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 A Vegitarian Thali
Thali (Hindi: meaning "plate" ) is an Indian meal with contents varying from one regional cuisine to another. A thali is a selection of different dishes, usually served in small bowls on a round tray.
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Recipe: Chocolate Heart with Raspberries
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delicious and beautiful cake…
Preheat oven to 300°F (150°C). Separate the egg yolks from the whites. Melt the chocolate in the top of a double boiler. Remove from heat and whisk in the egg yolks, butter, sugar, raspberry liqueur, and flour. Whisk the egg whites until stiff and fold into the chocolate mixture. Butter a heart-shaped or round cake tin. Pour the mixture into the tin and bake for 40 minutes. Check that it is ready by inserting the tip of a sharp knife. The cake should be slightly runny in the centre. If using a round cake tin, cut a piece of cardboard into a heart-shaped pattern approximately the same size as the cake. Remove the cake from the tin, place the cardboard pattern on top of it, and use a sharp knife to cut out a heart. Cool. Wash and drain the raspberries. Just before serving, arrange the raspberries evenly over the top of the cake. Dredge with confectioners’ sugar and serve immediately. From- The FRENCHPAPER...................................
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Author Perun at de.wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Samobor-trg.JPG
 Marketsquare in Samobor, Croatia
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Eating raw foods seems to be more hazardess these days. Grow your own this summer.
and try some new dishes from other countries.
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Nut Roll... many Churches here make this for sale around Easter.
Croatian Traditional Cuisine
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AIG CEO Receives Approval to Build Croatian Winery...
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03.25.10, 03:30 PM EDT
Now we know what the CEO of bailed out insurer AIG (AIG) does when he is not busy running the company. The Croatian press reported on Thursday that Robert Benmosche received approval from local authorities to commence building a winery in Viganj, located on Croatia's Peljesac Penninsula, not far from Dubrovnik, where he owns a vacation home. Dubrovnik
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 East Devon Food 4 Thought Part 1 - What Is Consumption?
Grilling
a bit of crumble and Burgers in Devon... our family adds.. Worchestershire sauce. Yum.
Many New Englanders came fro Devon (Devonshire )
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Bev Gannon Hawaiian Regional Cuisine
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 A 26-Page Brownie Recipe? Only At The Pentagon .......................................................................... All things considered May 22, 2010 Listen here-
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Turkish coffee served with chocolate sticks.
We like it... but Francine honey, we can barely read the print :)
How to Make the Best Coffee at Home........................................................................................ May 11, 2010 at 11:22AM by Francine Maroukian
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Author- Matenmango , http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Japanese_breakfast_dsc04763.jpg
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February 26, 2009, 12:13 AM
The 59 Best Breakfast Places in America
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Blueberry production soars in Washington state ............................................................................. May 30, 8:35 PM (ET)
America's Test Kitchen Blueberry Cobbler
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Blueberry Scone Recipe
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 Authentic ( Russian ) Beef Stroganov - 2 Recipes
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This is so popular here , we even have a vegitarian version.
History
........................ Elena Molokhovets' classic Russian cookbook (1861) gives the first known recipe for Govjadina po-strogonovski, s gorchitseju "Beef à la Stroganov, with mustard" which involves lightly floured beef cubes (not strips) sautéed, sauced with prepared mustard and bouillon, and finished with a small amount of sour cream: no onions, no mushrooms.
An 1890 competition is sometimes mentioned in the dish's history, but both the recipe and the name existed before then. A 1912 recipe adds onions and tomato paste and serves it with crisp potato straws, which are considered the traditional side dish in Russia.[2] The version given in the 1938 Larousse Gastronomique includes beef strips, and onions, with either mustard or tomato paste optional.
After the fall of Imperial Russia, the recipe was popularly served in the hotels and restaurants of China before the start of the Second World War. Russian and Chinese immigrants, as well as U.S. servicemen stationed in pre-Communist China, brought several variants of the dish to the United States, which may account for its popularity during the 1950s.
