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I just love the novel I am reading right now. It is collection of stories hort with interesting & pretty intriguing plots with unexpected endings. It is Jeffrey Archer's "To cut a long story short". My personal favourite is " Death speaks ". I wish I could read more of such quite often. Some of the stories don't have an ending leaving it to the minds of reader's imagination.
I tried out American butter frosting & by far, among all the varieties of cream I have tried, this is
the best. My family recipe similar to it (which involves butter, sugar & lemon juice) but a bit different isn't bad either but both are way better than the foster clark or any bakery whip cream! I totally agree with the author of the blog from where I took this recipe that people always leave aside the topping from pastries or cakes but when one uses butter frosting, not a particle is left behind. I must confess that The inspiration in trying this out was from Julie's. I had tasted something of this sort way back in 2003 when I was visiting my home in Bangladesh & ever since began my quest to find something similar but in vain till today, no matter which bakery I tried, Nothing similar did I find. This particular one involves beating eggs & sugar till it doubles the original amount & heating it in double boiler till it reaches 160F & then cooling it after which chunks of butter are bare beaten into it till it is smooth creamy & silky.
My bluetooth is not working & unfortunately, I won't be able to post pictures of my chocolate sponge cake with chocolate topping & chocolate butter frosting. Can't wait to dig in...
Today isn't going as expected. I woke up from this weird dream where I tried out my new cheesecake recipe like 5 times & it worked 100% during which the other members of my family was bathing & shampooing 10 of our kitties (oh dear!). Well after I woke, I had to finish ton of stuff so I could be finally free to whip up the ingredients for my cheese cake. It required a tablespoon of gelatin but I had no idea what every one means by hot water: does it indicate warm or boiling?I tried to add something in between but that was 5 hours ago & it still hasn't settled yet! I don't have a clue to how to proceed now.
Now getting back to Julie/Julia, Julie is done with of JC's soup, Poulet Poêlé avec Farce Duxelles, Gratin Dauphinois et Asperges au Naturel , Tournedos Sautés Aux Champignons Quartiers de Fonds d’Artichauts au Beurre – filet mignon with mushroom and Madeira sauce, and buttered, quartered artichoke hearts, Coquilles St. Jacques a la Parisienne etc.
I have never tasted or worked with mushroom so far. Add this to my next to do list!
The last thing I would agree to do during my short stay in planet earth is shopping: be it books or bags or clothes or shoes or grocery unless they concern me. Today is one of those days where no one can manage to bring the stuff I specifically want & requires my ultimate presence. I am done with the list of things I need with the hope of finding them in whichever store I enter first.
Nothing new with Julie but I am desperately looking for a good recipes for these: julia child's Crème Plombieres au Chocolat & Crème Plombieres aux Fruits
anyone having do let me know
When I was still a freshmen, one of the most amazing events I fell in love with was the cultural village. Though most of the stalls put up for displaying cultures & traditions which I had assumed to be the same were arab nations, it pretty much amazed me. I was dazzled by the differences in food & clothing & accent in languages. Since we (me & most of my friends) represent a minority, we wanted to take the initiative of representing our culture too but it was so disorganized & unmotivated that we changed our minds. But we were left with an unsatisfied minds, hearts, & souls. Some of us were determined to try harder next year to make it work & here I am filling out forms & sending out letters requesting help from embassies without the faintest clue what will happen in a month's time. Will it be an event full of memories that I will cherish in my old age or will it be the regretful, disastrous & embarrassing episode of the year 2010?
Moving on to Julie: I totally agree with that though salads seem to be the easiest dish to whip up, there's an awful lot of niggeldy shit in it! The chopping seems to take forever & god forbid when there are too many people on the guest list. Julie had to miss her tv show "Buffy", a story related to girl, mom & vampires which probably was like the current "Gossip girl" I suppose.. [ Click here to read more ]
Now that the holidays have started, I am trying out baking a few new recipes I had in mind. I always plan to try my hand in cooking but something in my gut tells me I should save the spark or excitement or magic in cooking for the future when I will have nothing save this to survive the boredoms of life. I tried out an Arabian sweet Basbousa from a recipe I found in the website provided by Nestle sweetened condensed milk. I loved the website though I haven't tried out anything yet. I am planning to try a new cold cheese cake recipe from here. Its a bit different from the one I use.
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Phew! What a hectic week it was! Finally I am done with this semester & no matter what outcome it is which I am still unaware of, I am glad its over. I missed out a lot because of finals & I am glad I can get back to them. Few things I am really excited about this short break:
My friends newborn coming to this world probably next week..
Getting back to my task at hand: finishing Julie's blog in 128 days...i did fall back on that one
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It all began with the hilarious realization that one of Julia child's roast chicken stuffed with gizzard. The chicken has a gizzard as it is but no, we have to take out to marinate it & stuff it back in again!walla & there one has the chicken back!
I baked two chocolate cakes & though I have finals beginning on Sunday, I haven't studied a word. Instead I am enjoying watching something after the other & appreciating life. It is for days like this that I love my life & hate it the next day. Huh! And I thought new year is suppose to be about new year resolution & here I am the same old me.
Atleast I am enjoying myself..
I can't stop thinking about the possibilities of the existence of "SHIT" in real world; just like in the movie "accepted". I loved it. Getting accepted with a click away is every human's dream come true. Though the tuition seemed pretty high for trying to enjoy ourselves. Experimenting & perfecting with no guidance seems like the right path to nobel prize for a memorable invention.
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One always wait for that special moment but when it comes, they are unable to handle it & appreciate it.
For me, I waited for this week my entire life ( well not entire but atleast entire uni interval so far)- a week I'll be so swamped with work & no study that at the end I wouldn't remember my name.
I've been out of school for more years than I choose to calculate at the moment, and mostly I don't think I miss it, but as the end of the semester is nearing, I keep remembering how good it can feel to apply yourself to lesson plan, to follow through in an organized manner.Following through in an organized manner is not something I do much of these days
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Comment by sumaya rahman
on 911 The Unhappy Anniversary
Paradigm of Melange
I read somewhere that these attacks were meant to draw more and more people into the folds of the New World Order. Plus, apparently, everything connected to the New World Order is a game of numbers, you just have to know the numbers to be able to attribute a deed to the Order.
The Order has succeeded largely because more than three-fourths of the people believe what the media said and still maintains about 9/11.
Nice post.