A promise to you from this moment,
I will always be by your side,
like a black and imposing knight,
I will be your support when you feel weak,
your encouragement when things seem bleak,
I will be your shoulder to lean on when you cry,
I will be your strength till the day I die,
though I might be miles away from you,
my heart will stay closest to you,
remember these words,my love,
because it is truly so,
that I will never ever let you go.
by christo michael
Rising with the morning mist, a whooper swan tries its wings along the shallows of the Oulanka River.
The park is a nesting ground for more than a hundred bird species.
Candle spruces stand frozen before a backdrop of the northern lights, shimmering above one of Finland's best loved national parks.
Syria
In the desert north of Damascus, the monastery of Deir Mar Musa dates from the sixth century,
when hundreds of churches and monasteries dotted the region.
Today its monks say they are "witnesses for peace," fostering Muslim-Christian dialogue.
The only community in the West Bank that remains completely Christian is At Tayyibah, and three churches tend its 1,300 souls.
The remains of El Khader (above), a cross-shaped church built sometime between the fourth and seventh centuries and rebuilt by
12th-century crusaders, still stand on the outskirts of the town.
For nearly a millennium after Christ, such Christian villages dominated the rocky hilltops of Palestine, declared holy ground by the
emperor Constantine after his conversion to Christianity in 312.
Friends
A friend is someone we turn to
when our spirits need a lift.
A friend is someone we treasure
for our friendship is a gift.
A friend is someone who fills our lives
with beauty, joy, and grace.
And makes the whole world we live in
a better and happier place.
- Jean Kyler McManus -
MIELIE GEREG
1 EIER
30ML SUIKER
30ML KOEKMEEL
30ML BOTTER
7ML BAKPOEIER
1 BLIK SWEETCORN (ROOM MIELIES)
MENG ALLES SAAM.
GOOI IN PLAT BAK
(REGEG RYS DUBBLE)
OOND: PRE-HEAT 180
BAK GEREG TOT GOUD BRUIN
LAAT STAAN VIR 10MIN
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Classic Pommes Anna - Simple French Gratin Potato Cake Recipe
In the recipe for "Potatoes Anna", I have always been unsure who "Anna" was.
I now have the answer.......Browsing through Julia Child's Mastering the Art of French Cooking, Vol. 2; I found this historical note about
Pommes Anna: "It was created during the era of Napoleon III and named, as were many culinary triumphs in those days, after one of the grandes cocottes of the period.
Whether it was an Anna Deslions, an Anna Judic, or simply Anna Untel, she has also immortalized the special double baking dish itself, la cocotte a pommes Anna, which is still made and which you can still buy at a fancy price".
Sounds like a mandatory piece of kitchenware for all dedicated chefs and cooks to me!!
This simple recipe is all in the preparation and presentation, and the use of very, very thinly sliced potatoes, that's the key to success.
Since the dish is inverted, it is important that the first layer of potatoes be attractively arranged.
Select perfect slices, and overlap them carefully.
It is best cooked in a copper or cast iron omelette pan.
If you don't have an "omelette pan" which is ovenproof, use a deep pie plate.
Keep in mind the final shape makes the presentation.
A watercress or parsley garnish adds colour.
Serve warm and cut into wedges, like a cake or quiche.
by French Tart
SERVES 3 -4
* 1 kg waxy potato, peeled and very thinly sliced
* 225 g butter, melted
* salt
* fresh ground black pepper
1. Pre-heat the oven to 200°C/gas 6.
2. Put the potato slices in a colander and rinse under running water to get rid of the starch. Place on a cloth in a single layer and pat dry.
3. Generously grease the base of an ovenproof pan or baking dish with melted butter.
4. Arrange the potato slices in the pan in overlapping circles , brushing butter over each layer and seasoning as you go.
5. Cover with greaseproof paper or a lid. Bake in the oven for 45minutes or up to 1 hour. Test with a skewer to see if the potatoes are done.
6. Cooks Notes:.
7. Cook this in a cast-iron, heavy-bottomed, stubby-handled frying pan that goes in the oven. Traditionally it should be lidded - mine isn't, so I use greaseproof paper.
Historical Note:.
Mrs. Landemare's original recipe is:.
Potatoes. Fresh butter.
Peel some potatoes and cut into very thin rounds the size of a florin. Wash in salted water and dry very well in a cloth. Well butter an omelette pan. Place a layer of potatoes on the bottom. Cover with oiled [melted] butter, pepper and salt. Repeat these layers until the pan is full and cook in a medium [350°F - 180C] over until brown [40-60 min.] Remove from the oven, turn out and cut into slices or serve whole in a dish.
