Strange food

Okay i admit it's highly unusual for most of us, but that doesn't mean it doesn't taste good!
Some of the things you see are actually remedies/medicines in TCM like the scorpio (Quan Xie - treatment for convulsions, tremors, migraines) or bird's nest (very good in anti-aging treatment!).
Enjoy!
http://oddee.com/item_96534.aspx

Politrix and food, what's not to love about that combination? Always good for some "saignant" news. Such as £500K bill to feed the attendees while discussing world crisis according to the Independent.co.uk

"When the world's most powerful leaders descended on London last month to tackle the economic crisis, they left Gordon Brown basking in the glory of brokering a deal to pump billions into the world's economy.

But it also left British taxpayers with a less desirable legacy – a bill of about £500,000 for wining and dining the delegates, their partners and their aides, The Independent can reveal."

Story continued in this article.

They could have set an example and show their concern, solidarity and that they mean business by eating a simple yet healthy meal for the official part and drink the good bottle of wine for the private part of the event AND paid out of their own pocket money and not subsided by taxpayers!

This kind of news makes my stomach turn and squeeze!

rebellious kids

I wasn't hearing the message and the complaints: "oh no not again soup!" . What do you mean? the last time we had soup was weeks ago... So i got it written on our "communication centre"
Instead of light green spring meals I will have to cook and feed them big chunks of meat. oh well, at least they are eating something and that's more warming and nourishing home-made soup for me!

Power Tool

After a long time of wanting one and having seen them at work in friends' places, we finally have one of our own: a Bread Machine. We got it from friends because there was a little piece broken and although it has been fixed and was working again they decided to buy a new one. So we got to adopt one that came without the notice, because these people trow out systematically the notice and guaranty papers. Luckily we found a new user guide on the French website: mesnotices.fr And have been making bread at an average rate of 1 and a half bread a day ever since. We bought all kind of ready mixes that turn out just fine.
I bought also mixes that are not really ready-to -bake mixes, you have to add everything except the flour. What a fake! Still a lot of recipes to try and to discover.
The great thing is i can bring my favorite lunch: peanutbutter sandwiches made of chewy big bread slices.
Instead of wondering what to eat today i wonder what kind of bread to make. It's a different feeling. I feel more complete now we have this machine. Maybe because i take care now of our daily bread instead of buying it someplace where you have to consider opening times and days and where there's just an exchange of money and no physical action involved. I did make bread by hand sometimes. It's not that much work but you have these waiting times and you have to have a good place to leave the dough rising. That's way easier in summer than in wintertime when i have a hard time keeping my house warm! With t he machine just put the ingredients in, program and after about 3 hours you have your house smelling like a bakery.The only trouble is getting the bread out and you'll end up with 2 big holes in your bread. But we have found out that if you take the mixers out before the baking process starts, the bread comes out easier and the holes are smaller. I want to try a pain aux epices with figs, and try to make a cumin bread like I recently had from the Jewish baker over at Rue des Rosiers in Paris. I wonder if they use some rye flower?

If you have a machine too let's share experiences and recipes!

Next thing on my want list is an expresso machine....

delicious bacon explosion

Let me warn you upfront: look at it, prepare it, eat it, enjoy it at your own risk. Only looking at it adds 2 kilos permanently to my hips and waistband.
But OMG isn't it worth it? It looks like to die for and you probably will. This treat gives you definitely a dangerous peak in your cholesterol levels. And it's not really kosher so you'll burn in hell for having eaten a life time supply of bacon in one meal.
But dang it looks so good! The images are burned in my brain forever and writing about it makes me drool like Homer Simpson.
enjoy!
http://www.bbqaddicts.com/bacon-explosion.html