<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6868017445760432386</id><updated>2011-11-28T16:38:13.795-05:00</updated><category term='cooking'/><category term='beard'/><category term='Provencal'/><category term='Party'/><category term='Romania'/><category term='spices'/><category term='fish'/><category term='South Asian'/><category term='ass'/><category term='hair'/><category term='scallops'/><category term='Wawa'/><category term='lazy'/><category term='bum'/><category term='chocolate'/><category term='penis envy'/><category term='revelation'/><category term='chicken recipe'/><category term='bitchy'/><category term='tomato'/><category term='India'/><category term='tehari'/><category term='herbs'/><category term='friends'/><category term='truffles'/><category term='cabbage'/><category term='girl guy'/><category term='Lafayette'/><category term='penis'/><category term='random'/><category term='BS'/><category term='world'/><category term='philosophy'/><category term='beef'/><category term='Ethiopia'/><category term='duffer'/><category term='pollock'/><category term='ghee'/><category term='life'/><category term='chocolate from scratch'/><category term='basmati rice'/><category term='dessert'/><category term='food'/><category term='herbs chicken'/><category term='flash me'/><category term='Bangladesh'/><category term='trout'/><category term='chicken'/><category term='annoying'/><category term='parsi'/><category term='low calorie'/><title type='text'>WaWa Rehab</title><subtitle type='html'>Where to go when you burn the biriyani</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://wawarehab.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6868017445760432386/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://wawarehab.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>B11 BS Team</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03277388476386573346</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>15</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6868017445760432386.post-8188873467272181212</id><published>2011-11-28T16:38:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2011-11-28T16:38:13.809-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Winter hot drinks w/ a kick</title><content type='html'>&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #434851; 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background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 12px; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 5px; margin-right: 5px; margin-top: 5px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"&gt;&lt;li style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: url(http://liquor.com/wp-content/themes/main/images/ulliarrow.png); background-origin: initial; background-position: 0% 5px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 15px; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; 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background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: url(http://liquor.com/wp-content/themes/main/images/ulliarrow.png); background-origin: initial; background-position: 0% 5px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 15px; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 15px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"&gt;2 pinches Ground allspice&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: url(http://liquor.com/wp-content/themes/main/images/ulliarrow.png); background-origin: initial; background-position: 0% 5px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 15px; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 15px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"&gt;.25 tsp Ground cinnamon&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: url(http://liquor.com/wp-content/themes/main/images/ulliarrow.png); background-origin: initial; background-position: 0% 5px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 15px; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 15px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"&gt;6 tbsp Water&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: url(http://liquor.com/wp-content/themes/main/images/ulliarrow.png); background-origin: initial; background-position: 0% 5px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 15px; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 15px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"&gt;16 oz Whole milk&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: url(http://liquor.com/wp-content/themes/main/images/ulliarrow.png); background-origin: initial; background-position: 0% 5px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 15px; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 15px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"&gt;6 oz Tequila Ocho Añejo&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #4a4a4a; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 3px; padding-right: 3px; padding-top: 3px; vertical-align: baseline;"&gt;&lt;strong style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 13px; font-weight: 700; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"&gt;PREPARATION:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In a small saucepan, stir together the cocoa powder, sugar, cayenne, allspice, cinnamon and water until they form a paste. Add the milk and cook, whisking constantly, over medium heat until hot but not boiling. 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outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; position: relative; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"&gt;Bulleit Rye Whiskey&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #4a4a4a; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 3px; padding-right: 3px; padding-top: 3px; vertical-align: baseline;"&gt;&lt;strong style="background-attachment: initial; 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Strain into a Thermos or other insulated container and add the rye.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #4a4a4a; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 3px; padding-right: 3px; padding-top: 3px; vertical-align: baseline;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #4a4a4a; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 3px; padding-right: 3px; padding-top: 3px; vertical-align: baseline;"&gt;From &lt;a href="http://Liquor.com/"&gt;Liquor.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6868017445760432386-8188873467272181212?l=wawarehab.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://wawarehab.blogspot.com/feeds/8188873467272181212/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://wawarehab.blogspot.com/2011/11/winter-hot-drinks-w-kick.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6868017445760432386/posts/default/8188873467272181212'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6868017445760432386/posts/default/8188873467272181212'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://wawarehab.blogspot.com/2011/11/winter-hot-drinks-w-kick.html' title='Winter hot drinks w/ a kick'/><author><name>Ioana</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17182134521638785538</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='33' height='27' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_kiZdZ2U2DNY/SEtd0NjWklI/AAAAAAAAABo/tRVrEsQkXjY/S220/buterfly.