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About Me
- Brad
- Former adult teacher who loves island beaches. Happy homebody and family man; once devoted dog owner, now without Tashi, my Tibetan Terrier. I prefer the absurdity of the imagination to the absurdity of imagining nothing.
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Scalloped Potatoes:
Three large potatoes,(washed,peeling optional)
Prepare 3L. casserole by greasing bottom and sides.
slice potatoes thinly in layers into casserole, adding onions every three of four layers (onions optional)
Salt and Pepper lightly.
Add whole milk to barely cover potatoes.Top with grated cheese (OPTIOAL)
bAKE IN OVEN 400 DEGREES.
cOOKING TIME APPRX. 2HRS
tEST WITH KNIFE UNTIL POTATOES ARE SOFT
A new Place:
Always learning, I was recently invited to a First Nation Centre for young mothers, who wished to learn the traditional child raising ways.
It was very interesting, big room with kitchen facilities where the young mothers were preparing lunch for the instructor and elders.
My friend was one of the instructors from the Cree nation, she performed a "Smug" which is the burning of different natural ingredients, mainly Cedar which has a wonderful smell. Myself and the young women stand in a semi-circle. The burn is done in a large shell which she carries to each of us wafting the smoke towards the individuals with a Eagle feather, allowing the individuals to direct the smoke towards their bodies both front and back. After that she drummed and sang a women warrior song. The ceremony part was then over.
Lunch was ready, cafeteria style, they asked me to remain seated as the like to serve the elders.
I have to mention how quiet and well behaved the children were.
My friend then proceeded to speak, answer questions, and allow imput
from the young mothers and mothers-to-be. The world has changed greatly since I was young and what I witnessed that day was definitely for the better.
Yes I am always learning this occurred the day before my 75th birthday.
I learned this recipe from an Italian student during my travels this spring.
Bruschetta (a la Napoli)
Ingredients
You can adjust quantities of everything depending on how many people you will serve. One baguette is good for 4 to 6 people as an appetizer.
Baguette
Olive Oil
Tomatoes (two or three)
Black Olives
Garlic
Oregano
Salt and Pepper
Method:
Cut the baguette in half lengthwise and then into serving size pieces.
Cut two or three garlic cloves in half and brush the bread lightly to coat with garlic.
Drizzle olive oil on each piece.
Chop tomatoes and olives and place atop the bread.
Using your oven's grill, lightly grill the bread until nice and warm.
Enjoy! Makes a great before dinner appetizer (and is quite healthy, too)
Bibim Noodles
Generally speaking, there are two kinds of noodles cooking. Most common one is hot soup noodles like “udon” in Japanese restaurant. The other one is cold noodles which mixed with various spices and others.
I want to introduce Bibim Noodles which mean mixing some gradient according to his/her flavor upon the boiled cold noodles. It is so easy to make and delicious that I have it for lunch frequently.
We can buy wheat noodles in oriental supermarket easily. I want to explain two person’s portion of lunch of Bibim Noodles. First of all, boil 1.5 liters of water. Take two hundred gram into the boiling water for 4 minutes. Then rinse the boiled noodles with cold water 2 or 3 times and put it into colander to drain. Put it in a container or big bowl.
The only remaining job is seasoning with various spices e.g. one tablespoon of sesame oil, sugar, soy sauce, and vinegar; one teaspoon of sesame seed, red pepper powder, and salt. Cut one cucumber and onion into thin slices and minced two piece of garlic. Adding them to the bowls and something others what you want to have e.g. half glass of wine or one soft boiled egg.
Then, mix it with fingers of your hand carefully. If you put it in a colorful dish, it would become very nice lunch “Bibim Noodles” for you and your wife. It takes only 10 minutes if materials are provided.
Soup
One chopped apple.(10 gram each piece)
250 grams chopped fresh pork. ( 10 gram each piece)
A large soup bowl with 2L cold water, put chopped pork into cold water and boil it for 3minutes.
Throw out the water, wash lightly-boiled pork.
2L cold water with treated pork boils 30minutes.
Put chopped apple into pork soup for another 30minutes.
Sweet and fresh and taste.
Berry Cheese Salad
3 cups Canadian Cottage cheese
1/4 cup vanilla yogurt
2 tbsp honey or to taste
1 tsp grated lemon rind
1/2 cantaloupe and
1/2 honeydew melon
2 cups mixed berries(strawberries, raspberries, blueberries, blackberries)
Instructions
Drain cheese to remove any excess liquid. Combine it with yogurt, honey and lemon rind.
Remove seeds from melons; cut each half into 4 quarters. Arrange 1 slice of each melon on 4 serving plates. Top with Canadian Cottage cheese mixture and berries.
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