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A flooded piano delivered one final song to a family in Friendswood.
15-year-old Pega Pishkar played the haunting melody for her father, while floodwaters sloshed on the floor.
"We thought at maximum it was going to be one day," Pega's dad Kambiz Pishkar said. "Well, we end up getting stuck in there for five days."
The Pishkars got about 3.5 feet of water on their ground floor. Pishkar said they'd never before had water in the house.
"It came out real fast. In less than two hours, the water came from the street all the way up to the side of the door," he said.
The family huddled on the second floor for five days, with food, water and gas but no electricity.
With such close quarters, tensions rose along with the floodwater - until Pega made a decision.
"Pega came downstairs and said, 'I want to play piano for you all,'" Pishkar recalled.
He captured the moment, which is now on YouTube
Pega stood in water up to her calves and played her parents' favorite melody.
It was a simple gift of calm in the storm - one that Pishkar said brought tears to his eyes.
"This thing happened to us. It will get us closer to each other and, at the same time, we will have something to remember," Pishkar said.
Pega said despite the floodwater impacting the sound, she played on.
"I could hear it was kind of getting weird, but I was just-- it was just something normal to do, and I just wanted to make everyone happy," she said.
Unable to say goodbye just yet, the family moved the instrument into another room, doubtful it can be saved.
"This is out of tune," Pega said, plinking one of the keys. "I can hear it and it's kind of difficult. Like, it's not sounding right."
Pega's parents -- Iranian Americans who immigrated to the US in their 20s -- said despite their losses in Hurrican Harvey, the family is grateful.
Talking about volunteers, Pishkar said, "the people, they came in. They walked down the street. 'You need help? You want the sheet rocks out? You want the trash out? You want the furniture up?' They came and helped us."
Pega's mom Maryam said she told her daughter, "'You know, we are very lucky to live in such a country like this.' And hopefully when (Pega) grows up, she can help other people."
Out of tune and possibly beyond repair, the Pishkar's flooded piano will always serve as a reminder that a gesture of love can bring a measure of "normal" to a dissonant day.
The family plans to repair and clean their home while they stay with friends. Sadly, the piano is waterlogged beyond repair, making the final melody one to cherish even more. Already, the Pishkars have received offers to give them a free piano.
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Mr. Kravsow grew up in the North End of Hartford, graduated from Weaver High School, served in the Navy in World War II and graduated from Central Connecticut State University, where he was The Courant's campus correspondent. He joined the newspaper in 1948, when its offices were still on State Street, as a sports writer, then switched to news in 1950.
The road to the top was not pre-paved for a Jewish kid from the North End in a traditional Yankee culture such as The Courant's of that era, but Mr. Kravsow climbed that road by dint of hard work, and smart work. On the night police beat, he'd sometimes show up with a box of doughnuts to break the ice with the officers. He once trounced the competition on a story about a major riot at the old Wethersfield prison by tying up the only pay phone in the building. He of course was the only reporter who knew there was only one pay phone in the building.
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As a very brief possible explanation for the rather depressing post....I had been given a prescription for an anti-anxiety medication to help me face the oral surgery that I had on Tuesday. I have a true phobia of dentists and I consider myself quite fortunate to have found one who cares as much about my mental well-being as his pocketbook. However I do wonder whether these drugs contributed to my Debbie Downer Thursday. I, who never take anything stronger than Excedrin (and only after I have dealt with migraine pain for over four hours) might have experienced a bodily rebellion of this foreign substance in my bloodstream. Anyway...I don't pretend to think that the issues that bothered me on Thursday are no longer a bother....but hopefully I have managed to put them into better perspective.
But today as I was reading through some photography books and experimenting with Photoshop Elements (which I feel I will never master) I was hit with another revelation, so to speak. Bear with me.....
On Thursday I was struck with the overwhelming need to write about my emotions. Not that I thought anyone cared nor that I expected any response - but I needed to write for me.
Lately I have felt the desire to learn photography. Not because I am seeking another career late-in-life nor that I feel I have any real talent in this area, but I have needed to learn how to slow down and view life around me through a 2.5 inch screen. And in doing that I have learned that a slight movement in perspective totally changes the image. What is cluttered in one picture will become a thing of beauty in another. I am learning that joy in life is entirely up to me -- how I choose to view it. And if I don't like the view, then it only requires a slight move here or there to change my mental outlook.