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6868017445760432386.post-8936626250135956209</id><published>2011-08-15T00:17:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2011-08-15T00:19:08.808-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='chocolate from scratch'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='truffles'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='dessert'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='chocolate'/><title type='text'>Homemade chocolate from cocoa powder experiment 1</title><content type='html'>&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;Ever since I made Giada's tarragon merlot truffles, the idea popped into my head that I wanted to actually make the chocolate from scratch rather than use chocolate chips. So I did a google search and most of the recipes sent me to grinding cacao beans, while a couple indicated butter and milk (which I will try next time). But what I really wanted to know was&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;what happens if you mix cocoa powder and heavy cream?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;The answer is, it kind of makes chocolate. It does not get to the consistency of a chocolate bar, but it does solidify and is quite smooth and creamy. My roommate says it's more like a smooth fudge.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;What I used:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;heavy cream&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;extra dark cocoa powder&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;granulated cane sugar&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;other... toppings&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;How:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;I used a double boiler to keep some warm-to-hot water on the stove. In a small sauce pan, I put two tablespoons of heavy cream and in it I dissolved one teaspoon of sugar (I actually used the "Sugar in the Raw" packets - one packet is perfect) by swirling it around. Once the sugar was all dissolved I added one heaping of cocoa powder and mixed it in on the water bath. Once the cocoa was all mixed in, I took the sauce pan out of the water bath and mixed until it made a smooth consistent sauce.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;This is very important! The first time I kept mixing vigorously on the hot water bath and the oil separated out of the heavy cream so I ended up with this grainy thing in oil. I think it was because of the temperature and the heavy mixing.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;Then, with a teaspoon, set the chocolate on aluminum foil pre-chilled in the fridge. I didn't get them to look very pretty - I think I need more patience with it, but it tastes great.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;Now, for the &lt;b&gt;toppings&lt;/b&gt;... I made:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ol&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;&lt;u&gt;chili powder&lt;/u&gt; (the Mexican chocolate) - I added 2-3 pinches of chili powder when I added the cocoa&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;&lt;u&gt;orange peel&lt;/u&gt; - added 1/3 of fresh orange peel after the cocoa powder was all blended in&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;&lt;u&gt;orange peel &amp;amp; cognac&lt;/u&gt; - I added one teaspoon of cognac to half of the already blended orange peel and then more cocoa powder to regain the consistency&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;&lt;u&gt;cardamom&lt;/u&gt; - soaked two crashed green cardamoms in the heavy cream while dissolving the butter and took them out before adding the cocoa powder&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;&lt;u&gt;walnuts&lt;/u&gt; - added one tablespoon of walnut pieces to the chocolate blend&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;&lt;u&gt;almonds&lt;/u&gt; - placed a chocolate base, let it cool down a little, then placed the almond on it and covered it in chocolate.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;&lt;u&gt;basil and biscuit&lt;/u&gt; - finely crushed biscuits (to make 1 tablespoon) and chopped 2 fresh basil leaves; added them to the chocolate blend at the end&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;&lt;u&gt;Grand Marnier&lt;/u&gt; - added 1 teaspoon Grand Marnier to the chocolate blend&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ol&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Conclusion:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;I loved all of them - tasted bits of each one day after I made them. They are very rich and very dark and very soft. The Grand Marnier did not have as great of a flavor as the other ones though.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6868017445760432386-8936626250135956209?l=wawarehab.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://wawarehab.blogspot.com/feeds/8936626250135956209/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://wawarehab.blogspot.com/2011/08/homemade-chocolate-from-cocoa-powder.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6868017445760432386/posts/default/8936626250135956209'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6868017445760432386/posts/default/8936626250135956209'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://wawarehab.blogspot.com/2011/08/homemade-chocolate-from-cocoa-powder.html' title='Homemade chocolate from cocoa powder experiment 1'/><author><name>Ioana</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17182134521638785538</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='33' height='27' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_kiZdZ2U2DNY/SEtd0NjWklI/AAAAAAAAABo/tRVrEsQkXjY/S220/buterfly.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6868017445760432386.post-3760009134090636651</id><published>2011-08-02T22:17:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2011-08-02T22:17:08.482-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Party'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='tomato'/><title type='text'>Multicolored Tomato Tartlets</title><content type='html'>&lt;h1 style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 24px; margin-top: 3px;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;Looks good for a party&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h1&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px;"&gt;&lt;nyt_byline type=" " version="1.0"&gt;&lt;/nyt_byline&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px;"&gt;&lt;nyt_text&gt;&lt;div id="articleBody"&gt;&lt;div class="recipeIngredientsList"&gt;&lt;div style="color: black; font-size: medium; line-height: 24px;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="color: black; font-size: medium; line-height: 