Sunday, 21 June 2009

Baverois


Bavarois is the French name for Bavarian cream, it is a delicate cream dessert with a crème Anglaise base made from milk, cream and eggs. It is lightened with whipped cream when on the edge of setting up, before being molded, for a true Bavarian cream is usually filled into a fluted mold, chilled until firm, then turned out onto a serving plate. By coating a chilled mold first with a fruit gelatin, a glazed effect is produced.
This is a classic Bavarian vanilla-flavoured egg custard dessert mixed with cream and egg whites that's set with gelatine or agar.
Bavarois recipe:
5 eggs, separated100g caster sugar500ml milk1 vanilla pod, split lengthways25g gelaine crystals200ml double cream

Bavarois Preparation:
Method:
Add the milk and vanilla pod to a pan and slowly bring to a bowl. Meanwhile, cream together the egg yolks and sugar and beat until the sugar has dissolved and the mixture is light and creamy in colour. When the milk has boiled, take off the heat then, whisking continually, slowly add half the milk to the egg mixture.
Pour the resultant mixture into the pan with the remaining milk and whisk to combine. Return to the heat and cook over medium heat, whisking continually, until the mixture is thick enough to coat the back of a spoon.
Add the gelatine to a bowl and pour 80ml boiling water over the top. Stir until the gelatine has dissolved then pour this into the egg and milk mixture. Whisk to combine then immediately place the pan in a bowl of iced water and allow to cool to room temperature (when the mixture begins to set).
As the mixture is cooling, whip the egg whites in a clean bowl to the soft peak stage and whip the cream to the same consistency. When the custard mixture has cooled gently fold in the whipped cream and the whipped egg whites.
Pour into moulds and cool until set then unmould by plunging the mould into hot water and turning onto a plate. Serve with a fruit coulis. Alternatively, you can use the mixture as a cake filling.

What does a Bedouin Eat?


A Bedouin is an Arabic nomad, who wanders around the desert and lives in tents.Tea and coffee are the traditional drinks. The tea will inevitably be very sweet and often flavoured with mint or sage or some other locally grown desert herb and served in small glasses. You will also be offered a single mouthful of the original Bedouin coffee which is served in tiny cups and is quite bitter. Coffee is an important symbol of hospitality.
Mansaf: explosion – is the national Bedouin dish served on special occasions, when there are guests or when there is a party or a wedding. It is stewed lamb with a sauce made from dried yoghurt, served on a bed of rice and bread, specially prepared over an open fire, and sprinkled with pine nuts. It is served on a large flat dish and eaten communally by hand.
Zaarp: Bedouin oven – a whole goat is cooked in the heat of a fire built in a small underground stone oven. An oven is built from stones leaving the top open. A big fire is built in this oven and when the fire has burnt down the goat is placed on the ashes. The opening is sealed with more stones and the whole is sealed and covered with a thick layer of mud. It takes 2 hours to cook. Zaarp is served as a picnic – a very nice picnic!

Sunday, 14 June 2009

Dimsum Lounge

Many years ago I went visiting to a chinese restaurant in downtown beijing. Here in this restaurant where no one else was from the outside world I asked to be shown the menu. Once, they served the menu, I pointed to the words "Dimsum" to the waiter. He bowed his head and dissappeared.
What he brought in was a collection of dumplings made of rice and steamed in a steamer. As I took a bite of it, I realized it contained meat, vegetables and sweet bean paste. A dimsum is a steamed dumpling of rice filled with meat, vegetables or sweet bean paste. It is steamed in a steamer.

Monday, 20 April 2009

Shawarma Recipe!




A Shawarma is a Middle Eastern Arabic-style sandwich wrap usually composed of shaved lamb, goat, chicken, turkey, beef, or a mixture of meats. Shawarma is a popular dish and fast-food staple across the Middle East; it has also become popular worldwide. Shawarma is known as guss in Iraq; it is similar to the gyros of Greece.

The classic shawarma combination is pita bread or lavash, hummus, tomato and cucumber, and the shaved meat itself. Typical additional toppings include tahini and amba (mango pickle). A shawarma is cooked on a vertical grill for which the marinated meat is heaped on a metal rod. The heat from the vertical grill cooks the meat.

Tuesday, 24 February 2009

The 20 Health Benefits of Butter

Butter is rich in the most easily absorbable form of Vitamin A necessary for thyroid and adrenal health.

Contains lauric acid, important in treating fungal infections and candida.

Contains lecithin, essential for cholesterol metabolism.

Contains anti-oxidants that protect against free radical damage.

Has anti-oxidants that protect against weakening arteries.

Is a great source of Vitamins E and K.

Is a very rich source of the vital mineral selenium.

Saturated fats in butter have strong anti-tumor and anti-cancer properties.

Butter contains conjugated linoleic acid, which is a potent anti-cancer agent, muscle builder, and immunity booster

Vitamin D found in butter is essential to absorption of calcium.

Protects against tooth decay.

Is your only source of an anti-stiffness factor, which protects against calcification of the joints.

Anti-stiffness factor in butter also prevents hardening of the arteries, cataracts, and calcification of the pineal gland.

Is a source of Activator X, which helps your body absorb minerals.

Is a source of iodine in highly absorbable form.

May promote fertility in women.9
Is a source of quick energy, and is not stored in our bodies adipose tissue.

Cholesterol found in butterfat is essential to children's brain and nervous system development.

Contains Arachidonic Acid (AA) which plays a role in brain function and is a vital component of cell membranes.

Protects against gastrointestinal infections in the very young or the elderly.