And so here is the revelation of this Sunday afternoon in February. Both writing and photography are creative ways that I can express myself. I have kept myself bottled up for so long. I'm not sure why -- but I have not allowed myself to share my inner thoughts or feelings with anyone. And I guess after two plus decades of being moot, I now desire to find my voice.
Now for an impatient person such as myself, it is rather frustrating that I cannot write nor take pictures to my own satisfaction right out of the shoot -- but I am also learning that some things do not have to be rushed. Just because I am over 50 does not mean that I have only months left (I have no idea where that thinking has come from).....but the cool thing is that being over 50 means I have more free time than I ever have in the past. And I plan to use that free time to its fullest!
So thank you....for taking the time to let me know that the past few months have been stressful and I do need to cut myself a break. Thank you for reassuring me that my love of reading will return. Thank you for letting me know that I am not past my prime - and there is plenty of good life ahead. But most importantly, thank you for listening - and reading - and relating to my feeble attempt to find my voice.
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I'm glad you're feeling somewhat better. You do have plenty of life ahead of you to learn and discover.ReplyDelete
I know exactly what you mean about your desire to explore photography (to slow down and look). Drawing does this for me. I used to paint, and one day I am going to open up my paint box again. In the meantime, stopping and looking (and drawing what I see) is like a meditation-and quickly lifts my mood. I love the fact that you are so open to learning new things-essential to enjoying life, I think!ReplyDelete
I'm glad things look better today :-)ReplyDelete
Good to hear you are feeling better. I have also developed a love of photography in recent years, hence the photography blog!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousFebruary 27, 2012 at 10:17 AM
I somehow missed your last post, Molly, and am sorry to read of your distress. We all go through and we get through it. You will as well. Grief takes take and goes through many forms.ReplyDelete
When my mom passed away, I felt a bit like an orphan. My dad had been dead for many years, but, my mom was always there. I think when we lose our last parent, it puts us in a different place in life and it takes a while to get used to it. Blessings to you.
What a wonderful time to develop your photography skills, especially with a grandchild. What fun you will continue to have.
I'm glad that you're feeling better Molly! I do think that body chemistry changes for whatever reason can cause our thinking to change drastically, and you're right, it doesn't mean that those issues aren't real, but in those times everything is amplified.ReplyDelete
I'm also glad to hear that you have such an understanding dentist. One of my sons has to take a child's dose of valium before any kind of dental work other than cleanings. Having an understanding dentist has made a world of difference.
The many stages of life, and our roles within each stage, are a complicated thing to deal with. I'm not at all sure I care for parenting adult children. And while I love the grandsons, the whole idea of being Grandma gets me down at times. I am blessed to still have healthy parents, but my role with them is evolving also. And we are coping (sometimes poorly) with Dave's mother's advancing Alzhymer's.ReplyDelete
My point is that each stage has it's benefits and I think you can, and should, use your incredible talents for writing and photography to express those changes. Creativity is a wonderful way of coping.
You are so worthy of so many things!!! Open your arms and accept that and fly!!!ReplyDelete
Do you like to scrapbook? if so, you should check out Becky Higgins blog where she's been changing the whole concept of scrapping with Project Life. I know for me it has been a huge relief and I love the freedom it has allowed me. I thought of you just now and could see you utilizing her easy pages and your photos....your own scrapbook where you can document your photos and your journaling!! Here's a linkhttp://www.beckyhiggins.com/
*hug* I'm glad you are finding a perspective to help you through this. I like how you put photography in with writing, as a way to express yourself, as well as to see the world. I use my daily journal for this - it's invaluable for me to see how I'm really feeling and thinking. I like how you show that a tiny shift can change everything.ReplyDelete
Most of all, you're welcome, Molly. It is weird, isn't it, how something as remote as online, can still bring feeling across it?
I love that you're finding your voice! I always enjoy hearing it:)ReplyDelete
You have much more to look forward to. I just reviewed a book on my blog that speaks to the midlife transition that some of us are muddling through. It's worth checking out if you are interested. I'll keep you in my prayers and look forward to seeing your photographs and hearing about your reading when you feel like blogging about it.ReplyDelete
Hugs to you Molly--I missed your last post,and now after reading it, I just need to say that if there is anything I am learing in my "life over 50" is that being a wife, mom, sister, daughter,and grandma does not necessarily get easier-in fact, right now, I am feeling like a failure as a mom to adult children--to one inparticular who is going through a really hard time. But then I tell myself I need to gain some perspective and give myself a break, as you do! Seasons if life changes are just plain hard.ReplyDelete
I hope all is well now, and you have been exploring your love of photography and expressing you voice, every single day.