24px;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;2 to 3 small firm heirloom tomatoes, preferably in different colors&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Flour for dusting&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1 14-ounce package puff pastry, defrosted but cold&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1/4 cup mascarpone, optional&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;2 tablespoons chopped fresh basil&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Coarse sea salt, to taste (fleur de sel is a good choice)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Freshly ground black pepper&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;2 tablespoons grated Parmesan cheese&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="color: black; font-size: medium; line-height: 24px;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="color: black; font-size: medium; line-height: 24px;"&gt;1. Preheat oven to 425 degrees. Line a baking sheet with parchment or waxed paper. Slice stem and bottom ends from tomatoes. Slice remaining tomato crosswise into rounds 1/2 inch thick. You will need 6 or more nice rounds (see Step 2). If you like, you can cut rounds from 6 different-colored tomatoes. (Use leftover tomato for another recipe.)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="color: black; font-size: medium; line-height: 24px;"&gt;2. Dust a flat surface with flour, and unfold pastry onto the surface. Cut pastry into circles about 1 inch wider than tomato slices. You will need at least 6 circles. (If your tomato slices are small and you can cut more than 6 circles out of the puff pastry, cut more rounds of both tomato and pastry. The important thing is that the pastry circles be close to an inch larger than the tomato slices.)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="color: black; font-size: medium; line-height: 24px;"&gt;3. Transfer pastry to baking sheet. Spread some mascarpone, if using, over each pastry circle. Sprinkle pastry with basil; top with a tomato slice. Pinch edges of pastry up around edges of tomato. Season tomato rounds with salt and pepper. Scatter Parmesan over rounds. Bake until pastry is puffed and golden, 10 to 12 minutes. Serve warm.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="color: black; font-size: medium; line-height: 24px;"&gt;&lt;span class="bold"&gt;Yield&lt;/span&gt;: 6 or more tartlets.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/nyt_text&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6868017445760432386-3760009134090636651?l=wawarehab.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://wawarehab.blogspot.com/feeds/3760009134090636651/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://wawarehab.blogspot.com/2011/08/multicolored-tomato-tartlets.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6868017445760432386/posts/default/3760009134090636651'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6868017445760432386/posts/default/3760009134090636651'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://wawarehab.blogspot.com/2011/08/multicolored-tomato-tartlets.html' title='Multicolored Tomato Tartlets'/><author><name>Ioana</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17182134521638785538</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='33' height='27' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_kiZdZ2U2DNY/SEtd0NjWklI/AAAAAAAAABo/tRVrEsQkXjY/S220/buterfly.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6868017445760432386.post-6250078542236902930</id><published>2011-08-02T22:10:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2011-08-02T22:17:54.402-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='fish'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Provencal'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='trout'/><title type='text'>Baked Trout with Tomatoes and Olives (NYT)</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="color: black; line-height: 1.467em; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;Found this recipe in the NYT and it looked good&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="color: black; line-height: 1.467em; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;4 trout, boned and butterflied, or 4 rainbow trout fillets&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;Salt and freshly ground pepper&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;1 medium onion, chopped&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;3 to 4 garlic cloves, minced&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;1 (28-ounce) can chopped tomatoes in juice&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;Pinch of sugar (optional)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;1 to 2 tablespoons slivered fresh basil (optional)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;12 imported black olives, pitted&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="color: black; line-height: 1.467em; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;1.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;Preheat the oven to 425 degrees. Oil a gratin dish or baking dish large enough to accommodate all the fish (use two baking dishes if necessary). Open up the trout if it’s been butterflied, and season with salt and pepper. If using trout fillets, arrange in a single layer in one or two baking dishes, skin side down, and season with salt and pepper.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="color: black; line-height: 1.467em; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;2.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;Heat the olive oil in a large, heavy saucepan or frying pan over medium heat. Add the onion, and cook, stirring often, until tender, about five minutes. Stir in the garlic, and cook 30 seconds to a minute until fragrant. Add the tomatoes and sugar, stir together and raise the heat to medium-high. When the tomatoes begin to bubble vigorously, turn down the heat to medium-low and simmer 15 minutes until the sauce is thick and fragrant. Stir in the basil, olives and salt to taste. Season with pepper and adjust salt.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="color: black; line-height: 1.467em; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;3.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;Place a spoonful of tomato sauce on a half of each butterflied trout, and close up the fish. Lay side by side in the baking dish. Spread the remaining sauce over the fish (or all of the sauce over the fillets, if using fillets). Cover the dish tightly with foil that has been lightly oiled on the dull side with olive oil, and place in the oven. Bake 10 to 15 minutes until the fish pulls apart easily when poked with a fork. Serve the fish and the sauce with rice or other grains such as quinoa or spelt.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="color: black; line-height: 1.467em; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Yield:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;Serves four.