Speaking of truffles, I came across this today. Haven't tried them yet though.
http://www.skiptomylou.org/2012/05/25/five-amazing-truffle-recipes-to-make/
All excellent quotes!
I have a lot of favorites, sorry
For the gentlemen on the board
"Being male is a matter of birth. Being a man is a matter of age. But being a gentleman is a matter of choice"
and in no particular order:
A man grows most tired while standing still. -Chinese...
turkey burgers: mix ground turkey (or beef) with crumbled gorgonzola, dried onion, fresh rosemary, and lots of freshly ground black pepper. cook and garnish how you will :)
Truffles!!!
Greetings chocoholics!
My kids made truffles this weekend. My son wanted lemon dark chocolate and my daughter wanted lime green tea white chocolate. They did a great job and had a lot of fun (though I did most of the work :D)
Truffle filling:
8 oz chocolate chips (I used...
Ginger Brandy Orange cookies
I used Brer Rabbit's old recipe here http://pzrservices.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451ccbc69e2015392dae348970b-pi and added brandy and a little extra flour, zest from one orange, extra ginger and I cut the cinnamon in half and omitted the cloves completely
I'm so tired of the self-absorption and bogus sense of entitlement. it's disgusting when people take grand issues and make them all about themselves, or think that they don't have to earn the good things they want. there has to be a formal diagnosis for it by now, right? personally I call it...
Arabic Cinnamon Drink
3 cups water
1 tablespoon cinnamon
5 medium cinnamon sticks
1/4 teaspoon ginger powder (if using fresh ginger lessen quantity a bit)
3 tablespoons sugar (or to taste)
1 tablespoon chopped walnuts
1 tablespoon pine nuts
Boil all the ingredients in a saucepan except...
an atheist friend in TX runs a program to help the homeless, but since he's not insulting and obnoxious and in everyone's faces I doubt he gets much publicity
and thankfully not all Christians are like Harold Camping, not all Muslims are terrorists nor do they believe in any sort of violence...
and I choose to look at both sides and not just see things from my own personal experience. maybe because I've lived overseas and learned to look through others' eyes. as for the company I keep, disrespectful and unkind are not kept around
ooh these drinks sound fabu, especially the gin punch! I got an email just today from Trader Joe's (wish there were one here, saw 3 in LA!) with a slew of warm drinks, sorry about the one with alcohol and all the unpaid advertising for TJ's
http://www.traderjoes.com/recipes/index.asp these...
honestly I don't know anyone who celebrates the solstice and *doesn't* realize that since way far back it was and for some still is a religious holiday. but maybe I'm just lucky to have educated friends of all religions and none at all, and we all wish each other well on each others' holidays...
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