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England's pampered World Cup stars became slumdog millionaires today as they spent time with disadvantaged children in Brazil.
Five of Roy Hodgson's players visited a sports centre on the edge of Rocinha favela, a shanty town of huts where 200,000 of Rio's poorest people live.
Daniel Sturridge, Jack Wilshere, Danny Welbeck, Adam Lallana and Fraser Forster met kids whose parents have less than £200 a month to raise their family.
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Man United striker Welbeck, 23, said: "It is something I really wanted to do. It is great. I was here last year in Rio, and this time I am really feeling the vibe of the country."
The lads seemed to be having a ball as they took part in the action on a small artificial turf football pitch beside a hill crammed with multi-coloured shacks.
The slum, Rio's biggest favela, can also be seen from the hotel where the England team is based.
Forster added: "It has been a fantastic experience, it was something completely different and to see the children's faces made it all worthwhile.
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Wilshere said the entire squad was keen to experience the culture of Brazil.
"The visit to the Rocinha Sports Complex provided an incredible insight into the unique and powerful role sport plays in this country," he added.
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Lallana, who carries photos of his son on his team kit bag, said the charity helped to completely transform one of the poorest areas of Rio.
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According to PlayStation's Eurasian marketing manager, The Last of Us is coming to PS4 this summer.
The Last of Us is one of the most awarded games of the last year, having made an impressive showpiece for the PlayStation 3. According to PlayStation's Eurasian marketing manager, it will be making the jump to PlayStation 4 later this year as well.
A video from CNN Turk was posted on the Turkish gaming site Multiplayer, and then translated at IGN. According to the translation, Sony's Sercan Sulun gave a time frame and promised enhanced visuals.
"There is no information about a new The Last of Us game but I can share this knowledge; as of this summer, The Last of Us will be on the PS4," he reportedly said. "Both on PSN and physically. The PS4 version will also include the DLC so you will be able to play 'Left Behind' as well."
Sulun is a fairly high-level executive and has been with Sony since 2012, so he would be in a position to know of such a project. As long as the translation is accurate, it seems likely this news is true and we can look forward to Joel and Ellie trekking cross-country a more powerful machine. Shacknews has contacted Sony and will update as more information becomes available.
Naughty Dog creative director Neil Druckmann previously commented on the idea of a PS4 port. "We have such limited resources, and it's a question of where you put the resources," he said. "It's something where we can have a feel of where the demand is, and where our time is best spent. It's something that we'll figure out as we move forward."
Steve Watts posted a new article, Report: The Last of Us coming to PlayStation 4 this summer.
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The organization issued a statement on its website after Wednesday's landmark ruling by a regional director of National Labor Relations Board that players are deemed employees under federal law.
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Rosewater & pistachio kulfi with griddled mangoes
Prep: 15 mins Plus freezing
Kulfi is usually made from milk that has been boiled for several hours. This sneaky version is made with condensed milk, so all the hard work has been done for you.
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- Freezable
- Easily halved
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- saturates20g
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- sugars59g
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- 450g tin condensed milk
- 2 tbsp rosewater
- 50g very finely chopped pistachio, plus roughly chopped pistachios to serve
- 284ml tub double cream
- 3 small, ripe mangoes
Squeeze the condensed milk into a bowl and beat in the rosewater and pistachios. Lightly whip the cream until it holds its shape, then fold into the pistachio mixture.
Pour into 6 small ramekins or pyramid moulds. Freeze, then cover with cling film.
To serve: Slice each mango on either side of the stone to make 6 halves, but don't peel. Score a criss-cross into the flesh, but don't slice through the skin. You can do this several hrs ahead. Cook on the barbecue flesh-side down until starting to caramelise. Leave as it is or turn inside out to make the segments stand proud. Serve with the kulfi scattered with the pistachios (and a squeeze of lime, if you like).
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Know-howRosewater is made by distilling rose petals – boiling them gently in water and condensing the steam. It's a common flavouring in the Middle East, Turkey and India and as well as giving Turkish delight its distinctive taste it is also used to flavour syrups, creamy desserts and as a dressing for fruits and cakes. Add to water when you're poaching peaches or to a sugar syrup to stir through a summery fruit salad.
