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Stumbling Towards the Fish and Chip shop
Slightly Off-topic
Just so you know, I’m an atheist. Tonight one of the problems of being an atheist was brought to the forefront of my mind. You see, being an atheist is a serious problem when one of your friends has some kind of difficulty. Anyone else can say, “I’ll pray for your safety” and their commitment [...]
Crocs Bistro
Before I go on I do have a bit of a confession, I have a bit of an obsession with shoes. I have lots of pairs of shoes. I think I have more shoes than my wife does at this point. So, any chance to get a new pair of oddball shoes is pretty exciting. [...]
June 16: Quick Breads and Pies
The second week of baking class, where we cover Quick Breads (breads that are leavened via chemicals or air) and pies (if you don’t know what a pie is, you must be very sad). Another video of me more or less talking to myself about my class. A brief discussion of mixing methods and how [...]
Fun with Phyllo or What the Hell was I Thinking?
In the last day or so I have gone through a pound or so of phyllo dough. For those of you who have never dealt with this stuff, it is a sheet pastry that is paper thin. Imagine a sheet of typing paper made from pie crust. If you look at this stuff funny it [...]
First Baking Class Video Blog
A wonderful video of me discussing my first Baking class session. Mostly I talk about class procedure, but there is loose talk of cookies, as well. Share this:
Plank Salmon
Salmon filet olive oil maple syrup sea salt lemon pepper Pre-heat oven to 425. Lightly coat salmon with olive oil then drizzle maple syrup and sprinkle with salt and pepper. Bake on a cedar plank for 10 minutes or until salmon starts to flake with a fork. Another nice and easy seafood recipe. [...]
Honey Almond Scallops
2-4 green onions Clarified butter 4 Sea Scallops 1/2 c honey juice from 1/2 lemon 1/4 c almonds Saute the onions in the clarified butter until they start to caramelize. Add the Scallops to the same pan and sear on one side. Mix together the honey, lemon and almonds. Add the honey mixture to the pan [...]
The Joy of the Eristic Lie
Principia Discordia discusses both the Eristic lie and the Aneristic lie. The first says the universe is chaotic and random while the latter says the universe is orderly and systematic. The kicker is the fact they are both lies. But I only really want to talk about the Eristic lie for today. The Eristic lie [...]
Right Speech
Before we get into the step on the Noble Path of Right Speech, I think its important to spell something out for those of you who haven’t done much study on Buddhism. Mainly, the Eightfold Path isn’t like the Ten Commandments for Buddhists. If you violate one of the principles, Buddha won’t smite you, nor [...]
The Noble Eightfold Path
The Eightfold Path is the Buddha’s instructions on how to eliminate suffering from our lives. The path consists of right view, right intention, right speech, right action, right livelihood, right effort, right mindfulness, and right concentration. For some reason, whenever I attempt to remember all of the parts to the path I can only reliably [...]
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