Thursday, 15 January 2009

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Nasi Goreng


Nasi Goreng is a dish native to Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore. In Malay and Indonesian, nasi means cooked rice and goreng means fried. This is similar to the classic chinese "fried rice". It has Pre-Cooked Rice, Soy Sauce, garlic, shallot and spring onions. It is usually served with eggs, chicken, prawns, satay, vegetables and even beef. It is especially popular with eggs.
This is eaten for breakfast by the native people. It is cooked from the leftover rice of the previous day's dinner. It is spiced with tamarind, chilli and coriander and doubled with eggs and prawns to make it special.

Tuesday, 6 January 2009

KotBullar-Swedish Meat Balls

KotBullar is swedish meat balls. Meat balls are ground meat added with spices and condiments. It is served with mashed or fried potatoes and some onion rings with it. There is a creamy-brown sauce in the midst of all these.
Some salad dressings along with these also helps. It is also served with lingonberry jam and pickled cucumber. What I liked most about this dish is its wholesomeness and dexterity. It is wholesome enough to fill you for a lunch maybe with a fruit or a salad. And, also good enough for a evening brunch.

Sunday, 4 January 2009

Great White Shark: Food & Feeding


The white shark is a macropredator, and is active during the daytime. Its most important prey are marine mammals(including, seals, sea lions, elephant seals, dolphins) and fish (including other sharks and rays).
Marine birds and sea otters are commonly found having suffered injuries from encounters with white sharks, but are rarely eaten by them. Great white sharks assess the energy value of prey in the first bite. If the prey doesn't have enough energy value to justify the energy needed for a full-scale attack, the shark releases it. If however the great white perceives the prey to be energy rich, it will give a devastating, powerful bite and wait for the prey to bleed to death. White sharks swallow creatures without chewing them, and can swallow objects half their size.

Eating Rotten Shark Meat

In Reykjavik, Iceland, locals mark the Thorrablot midwinter festival with traditional—and often stomach- turning—delicacies. Watch as modern chefs prepare the signature dish of this ancient Viking celebration: rotten Greenland shark meat.
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Monkey Brains

Monkey Brains are eaten as a food in China. Live monkey brain is considered a delicacy.
A live monkey is strapped beneath a special table with a hole in the center. The monkey is strapped with its head poking up through a hole. It is hit on the head. The brain is scooped and served. The diners hit the monkey on the head themselves with hammers. The skull is sawed off by the waiting attendents and the brain is scooped out with spoons.
Such barbarism tells us more about the demented monkeys dining on the table, rather than those feeding. Shows how evolution with education can be such a failure.

Saturday, 3 January 2009

Hunting for Food or Hunting For Fun

Hunting for food is one thing and I do not have an issue with that, hey, catch a fish for tea, shoot a duck if you want to eat it but why on earth people need to catch big game fish so they can get their photo taken with the carcass or mount it on the wall is beyond me.
I have also heard 'duckshooters' boast that they have killed over 80 ducks in two days as if they are expecting everyone to bow at there feet and acknowledge their prowess as the great providers. For goodness sakes they have shotguns...and ducks are flesh and blood. Shoot them and they fall out of the sky.

Relish-Celebrating America's Love of Food

Celebrating America's Love of Food. Relishmag.com has useful information, recipes, and stories about the people, places and things that make food come alive.
The on-line companion to Relish, America's first food magazine distributed in your local paper the first of every month. Here we celebrate America's love of food with recipes and stories from the people and places that make our food great. Relish what you eat, because good things happen around the table.
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Anti-Dog Meat Movement Headquarters, Animal Rights, Anti-World cup, Save the Animal

Dog Soup is called, Gaejang, Gajangkuk, or Gujang, Gujangaeng, Guyoukgeng. It has been called Bosintang from the later part of 1940, but duringthe period of the 1988 Olympic games, it was banned to use the name of Bosintang, so its name was replaced by Youngyangtang, Sacheoltang, Mungmungtang.
But nowadays, the name of Bosintang is widely used instead of Youngyangtang. Bosintang is made by boiling dog meat with thin soy paste, tearing it into pieces, putting ingredients such as green onion, leek, stalk of taro, brake into broth, and boiling it again to make Bosintang.
In Kyungsang province, to get rid of the smell, perilla purple are put in the soup. Perilla are also used for ridding the smell. Taste of perilla is similar to that of dog, and it becomes a good match to dog meat. Side dishes of dog meat are Kimchi, fresh peppers, and cucumbers. Adding a glass of Soju(liquor) enhances the taste.

How to Make Roast Leg of Lamb


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How to Kill a Banana Pie


If ever during a visit to a friend's place or to a restaurant, a Banana Pie on the table tries to mock you. Here is the way of killing and eating it as a sweet revenge, when back home.
Banana pie's are usually clubbed with blueberry. Here it is with cream:
3 sliced bananas; 1 cup sugar; 1 (8 oz.) Pkg. Cream cheese (softened); 1 (8 oz.) Carton whipped topping; 1 (21 oz.) Can blueberry pie filling; 2 baked 9-inch pie shells;
Procedure: Pour bananas into pie shells. Cream sugar and cream cheese in a bowl until smooth. Fold in whipped topping. Spread over banana layer in pie shells. Top with pie filling. Chill until ready to serve.
Use a kitchen knife to gnash it open. Devour your sweet revenge.

Thursday, 1 January 2009

Spinach can be made a daily part of food intake. It is known to be a good source of nutrients. It helps fight against diseases such as osteoporosis, heart disease, colon cancer, arthritis, and other diseases. This is the best known food to keep Cancer away. Vitamin K is good for the bones.
Spinach helps you improve your eyesight by the presence of lutein-a carotenid. It is also a rich source of vitamins, iron, manganese, calcium and potassium.