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22nd Aug, 2013
Love this recipe! Used pomegranate seeds and crushed pecans as well as pistachios for more colour and texture, and to counter the sweetness. Only takes five minutes to make and about three hours to completely freeze. I lined a six-hole muffin tin with plastic wrap and froze the mixture in that, so it was easy to pull them out one by one, upturn on a plate and remove the wrap. They are really sweet so muffin-size was probably a bit big.
29th Dec, 2010
Food and had family visiting. Unfortunately it was overly sweet with a cloying and unpleasant texture due to the use of tinned condensed milk. Despite the time, effort and money spent on ingredients it was quite inedible. Yuck! I learned from this that the only way to make kulfi successfully, which I have done since, is to condense down your own milk. This is the proper way to make it. You cannot cut corners by using condensed milk, Sara Buenfield!!


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Friday, January 22, 2010
cozy slipper tutorial-- part 2: making your slippers
I hope my pattern tutorial didn't scare anyone away, because we're about to get to the fun part.
But first of all, a reminder: this tutorial is for personal (or charity-- contact me on that one) use only.
Wanna use my tutorial to make these for yourself? Your grandma/sister/b.f.f? Great!
Wanna use my tutorial to make some to sell? Not cool.
Also, I'd be really flattered if you thought this tutorial was good enough to share. I love it when people link to me! You're even welcome to borrow a picture from the post you're linking to, but please keep my tutorial right here. Thanks, I knew you'd understand.
Now, on to the tutorial...
Here's what you'll need to make your very own pair of custom slippers:
*A pattern (click here for my slipper pattern tutorial)
*Some fabric for each component of your slipper:
-Upper- Mid to heavier weight fabrics seem to work the best: corduroy, denim,
suiting, etc. You could even use a felted sweater, which is what I used in this
tutorial, although it's thickness made it a little harder to work with. If you
want to use a lighter weight fabric, be sure to interface.
So far I've only used recycled fabrics: wool and corduroy from old pants and
the slippers for this tutorial from a felted sweater, so it's hard for me to say
how actual much yardage you'd need. Maybe a half yard?
-Lining- A medium to lightweight cotton. I used a thrifted sheet for this tutorial. Again,
maybe a half yard if you're buying? You'll need enough for two uppers and
two soles.
-Soles- You can use the same fabric as your upper, but if you have mostly hardwood floors
like me, you might consider something a little less slippery. Leather, real or
fake, is great. I used fake leather from an old purse for my poinsettia slippers,
and real leather for this tutorial from some scraps I had laying around.
*Padding (optional): my first few pairs of slippers were unpadded, and perfectly fine. But if you want to kick up the deluxe factor a couple of notches, you could pick up some cheap foam shoe inserts. (I got the most basic Dr. Scholl's inserts at Walmart for $0.97)
*1 yard of 1/4" wide elastic and a safety pin.
*about 2 yards of 1/4" double fold bias tape. You can use store bought or make your own (it's not hard to do!)
*Thread. Matching or contrasting-- whatever floats your boat.
Got all that? Alrighty right. Let's get this show on the road.
Step 1: Cut out your fabric pieces. You'll need two uppers from your main fabric, two uppers and two soles from your lining fabric, and two soles from your sole fabric of choice. Be sure that you don't cut two rights or two lefts. You want one of each, people.
You've got a couple of options here:
You could cut out half of your pieces with the pattern piece right side up, and then flip that pattern over for the other half.
Or, if the size and shape of your fabric allows, fold your fabric in half, right sides together and cut out the pieces for both feet at the same time.
I found it helpful to notch my pattern pieces. I cut a double notch on the "inside" of the soul pattern and the "inside" of the upper pattern, and a single notch on the "outside" of each pattern piece. If you cut these notches in the fabric, too, you'll have an easier time telling your right pieces from your left pieces.
It's probably obvious, but from here on out, you'll be doing each step twice. Once for each slipper.
Step 2: Grab your upper and upper lining pieces for one of the slippers. Lay them right sides together, lining the edges up neatly. Pin along the inside arc. Using a 4/8" seam allowance, sew along the inside arc, back stitching at each end.
Step 3: Trim your seam allowance to 1/4".
Step 4: Clip the inside curve of the seam allowance. Be very careful not to cut through the stitching!