It came to Hong Kong in the late fifties with Russian restaurants and hotels serving the dish with rice but not sour cream. In the version often prepared in the USA today in restaurants and hotels it consists of strips of beef filet with a mushroom, onion, and sour cream sauce and served over rice or noodles.
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Author Nehrams2020,http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Potluck06.jpg
by NPR Staff Listen here- http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=128546653
People Contribute- Pot Luck Stories http://www.facebook.com/nprmorningedition?v=wall&story_fbid=116243718420029
between Whangarei and Dargaville on State Highway 14 on the banks of the Northern
Wairoa river.
It consists of a primary school, service station, pub, Catholic church, marae and community centre (pot luck dinner once a month on a Friday). The local cricket team play either
Kirikopuni or Pukehuia once a week through the summer.
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Author ImGz, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:RKTsquares.jpg 
Top 5 Most Inspiring Foods: Brian Malarkey
............................................................................... (scroll down ) Rice Krispie Treats ....................................... ( with ice tea ) pick one...
and... Brian Malarkey makes 3 dishes in 5 minutes ....................................................................................... Brian Malarkey makes 3 dishes in 5 minutes part 2 ............................................................................................ .....................................
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Author Noumenon, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Kisir.jpg
Welcome to Turkish Cuisine
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Turkish Cuisine ..................................... Video
Rick Steves.... VIDEOS Use Big Screen... nice (HD)
Istanbul, Turkey: Grand Bazaar
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Author Elena Chochkova, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:P1030323.JPG
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.......... 'Nigella's Summer Snacks To Stay Cool And 'Fresh' ..................................................................................... August 11, 2010
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Let Us All Eat Cake
DIY Wedding Cake: Secret Ingredient Is Love
August 25, 2010
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characters on the cakes say "Nguyen Family"
China Celebrates Moon Festival
Widely Celebrated
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Beauty of Moon Festival
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Mooncake festival celebration in Malaysia
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Preview: Chef Jose AndresAugust 4, 2010 12:51 PM Pioneering Chef Jose Andres takes Anderson Cooper's taste buds on a savory tour of his culinary laboratory, featuring his avant-garde cooking technique, molecular gastronomy. Sunday, Aug. 8, at 7 p.m. ET/PT.
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November 8, 2010 Building a Candy Empire
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........................................... Dylan Lauren, CEO and founder of Dylan's Candy Bar,
created a strong niche for herself as an expert in the candy world-learn how she did it.
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 Nice food photos... Well's Vegetarian Thanksgiving
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Cranberry Butter............................Gourd Candles........................Martha Xmas
Vintage Martha
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We Gather Together - Celtic Women
We Gather Together Hymn/ Year 1620 Old Netherlands Folk Song
Charlie Brown Thanksgiving
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Thanksgiving around a ping-pong table ..................................................................... VIDEO
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What do people from all over... Eat for Christmas Dinner?
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Christmas Cookies
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My Dad made this when we were kids.... they also used molasses often.
Maple Taffy in Canada
Canada has no shortage of world’s best desserts, but if you visit in spring then you simply must try a bit of maple taffy - just trying it is a bit of an experience! You see, it’s hot maple syrup poured into the snow and rolled around a stick. (Don’t worry, they use clean snow.) It tastes so pure and wholesome, the perfect treat after a day of Canadian adventures many more desserts from all over here-
We like this at Christmas...
 lovely food here-
Turron de Alicante
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But we have never made it ourselves : )
See it made here-
Proceso de fabricacion del Turron de Alicante de Primitivo Rovira
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Christmas Dinner around the world
.............................................................. Australia ................... Christmas dinner in Australia tends to be very similar to the traditional English version. However due to Christmas falling in the heat of the Southern Hemisphere's summer, meats such as ham, turkey and chicken are sometimes served cold. Barbecues are also a popular way of avoiding the heat of the oven. Seafood such as prawns (shrimp) is common, as are barbecued cuts of steak or chicken breasts, drumsticks and wings. In summer, Australians are also fond of Pavlova, a dessert composed of fruit atop a baked meringue. Fruits of the season include mangoes and cherries. Introduced by Italian Australians, Panettone is widely available in shops, particularly in Sydney and Melbourne.
