In case you're looking for some last-minute valentine day recipe inspiration, here are some tempting treats from Everyday with Rachael Ray...{clockwise from top left} Saffron Scallops, Italian Cheesecake, Caramel Tower, and a new way to enjoy your pecan pie - a Pecan Pie Martini!
2008-02-09
Italian Cheesecake
In case you're looking for some last-minute valentine day recipe inspiration, here are some tempting treats from Everyday with Rachael Ray...{clockwise from top left} Saffron Scallops, Italian Cheesecake, Caramel Tower, and a new way to enjoy your pecan pie - a Pecan Pie Martini!
2008-02-07
China New Year Manu
Dim Sum
Shimp
Snow FishAt the Thai restaurant somewhere if you ate last night, a woman in traditional dress was rinsingeveryone’s hands with rose water with petals floating in it before they sat down to eat, a lovely bonus, really.
2008-02-04
Repair damaged cells
New study has just begun regarding a speculation that green tea may hold the key to repairing damaged cells in the body. Researchers at the Virginia Piper Cancer Center is beginning a local study with former smokers to determine whether green tea can actually repair damaged cells. They believe that the antioxidants in green tea in high concentrations can reverse the damage of cells from extreme weather conditions. The study at the Virginia Piper Cancer Center is being funded by the National Cancer Institute. The National Cancer Institute played a large role in developing anti-cancer drugs, so this study should be promising.
2008-01-19
TomYumGoong
Tom yum (Thai: ต้มยำ, IPA: [tôm jām],also sometimes romanized as tom yam or dom yam)
is a soup originating from Thailand. It is perhaps one of the most famous dishes in Thai cuisine.[citation needed]
Tom yum is characterized by its distinct hot and sour flavors,
with fragrant herbs generously used. The basic broth is made
of stock and fresh ingredients such as lemon grass, kaffir lime leaves, galangal, shallots, lime juice, fish sauce, tamarind,
and crushed chili peppers.
In Thailand, tom yum is usually made with prawns (tom yum goong),
chicken (tom yum gai), fish (tom yum pla), or
mixed seafood (tom yum talay or tom yum po taek)
and mushrooms - usually straw or oyster mushrooms. The soup is often topped with generous sprinkling of fresh chopped coriander (cilantro) leaves.
The less popular variety of tom yum is tom yum nam khon (Thai: ต้มยำน้ำข้น), where coconut milk is added to the broth. This is not to be confused with tom kha or tom kha gai - where the galanga flavor dominates the soup. Tom yum nam khon is almost always made with prawns, whereas chicken is often used in tom kha. Its other cousin is less well-known outside Thailand - tom klong. Sometimes Thai chili jam (Nam Prik pao, Thai: น้ำพริกเผา) is added: this gives the soup a bright orange colour and makes the chili flavor more pronounced.
Tom yum paste is made by crushing all the herb ingredients and stir-frying in oil. Seasoning and other preservative ingredients are then added. The paste is bottled or packaged, and sold around the world. Tom yum flavored with the paste may have different characteristics to that made with fresh herb ingredients.
Western Frittata Ingrediant
Western Frittata
2 table spoons butter
4 oz. Canadian bacon
2 medium onions
7 eggs
1/2 cup Swiss cheese
1/4 table spoon pepper
In 10" skillet heat 2 tbsp. butter over medium heat. Add bacon sliced and cut into 1/2" strips, cook 1 minute. Add sliced onions, cook 3 minutes, stirring frequently; remove from heat. In bowl beat eggs, grated cheese, pepper and bacon-onion mixture. In skillet melt butter over medium heat. Add egg mixture, reduce heat to medium-low, cook 10-15 minutes until bottom is set. Meanwhile, preheat broiler. Broil frittata until top is set and lightly browned, about 3 minutes.
2 table spoons butter
4 oz. Canadian bacon
2 medium onions
7 eggs
1/2 cup Swiss cheese
1/4 table spoon pepper
In 10" skillet heat 2 tbsp. butter over medium heat. Add bacon sliced and cut into 1/2" strips, cook 1 minute. Add sliced onions, cook 3 minutes, stirring frequently; remove from heat. In bowl beat eggs, grated cheese, pepper and bacon-onion mixture. In skillet melt butter over medium heat. Add egg mixture, reduce heat to medium-low, cook 10-15 minutes until bottom is set. Meanwhile, preheat broiler. Broil frittata until top is set and lightly browned, about 3 minutes.