Step 5: Now, open up your fabric at the seam you just sewed and match the heel edges together. Again, right sides together. Pin and stitch, using a 4/8" seam allowance. Don't forget to back stitch!
Step 6: Flip that baby right side out. You should now have wrong sides together and all of your unfinished seams on the inside. Press and pin around the inside opening. (I only bothered finger pressing with the felted sweater.)
Step 7: Sew a casing for your elastic, 4/8" from the inside seam, being sure to leave a 1" opening at the heel.
Step 8: Measure your elastic. I just eyeball it and go for 1 1/2 times the length of the inside curve on a folded slipper.
Step 9: Attach a safety pin to one end of your elastic and feed it through the opening you left in your stitching. You'll have to go through the wrong sides of your slipper to access the opening. Push that safety pin all the way around the casing and back through to the beginning. Remove your safety pin, trim off a little elastic if you feel like it, and sew both end of the elastic together. Hand stitching is probably the easiest way to do this.
Tug a bit on the inside edge of the slipper to pull all of the elastic up into the casing. Stitch your 1" opening closed-- back stitch at both ends.
Now set aside your upper, and pull out your sole pieces...
Step 10: With your sole and sole lining, wrong sides together, pin and stitch around the edges, using a 1/8" seam allowance. (I just follow the edge of my presser foot). Leave a significant opening in the toe area so you can slip that cushioning in.
A word on your cushioning: at this point, cut the seam allowance off of your pattern piece, and use that to trim your shoe insert to size. For compensate for very thick shoe inserts, trim off a teeny bit extra.
Step 11: From this point on, it's easiest to use your zipper foot. Close the opening where you slipped the insert into your sole.
Step 12: Pin the upper to the sole, right sides inside. It's easiest to start at the heel and work your way up both sides before tackling the toe area. Don't fret if you have to pucker the upper a little to make it fit. And if you're working with leather or something else hard-t0-pin for the sole, be sure to use a thimble.
Sew, using a 4/8" seam allowance, then trim your seam allowance to 1/4".
Step 13: Open up your bias tape and attach it to the bottom edge of your slipper, lining the edge of the bias tape with the edge of the slipper-- you should have a crease on, or very near your seam stitching. Stitch along this crease. Remove your pins and fold the bias tape over towards the sole, folding the raw edge under at the nearest crease.
Step 14: Use a ladder stitch to invisibly attach the other side of the binding to the sole.
Now pat yourself on the back-- the inside of your slipper is as tidy and lovely as the outside!
The options for embellishment are (almost) unlimited. For these slippers, I couldn't resist a ruffle. I kind of have a thing for ruffles.
I hand stitched a long straight stitch down the center of a scrap strip of leftover material (about 1" x 6"), anchoring the stitches really well at the beginning. Then I pulled on my thread to gather my strip, anchored it on the other end, and hand stitched the ruffle on to my slipper.
I've also attached flowers to my slippers (pics here and here). I cut out two circles of a contrasting fabric-- one a little smaller than the other. Then I laid the smaller one on top and stitched a vintage button through both circles and the slipper.
I'd love to hear your ideas for other embellishments.
And if you use this tutorial to make some slippers, I'd be thrilled if you sent me a picture!
18 comments:
- RyanSarahN said...
Thanks for the tutorial and pattern - i am definitely going to be trying these. I like how you made the inside nice with the bias tape, hadn't thought about that before. I think I will probably sew on a strap, mostly just for looks, mary-jane style. Also, I have seen a tip for making your soles non-slip - paint the bottoms with fabric paint - either dots, or a pattern, or word. Then if all of your other materials are ok, you can throw the slippers in the wash! (I'm not sure if the insert would wash or not - would have to check the packaging.)Thanks again - and good job on the tutorial!
- January 22, 2010 at 7:26 PM
- Christie said...
Quote from Myles: You better get going. I want a pair of those!
- January 22, 2010 at 8:54 PM
- Sarah. said...
So pretty...they look a little ambitious for my sewing skills, but I may have to try them anyway!
- January 24, 2010 at 12:02 PM
- kermiefrg said...
These are adorable! I'd love to try to make some one day : )
- January 24, 2010 at 2:46 PM
- Katie Cannon said...
This was my first time sewing something with a custom pattern. Thank you so much! I love my slippers- so great around the house! I used an old pair of jeans and an old jersey sheet and they are COMFORTABLE!
Here's a picture: http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=50328964&l=9e1527106b&id=10027633
- January 30, 2010 at 9:56 PM
- Kerri said...
