I loaded up my iPhone with the free Urbanspoon application some months back and since then I’ve discovered several good restaurants where I live, work and play. It uses the phone’s GPS to be location aware. The key is to find like minded foodie friends so I’m inviting you to follow me on Urbanspoon by linking here. An account is free if you haven’t signed up yet — and there is no kickback or financial incentive for me to promote Urbanspoon to you. Read More »
You’ll find this photographic gem in National Geographic’s Daily Dozen for the 1st week in April, 2009 …
Photo and captions by James Snyder: April 2, 2009. This is a Cuban tree frog on a tree in my backyard in southern Florida. How and why he ate this light is a mystery. It should be noted that at the time I was taking this photo, I thought this frog was dead having cooked himself from the inside. I’m happy to say I was wrong. After a few shots he adjusted his position. So after I was finished shooting him, I pulled the light out of his mouth and he was fine. Actually, I might be crazy but I don’t think he was very happy when I took his light away.
I’m guessing the frog instinctively thought this was a fire fly!
It’s hard work but somebody has to do it: Our May General Chapter Meeting of the Project Management Institute Long Island Chapter (PMI LIC) will be a dinner cruise on the Lauren Kristy, sailing out of Bay Shore.
Suggested links: Lauren Kristy | PMI LIC’s May 2009 General Chapter Meeting
No, no, not the jackpot*, just the Power Ball. One little number, the actual Power Ball number, number nine, at the end of the line. An important number, but on its own, worth only $3.
They said the tickets were either one dollar or two, without explanation. I suggested we pay only one but Carolyn, dispensing with her Scottish frugality, paid two. We were on holiday after all. Read More »
Take the guided tour here for a spoof of the Apple Store: Find out what an iHam nano looks like!
Some South Africans celebrate National Braai* Day on September 24th: We did so tonight in our own off-beat fashion with fish burgers grilled up on the Weber.
A couple of eggs, a bunch of fresh parsley chopped, a diced onion and a flaked can of tuna all folded into a firm, somewhat dry, batch of potato pancake mix. Roll into balls and flatten on the grill plate. Cook five minutes a side to make crisp cakes ready for the bun. Speaking of which, while gently warming the buns, whip the zest of lemon and a good squeeze of the juice into half a cup of good mayonnaise and then dress up both sides of the bun with this tangy sauce. Slide the fish burger pattie in between and enjoy!
Alternative endings: Substitute sardines, boneless and skinless, in oil, for the tuna if you enjoy the real taste of fish or flaked, smoked crab meat for a pretty awesome crab cake burger.
*Barbeque
“Melk Tert” is the Afrikaans name of a South African custard pie, a desert typically served at a braai (barbeque) or at tea time. Milk Tart, on the other hand, is not simply the English translation of that desert. It’s a road-side concoction which bikers brew up from easily obtained ingredients from almost any convenience and bottle store on their tours around sub-saharan Africa. It’s an alcohol based drink reminiscent of Bailey’s Irish Cream, only younger, stronger and tastes like more. Sublime on the rocks (which is the hardest thing to find along the roadside, ice, not rocks) …
Recipe:
One medium can of condensed milk (approx 300g).
Half a bottle of vodka (375ml).
Pour can of sweetened condensed milk into half a bottle of vodka.
Shake up well and pour over ice.
Suggested reading Wikipedia’s entry on Bailey’s Irish Cream |
Melk Tert recipe | Mrs Kwok’s Mini Fruit Tarts
