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How to cook - Why should you cook?
2008-04-01 19:33:00 Apart from being prepared for a situation where you simply must cook, is there any other reason why you should take up this dreary pastime? Of course there is. I remember the exact moment when I was truly hooked. Before then, I was experimenting with making spring rolls, perhaps the odd adventure with beaten egg ... More About: Cook , Posts
How to Cook - Stocks, Clarified
2008-04-01 06:49:00 I used to get a bit confused at times, with terms like bouillon, stock, jus, glaze, demi glace, broth etc., and thought perhaps the same may be true of others. Its all the same - stock. There are two basic stocks - white and brown. You make white stock by boiling bones in water with ... More About: Stocks , Tech , Chef , Cook , French food
Food and Alcohol
2008-03-31 13:43:00 Virtually no well spread table is complete without a good selection of alcohol. Most of us probably stay with the basics of white wine ? white meat and red wine ? red meat. Tell me, with what would you serve that Turkish Rakh you picked up at duty free the other day? Or perhaps your ... More About: Food , Alcohol , Posts
How to cook - Rice
2008-03-28 06:56:00 Cooking rice can take many forms; this is the simplest. Measure out a quantity of rice. When rice is packaged, it is mixed with a fine powder, sometimes talc, to ensure it doesn’t stick together. We need to get it out of the rice. Therefore, wash the rice till the water runs clear. When done, soak ... More About: Rice , Cook , Posts
Backgammon Players?
2008-03-28 06:02:00 I had this chess set as a kid. It was a simple foldable one, with a metal board and magnetic pieces. In the reverse, it had a backgammon board. I learnt the basics of the game, but chess continued to hold more attraction for me. That my brother went on to study the game and ... More About: Players , Posts , Backgammon
Rice Soup with Shrimp Dumplings
2008-03-27 16:25:00 I’m not well today - probably the flu. But that doesn’t stop me from cooking. No siree, it doesn’t. So, after making the rice for the ‘How to cook’ series (next post), I was wondering how to use it, besides the obvious curry route. So… chopped some spring onions and carrots and put them in ... More About: Dinner , Lunch , Rice , Soup , Shrimp
Real Life Vs The Internet
2008-03-27 16:18:00 Sometimes you wonder where the real world ends and the Internet begins or where the Internet ends and the real world begins. Look at it a little closely. We communicate, look for information, provide information, find jobs, conduct business, accept payments, send payments, advertise and even find mates online. ? And shopping. Let me not forget ... More About: Life , Real , The Internet , Posts
How to cook - I
2008-03-26 07:05:00 In various conversations with various people over time, I find many people look at cooking, even occassional cooking, as a tedius chore, that needs to be finished off as quickly as possible. I agree all of us are entitled to our own perceptions about things; however, since cooking is something all of us encounter at ... More About: Tech , Chef , Cook , Posts
Cher?s Back!
2008-03-26 06:56:00 I?m sincerely amazed. I just learn that Cher , who incidentally is one of my favorite singers, is sixty one and still going strong! There?s a new show coming up in Caesars Palace, Las Vegas, where she replaces Celine Dion and is back on the stage with vengeance. On doing a little bit of research, you?ll ... More About: Back , Posts
My New Camera
2008-03-25 10:22:00 Hello All, I’ve just bought a new camera and I can’t stop grinning, looking at it every few minutes and occasionally patting it. Seriously, when I look at it, I smile. How much lower can you sink than that. Much lower I say… lets see what symptoms I exhibit over the next few days. Its an SLR ... More About: Camera , Posts
The Evolving Internet
2008-03-25 10:15:00 The Internet has opened up so many different ways of making money, that there?s a little economy out there. Seriously, have you thought about the number of ways people make a living off the Internet? We have online stores, consulting, blogging, advertisements and content writing among others. And of course, the massive site-economies that support ... More About: Posts
Review: Sbarro, Great India Place, NOIDA
2008-03-25 07:16:00 We visited Sbarro this past weekend. Sometime in the future, we may visit snake infested amazonian jungles when bored, jump off cliffs with bedsheets and attempt to fly and perhaps even sit on the kerb and count the number of men with moles on their noses. However, you will probably not see us at Sbarro again. It’s ... More About: India , Reviews , Review , Great , Noida
Start a Business
2008-03-25 07:02:00 Starting a business isn?t as easy as it sounds. I mean, thinking, planning and forecasting is all very well, however, most businesses require would require us to leave paying jobs at some time in the timeline of the business and give it our 100%, which is something most of us would balk at. That and ... More About: Business , Start , Posts
Pot Roasted Lamb
2008-03-23 03:29:00 Going by Toni’s recipe of a few days back, I thought of trying it at home. Problem was, I couldn’t find lamb or fresh rosemary. So, decided to follow procedure and change the ingredients. Here’s what finally hapenned: Find a pan large enough to hold leg Fill water, place on heat and add bay leaf, turmeric, salt, ... More About: Dinner , Lunch , Lamb , French food , Indian Food
Human Growth Hormone
2008-03-23 03:05:00 Have you heard of the Human Growth Hormone or HGH? While I did know about somewhere in there, but wasn?t fully sure about what it is or what it does. Apparently, the human growth hormone is big man on campus during our developing years and peak during puberty; it helps us develop mentally and physically. ... More About: Growth Hormone , Posts
Curried Tuna with Potatoes
2008-03-20 16:45:00 I found these lovely, smooth skinned and firm potatoes at the vegetable market yesterday and thought up this recipe just to use them! I also found some onion stalks with the buds on. If you haven’t seen these, they look like spring onion stalks, only they’re thicker, firmer, totally hollow and quite long, with a ... More About: Dinner , Lunch , Potatoes , Tuna , Posts
Definition: Chiffonade
2008-03-20 12:44:00 Chiffonade is a cooking technique in which herbs or leafy green vegetables (such as spinach and basil) are cut into long, thin strips. This is generally accomplished by stacking leaves, rolling them tightly, then cutting across the rolled leaves with a sharp knife, producing fine ribbons. The term comes from the French language. It means "made ... More About: Tech , Chef , Definition , French food , Posts
Debt Management
2008-03-20 12:42:00 Talking to friends and acquaintances every now and then, I sometimes find in them a kind of surreal sense of comfort in their ignorance of what constitutes sound financial practices. Sure, you need to live life and yes, I know you only live once and of course, life is short? but why have 18 credit ... More About: Debt Management , Management , Debt , Posts
Tabbouleh
2008-03-20 06:12:00 Tabbouleh is a Lebanese salad dish, often used as part of a mezze. Its primary ingredients are bulgur, finely chopped parsley, mint, tomato, scallion (spring onion), and other herbs with lemon juice, olive oil and various seasonings, generally including black pepper and sometimes cinnamon and allspice. In Lebanon, where the dish originated, it is often ... More About: Dinner , Lunch , Salads
Long Distance Recipe Swaps, anyone?