These are amazing!
I'm totally going to make a pair (or two, or three) when I have time!
Thanks so much for sharing!
- February 4, 2010 at 5:13 AM
- iamOLDLIB said...
These are great. Maybe I'll make a few pairs in varying colors depending on my mood, which can vary. Thanks for sharing.
- February 4, 2010 at 9:49 AM
- Che Birba said...
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- February 4, 2010 at 10:19 AM
- casserole said...
These are fabulous!! I just a couple of pairs of baby shoes for a friend's baby shower, and thought to myself how much I'd like to have an adult-sized version of them. With your tutorial, I can make them!
I blogged your tutorial over at Craft Gossip Sewing:
- February 4, 2010 at 6:00 PM
- kimhoay said...
Cute! i linked this tutorial in my blog! www.kimhoay.blogspot.com
- February 5, 2010 at 6:56 AM
- e_donaldson said...
What a terrific tutorial! These look awesome and so comfy! Thank you so much for sharing!
- Elizabeth
- February 5, 2010 at 8:21 AM
- banuca said...
What a sweet slipper, I lovvved it... I'll give a link at my blog for to share this beautiful with my friends...
- February 6, 2010 at 2:04 PM
- Ginger said...
I loved this tutorial thank you for sharing it with us (You rock!)
- February 7, 2010 at 11:33 AM
- SuZeFashion said...
Thanks for the tutorial! Can't wait to make myself a pair of slippers made to fit my own feet!
- March 1, 2010 at 8:51 AM
- Steph said...
Thanks for all the kind comments everyone! I'm glad you've enjoyed this.
- March 1, 2010 at 2:43 PM
- Ginger said...
4/8" seam allowance? Is that a joke? Most people would call that 1/2". lol
- March 6, 2010 at 6:11 AM
- Steph said...
Not a joke Ginger. Normally, I do call 4/8" a half inch, but for some crazy reason when I'm sewing I can only think in terms of eighths. Or maybe it was that I was sleep deprived when I wrote this... (wink)
- March 6, 2010 at 9:03 AM
great tutorial! thanks!!!
i made a pair for my 2.5 year old, it translated well. she loves them.
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7 comments:
- Liz Goodwin said...
That's very true! I love your design. We just write it on a door. The great part about our door is its in the same house where my hubby grew up! You should see all the tick marks. :)
- June 1, 2011 at 10:18 AM
- Allison {A Glimpse Inside} said...
I love it Kristol!! Everything about it! It's fabulous!
Thanks for linking it up this week! I'll be featuring it tomorrow! :)
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This is amazing! I love it! I would LOVE for you to pop by my blog and share it at my For the Kids link party! I know my followers would love it too! Stop by and join us!
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- Lisa said...
This is really cute! I've been looking for one of these too and I don't like any of the ones I see online or in stores. Making one to fit your style is so much better!
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so cool, love the colors.
I would love for you to link it up to my party that is running now. Any linky goes.
Come strut your stuff.
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Kristol - the growth cart is super cute. Love the the colors and 3d numbers. Thanks so much for linking to the Sunday Showcase Party. I am a little behind commenting - but I have featured this Sunday. Hope you are having a wonderful week ~ Stephanie Lynn
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On my mind lately:
Doikayt and Ottomanism were about wanting to be citizens, to have rights, to not worry about being shipped off at any moment where someone else thinks you do or don't belong… Diasporism [a term the author coined] means embracing this minority status, leaving us with some tough questions: Does minority inevitably mean feeble? Can we embrace diaspora without accepting oppression? Do we choose to be marginal? Do we choose to transform the meaning of center and margins? Is this possible?
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Thursday, June 28, 2007
Fresh sage, leek, and dried wild mushroom tofu, just made, drizzled with a bit of soy sauce
Last week I came across this very cool blog post (UPDATE June 2015: The blog doesn't exist anymore, unfortunately) about making homemade tofu with vegetables and herbs added. The authors called it "tofeta", but, since that name conjures up a salty, fermented taste for me, I just call it "gourmet tofu". Whatever you call it, it's a brilliant idea.
That article inspired me (as the authors intended) to think of other flavors, and quite a few combinations came to mind. However, I decided to try it more or less according to their directions for a start. They did not specify the amount of soymilk they started with, so I used 2 batches from my soymilk maker, which is 3 quarts, un-flavored. (PS, June 2015: the soymilk makers I have are Soyquick, but that brand is no longer in business-- too bad, they are great and have lasted a long time. You can check the reviews on amazon.com of other brands [or amazon.ca or the one for your country]).