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="color: black; line-height: 1.467em; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Advance preparation:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;You can prepare the sauce up to three days ahead. Reheat on top of the stove before proceeding with the recipe.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6868017445760432386-6250078542236902930?l=wawarehab.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://wawarehab.blogspot.com/feeds/6250078542236902930/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://wawarehab.blogspot.com/2011/08/baked-trout-with-tomatoes-and-olives.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6868017445760432386/posts/default/6250078542236902930'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6868017445760432386/posts/default/6250078542236902930'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://wawarehab.blogspot.com/2011/08/baked-trout-with-tomatoes-and-olives.html' title='Baked Trout with Tomatoes and Olives (NYT)'/><author><name>Ioana</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17182134521638785538</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='33' height='27' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_kiZdZ2U2DNY/SEtd0NjWklI/AAAAAAAAABo/tRVrEsQkXjY/S220/buterfly.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6868017445760432386.post-2810769546324345540</id><published>2011-07-19T10:03:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2011-07-19T10:03:13.233-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Sth I would like - Wild Strawberries and Vanilla Cream</title><content type='html'>&lt;div id="recipes_content" style="border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-color: black; border-left-style: dotted; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: black; border-right-style: dotted; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-color: black; border-top-style: dotted; border-top-width: 0px; clear: left; float: left; font-family: tahoma; font-size: 11px; height: auto; line-height: 19px; margin-top: 15px; padding-bottom: 10px; width: 320px;"&gt;&lt;h2 style="border-bottom-color: initial; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: initial; color: #00b5e6; font-family: georgia; font-size: 20px; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;From Jamie Oliver&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;h2 style="border-bottom-color: initial; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: initial; color: #00b5e6; font-family: georgia; font-size: 20px; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;method&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Pick out the nicest strawberries and set aside. Put the rest in a bowl and add the sugar, half the vanilla seeds and the vinegar. Squash together with the back of a fork and leave to macerate for 10–15 minutes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Stir the rest of the vanilla seeds into the crème fraîche. To serve, spoon a little vanilla cream in the centre of each bowl, make a well in the middle and spoon in some mushed strawberries. Halve some of the reserved strawberries and sprinkle the lot over the vanilla cream. Scatter over the mint leaves and orange zest then serve.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div id="ingredients_section" style="float: left; font-family: tahoma; font-size: 11px; line-height: 19px; margin-left: 25px; margin-top: 15px; width: 150px;"&gt;&lt;h2 style="border-bottom-color: initial; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: initial; color: #00b5e6; font-family: georgia; font-size: 20px; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;h2 style="border-bottom-color: initial; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: initial; color: #00b5e6; font-family: georgia; font-size: 20px; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;h2 style="border-bottom-color: initial; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: initial; color: #00b5e6; font-family: georgia; font-size: 20px; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;ingredients&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="ingredient"&gt;• 4 handfuls of wild strawberries&lt;br /&gt;• 1 tablespoon caster sugar&lt;br /&gt;• 1 vanilla pod, scored lengthways and seeds scraped out&lt;br /&gt;• a splash of sherry vinegar&lt;br /&gt;• 1 x pot crème fraîche&lt;br /&gt;a few small, fresh mint leaves&lt;br /&gt;• zest of 1 orange&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div id="ingredients_section" style="float: left; font-family: tahoma; font-size: 11px; line-height: 19px; margin-left: 25px; margin-top: 15px; width: 150px;"&gt;&lt;span class="ingredient"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div id="ingredients_section" style="float: left; font-family: tahoma; font-size: 11px; line-height: 19px; margin-left: 25px; margin-top: 15px; width: 150px;"&gt;&lt;span class="ingredient"&gt;http://www.jamieoliver.com/recipes/fruit-recipes/wild-strawberries-vanilla-cream&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6868017445760432386-2810769546324345540?l=wawarehab.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://wawarehab.blogspot.com/feeds/2810769546324345540/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://wawarehab.blogspot.com/2011/07/sth-i-would-like-wild-strawberries-and.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6868017445760432386/posts/default/2810769546324345540'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6868017445760432386/posts/default/2810769546324345540'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://wawarehab.blogspot.com/2011/07/sth-i-would-like-wild-strawberries-and.html' title='Sth I would like - Wild Strawberries and Vanilla Cream'/><author><name>Ioana</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17182134521638785538</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='33' height='27' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_kiZdZ2U2DNY/SEtd0NjWklI/AAAAAAAAABo/tRVrEsQkXjY/S220/buterfly.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6868017445760432386.post-8313014319732407776</id><published>2011-03-02T19:40:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2011-07-23T18:16:50.107-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='scallops'/><title type='text'>Scallops - first time</title><content type='html'>Today was the first time I cooked scallops and it wasn't hard at all.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I had 1 lb fresh sea scallops (no chemicals or thats what Giant claims).&lt;br /&gt;So I used:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;1 lb scallops&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;abt 3 tbs olive oil&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;3/4 cup of fine chopped onion&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;3/4 cup of yoghurt&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1/2 cup of wine&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;3 cloves of garlic - sliced&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;rosemary&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;red crushed pepper (for spice)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;div&gt;What I did:&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ol&gt;&lt;li&gt;washed and dried the scallops&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;heated olive oil with rosemary (also added salt) and put the scallops in. Tossed them on each side until they got harder and light gold on the outside. Also added half of the garlic in the process.