Above is Spinach and Pepper Omlet!
A Frittata is a Quiche without a Crust or, if you prefer, a Delicious Omelet!
Fresh Baby Spinach, Roasted Red Peppers and Smoked Gouda Cheese Baked together along with Eggs and Cream in Individual Servings - Served with 2 of our Signature Caramelized Onion and Gruyere Cheese Savory Scones. All of our Frittata's are now prepared in a round bake and serve shell for even re-heating in a microwave or conventional oven.
A Frittata is a Quiche without a Crust or, if you prefer, a Delicious Omelet!
Fresh Baby Spinach, Roasted Red Peppers and Smoked Gouda Cheese Baked together along with Eggs and Cream in Individual Servings - Served with 2 of our Signature Caramelized Onion and Gruyere Cheese Savory Scones. All of our Frittata's are now prepared in a round bake and serve shell for even re-heating in a microwave or conventional oven.
Stronger sperm
First of all, most of men are good singers and actors.
Secondly, every time they open their mouth to say something, even when it's something pretty stupid, they get the attention of their audience, especially the feminine part of it.
Because in their voice there's something that talks about a life experienced at its full potential, amongst cigarettes, whisky, women and hotels. But it's not just that.
A recent study lead within the Hadza, a Tanzanian hunter-gatherer tribe, reveals indeed that men with deeper voices may be more fertile than their friends with a lower voice pitch.
And that's basicly why women rate them more attractive and think about them as possible mates.
Smoke and have more drinks, then guys, and you'll see your sex appeal jump to the stars.
Unfortunately, the same thing doesn't work for girls: the study says that women with higherpitched voices are better looking, subordinate, feminine, healthier and younger.
Same old inequity.
You are what you eat!
Fact is that what we put into our system affects everything, for better or worse. From mood swings, energy-levels, sleep, sex, productivity and even tinnitus, you are what you eat.
Tinnitus expert Barry Keate has lived with tinnitus for over 35 years and researched the effects of diet on tinnitus. Here are the pearls of his research.
Tinnitus expert Barry Keate has lived with tinnitus for over 35 years and researched the effects of diet on tinnitus. Here are the pearls of his research.
Not keep you slim
A new Australian study debunking the myth that cigarettes keep weight down is a further warning about the dangers of smoking, an anti-smoking body says.
The study, by a research team from the University of New South Wales and the University of Melbourne, found people do not shed fat simply because they smoked.
The research found smokers lost muscle mass, which gave them the appearance of being thinner, but the fat instead was stored around their vital organs.
Mice were studied over seven weeks, with half exposed to smoke from four cigarettes a day for six days a week while the other half smoke free.
Mice on the smoke diet ate about 23 per cent less but their fat mass kept to similar levels.
The study, by a research team from the University of New South Wales and the University of Melbourne, found people do not shed fat simply because they smoked.
The research found smokers lost muscle mass, which gave them the appearance of being thinner, but the fat instead was stored around their vital organs.
Mice were studied over seven weeks, with half exposed to smoke from four cigarettes a day for six days a week while the other half smoke free.
Mice on the smoke diet ate about 23 per cent less but their fat mass kept to similar levels.
Eating garlic
Researchers have cracked the mystery of why eating garlic can help keep the heart healthy.
The key is allicin, which is broken down into the foul-smelling sulphur compounds which taint breath.
These compounds react with red blood cells and produce hydrogen sulphide which relaxes the blood vessels, and keeps blood flowing easily.
The University of Alabama at Birmingham research appears in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
The Alabama team bathed rat blood vessels in a bath containing juice from crushed garlic.
This produced striking results - with tension within the vessels reduced by 72%.
The researchers also found that red blood cells exposed to minute amounts of juice extracted from supermarket garlic immediately began emitting hydrogen sulphide.
The researchers suggest that hydrogen sulphide production in red blood cells could be used to standardise dietary garlic supplements.
The key is allicin, which is broken down into the foul-smelling sulphur compounds which taint breath.
These compounds react with red blood cells and produce hydrogen sulphide which relaxes the blood vessels, and keeps blood flowing easily.
The University of Alabama at Birmingham research appears in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
The Alabama team bathed rat blood vessels in a bath containing juice from crushed garlic.
This produced striking results - with tension within the vessels reduced by 72%.
The researchers also found that red blood cells exposed to minute amounts of juice extracted from supermarket garlic immediately began emitting hydrogen sulphide.