NOTE: There are explicit directions for making tofu, written by my friend Brenda Wiley, at this link. Just follow those directions, with my additions below. If you don't want to make your own soymilk, and you have access to fresh unflavored soymilk from an Asian soy product store (most big cities have such a store), you can use that instead. But make sure it is fresh and un-flavored!
They added dried mushrooms, dried leeks, and dried sage to the soymilk before coagulating. Since I had some fresh leeks and beautiful sage growing in the garden, I decided to use those, plus some dried mixed wild mushrooms, which I soaked in some hot water. I also decided to chop the sage and leeks (green and white part) in the food processor and then sauté them briefly in a little olive oil, to bring out the flavors and chopped the drained, soaked mushrooms (the directions from the blog mentioned were a bit vague).
I used:
1 cup dried mixed wild mushrooms, soaked them for 15 minutes in boiling water
3 cups roughly chopped leeks
18 fresh sage leaves
(I chopped the leeks and sage in the food processor)
1 Tbs. olive oil for sautéing
I used 1/2 cup of the hot mushroom soaking water instead of plain water to dissolve the coagulator (I used nigari). I added the prepared veggies and herbs to the hot soymilk when it got to just over 180 degrees F, then drizzled in the dissolved nigari, stirred gently and briefly, covered the pan and let set for 10 minutes.
The tofu curds
I stirred the curds briefly again and then scooped them into two of the little plastic tofu boxes you often get with soymilk machines, but which you can purchase separately. If you have a nice wooden tofu mold (or in Canada here)you can do the whole batch in that.
Curds in the tofu molds before pressing
I use a kind of jury-rigged pressing system. (Jury-rigged or Jerry-rigged? Jury-built or Jerry-built? Although their etymologies are obscure and their meanings overlap, these are two distinct expressions. Something poorly built is "jerry-built." Something rigged up temporarily in a makeshift manner with materials at hand, often in an ingenious manner, is "jury-rigged." "Jerry-built" always has a negative connotation, whereas one can be impressed by the cleverness of a jury-rigged solution. Many people cross-pollinate these two expressions and mistakenly say "jerry-rigged" or "jury-built." See also http://www.word-detective.com/2012/01/jerry-rig-jury-rig/) :
I used 5/ 28 oz. cans of tomatoes and stacked the last 3 on a wooden cutting board placed over the first two cans to make the pressure even. That's about 9 lbs. and I pressed it for about 15 minutes. It's pretty firm tofu. It made 1 lb. 2 oz.
It is fantastic! I ate some fresh and warm, just drizzled with a little soy sauce, as the Japanese do.
UPDATE June 29, 2007:
Last night, as a starter, we had small pieces coated lightly with nutritional yeast flakes, pan-fried in just a little olive oil with a few drops dark sesame oil, and served with soy sauce. Divine!
This morning, I scrambled it with a good sprinkle each of nutritional yeast flakes and soy sauce to eat with toast. Lovely! (I apologize for not being very inventive-- it tastes so good in these simple preparations. I do want to try marinating, deep-frying, etc. at a later date.)
I did not store it in water (which is the way you would normally store fresh tofu), because I didn't want to destroy the flavor, and we plan to eat it up soon, anyway. I just placed it in the fridge on a plate, covered with plastic wrap.
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- Veg-a-Nut said...
What a wonderful idea! Looks great. I would love to own my own soy milk maker. It is on my wish list.
I just got the Everyday Dish DVD in the mail and the first recipe I made were your Vegan Chicken Cutlets. I just posted a review and pics! A big thank you to you, Dreena, and Julie for this very creative DVD! I hope everyone buys it. The DVD is great!
- Thu Jun 28, 06:57:00 PM PDT
- Bryanna Clark Grogan said...
Glad you enjoyed the cutlets, Veg-a-nut, and thanks for such a positive review! Your pictures look scrumptious!
- Thu Jun 28, 07:09:00 PM PDT
- TadMack said...
Fresh herbs and veggies would give a really different taste; your texture does not appear much different than ours. Using dried herbs I thought might really intensify the flavor of something that tends to be a bit water-logged -- I look forward to experimenting with dried tomatoes and fresh basil, etc. It will, of course, no longer be remotely Asian necessarily, but ... the quest for "something else" always continues!
