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Saturday, 16 April 2016

Getting the Creative Juices Flowing Going in the kitchen ! Berlin Dub style

Getting the Creative Juices Flowing Going in the kitchen ! Berlin Dub style
From Rekall_ ( Jacques Your Body )
Montreal, Canada
Space music, dub techno, electro, IDM, funk, soul, jazz, krautrock, ambient, downtempo, dub. DJ Tributes, for the memory of a lifetime, recall!

Influences : Kraftwerk, Brian Eno, Biosphere, Can, Vangelis, Global communication, Orbital, Autechre, FSOL, Aphex Twin, John Peel, Simon Reynolds, Laurent Garnier, Plastikman, Underworld, Speedy J, Jeff Mills, Autechre, DJ Shadow, Monolake, Claude Young, UR, Basic Channel.

On u #SoundCloud


https://soundcloud.com/rekall_77/rhythm-sound

Two Birds(Chicken) with One Stone


Two Birds(Chicken) with One Stone
My second dilemma concerns a second set of two chickens, however these chickens are alive and even more troublesome. These two chickens, apparently vagabonds of some kind, wandered onto the grounds of the monastery earlier today.

They were drunk and rowdy, and disturbed many of the other monks during post-breakfast meditation.

I asked them kindly to leave us in peace and find refuge elsewhere, but they refused and became belligerent.
They both swung their wings at me as if to punch me, but fortunately they were quite drunk and immediately fell, unconscious, to the ground.

As they were comatose, I quickly grabbed them by their talons, placed them outside the monastery walls, and locked the gate.

However, they both regained consciousness mere minutes later, and since then, have been trying in vain to fly over the gate.

To make matters worse, they seem even more belligerent, and their drunken vulgarity continues to disturb our meditations.

“So I ask you, wise Master, what is the correct path of action?”

To which Lao Tzen Tzang replied:

“By killing two birds with one stone, you shall kill two birds with one stone.”

“And how shall I do that?” asked the pupil.

You must find the biggest stone in the garden. Also a twelve foot ladder.
Take these to the front gate, and carry the stone to the top of the ladder.
When the chickens are not looking, drop the stone on top of them.

Then cook them for supper.

“But, Master, what if the stone is too heavy to carry up the ladder?”

“Then you must find a slightly smaller stone that is not as heavy.”

“But, master, what if none of the stones are big enough to kill both chickens in one fell swoop?”

“Then find a stone you can fit in your hand.
Aim for one chicken and throw the stone in a sidearm motion, as you might throw a curveball.
The stone should ricochet off of the first chicken and hit the second chicken as well.”

The pupil followed his master’s advice but, alas, once again proved himself grossly incompetent.

He carried a large stone to the top of a ladder placed next to the front gate, but just as he was about to drop it, one of the chickens flew up and pecked him in the eye.

The young monk lost his balance and fell, dropping the rock on his own face.

Though as dumb luck would have it, the chickens saw this and laughed until they choked to death on their own vomit.

The young monk may have lost several teeth, but that didn’t prevent him from cooking and eating a delectable sesame chicken supper.

And for the first and second times in history, two birds were killed with one stone. Also a ladder.

#Chicken

Originally shared by Shen Yun Official Account

Idiom: Shooting Two Hawks with One Arrow 一 箭双雕
In the West, we say "to kill two birds with one stone," but in ancient China, archery was the way to go.
Meet Zhang Sunsheng: a well-trusted strategist and a talented archer from China’s Northern and Southern dynasties (420-589 C.E). Zhang was charged with escorting a princess to the northwest, where she would be married off to the neighboring Turkish clan. While in the Turkish kingdom, the king became so impressed by Zhang’s archery skills that he invited Zhang stay as a special guest of honor. Thus, Zhang spent the next year on holiday, and often accompanied the Turkish king on his hunting expeditions.
One day, the pair spotted two hawks flying overhead, squabbling over a piece of meat. The king handed Zhang two arrows and asked him to take down the intimidating raptors, one after the other. Zhang carefully strung his bow, aimed closely at his first target, and let go. But much to even his surprise, he struck both birds in one stroke, accomplishing his task with only half the effort.
Now that’s what we call efficiency!