Austria
................ Christmas cuisine in Austria is similar to that of Germany. Christmas Eve is the celebration of the end of the pre-Christmas fast. Christmas Eve is historically the day that the tree is decorated and lit with real candles, so that the Christkindl may visit. Christmas Day is a national holiday in Austria and most Austrians spend the day feasting with their family. Fried carp, Sacher torte and Christmas cookies (lebkuchen and sterne) are eaten, and many other chocolate delicacies including edible Christmas ornaments. Christmas dinner is usually Goose, Ham served with Gluhwein, Rumpunsch, and Chocolate Mousse.
Brazil
.............. In Brazil, the Christmas meal is quite a feast,( served in the evening on the 24th of December) offering large quantities of food, such as a wide variety of dishes which include fresh vegetables (including Couve a Mineira – Kale, highly seasoned with garlic), luscious fruits[2] and Brazil nuts. Accompanying these are bowls of zesty, colorful rice and platters filled with ham and fresh salad (sometimes cold potato salad is also served) served with roast turkey. Also in some parts of Brazil features roast pork, roast Chicken and fish. Other Christmas items include a variety of desserts such as lemon tart, Nuts pie, chocolate cake and also Panettone. Canada ................... In English Canada, Christmas dinner is similar to that of its colonial ancestor, England. Traditional Christmas dinner features turkey with stuffing, mashed potatoes, gravy, cranberry sauce, vegetables and plum pudding for dessert. Eggnog , a milk-based punch that is often infused with alcohol, is also very popular around the holiday season. Other Christmas items include butter tarts and shortbread, which are traditionally baked before the holidays and served to visiting friends, at various Christmas and New Year parties, as well as on Christmas Day. In French Canada, traditions may be more like those of France. (See Réveillon)
Other ethnic communities may continue to use old world traditions as well.
Czech Republic .............................. A traditional Christmas meal in the Czech Republic is fried carp and potato salad. This tradition started after excessive increase of fishpond cultivation in the Baroque era. Many households also prepare a great variety of special Christmas cookies to offer to Christmas visitors. These are prepared many days prior to the feast and take a long time to decorate, with the remainder usually ending up on a Christmas tree as a decoration. Denmark .................. In Denmark, the traditional Christmas meal served on December 24 consists of roast pork with crackling, goose, duck, or just duck and goose. The meat is served along with potatoes (some of which are caramelised), red cabbage, and plenty of gravy. It is followed with a dessert of Risalamande, rice pudding served with cherry sauce or strawberry sauce, often with a whole almond hidden inside. The lucky finder of the almond of which is entitled to an extra present, the almond gift. Christmas drinks are Gløgg and traditional Christmas beers, specially brewed for the season. These usually have a high alcohol content. Finland
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Joulupöytä (translated "Christmas table") is the name of the traditional food board served at Christmas in Finland, similar to the Swedish smörgåsbord. It contains many different dishes, most of them typical for the season. The main dish is usually a large Christmas ham, which is eaten with mustard or bread along with the other dishes. Fish is also served (often lutefish and gravlax or smoked salmon), and with the ham there are also different casseroles usually with potatoes, rutabaga or carrots. The traditional Christmas beverage is either alcoholic or non-alcoholic mulled wine (glögi in Finnish).