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Brazil
A mountain of soybeans rises in the hold of a cargo ship bound for China, where they will be crushed for cooking oil and animal feed.
Though China has managed to meet most of the food needs of its growing population, its imports of soybeans have soared.
From March to July, the wet-season deluge expands the dolphins' range across inundated plains and into rain forest in the Anavilhanas Archipelago, a vast island chain in the Rio Negro.
In an exuberant display of muscle and flexibility, a boto bursts from the floodwaters.
The shuttle Endeavour (USA) -- deft in orbit but incapable of terrestrial flight -- catches a post-mission piggyback on a 747, soaring over California's Mojave Desert en route to Florida's Kennedy Space Center.
A spider's June web traps droplets as if they were prey.
The sun's evaporative power is weak this far north, creating a landscape that's suffused with moisture--in ponds, rivers, bogs, and rising mists.
Empty cubbyholes in a wall of rice bowls at a Chinese electronics factory signal the layoffs that have sent many workers back to the countryside.
While food prices have dipped with the worldwide recession, experts say the food crisis is far from over.
A Siberian jay (bird), perched on a skeletal spruce, surveys a feast of blueberries.
Underlaid by limestone, the forest floor is unusually rich for Finland's far north, abounding with berries, mushrooms, lichens, and rare orchids.
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Chocolate mayonaise cake
3 cups sifted flour
1 1/2 cups surgar
1/3 cup cocoa
2 1/4 tsp. baking powder
1/4 tsp. baking soda
1 1/2 cup mayonaise
1 1/2 cup water
1 1/2 tsp. vanilla
Sift flour with surgar, baking powder and baking soda in bowl.
Gradually stir in mayonaise, add water and vanilla
Bake at 350F or 180C in 2 round cake pans that are greased and floured.
Cook til done. Cool in pan before frosting
Chocolate Frosting
3 tbsp. butter or margarine
2 oz. semi-sweet chocolate
1 1/4 cups powdered surgar
1/2 tsp. salt
2-4 tbsp. hot milk
1 tsp. vanilla
Melt butter and chocolate on top of double boiler.
Add vanilla, then alternately mix in powdered sugar with salt and milk.
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1 Large can sliced peaches
1 box dry yellow cake mix
1 1/2 sticks of margarine
cinnamon and/or nutmeg
Dump can of peaches in oblong baking dish.
Sprinkle with cinnamon
Dump box of cake mix evenly over peaches.
Dot top with margarine and sprinkle top with cinnamon.
Bake at 350F or 180C til browned or it looks done.
Delicious!!!
Even better with some ice cream or whipped cream on it.
1 stick of butter = 113.5 gr or 1/4 pound or 4 ounce or 1/2 cup or 8 tablespoons or 14 teaspoons
and also remember that 1 lb = 454 grams
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2 cups of flour
2 1/4 cups of sugar
1 1/2 tsp. baking powder
1 1/2 tsp. baking soda
8 tbsp. cocoa
1 tsp.salt
1 stick melted butter*
2 eggs slightly beaten
2 cups of water
Mix dry ingredients well
add water, eggs and butter
batter will be thin
Pour into 9x13 pan
Bake at 350F or 180C 30-35 min. or until toothpick comes out clean.
After cooking and cooling, you can freeze half of the cake for later use.
A very moist cake.
* 1 stick of butter = 113.5 gr or 1/4 pound or 4 ounce or 1/2 cup or 8 tablespoons or 14 teaspoons
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Seeing that we have a family member in Shenyang on business at the moment, I thought we would "visit" as well.
Sunset colours tint the white of these modern south facing apartments overlooking a lake in Shenyang, capital of Liaoning Province in NE China
When the top temperature for the day is still minus 10 degrees celcius then it seems a good idea to move around.
Sub zero exercise
Cleaning a skyscraper
This is in central Shenyang the capital city of Liaoning Province.
Weeping willow trees surround this lake in the centre of Shenyang city which has around 7 million residents.
It is the centre for manufacture of cars including BMW and also aircraft.
Like many Chinese cities now, a lot of effort is being made to modernise and the pace it is happening here is astounding.
Fishing under the willow trees in Youth Park in Shenyang city.
What better way to relax on a Sunday?
This park is very popular to hundreds of people.
Maybe locals making the most of the warm weather as this lake freezes over in a few months.