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;took the scallops out and added the onions, wine and yoghurt over the oil. Boiled until some of the liquid evaporated (for abt 4-5 minutes)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Put back the scallops, the rest of the garlic and two basil leaves. Turned them over once and turned off the heat, putting the cover on.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ol&gt;&lt;div&gt;Served this over spaghetti pasta with a side of broccoli and lightly steamed cherry tomatoes. Lovely.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Adapted from: &lt;a href="http://www.cooks.com/rec/view/0,1845,159181-224204,00.html"&gt;cooks.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6868017445760432386-8313014319732407776?l=wawarehab.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://wawarehab.blogspot.com/feeds/8313014319732407776/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://wawarehab.blogspot.com/2011/03/scallops-first-time.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6868017445760432386/posts/default/8313014319732407776'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6868017445760432386/posts/default/8313014319732407776'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://wawarehab.blogspot.com/2011/03/scallops-first-time.html' title='Scallops - first time'/><author><name>Ioana</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17182134521638785538</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='33' height='27' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_kiZdZ2U2DNY/SEtd0NjWklI/AAAAAAAAABo/tRVrEsQkXjY/S220/buterfly.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total><georss:featurename>Lafayette, 225 Reeder St, Easton, PA 18042, USA</georss:featurename><georss:point>40.700837 -75.20329500000003</georss:point><georss:box>40.5706965 -75.43675450000002 40.8309775 -74.96983550000003</georss:box></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6868017445760432386.post-5581734744497555501</id><published>2011-02-06T18:36:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2011-07-23T18:17:44.243-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='fish'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='pollock'/><title type='text'>Baked pollock with parmesan and yoghurt</title><content type='html'>It's based on a recipe from&amp;nbsp;http://www.cooks.com/rec/view/0,1827,147185-233207,00.html.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;I replaced sour cream with yoghurt and butter with olive oil.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #434343; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #434343; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px;"&gt;&lt;div style="color: black; padding-left: 20px;"&gt;1 1/2 lbs. pollock&lt;br /&gt;3/4 c. sour cream&lt;br /&gt;1/2 c. Parmesan cheese&lt;br /&gt;1/4 c. melted butter&lt;br /&gt;1/2 tsp. salt&lt;br /&gt;1/8 tsp. pepper&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="color: #772222;"&gt;Place 1 1/2 pollock fillets in greased baking dish. Spread on fillets the mixture of sour cream, Parmesan cheese, melted butter, salt and pepper. Bake uncovered 30 minutes at 350 degrees.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6868017445760432386-5581734744497555501?l=wawarehab.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://wawarehab.blogspot.com/feeds/5581734744497555501/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://wawarehab.blogspot.com/2011/02/baked-pollock-with-parmesan-and-yoghurt.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6868017445760432386/posts/default/5581734744497555501'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6868017445760432386/posts/default/5581734744497555501'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://wawarehab.blogspot.com/2011/02/baked-pollock-with-parmesan-and-yoghurt.html' title='Baked pollock with parmesan and yoghurt'/><author><name>Ioana</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17182134521638785538</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='33' height='27' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_kiZdZ2U2DNY/SEtd0NjWklI/AAAAAAAAABo/tRVrEsQkXjY/S220/buterfly.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6868017445760432386.post-7608230659274880924</id><published>2011-02-06T18:22:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2011-07-23T18:18:45.888-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='chicken'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='cabbage'/><title type='text'>Sauteed Cabbage with Chicken</title><content type='html'>Ingredients used:&lt;br /&gt;1 medium cabbage&lt;br /&gt;1.5 chicken breasts&lt;br /&gt;1 large onion&lt;br /&gt;Olive oil&lt;br /&gt;2 tablespoons of tomato paste&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Spices: cayene pepper powder, turmeric, 2 bay leaves, coriander seeds, chili pepper, cilantro&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Steps:&lt;br /&gt;1. Cut the cabbage thin&lt;br /&gt;2. Cut the onion in two, then in thin slices&lt;br /&gt;3. Cut the chicken approximately 1.5 cubes&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Cooking:&lt;br /&gt;Heat the oil a bit, then put the onion first for 1-2 mins, and then add the whole shredded cabbage. Add the chicken a few minutes later, and keep sautee-ing. It takes about &lt;b&gt;30&lt;/b&gt; minutes.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6868017445760432386-7608230659274880924?l=wawarehab.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://wawarehab.blogspot.com/feeds/7608230659274880924/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://wawarehab.blogspot.com/2011/02/sauteed-cabbage-with-chicken.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6868017445760432386/posts/default/7608230659274880924'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6868017445760432386/posts/default/7608230659274880924'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://wawarehab.blogspot.com/2011/02/sauteed-cabbage-with-chicken.html' title='Sauteed Cabbage with Chicken'/><author><name>Ioana</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17182134521638785538</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='33' height='27' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_kiZdZ2U2DNY/SEtd0NjWklI/AAAAAAAAABo/tRVrEsQkXjY/S220/buterfly.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6868017445760432386.post-8501697557980564739</id><published>2009-07-20T22:01:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2009-07-20T22:09:34.051-04:00</updated><title type='text'>It's good to be reminded, sometimes...