The researchers suggest that hydrogen sulphide production in red blood cells could be used to standardise dietary garlic supplements.
Junk Food @ Mind
Junk food contains high levels of saturated fat, salt, or sugar and numerous food additives such as monosodium glutamate and tartrazine; at the same time, it is lacking in proteins, vitamins and fiber, among others. It is popular with suppliers because it is relatively cheap to manufacture, has a long shelf life and may not require refrigeration. It is popular with consumers because it is easy to purchase, requires little or no preparation, is convenient to consume and has lots of flavor. Consumption of junk food is associated with obesity, heart disease, Type 2 diabetes and dental cavities. There is also concern about the targeting of marketing to children.
Things that go crunch in the night ... BOY's sleep snacking wrecked havoc beneath the sheetsEnglish food!
Yum! Pan-fried Skate wing, with samphire and roasted veggies - all swimming in butter. Go English food!
Sexis
1. Sex is a beauty treatment. Scientisttest shows that woman that have sexual relation produce big amounts of estrogen which make hair shiny and soft.
2. To make love in soft and relaxed way reduces the posibilities of suffering from dermatitis and acne. The sweat produced cleans pores and make the skin shine.
3. To make love allows you to burn calories accumulated in this romantic love scene.
4. Sex is the safest sports. It strenghtens and tonify all muscles. It is more enjoyable than 20 lapses in the pool.
5. Sex is an instanteneous cure against depression. It frees endorphines in the blood flow, creating to flow, creating a state of euphoria and leaves us a feeling of well being.
6. The more we make love, the more our capacity to do more. A body sexually active releasesa higher amount of Pheromene. This subtle aroma excites the opposite sex!
7. Sex is the safest tranquilizer. It is 10 times more effective than valium.
8. To kiss everyday allows you to avoid destist. Kisses aid saliva in cleaning teeth and lower the quantity of acid causing enamel weakening.
9. Sex relieves headaches. Each time we make love it releases the tension in our veins.
10. To make love a lot can heal nasal congestion. Sex is a natural antihistaminic. It help fight asthma and spring allergies.
2. To make love in soft and relaxed way reduces the posibilities of suffering from dermatitis and acne. The sweat produced cleans pores and make the skin shine.
3. To make love allows you to burn calories accumulated in this romantic love scene.
4. Sex is the safest sports. It strenghtens and tonify all muscles. It is more enjoyable than 20 lapses in the pool.
5. Sex is an instanteneous cure against depression. It frees endorphines in the blood flow, creating to flow, creating a state of euphoria and leaves us a feeling of well being.
6. The more we make love, the more our capacity to do more. A body sexually active releasesa higher amount of Pheromene. This subtle aroma excites the opposite sex!
7. Sex is the safest tranquilizer. It is 10 times more effective than valium.
8. To kiss everyday allows you to avoid destist. Kisses aid saliva in cleaning teeth and lower the quantity of acid causing enamel weakening.
9. Sex relieves headaches. Each time we make love it releases the tension in our veins.
10. To make love a lot can heal nasal congestion. Sex is a natural antihistaminic. It help fight asthma and spring allergies.
The laziest treatment
After walk around Cuisine and eat eat eat eat .
“As part of a beauty treatment, a model dips her feet into a tank containing the Oreochromis species of fish in Singapore.” You can make it at home !
If you can stand the tickling, this looks like the laziest treatment you can get. Rock on nature!
Therapy
Meso Carboxy therapy
Meso-Carboxytherapy is a new way to eliminate excess fat without surgery. It was first pioneered by French Professional Doctor. It is the procedure whereby injections of soybean meal extract and various kinds of vitamins to dissolve fat. After that shall inject carbon dioxide gas into mesoderm (the layer of fat and connective tissue under the skin) in order to break cell down. At last shall massage to support work of medicine. At the same time, the skin of that area becomes tighter. You shall feel the different that is not the same together with the better shape and less cellulite. It shall be done once a week for 8 times.
Meso-Carboxytherapy is a new way to eliminate excess fat without surgery. It was first pioneered by French Professional Doctor. It is the procedure whereby injections of soybean meal extract and various kinds of vitamins to dissolve fat. After that shall inject carbon dioxide gas into mesoderm (the layer of fat and connective tissue under the skin) in order to break cell down. At last shall massage to support work of medicine. At the same time, the skin of that area becomes tighter. You shall feel the different that is not the same together with the better shape and less cellulite. It shall be done once a week for 8 times.