Without exception all who were being photographed today gave a big smile or friendly wave.
Shenyang,the largest city in Northeast China, is the political, economic, and cultural center of Liaoning Province.
It is also an important industrial base and a famous historical city.
It was the host city of the 2006 International Horticultural Exposition and venue for the football (soccer) matches of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games.
Shenyang is located in the central part of Liaoning Province.
Its climate is relatively dry most of the year with spikes in precipitation during the summer months due to the influence of monsoons.
Temperatures vary as much as 10 degrees Celsius from daytime to night, and in winter they can drop below 0 degrees Celsius, so the smart traveler will plan to dress in layers.
The characters on the top of the taller building means " City of the Future" , being modern condominiums compared to the older style of apartments.
Art gallery
An oriental bridge made predominantly of white marble provides a scenic path in this large park in central Shenyang.
Lovers bridge
Tulips Blooming all over the garden in May.
Forbidden city: Emporors seat
Like Beijing it also has an Imperial Palace. Around the city are 4 pagodas, North, South, East and West. This picture was take at the North pagoda..
Manchu palace
Shenyang-Taoxian-airport
Shenyang palace
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1 cup sugar
2 eggs well beaten
2 tbsp. flour or corn starch
2 tbsp. vinegar
1 cup water
Combine in double boiler, stirring often til thickened.
Add 1/2 tsp. lemon extract and a small lump of butter
Stir well, can be eaten as pudding or pour into a baked shell.
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6-8 chicken drumsticks
1/2 cup mayonaise
2-3 tbsp. mustard
1 tsp. Italian seasoning
1/2 tsp. garlic powder
1/2 tsp. black pepper
1.4 cup grated Parmesan cheese
1 cup fresh bread crumbs
(made from 2-3 slices of fresh bread)
Rinse and pat dry the chicken
Mix the mustard and mayonaise together in one bowl.
In a separate bowl, mix the bread crumbs, Parmesan, Italian seasoning, garlic powder and black pepper.
Using a pastry brush, coat a drumstick liberally with the mayonaise/mustard mixture, then roll the drumstick in the bread crumbs.
Lay the coated drumstick on a baking sheet.
Repeat for all drumsticks.
Bake at 350* for 45 min. or until done through and juices run clear.
You can double this recipe and adjust the amounts for taste.
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A green-banded snapping shrimp reveals its disproportionate weaponry after being discovered inside dead coral on Australia's Great Barrier Reef.
The teams used a wide variety of sampling methods, which included looking inside the hollow skeletons of old coral structures.
Samples were obtained by enveloping dead coral in a bag and chiseling the structures off at their bases to capture the animals inside.
A single such sample can yield more than 150 individual animals, the survey team said.
Not even this small, delicate seaweed species, Caulerpa cupressoides, escaped the notice of scientists cataloging coral reef inhabitants near Heron Island in Australia.
A comb jelly trips the light fantastic as it pulses off Heron Island on Australia's Great Barrier Reef complex.
A gelatinous "creature" pictured floating in the water column off Lizard Island in northeastern Australia is actually a colony of smaller animals called salpae.
These sac-like filter feeders can either float as individuals or can form long chains as they drift through the ocean feeding on plankton.
A pair of fan worms wave their feathery feeding arms to filter tiny particles from the water.
Scientists spotted the worms during a recent survey of reef-dwelling species at three sites in Australia.
The teams found hundreds of previously unknown animals, including colorful soft corals, tiny shrimp, and scavenging crustaceans.
Worms were also highlighted in the study, including a potentially new class of marine worm known as bristle worms, relatives of leeches and earthworms.
A species of sea slug, or nudibranch, makes an exotic addition to the coral reefs off Heron Island on Australia's Great Barrier Reef.
Soft corals--so-called because they lack the hard skeletons of reef-building corals--growing near Lizard Island in Australia.
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Today's internal combustion engines are inefficient at converting fuel to motion.
Cars waste up to 85 percent of the energy from the fuel in their tanks, losing a big chunk as heat.
Even as a baby, a blue whale can make a grown man seem like a minnow.
Decades ago, with their numbers plummeting, this species became a symbol of environmental woes.
Now such healthy youngsters offer hope that the giants can be saved.
Dusted in winter white, a timeworn cypress looms over Long Lake, some 10,000 feet up in the Min Mountains.
Thailand--In a race to emerge at the Sriracha Tiger Zoo, one eight-inch Siamese crocodile wins by a head.