Friday, 15 April 2016

“Military-industrial happiness.”

“Military-industrial happiness.”
"After JFK, the CIA got more interested in coming out to Hollywood.
"There is a book about their involvement here by James DiEugenio. It’s called Reclaiming Parkland, a wonderful book.
There’s a section about how, after the movie came out, the CIA opened an office here.
And the military did, too.
They really influenced the television and film business.
Homeland and 24?
Those are CIA propaganda shows where they do such a great job to stop terrorism.
And the military got very involved in promoting its services, providing aircraft carriers and this and that.
They wanted to do that with Platoon, but I said no, because they wanted to change the script.
#OliverStone
http://www.thenewsamerican.com/2016/04/oliver-stone-on-how-cia-influenced-show-biz/

Saturday, 9 April 2016

Break the Fast Hollandaise sauce,poached eggs on spinach with smoked dry cured bacon.


Break the Fast Hollandaise sauce,poached eggs on spinach with smoked dry cured bacon.

Hollandaise is one of the five sauces in the French haute cuisine mother sauce repertoire.
It is so named because it was believed to have mimicked a Dutch sauce for the King of the Netherlands' state visit to France.

Hollandaise sauce is an emulsion of egg yolk and liquid butter, usually seasoned with lemon juice, salt, and a little pepper or cayenne pepper.

In appearance, it is light yellow and opaque, smooth and creamy.
Its flavor is rich and buttery, with a mild tang added by an acidic component such as lemon juice, yet not so strong as to overpower mildly flavored foods.

Hollandaise requires some skill and practice to prepare and hold.
Properly made, it will be smooth and creamy with no hint of separation.

The flavor will be rich and buttery, with a mild tang from the flavourings (e.g. lemon juice).

It is best prepared and served warm, but not hot.

There are several methods for preparing a hollandaise sauce.
All preparation methods require near-constant agitation, usually with a wire whisk.
One family of methods involves acidifying the egg yolks to aid in the formation of an emulsion, either with lemon juice or vinegar.

Escoffier uses a reduction of vinegar and water.
Others use lemon juice or sherry.
The acidified yolks are whisked gently over simmering water until they thicken and lighten in color (144 °F/62 °C).

Then, as with a mayonnaise,the emulsion is formed by slowly whisking melted butter.

Being a mother sauce, hollandaise sauce is the foundation for many derivatives created by adding or changing ingredients.

The following is a non-exhaustive listing of such minor sauces.

The most common derivative is
Sauce Béarnaise. It can be produced by replacing the acidifying agent (vinegar reduction or lemon juice) in a preparation with a strained reduction of vinegar, shallots, fresh chervil, fresh tarragon and crushed peppercorns.

Sauce Choron is a variation of béarnaise without tarragon or chervil, plus added tomato purée.

Sauce Foyot is béarnaise with meat glaze (Glace de Viande) added.

Sauce Colbert is Sauce Foyot with the addition of reduced white wine.

Café de Paris sauce is béarnaise with curry powder added.

Sauce Paloise is a version of béarnaise with mint substituted for tarragon.

Sauce au Vin Blanc (for fish) is produced by adding a reduction of white wine and fish stock to hollandaise.

Sauce Bavaroise is hollandaise with added cream, horseradish, and thyme.

Sauce Crème Fleurette is hollandaise with crème fraîche added.

Sauce Dijon also known as Sauce Moutarde or Sauce Girondine, is hollandaise with Dijon mustard.

Sauce Maltaise is hollandaise to which blanched orange zest and the juice of blood orange is added.

Sauce Mousseline also known as Sauce Chantilly, is produced by folding whipped cream into hollandaise.
If reduced sherry is first folded into the whipped cream, the result is
Sauce Divine
Madame Benoît's recipe for Mousseline uses whipped egg whites instead of whipped cream.

Sauce Noisette is a hollandaise variation made with browned butter (beurre noisette).
#Recipe