France ............... Main article: Réveillon In France and some other French-speaking countries, a réveillon is a long dinner, and possibly party, held on the evenings preceding Christmas Day and New Year's Day. The name of this dinner is based on the word réveil (meaning "waking"), because participation involves staying awake until midnight and beyond. Common dishes include goose or duck liver (foie gras); oysters; smoked salmon; lobster; roasted duck, goose or turkey with chestnuts and stuffing; and, for dessert, a traditional Christmas cake called "La Buche de Noël" (Christmas log), a cream cake that comes in different flavours (chocolate, hazelnut...) and which has the shape of a log. The beverage served is traditionally Champagne. Germany .................. In Germany, the primary Christmas dishes are roast goose and roast carp, although suckling pig or duck may also be served. Typical side dishes include roast potatoes and various forms of cabbage such as kale, brussel sprouts and red cabbage. In some regions the Christmas dinner is traditionally served on Christmas Day rather than Christmas Eve. In this case, dinner on Christmas Eve is a more simple affair, consisting of sausages (such as weisswurst) or macaroni salad. Sweets and Christmas pastries are nearly obligatory and include marzipan, spice bars (lebkuchen), several types of bread, and different fruitcakes and fruited breads like Christstollen and Dresden Stollen.[3] Honduras .................... In Honduras, tamales are traditionally eaten on Christmas Eve evening. Turkey has become popular in the last few years
Iceland ................. The Christmas dinner is eaten on Christmas Eve at 18:00. The main dish varies much between families. The most common is probably Hamborgarhryggur, which is a kind of Gammon steak. Other common dishes are roast game like reindeer, ptarmigan and smoked lamb, (hangikjöt) and a great variety of steaks such as Duck, Turkey which are also eaten by many on Christmas Day or at other occasions during the Christmas period Lebanon .................... The Lebanese, moslty Christians but also the Moslems, celebrate Christmas dinners. The feast, usually on both the night of the 24th and lunch of the 25th, is a big one. Some have the leftovers from the dinner prior at the lunch the next day. Family gets together at both meals. Roast turkey is the most common choice of meal, chicken, kebabs, and other meals are common. At midnight the Christians are seen to go to mass at church. Lithuania, Poland and Ukraine ..................................................... Main article: Twelve-dish Christmas Eve supper In the areas of the former Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth (e.g., Poland, Ukraine, Lithuania), an elaborate and ritualised meal of twelve meatless dishes is served on the Eve of Christmas (24 December). This is because the pre-Christmas season is a time of fasting, which is broken on Christmas Day. As is typical of Slavic cultures, great care is taken to honour the spirits of deceased relatives, including setting a place and dishing out food for them.
Mexico .................. In Mexico the Christmas dinner, eaten on Christmas Eve evening, varies with region. Common dishes are various fruits (oranges, lime, tropical fruits) and salad (composed of several ingredients including jícama, beets, bananas, and peanuts). In several states, however, stews are made: either pozole, made of pork or beef and hominy in red chile sauce; or menudo made with beef tripe and hominy also in chile sauce. In the center of Mexico, bacalao (codfish) and romeritos (rosemary) prepared with mole are popular dishes. In the north of Mexico the most traditional Christmas dish is tamales served with sauce over them and sometimes cream and a bit of crumbly fresh cheese. For dessert, atole (a thinned hot pudding) with buñuelos (fried flour tortillas sprinkled with sugar and cinnamon), or buñuelos soaked in sugar (piloncillo) and cinnamon water, are served. There are also sweet tamales: corn with raisins or sweet beans, or strawberry flavored. Stuffed turkey or ham are also common.
Netherlands .......................... Christmas dinner in The Netherlands is a bit different from customs in neighbouring countries. One typical Dutch tradition is that of 'gourmet,' an evening long event where small groups of people sit together around a gourmet-set and use their own little frying pan to cook and season their own food in very small portions. The host has prepared finely chopped vegetables and different types of meats, fish and prawns/shrimps. Everything is accompanied by different salads, fruits and sauces. The origin of gourmet lies most likely in the former Dutch colony Indonesia.[citation needed] The Dutch also enjoy more traditional Christmas-dinners, especially meats and game like roast beef, duck, rabbit, and pheasant.[citation needed] This generally served with different types of vegetables, potatoes and salads. In recent years, traditions from Anglo-Saxon countries have become increasingly popular, most notably the UK-style turkey.[citation needed] New Zealand ............................ The Christmas customs of New Zealand are largely identical to the United Kingdom. Christmas dinner consists of roast turkey, roast vegetables, stuffing, and cranberry sauce. Alternatively, roast ham may be offered as a main course. One important exception from British dinner is the absence of goose, as it is not raised in New Zealand and the MAF prohibits importing foreign meat products. Desserts are commonly mince pies, Christmas pudding, trifle and brandy butter. Enjoyment of non-British Christmas foods, such as stollen from Germany, Bûche de Noël from France, and panettone from Italy, was virtually unheard of in New Zealand until the late 1990s and is still rare today. Due to New Zealanders celebrating Christmas in the summer, it is also common to barbecue, and eat seasonal fruit such as cherries and strawberries. Pavlova is also popular.