Few such crocs exist in the wild, yet 20,000 are born each year during the zoo's May-to-August hatching festival.
The patterns of azure, green, and gray that mottle the back of a blue whale and the patch of white on the tip of its flipper will last its whole life.
Such unique markings allow scientists to catalog individual animals.
Thermographic photography offers clues to where energy is being wasted in this older house in Connecticut.
Red and yellow patches indicate escaping heat, while new double-pane windows appear cool blue.
By sealing in warmth, the windows cut heating costs, which can account for up to half a family's energy bill.
Today's internal combustion engines are inefficient at converting fuel to motion.
Cars waste up to 85 percent of the energy from the fuel in their tanks, losing a big chunk as heat.
Even as a baby, a blue whale can make a grown man seem like a minnow.
Decades ago, with their numbers plummeting, this species became a symbol of environmental woes.
Now such healthy youngsters offer hope that the giants can be saved.
Dusted in winter white, a timeworn cypress looms over Long Lake, some 10,000 feet up in the Min Mountains.
Thailand--In a race to emerge at the Sriracha Tiger Zoo, one eight-inch Siamese crocodile wins by a head.
Few such crocs exist in the wild, yet 20,000 are born each year during the zoo's May-to-August hatching festival.
The patterns of azure, green, and gray that mottle the back of a blue whale and the patch of white on the tip of its flipper will last its whole life.
Such unique markings allow scientists to catalog individual animals.
Thermographic photography offers clues to where energy is being wasted in this older house in Connecticut.
Red and yellow patches indicate escaping heat, while new double-pane windows appear cool blue.
By sealing in warmth, the windows cut heating costs, which can account for up to half a family's energy bill.
Madagascar--Sunrise reveals light traffic--a lone oxcart--along the Avenue of the Baobabs.
The 80-foot-tall "upside-down trees" in the Menabe region could become the island country's first national monument.
A summer sunrise gleams on the foaming ten-story plunge of Pearl Shoals Falls.
Beneath a green sweep of fen and forest in northern Alberta lies a promise of wealth--vast layers of hydrocarbons that can be refined into petroleum products like gasoline. Undisturbed until now, these trees may soon fall: This land has already been staked out by prospectors
Lit from within by candles and "painted" with the glow of a flashlight, ancient sandstone structures called nawamis captivated photographer Matt Moyer with their strange beauty.
The buildings, dated to the fourth millennium B.C., are burial structures of the first known pastoral society, according to Israeli archaeologist Avner Goren.
"We believe [they mark] the beginning of the lifestyle that traditional Bedouin of today still practice," he says.
Seventeen clusters of nawamis have been found, all in the southern Sinai region.
Descending Mount Sinai, a Bedouin boy and his donkey return from carrying supplies to tribal-run shops on the trails above.
Biblical Israelites wandered here on their way to the Promised Land.
Today, historical sites and natural beauty make Sinai a destination in itself.
Oil sands surface mining operates on extreme scales, with crews working around the clock through hot summers and subzero winters to feed heavy demand.
If tomatoes, cucumbers, lettuce, strawberries, pumpkins, and other crops can grow on a barge in the Hudson River, then why not on New York City rooftops?
That was the idea behind the Science Barge, a prototype of a carbon-neutral hydroponic farm that saves energy by eliminating the need for transportation.
Blue waters of the Gulf of Aqaba ripple between Saudi Arabia (far shore) and resorts lining the eastern coast of Egypt's Sinai Peninsula.
Long both holy land and battleground, the wedge of desert has become a mecca for pleasure-loving travelers and profit-seeking developers.
More streets are laid for mobile-home neighborhoods in Fort McMurray.
The average single-family house costs about $540,000, steep even in a region where wages regularly top $80,000 a year.
Crystal pools glisten among drifts of mist and legend.
Powerful in the water, jaguars often travel along streams, hunting peccaries and brocket deer as they go, leaving few traces of their passage.
This is the other China.
High in the mountains of Sichuan Province, in Jiuzhaigou Nature Reserve, rare plants and animals find sanctuary,
and millions of visitors have discovered cool, clear, sapphire-andemerald- tinted waters, far removed from the sooty industrial sprawl that consumes lands and lives below.
Because aircraft exhaust is released at high altitude, scientists say it has a greater impact on climate than the same emissions at ground level.
At a General Electric test site in Peebles, Ohio, technicians check connections before firing up a GEnx-2B development engine.
Built with carbon-fiber parts, the test model uses less fuel and produces 15 percent less CO2 than predecessors.
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