</title><content type='html'>I read this article today and thought it would be nice to spread it... It is, indeed, a lot of times - actually most often- that it happens to forget why we do something in the first place. And the entire struggles becomes about winning a race or a war rather than actually changing something and achieving goals. &lt;div&gt;So here it is the article from NYT that made me think of this...&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 24px; "&gt;Teacher, Can We Leave Now? No.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; "&gt;&lt;nyt_byline version="1.0" type=" "&gt;&lt;div class="byline" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-weight: normal; color: rgb(128, 128, 128); font-size: 80%; "&gt;By &lt;a href="http://topics.nytimes.com/top/opinion/editorialsandoped/oped/columnists/thomaslfriedman/index.html?inline=nyt-per" title="More Articles by Thomas L. Friedman" style="color: rgb(0, 66, 118); text-decoration: none; "&gt;THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/nyt_byline&gt;&lt;div class="timestamp" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-weight: normal; color: rgb(128, 128, 128); font-size: 80%; "&gt;Published: July 18, 2009&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div id="articleBody" style="font-size: 125%; line-height: 1.5em; "&gt;&lt;nyt_text&gt;&lt;p&gt;Pushghar, Afghanistan&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I confess, I find it hard to come to Afghanistan and not ask: Why are we here? Who cares about the Taliban? Al Qaeda is gone. And if its leaders come back, well, that’s why God created cruise missiles.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;But every time I start writing that column, something stills my hand. This week it was something very powerful. I watched Greg Mortenson, the famed author of “Three Cups of Tea,” open one of his schools for girls in this remote Afghan village in the Hindu Kush mountains. I must say, after witnessing the delight in the faces of those little Afghan girls crowded three to a desk waiting to learn, I found it very hard to write, “Let’s just get out of here.”&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Indeed, Mortenson’s efforts remind us what the essence of the “war on terrorism” is about. It’s about the war of ideas within Islam — a war between religious zealots who glorify martyrdom and want to keep Islam untouched by modernity and isolated from other faiths, with its women disempowered, and those who want to embrace modernity, open Islam to new ideas and empower Muslim women as much as men. America’s invasions of Iraq and Afghanistan were, in part, an effort to create the space for the Muslim progressives to fight and win so that the real engine of change, something that takes nine months and 21 years to produce — a new generation — can be educated and raised differently.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Read the rest here: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/19/opinion/19friedman.html?th&amp;amp;emc=th&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;And if anyone was wondering... yeah, we sometimes think in this house too...&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/nyt_text&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6868017445760432386-8501697557980564739?l=wawarehab.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://wawarehab.blogspot.com/feeds/8501697557980564739/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://wawarehab.blogspot.com/2009/07/its-good-to-be-reminded-sometimes.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6868017445760432386/posts/default/8501697557980564739'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6868017445760432386/posts/default/8501697557980564739'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://wawarehab.blogspot.com/2009/07/its-good-to-be-reminded-sometimes.html' title='It&apos;s good to be reminded, sometimes...'/><author><name>Ioana</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17182134521638785538</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='33' height='27' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_kiZdZ2U2DNY/SEtd0NjWklI/AAAAAAAAABo/tRVrEsQkXjY/S220/buterfly.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6868017445760432386.post-6614748727773738897</id><published>2009-07-06T22:41:00.008-04:00</published><updated>2009-07-06T23:21:26.495-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='low calorie'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='herbs chicken'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='herbs'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='chicken recipe'/><title type='text'>Low Calorie Chicken Recipe with Herbs</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_kiZdZ2U2DNY/SlK-OeRNMaI/AAAAAAAAAGI/jwSHWg1zU80/s1600-h/494057053_f135c4de20_b.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_kiZdZ2U2DNY/SlK-OeRNMaI/AAAAAAAAAGI/jwSHWg1zU80/s200/494057053_f135c4de20_b.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5355552062749618594" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"&gt;Ladies and Gents,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"&gt;I just realized no-one in this house posted any recipe. Actually, no-one else does anything in this house. Nafis and I were away this weekend and we just got back and the house all sucks. But in any case, I think it's high time we shared another cooking experience.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"&gt;This is a very easy to make, non-fattening, and fast dish.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"&gt;Here is &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"&gt;what you need&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;!--StartFragment--&gt;  &lt;div style="margin-top:6.0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-left:.38in;text-indent: -.38in;text-align:left;direction:ltr;unicode-bidi:embed;mso-vertical-align-alt: auto;mso-line-break-override:none;punctuation-wrap:hanging"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"&gt;    —&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"&gt;Chicken (thighs, etc) – 8 &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"&gt;pcs&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"&gt;—&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"&gt;Carrots&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"&gt;- 2&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"&gt;—&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"&gt;Tomatoes – 1-2&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"&gt;—&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"&gt;Garlic – 4 cloves&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"&gt;—&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"&gt;Fresh thyme – 1 &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"&gt;tbs&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"&gt;—&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"&gt;Oregano – 1.5 &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"&gt;ts&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"&gt;—&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"&gt;Basil – 1.5 &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"&gt;ts&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"&gt;—&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"&gt;Fresh parsley, chopped – 1 &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"&gt;tbs&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"&gt;—&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"&gt;Salt, pepper&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;span style="mso-special-format:bullet;Wingdings 2&amp;quot;font-family:&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"&gt;—&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=" ;font-family:'Book Antiqua';"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"&gt;Oil&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-top:6.0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-left:.38in;text-indent: -.38in;text-align:left;direction:ltr;unicode-bidi:embed;mso-vertical-align-alt: auto;mso-line-break-override:none;punctuation-wrap:hanging"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style=" ;font-family:'Book Antiqua';"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"&gt;Of course, you can also do without all the fresh stuff and even without all the herbs, but the fresher the nicer it gets.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-top:6.0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-left:.38in;text-indent: -.38in;text-align:left;direction:ltr;unicode-bidi:embed;mso-vertical-align-alt: auto;mso-line-break-override:none;punctuation-wrap:hanging"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style=" ;font-family:'Book Antiqua';"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"&gt;To prepare i&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"&gt;t&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"&gt;, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-top:6.0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-left:.38in;text-indent: -.38in;text-align:left;direction:ltr;unicode-bidi:embed;mso-vertical-align-alt: auto;mso-line-break-override:none;punctuation-wrap:hanging"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"   style=" ;font-family:'Book Antiqua';font-size:13px;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"&gt;   &lt;/span&gt;&lt;!--StartFragment--&gt;&lt;div style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-left:.38in;text-indent: -.38in;text-align:left;direction:ltr;unicode-bidi:embed;mso-vertical-align-alt: auto;mso-line-break-override:none;punctuation-wrap:hanging"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;span style="mso-special-format:&amp;quot;numbullet3\,1&amp;quot;; font-family:+mj-lt;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"&gt;1.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=" ;font-family:'Book Antiqua';"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"&gt;Cut off the fat on the chicken&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;  &lt;div style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-left:.38in;text-indent: -.38in;text-align:left;direction:ltr;unicode-bidi:embed;mso-vertical-align-alt: auto;mso-line-break-override:none;punctuation-wrap:hanging"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;span style="mso-special-format:&amp;quot;numbullet3\,1&amp;quot;; font-family:+mj-lt;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"&gt;2.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=" ;font-family:'Book Antiqua';"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"&gt;Peel off 2 carrots and cut them in thin slices (as thin as possible, with the large knife)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;  &lt;div style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-left:.38in;text-indent: -.38in;text-align:left;direction:ltr;unicode-bidi:embed;mso-vertical-align-alt: auto;mso-line-break-override:none;punctuation-wrap:hanging"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;span style="mso-special-format:&amp;quot;numbullet3\,1&amp;quot;; font-family:+mj-lt;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"&gt;3.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=" ;font-family:'Book Antiqua';"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"&gt;Peel garlic – about 3-4 cloves – cut them in thin slices&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;  &lt;div style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-left:.38in;text-indent: -.38in;text-align:left;direction:ltr;unicode-bidi:embed;mso-vertical-align-alt: auto;mso-line-break-override:none;punctuation-wrap:hanging"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;span style="mso-special-format:&amp;quot;numbullet3\,1&amp;quot;; font-family:+mj-lt;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"&gt;4.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=" ;font-family:'Book Antiqua';"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"&gt;In the large pan&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;  &lt;div class="O1" style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-left:.75in; text-indent:-.37in;text-align:left;direction:ltr;unicode-bidi:embed;mso-vertical-align-alt: auto;mso-line-break-override:none;punctuation-wrap:hanging"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;span style="mso-special-format:&amp;quot;numbullet3\,1&amp;quot;; font-family:+mj-lt;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"&gt;1.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=" ;font-family:'Book Antiqua';"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"&gt;put a bit of oil and about a cup of water&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;  &lt;div class="O1" style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-left:.75in; text-indent:-.37in;text-align:left;direction:ltr;unicode-bidi:embed;mso-vertical-align-alt: auto;mso-line-break-override:none;punctuation-wrap:hanging"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;span style="mso-special-format:&amp;quot;numbullet3\,1&amp;quot;; font-family:+mj-lt;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"&gt;2.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=" ;font-family:'Book Antiqua';"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"&gt;add the carrots &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;  &lt;div class="O1" style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-left:.75in; text-indent:-.37in;text-align:left;direction:ltr;unicode-bidi:embed;mso-vertical-align-alt: auto;mso-line-break-override:none;punctuation-wrap:hanging"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;span style="mso-special-format:&amp;quot;numbullet3\,1&amp;quot;; font-family:+mj-lt;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"&gt;3.