Norway .................. The most common dish is ribbe, which is pork ribs. In the western parts of the country, pinnekjøtt, sheep, is by far the most popoular Christmas dinner. The traditional lutefisk is also still eaten by some, but it is more commonly eaten at other occasions during the Christmas period.[1]. For dessert rice pudding is is very popular, served with a fruit-sauce Philippines ....................... The Christmas dinner in the Philippines is called Noche Buena, ...The centrepiece of the Noche Buena is often the hamón or Christmas ham, which is usually a cured leg of pork ham. This is usually served with Queso de Bola, literally a ball of edam cheese, covered in a red wax. Other ubiquitous dishes are pasta and for dessert, fruit salad. The dinner would usually be accompanied with tsokolate or hot cocoa, which is made with pure, locally-grown cacao beans. Some families prefer tsokolate prepared from tablea or tablets of pressed cocoa powder that is either pure or slightly sweetened.
...spit-roasted pig; lumpia; escabeche; adobo; rellenong manok or stuffed chicken; roast turkey; mechado (beef stew); kaldereta (spicy beef stew), among other traditional fiesta dishes.
Peru ................ On Christmas Eve (Noche Buena), the extended family join together for a succulent dinner around the turkey, stuffed with ground beef and peanuts and decorated with fresh slices of pineapple and cherries; roast potatoes and apple sauce. The desserts include marzipan and assorted bowls with raisins, almonds and the panettone, accompanied by a cup of thick hot chocolate.
Slovakia ................. Christmas dinner in Slovakia, as in Austria, the Czech republic, and Hungary, is celebrated on 24 December. The traditional dinner includes Oplátky (thin waffles with honey and garlic), cabbage soup with prunes and sausage, carp or other fish with potato salad, and Christmas biscuits
(pirohy stuffed with fillings ranging from sauerkraut to cheese and potato, nut and poppy seed rolls. Walnuts in the shell and apples )
United Kingdom and Ireland
.................................................. Christmas dinner in both the United Kingdom and Ireland is usually eaten in the afternoon. The dinner usually consists of roast turkey (although other types of poultry such as goose, chicken, duck, capon or pheasant are common alternatives depending on the number of diners), sometimes with roast beef or ham or, to a lesser extent, pork. Served with stuffing and sometimes forcemeat; pigs in blankets; cranberry sauce or redcurrant jelly; bread sauce; roast potatoes (sometimes boiled or mashed); vegetables (usually boiled or steamed), particularly brussels sprouts and carrots; with dessert of Christmas pudding (or plum pudding), sometimes mince pies or trifle, with brandy butter and/or cream. It is particularly important to flavour the turkey correctly - a popular way to glaze the turkey involves sprinkling icing sugar over the top for the last 10 minutes of cooking. [4]
In England, the evolution of the main course into turkey did not take place for years, or even centuries. At first, in Medieval England, the main course was either a peacock or a boar, the boar usually the mainstay. During the late 17th century it then became common to serve Goose. United States
.......................... Many Christmas customs in the United States have been adopted from those in the United Kingdom, although customs from other countries are also found.[7] Accordingly, the mainstays of the British table are also found in the United States: roast turkey (or other poultry), beef, ham, or pork; stuffing or dressing, corn, squash, green beans, and mashed potatoes are common. Dessert often reflects the ethnic background of the participants, but examples include pumpkin pie, marzipan, pfeffernusse, sugar cookies, panettone, fruitcake, apple pie, Gooseberry Pie, carrot cake, bûche de Noël, and mince pie. The centerpiece of a sit-down meal varies on the tastes of the host but can be ham or roast beef, particularly since turkey is the mainstay at dinner for the American holiday of Thanksgiving in November, almost exactly one month earlier.