Facial Treatment
Treating Cheek Fold with Hyaluronic
It is an extract injection of Hyaluronic acid from natural for hypodermic injection in order to solve problem of folds such as cheek folds or glabellas (frowns). The treatment shall last around 6 – 12 months
Treating Cheek Fold with Hyaluronic
It is an extract injection of Hyaluronic acid from natural for hypodermic injection in order to solve problem of folds such as cheek folds or glabellas (frowns). The treatment shall last around 6 – 12 months
2008-01-18
Barbeque Survival
บาร์บีคิว (baa bee que)
-Barbeque
ไม้ (mai)
- classifier for stick
ไม้ละเท่าไหร่ (mai la tao rai)
- How much for each stick?
ไม้ละ 10 บาท (mai la sib baht)
- 10 baht for each stick.
บาร์บีคิวหมู (baa bee que mhoo)
- Pork barbeque.
บาร์บีคิวเนื้อ (baa bee que neua)
- Beef barbeque.
บาร์บีคิวไก่ (baa bee que gai)
- Chicken barbeque.
เอาหมูกับไก่อย่างละ 2 ไม้ (aow mhoo gub gai yaang la song mai)
- I want 2 sticks each of pork and chicken.
ย่างสุกๆ (yaang suk suk)
- Grill it well done.
เอาซอสพริก (aow sauce prik)
- I want chilli sauce.
เอาซอสมะเขือเทศ (aow sauce ma-kheua tate)
- I want tomato sauce.
เอาซอสผสม (aow sauce pha-som)
- I want mix sauce.
แยกซอส (yaek sauce)
- Separate sauce.
-Barbeque
ไม้ (mai)
- classifier for stick
ไม้ละเท่าไหร่ (mai la tao rai)
- How much for each stick?
ไม้ละ 10 บาท (mai la sib baht)
- 10 baht for each stick.
บาร์บีคิวหมู (baa bee que mhoo)
- Pork barbeque.
บาร์บีคิวเนื้อ (baa bee que neua)
- Beef barbeque.
บาร์บีคิวไก่ (baa bee que gai)
- Chicken barbeque.
เอาหมูกับไก่อย่างละ 2 ไม้ (aow mhoo gub gai yaang la song mai)
- I want 2 sticks each of pork and chicken.
ย่างสุกๆ (yaang suk suk)
- Grill it well done.
เอาซอสพริก (aow sauce prik)
- I want chilli sauce.
เอาซอสมะเขือเทศ (aow sauce ma-kheua tate)
- I want tomato sauce.
เอาซอสผสม (aow sauce pha-som)
- I want mix sauce.
แยกซอส (yaek sauce)
- Separate sauce.
Fish with Fried Black Pepper
You can use just about any fish in this dish. as well as the fried black pepper, there is red chili and onions. You can also use red and green peppers.
Hygienic?
To eat noodles, you are given chopsticks and a Chinese style wide spoon. On the table you will find some pink tissues. Use them to wipe your chopsticks and spoon. Don’t be embarrassed as Thai people do the same. If you have been waiting at your table, someone would have come up to you asking what drink you want. Sometimes there is a jug of boiled water on the table already. This is safe to drink. Or you can order bottled water. The ice usually comes crushed which is regarded not to be as hygienic as the ice cubes. If you don’t want ice in your glass then just say “mai dtong sai nam kaeng”. Now it is time to enjoy your noodles! When it comes to the time to pay, you just say “gep dtung krab/kaa”.
The next time you are in Thailand, try eating by the side of the road. If you see a lot of Thai people eating there then you know that the food is both delicious and hygienic. The Thai people are just as fussy as you! Enjoy.
The next time you are in Thailand, try eating by the side of the road. If you see a lot of Thai people eating there then you know that the food is both delicious and hygienic. The Thai people are just as fussy as you! Enjoy.
Coca-Cola Cooking
The amazing Mrs. Rattana Chinaarkatakul makes her now famous chicken noodle soup.
Obviously many others agree as the shop, which is just opposite Chiang Mai’s five star Mae Ping Hotel, does a roaring trade from seven in the morning until the soup runs out, usually around eight o’clock at night.
So tasty is the soup that many of the Mae Ping’s guests have been known to sneak across the street for breakfast, despite the lavish repast being served up at the hotel.
So what’s the secret behind this delectable soup? A hint can be gleaned from the name of the dish: Kai Tun Coke. The last word is the give away, Coke, or more specifically, Coca-Cola.
