Expert Taskforce that will look at ways to prevent pests and diseases from entering the country in the future.
- Below are links further details on research that is being commissioned and other evidence sought as we continue to improve our understanding of Chalara, how it spreads, and how spread might be slowed and damage reduced. This research forms part of the overarching tree health and plant biosecurity evidence plan. Also published today a project by the Forest Research (the research agency of the Forestry Commission in conjunction with many collaborating land-owners and nurseries to identify those few ash trees which might be resistant to Ash Die Back.
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Hospice to host monthly Lunch and Learn sessions
Hospice of the Red River Valley invites health care professionals to its March Lunch and Learn. It is free.
The Lunch and Learn is March 19 from noon-1 p.m. in the Detroit Lakes office. Colette Kuznia, licensed professional clinical counselor, will present, "Disenfranchised Grief."
Participants will learn what disenfranchised grief is and examples leading to it. Participants will also learn the types of disenfranchised grief and the effects on those who struggle with it.
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Drummondvilles Gabriel Dumont is trying to forget about Kelownas Jamie Benn and his four-goal game on Monday night.
Were just turning the page on it and getting ready for Rimouski (tonight), the 18-year-old Voltigeurs forward said. The first two games, we had the Quebec crowd cheering for us. Now, theyll be against us. We swept Rimouski in the playoffs so they dont like us.
Benn came within a hair of tying the Memorial Cup record of five goals in one game. Dumont will never forget the Rockets forwards final effort.
At the end, he shoots the puck all the way down the ice with the net empty and it hits the post directly, he said. You could try that 10 times and 10 times you couldnt do it. It was one of those things. He just had a great game.
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One of Jamie Benns future teammates Dallas Stars forward Brad Richards will be at the Rimouski Colisee along with Tampa Bay Lightning standout Vinny Lecavalier for the all-Quebec Drummondville-Rimouski matchup that concludes the tournaments round-robin portion.
Richards and Lecavalier, both former Oceanic players, are two of the Cups honorary presidents this week.
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By booking a berth in the Cup final Sunday, the Kelowna Rockets became the first Western Hockey League team to reach the championship game with Quebec as host league since the Lethbridge Hurricanes in 1997 at Hull.
The Canes lost 5-1 as the host Olympiques won their only Cup.
Heres a bad omen for the Westerners: that 97 tournament was the last to see a player record a four-goal game (by Hulls Christian Dube) before Benn did it here.
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After putting themselves in an 0-2 hole, Windsor head coach Bob Boughner gave a vote of confidence to over-age goaltender Andrew Engelage heading into tonights game against Kelowna.
Londoner Bill Dark, the Spitfires goalie coach, said there was never a discussion of making a move to backup Josh Unice, who played in the Cup final last year with Kitchener.
(Engelage) is the one who got us here, Dark said. He was in net when we won the OHL title. He set the record for wins in a season. You win or lose with Engy. You dont sit out Taylor Hall just because he doesnt have any goals (the first two games).
The hockey movie Slap Shot is a cult classic in Quebec.
But its not just because of Paul Newman as Reggie Dunlop, the slot-car addicted Hanson Brothers, the rest of the crazy Charlestown Chiefs and Syracuse goon Ogie Ogilthorpe.
Apparently, the movies classic lines are even funnier when dubbed into French not at some studio in Paris but by recognizable actors in Quebec.
The movie is being shown on Friday at Rimouskis Cinema Paraloeil. The Quebec-dubbed versions go at 2 and 8 p.m. and in the original English at 5 p.m.
Its five bucks to get in for adults.