Thursday, June 25, 2015

GodFruits

“When I was about eight or nine, my mom burnt some toast.
One night that stood out in my mind is when she had made dinner for us after a very long and rough day at work, She placed a plate of jam and extremely burned toast in front of my dad. Not slightly burnt but completely blackened toast.
I was just waiting to see if anyone noticed the burnt toast and would say anything. But Dad just ate his toast and asked me if I did my homework and how my day was. I don’t remember what I told him that night, but I do remember hearing my mom apologizing to dad for burning the toast. And I’ll never forget what he said:
“Sweetie, I love burned toast.”
Later that night, I went to tell my dad good night and ask him if he really liked his toast burned. He put his arm on my shoulder and said,
“Your momma put in a very long day at work today and she was very tired. And besides, A burnt toast never hurts anyone but you know what does? Harsh words!”
Then he continued to say “You know, life is full of imperfect things and imperfect people I’m not the best at hardly anything, and I forget birthdays and anniversaries just like every other human. What I’ve learned over the years, is that learning to accept each others faults and choosing to celebrate each others differences, is one of the most important keys for creating a healthy, growing, and lasting relationship. Life is too short to wake up with regrets. Love the people who treat you right and have compassion for the ones who don’t.”
Enjoy Life Now and Praise God!

Wednesday, June 24, 2015

Bifanas de Vendas Novas


Ingredientes

- 1 Papo-Seco por bifana
 - Lombo de porco
- Alhos
- Vinho branco
- Colorau (uma pitada) 
- Louro
- Sal
- Pimenta

para fritar:

- Margarina vegetal ( é utilizada uma quantidade superior à do óleo)
- Óleo


O verdadeiro segredo das bifanas de Vendas Novas é a qualidade da carne (lombo de porco) e a forma como esta é batida.


Preparação:
Limpa-se muito bem o lombo de porco retirando-se  todas as peles e gorduras. Cortam-se bifes com cerca de um centímetro de espessura e batem-se muito bem dos dois lados com um martelo de bater a carne.
É neste processo que está o verdadeiro segredo. Os bifes têm de ficar transformados numa fina película de carne,  rendilhada pelos bicos do martelo.
Esmague muito bem os alhos, reduzindo-os a uma massa. Coloque os alhos esmagados numa tigela, e adicione o vinho branco ( muito pouco é só para dar um leve gosto), uma pequena pitada de colorau, o louro, o sal e a pimenta moída na hora.
Mergulhe os bifes muito bem batidos nesta marinada e deixe repousar pelo menos meia hora para tomarem gosto.

Cubra com óleo o fundo de uma  frigideira grande e leve ao lume adicionando a margarina.
Quando a gordura estiver quente, retire os alhos e o louro que estiverem agarrados à carne e frite os bifes dos dois lados. Coloque a carne num prato e reserve.
Adicione à gordura que fritou as bifanas, os alhos o louro e o resto do vinho que ficou na tigela da marinada, deixe ferver um bocadinho para a gordura ficar com o sabor dos ingredientes que se adicionaram.

Leve os papo-secos abertos ao meio a tostarem em forno bem quente. Quando retirar o pão do forno passe ligeiramente a parte do miolo pelo molho que fritou as bifanas (este é mais um dos segredos).

Coloque o bife dentro do papo-seco e sirva de imediato! 
A mostarda é o molho mais indicado para se adicionar às bifanas de Vendas Novas, pois faz realçar os seus temperos.




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Learn how to print on fabric with your home printer.


Are you ready to use your printer to print directly on fabric?  What a perfect project for some cheap art!
I used a graphic from the Graphics Fairy to print a bird image to white fabric.  Spray some heavy to medium weight card stock with spray adhesive then add your fabric.  Print your image just like you are printing on paper.

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How to grow tamatoes.

When I was working as a papermaking artist I did a lot of "kitchen chemistry." I really liked to experiment in the studio and I do the similar kind of experimentation in the garden.


This season I planted tomatoes in three different plots. The first plot was a shallow raised bed of logs in a sun/shade space filled with a mix of soil and well composted horse manure. The second plot was grow bags (same sun/shade space) filled with just well composted horse manure. The third plot was an in the ground plot in full sun and against a brick wall and was covered by bark chips where I had grown tomatoes several years before and used Tree Tone organic fertilizer.
Plot one and two; the raised beds and the grow bags were doing very well, the third, in the ground plot was pretty sickly, yellow leaves and stunted growth. I needed to do something and do it fast! First I took some compost and made a ring around the stunted tomato plant. Within three weeks the plant was greening up. At the same time I made up some comfrey compost tea. Three weeks later I poured the compost tea on those same tomatoes and things began to happen!The moral of this story is that tomatoes love acid soil and the well composted horse manure soil was the perfect soil for them.
  • how i solved my sickly tomato problem, gardening, raised garden beds
The compost tea steeping in 5-gallon buckets of water. I used old pots (see right hand side) on top to block the leaves and pine needles from getting in the bucket.
  • how i solved my sickly tomato problem, gardening, raised garden beds
A better view of the comfrey compost tea. It's smelly and potent but effective!
  • how i solved my sickly tomato problem, gardening, raised garden beds
The sickly and stunted tomatoes before the extra TLC of horse manure and comfrey compost tea.
  • how i solved my sickly tomato problem, gardening, raised garden beds
An early view of the healthy tomatoes in the recycled cloth bags planted in horse manure soil.
  • how i solved my sickly tomato problem, gardening, raised garden beds
The bed of sickly tomatoes covered in bark chips "before."

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THE SERENITY PRAYER

GOD GRANT ME THE SERENITY
TO ACCEPT THE THINGS I CANNOT CHANGE;
COURAGE TO CHANGE THE THINGS I CAN;
AND WISDOM TO KNOW THE DIFFERENCE.

LIVING ONE DAY AT A TIME;
ENJOYING ONE MOMENT AT A TIME;
ACCEPTING HARDSHIPS AS THE PATHWAY TO PEACE;
TAKING, AS HE DID, THIS SINFUL WORLD
AS IT IS, NOT AS I WOULD HAVE IT;
TRUSTING THAT HE WILL MAKE ALL THINGS RIGHT
IF I SURRENDER TO HIS WILL;
THAT I MAY BE REASONABLY HAPPY IN THIS LIFE
AND SUPREMELY HAPPY WITH HIM
FOREVER IN THE NEXT.
AMEN.

--REINHOLD NIEBUHR