Obviously many others agree as the shop, which is just opposite Chiang Mai’s five star Mae Ping Hotel, does a roaring trade from seven in the morning until the soup runs out, usually around eight o’clock at night.
So tasty is the soup that many of the Mae Ping’s guests have been known to sneak across the street for breakfast, despite the lavish repast being served up at the hotel.
So what’s the secret behind this delectable soup? A hint can be gleaned from the name of the dish: Kai Tun Coke. The last word is the give away, Coke, or more specifically, Coca-Cola.
Depand On You
“Ethnic” dining such as this does not require a menu, as the locals know what is on offer, but from our point of view it was almost the wander round the tables and point to what others were having style of selection, but to make it easy practice the following “Bamee nam moo dang” and you will have ordered an egg noodle soup with red pork! Hold up the number of fingers for the number of soup bowls and you are more than half way there!
Ordering@Noodle Shop
In Thailand, one of the cheapest places to buy and eat food is by the side of the road. These are the mobile stalls which vendors wheel to their locations every day. Sometimes they might leave the cart there and then bring all their working tools in a pickup truck. Tables are set up on the sidewalk with stools for you to sit on. Quite often these street vendors operate in groups which means if you go to the same place every night, you have a different choice of meal. If there is a group of you, it doesn’t really matter if you all order from the same stall or not. Just walk around ordering what you want and then go back to your table to wait. Each vendor will bring you your food. Also, you will sometimes find that one vendor will collect the money on behalf of everyone. The plates are often colour coded so that they know whether you had an ordinary dish (tam-ma-daaaaaaa) or a special dish (pi-seddddddd).
2008-01-17
2008-01-14
Thai fried rice
One of the most common dishes in Thailand, fried rice, Thai style. Usually with chicken, beef, shrimp, pork, crab or coconut or pineapple, or vegetarian
Thai fried rice (Thai: ข้าวผัด, Khao Pad or Khao Phad) is a variety of Fried rice that is prepared in the style of central Thai cuisine. In Thai khao is rice) + pad (of or relating to being stir-fried). One of the ways the dish differs from Chinese fried rice is that it is prepared with Thai Jasmine rice instead of regular long-grain rice. It also is much less oily than its Chinese counterpart because of the way its cooked. It normally contains a meat (chicken, pork, beef, shrimp, and crab are all common), egg, onions, and tomatoes. Green onions, cilantro, and fried garlic are then mixed in. However, each individual place varies as it is a ubiquitious dish. Then poured over the concoction are a myriad of seasonings, including soy sauce, sugar, salt, possibly some chili sauce, and the ubiquitous nam pla (fish sauce). These are stirred in, and then the dish is plated and served with accompaniments like cucumber slices, tomato slices, lime and springs of green onion, which are sometimes put on a lettuce leaf.
Other dishes include Coconut Fried Rice (ข้าวผัดมะพร้าว Khao Pad Maprao), and Pineapple Fried Rice (ข้าวผัดสับปะรด Khao Pad Saparod). Khao Op Saparod is a fancier fried rice pineapple dish with raisins and nuts and almost always comes served inside a cutout pineapple.
Thai fried rice (Thai: ข้าวผัด, Khao Pad or Khao Phad) is a variety of Fried rice that is prepared in the style of central Thai cuisine. In Thai khao is rice) + pad (of or relating to being stir-fried). One of the ways the dish differs from Chinese fried rice is that it is prepared with Thai Jasmine rice instead of regular long-grain rice. It also is much less oily than its Chinese counterpart because of the way its cooked. It normally contains a meat (chicken, pork, beef, shrimp, and crab are all common), egg, onions, and tomatoes. Green onions, cilantro, and fried garlic are then mixed in. However, each individual place varies as it is a ubiquitious dish. Then poured over the concoction are a myriad of seasonings, including soy sauce, sugar, salt, possibly some chili sauce, and the ubiquitous nam pla (fish sauce). These are stirred in, and then the dish is plated and served with accompaniments like cucumber slices, tomato slices, lime and springs of green onion, which are sometimes put on a lettuce leaf.
Other dishes include Coconut Fried Rice (ข้าวผัดมะพร้าว Khao Pad Maprao), and Pineapple Fried Rice (ข้าวผัดสับปะรด Khao Pad Saparod). Khao Op Saparod is a fancier fried rice pineapple dish with raisins and nuts and almost always comes served inside a cutout pineapple.
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