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Turrón is a very old, traditional sweet of Moorish (Arabic) origin. Turrón has been a popular sweet for centuries, even outside Spain’s borders. It is said that the Moors invented turrón over 500 year ago in Jijona, a small town about 30 miles or so north of Alicante. Jijona’s economy is focused on the production of turrón and there is even a museum of turrón that chronicles the process and history of the sweet. In addition, it is located within the factory that makes both “El Lobo” and “1880” brands of turrón. If you are lucky enough to visit the museum from mid-June to mid-December, you can watch the turrón production from a balcony high above the factory floor. There are two traditional basic types of turrón. Soft Jijona or turrón blando, which is so smooth it has the consistency of peanut butter and hard Alicante or turrón duro, which is like a thick almond nougat candy, similar to peanut brittle. Tonight on VB.org i'm going to show you haow to make 2 examples of turrón, the first is Turron de Jijona (soft nougat) Ingredients : 1 dessertspoon cinnamon 250 gms sugar 250 grams white honey 250 grams toasted almonds 250 grams toasted hazelnuts 5 egg whites  Chop the nuts finely and then crush them in the mortar until they become a smooth paste Beat the eggs whites stiffly and then add them to the paste Put the honey and sugar in a saucepan and bring to the boil Add the paste to the honey mixture Mix constantly with a wooden spatula for ten minutes Remove from the heat, put into wooden moulds lined with rice paper Leave to cool and then sprinkle with cinammon So easy guys, i can see you making this soon, Now we come to the next type of Turrón, Its a more harder type, almost like a peanut crunch Turron de Alicante (hard nougat) Ingredients: 1 kilo Rosemary Honey 500 gms sugar 2 egg whites 1,500 gms almonds, heated up in oven 1 lemon  Slowly heat the honey in a saucepan until all the water that it contains has evaporated. Add the sugar and mix with a wooden spatula Beat the egg white until stiff and then add to the mixture. Stir briskly with the spatula for eight to ten minutes then stir slowly over a low flame until it begins to caramelise (turn brown) Put the hot almonds into the honey mixture with the rind of the lemon Mix well and let cook slowly for a few minutes taking care it does not stick The mixture is then poured into wooden moulds lined with rice paper After two and a half hours, the turron is cut. When it is completely cold, the slices are stored in an airtight container. Thats it for tonight Enjoy Amigos
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My dad just gave us a big jar of cloves to put into limes...they smell so nice when dry.
My dau. wanted to know how they grew...
Baking a Lot of cookies today...for gifting.
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...the aromatic dried flower buds of a tree in the family Myrtaceae. Cloves are native to Indonesia and used as a spice in cuisines all over the world. The English name derives from Latin clavus 'nail' (also the origin of French clou 'nail') as the buds vaguely resemble small irregular nails in shape. Cloves are now harvested primarily in Indonesia, Madagascar, Zanzibar, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka; they are also grown in India under the name Lavang History
Until modern times, cloves grew only on a few islands in the Maluku Islands (historically called the Spice Islands), including Bacan, Makian, Moti, Ternate, and Tidore.[10] Nevertheless, they found their way west to the Middle East and Europe well before the first century AD. Archeologists found cloves within a ceramic vessel in Syria along with evidence dating the find to within a few years of 1721 BC.[10] Cloves, along with nutmeg and pepper, were highly prized in Roman times, and Pliny the Elder once famously complained that "there is no year in which India does not drain the Roman Empire of fifty million sesterces." Cloves were traded by Arabs during the Middle Ages in the profitable Indian Ocean trade. In the late fifteenth century, Portugal took over the Indian Ocean trade, including cloves, due to the Treaty of Tordesillas with Spain and a separate treaty with the sultan of Ternate. The Portuguese brought large quantities of cloves to Europe, mainly from the Maluku Islands. Clove was then one of the most valuable spices, a kg costing around 7 g of gold.[citation needed] The high value of cloves and other spices drove Spain to seek new routes to the Maluku Islands, which would not be seen as trespassing on the Portuguese domain in the Indian Ocean. Ferdinand and Isabella of Spain sponsored the unsuccessful voyages of Christopher Columbus, and their grandson Charles V sponsored the voyage of Ferdinand Magellan. The fleet led by Magellan reached the Maluku Islands after his death, and the Spanish were successful in briefly capturing this trade from the Portuguese. The trade later became dominated by the Dutch in the seventeenth century. With great difficulty the French succeeded in introducing the clove tree into Mauritius in the year 1770. Subsequently, their cultivation was introduced into Guiana, Brazil, most of the West Indies, and Zanzibar.