2008-03-20 06:01:00 Looking at the plethora of telecom operators, sustained numbers, craftily designed packages and what have you, it becomes quite tough to figure out what?s hot and what?s not these days. Interestingly, amongst all of this, we have the concept of calling cards, which thankfully, can be used irrespective of operators. Why is it interesting? It?s interesting ... More About: Recipe , Long , Posts , Long Distance
Pea Rice
2008-03-19 05:38:00 There’s this practice in India that can be a bit funny at times. We have very elaborate dishes and then we have normal dishes, as with most cultures. When people don’t want to go through the trouble of making the elaborate dishes, they’ll make an everyday staple… and add nuts, or raisins or other dried ... More About: Dinner , Lunch , Rice , Posts , Asian food
God Bless Proxies
2008-03-19 04:45:00 Do you know the amount of information sent by your browser to every website you visit? Things like your IP address, browser, computer configuration, screen resolution and lots of other stuff. Your IP address can be further used to pin point your country and city of origin and so on. I?m sure none of us are ... More About: Proxies , Posts , God Bless
Moong Dal with Tamarind Chutney
2008-03-18 05:45:00 My mother had always been very fond of cooking. My father on the other hand loved to eat good food and was a voracious eater. (Very early in life I learnt that the way to a man?s heart is through his stomach.) As for me, I intensely disliked food and the dining table was a ... More About: Dinner , Lunch , Chutney , Asian food , Indian Food
Slow Roasted Leg of Lamb
2008-03-17 05:48:00 A dismal Saturday morning in Buckinghamshire - drizzle, spray from passing cars and a keen breeze making me desire a hearty dinner. A glance into the butcher’s window had me (mentally) dancing for joy as there was a perfect leg of lamb hanging from the rail. It weighed 1.60kgs and was too long ... More About: Dinner , Lunch , Lamb , Posts , Slow
Web Hosting
2008-03-17 05:45:00 We’ve spoken to starting an online business in the past, where we discussed online shopping carts. Another important aspect of an online business is that web host you choose. There are quite a few types available and you?ll have to see what?s good for your business. You?ll have to choose between free, shared, dedicated, and ... More About: Hosting , Web Hosting , Posts
Glass Noodle Soup
2008-03-14 06:29:00 This noodle soup is immensely satisfying and is perfect for a hot, nutritious complete meal for the kids. It uses glass noodles or bean threads and looks quite interesting too. With the right vegetables in it, it can look simply amazing! Start by sauteing some spring onions, carrots, beans and cauliflower, all cut to the right ... More About: Dinner , Lunch , Soup , Glass , Posts
Quit smoking anyone?
2008-03-14 06:19:00 I saw this interesting article the other day. Apparently, any smoker, who smokes more than 20 cigarettes per day, could be spending more than £2,000 per year! Now that?s news! Let me see, how much do I spend? Less than £200 a year I would say, but that?s me. How much do you spend on ... More About: Quit Smoking , Smoking , Posts , Quit
Baked Meringue
2008-03-14 05:53:00 If you’ve managed to hold on to your freshly whipped up meringue, then you could either use it as it us as a stuffing or topping - or bake it. If you’re going to be baking it, be creative and see what kind of shapes you can come up with. Line a baking dish with baking ... More About: Baked , Deserts , French food , Posts
How to make a French Meringue
2008-03-13 03:41:00 I’m not much into deserts - never have been and probably never will be. The attractions of a nice, juicy cut of meat and the things you can do with it are just too much for my cromagnon mentality.The day before however, was a revelation of how addictive deserts can be - I was introduced ... More About: French , Deserts , Make , French food
Definition: Meringue
More articles from this author:2008-03-12 05:48:00 Meringue is a type of dessert plasma made from whipped egg whites and caster sugar. Some meringue recipes call for adding a binding agent such as cream of tartar or the cornstarch found in confectioner’s sugar. Meringues are often flavoured with vanilla and a small amount of almond or coconut extract. They are very light ... More About: Tech , Deserts , Chef , Definition , French food 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