- Thu Jun 28, 08:30:00 PM PDT
- julie hasson said...
Just brilliant Bryanna (and Tadmack)!!
- Fri Jun 29, 09:44:00 AM PDT
great idea! i even have a soymilk maker and tofu press. now i just need to get some more nigari.
- Sat Jun 30, 02:54:00 PM PDT
In your Archives you had a recipe based on one in "Simply Heavenly", using soyflour and tomato juice as liquid and acidifier, without straining out the soymilk. A grainier end product, but it may fit some textures, save time and add fibre to the resulting tofu.
- Sat Jun 30, 05:10:00 PM PDT
- Bryanna Clark Grogan said...
That's not really tofu, though, padre-- it's a baked product.
- Sat Jun 30, 09:22:00 PM PDT
- DaviMack said...
I think that you're probably getting a higher-fiber product than you think, if you're using your soy-milk maker. As I've seen in the results from my mother-in-law's Soy Toy, the Okara you're left with is quite fine, and you don't get much volume of it, either.
When we make it over at WishIWereBaking we use a blender, having soaked our soybeans overnight, but we still end up with quite a quantity of Okara when we're done.
It's kind of a shame, really, because we're usually only motivated to make tofu when we run out of Okara. It's such a wonderful thing to have on hand, dried, to use in breads.
- Tue Jul 03, 01:06:00 AM PDT
- Bryanna Clark Grogan said...
A friend tried this recipe and wrote: "I threw the mushrooms right into the hot milk ..... I'd recommend not doing that. My first bite simply SCREAMED mushroom taste!! Too much." It might work with a smaller amount of mushrooms, however, infusing the soy curds with mushroom flavor, but not quite as much. I'm going to try it that way soon!
- Tue Jul 03, 02:42:00 PM PDT
- Bryanna Clark Grogan said...
Further to my above comment, it might depend upon the type and strength of the mushrooms you use, too.
- Tue Jul 03, 02:43:00 PM PDT
That soyflour recipe was baked, but what about using wet heat (steaming, pressure cooking, &c.)? And soy concentrates or isolates rather than soyflour? I had read that a pH 6.4 solution of isolate would form a gel after pressure cooking. This may be too out of scope for home cooking...I don't know anyone with litmus paper laying about.
- Thu Jul 05, 05:41:00 PM PDT
- DaviMack said...
It's not even that you'd need litmus paper, but that the pH would be thrown by the other ingredients you added, and some of the ingredients are in "chunks," so you'd not be able to test their pH effectively. That's part of the reason behind pressure canning things about which you are in doubt.
With ours, we threw the mushrooms straight in ... and didn't end up with any screaming from them. We also threw in the dried leeks before coagulating. It probably really does depend upon the quality of the dried mushrooms, I guess.
- Fri Jul 06, 05:12:00 PM PDT
I read about the pressure cooking in a book on soy chemistry. It was a hot dog recipe. This was pressure cooked in a plastic hot dog casing. There was a picture of all these mock meats with a 1950's "better living through chemistry" type vibe to it. To me the idea held some promise for future experimenting.
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"Minting a $1T coin: Outside of an agreement, there are other options available to the White House to avoid a default. There appears to be some serious consideration being given to the minting of a $1T coin as a plausible alternative to a default. If this is done, it could effectively provide additional room for funding government operation without the need for incurring new debt. This is akin to debt monetization. Probability 5%."
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Some other possibilities and odds:
- Deal by mid-march 51%
- Small extension: 39%
- 14th Amendment getting invoked: 4%
- No deal/default: 1%


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The Gold Coast Titans have secured another coup for the future after today re-signing backline utility William Zillman to a new five-year contract.
In a major boost for the club ahead of Saturday night's first home game for 2012 against Zillman's former club the Canberra Raiders, the Jetstar Titans have secured the services of the versatile 25-year-old until the end of the 2017 season.
Since joining the club from the Canberra Raiders in 2009, Zillman has played 69 NRL matches for the Jetstar Titans, scoring 23 tries in that time.
His new deal will see him play nine seasons as a Titan. Zillman joins new recruits Jamal Idris (end of 2016) and Nate Myles (end of 2015) as the club's long-term signings.
Jetstar Titans Managing Director Michael Searle said the re-signing of Zillman was significant for the future of the club.