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................ is a word consisting of the elements jul, meaning Yule (today synonymous with Christmas) and bord, literally table. The classic Swedish julbord is the highlight of Swedish cuisine, a traditional smörgåsbord starting with bread dipped in ham broth and continuing with a variety of fish (salmon, herring, whitefish and eel), ham, small meatballs, head cheese and sausages, potato, boiled or potato casserole, soft and crisp bread, butter and different cheeses, beetroot salad. cabbage (red, brown or green) and rice pudding and beverages. As with the smörgåsbord, the traditional julbord is typically eaten in three courses. The dishes include local and family specialties. The first course would typically be a variety of fish, particularly pickled herring and lox (gravlax). It is customary to eat particular foods together; herring is typically eaten with boiled potatoes and hard-boiled eggs and is frequently accompanied by strong spirits like snaps, brännvin or akvavit with or without spices. Other traditional dishes would be (smoked) eel, rollmops, herring salad, baked herring, smoked salmon and crab canapés, accompanied by sauces and dips.
Julbord for "Gustavsberg VII" in 1990The second course is often a selection of cold sliced meats, the most important cold cut being the Christmas ham (julskinka) with mustard. Other traditional cuts include homemade sausages, leverpastej and several types of brawn. It is also common to serve the cold meats with sliced cheese, pickled cucumbers and soft and crisp breads. The third course would be warm dishes. Traditionally, the third course begins with soaking bread in the stock from the Christmas ham. Warm dishes include Swedish meatballs (köttbullar), small fried hot dog sausages (prinskorv), roasted pork ribs (revbenspjäll), and warm potato casserole, matchstick potatoes layered with cream, onion and sprats called Janssons frestelse (literally "Jansson's Temptation"). Other dishes are pork sausages (fläskkorv), smoked pork and potato sausages (isterband), cabbage rolls (kåldolmar), baked beans, omelette with shrimps or mushrooms covered with bechamel sauce. Side dishes include beetroot salad in mayonnaise and warm stewed red, green or brown cabbage. Lutfisk, lyed fish made of stockfish (dried ling or cod served with boiled potato, thick white sauce) and green peas that can be served with the warm dishes or as a separate fourth course. Lutfisk is often served as dinner the second day after the traditional Christmas Yule-table dinner.Julbord desserts include rice pudding (risgrynsgrot), sprinkled with cinnamon powder.photo Traditionally, an almond is hidden in the bowl of rice porridge and whoever finds it receives a small prize or is recognized for having good luck. Julbord is served from early December until just before Christmas at restaurants and until Epiphany in some homes. wikipedia
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 Check out all of these yummy Christmas videos...
Andrew Castle's party parcels
GMTV's Christmas kitchen - Emmas chilli jam
GMTV's Christmas kitchen - Lorraine's party puds
Emma Crosby's Christmas yule log
John Stapleton's veggie bake
Andrew Castle's recipe for pyttipanna
Lorraine Kelly's smokies
Recipe - How to bake the perfect apple pie
How to have a stress-free Christmas
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  The Arepa, a Colombian Gastronomic Must ................................................................ Publicada: 2009-06-23 00:00:00
Arepas are thick, round corn tortillas that have different variations depending on the region. They are the bread of Colombia. They come from indigenous gastronomy and have
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Fruits and vegetables are most advisable foods that you should eat if you want to have healthy lifestyle. Besides there are rich and vitamins that can help you avoid harmful disease like cancer.
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