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=" ;font-family:'Book Antiqua';"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"&gt;add about 8 pieces of chicken (make sure the chicken is about half covered with water) &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;  &lt;div class="O1" style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-left:.75in; text-indent:-.37in;text-align:left;direction:ltr;unicode-bidi:embed;mso-vertical-align-alt: auto;mso-line-break-override:none;punctuation-wrap:hanging"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;span style="mso-special-format:&amp;quot;numbullet3\,1&amp;quot;; font-family:+mj-lt;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"&gt;4.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=" ;font-family:'Book Antiqua';"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"&gt;add salt (probably about one tablespoon)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;  &lt;div class="O1" style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-left:.75in; text-indent:-.37in;text-align:left;direction:ltr;unicode-bidi:embed;mso-vertical-align-alt: auto;mso-line-break-override:none;punctuation-wrap:hanging"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;span style="mso-special-format:&amp;quot;numbullet3\,1&amp;quot;; font-family:+mj-lt;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"&gt;5.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=" ;font-family:'Book Antiqua';"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"&gt;add the garlic and cover the pan&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;  &lt;div style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-left:.38in;text-indent: -.38in;text-align:left;direction:ltr;unicode-bidi:embed;mso-vertical-align-alt: auto;mso-line-break-override:none;punctuation-wrap:hanging"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;span style="mso-special-format:&amp;quot;numbullet3\,1&amp;quot;; font-family:+mj-lt;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"&gt;5.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=" ;font-family:'Book Antiqua';"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"&gt;As the chicken boils, add thyme (fresh, in the fridge), oregano, basil, pepper&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;  &lt;div style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-left:.38in;text-indent: -.38in;text-align:left;direction:ltr;unicode-bidi:embed;mso-vertical-align-alt: auto;mso-line-break-override:none;punctuation-wrap:hanging"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;span style="mso-special-format:&amp;quot;numbullet3\,1&amp;quot;; font-family:+mj-lt;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"&gt;6.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=" ;font-family:'Book Antiqua';"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"&gt;Cut off one (or two, see if it’s needed) tomato in cubes and add it when the chicken is almost done. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;  &lt;div style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-left:.38in;text-indent: -.38in;text-align:left;direction:ltr;unicode-bidi:embed;mso-vertical-align-alt: auto;mso-line-break-override:none;punctuation-wrap:hanging"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;span style="mso-special-format:&amp;quot;numbullet3\,1&amp;quot;; font-family:+mj-lt;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"&gt;7.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=" ;font-family:'Book Antiqua';"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"&gt;When it’s done, add one tablespoon of parsley, turn the heat off and cover the pan.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-left:.38in;text-indent: -.38in;text-align:left;direction:ltr;unicode-bidi:embed;mso-vertical-align-alt: auto;mso-line-break-override:none;punctuation-wrap:hanging"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-left:.38in;text-indent: -.38in;text-align:left;direction:ltr;unicode-bidi:embed;mso-vertical-align-alt: auto;mso-line-break-override:none;punctuation-wrap:hanging"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"&gt;That's it! Bon appetit! &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-left:.38in;text-indent: -.38in;text-align:left;direction:ltr;unicode-bidi:embed;mso-vertical-align-alt: auto;mso-line-break-override:none;punctuation-wrap:hanging"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"&gt;ps: picture by&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mrhappy8/494057053/"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"&gt;mrhappy - &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; "&gt;&lt;table id="Photo" cellspacing="0" border="0" style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; margin-top: 20px; "&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr valign="top" class="not_wide_top"&gt;&lt;td id="photoswftd" width="502" style="font-size: 12px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); padding-right: 50px; "&gt;&lt;h1 id="title_div494057053" property="dc:title" style="margin-top: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-bottom: 13px; "&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mrhappy8/494057053/"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"&gt;#123 Chicken watching TV&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/h1&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;  &lt;!--EndFragment--&gt;   &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;                    &lt;!--EndFragment--&gt;   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6868017445760432386-6614748727773738897?l=wawarehab.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://wawarehab.blogspot.com/feeds/6614748727773738897/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://wawarehab.blogspot.com/2009/07/low-calorie-chicken-recipe-with-herbs.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6868017445760432386/posts/default/6614748727773738897'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6868017445760432386/posts/default/6614748727773738897'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://wawarehab.blogspot.com/2009/07/low-calorie-chicken-recipe-with-herbs.html' title='Low Calorie Chicken Recipe with Herbs'/><author><name>Ioana</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17182134521638785538</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='33' height='27' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_kiZdZ2U2DNY/SEtd0NjWklI/AAAAAAAAABo/tRVrEsQkXjY/S220/buterfly.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_kiZdZ2U2DNY/SlK-OeRNMaI/AAAAAAAAAGI/jwSHWg1zU80/s72-c/494057053_f135c4de20_b.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6868017445760432386.post-4357001703572821604</id><published>2009-07-01T20:49:00.004-04:00</published><updated>2009-07-01T21:59:28.433-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='bitchy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='penis envy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='penis'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='friends'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='girl guy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='flash me'/><title type='text'>Me and ma boys...</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_kiZdZ2U2DNY/SkwT5pFuV0I/AAAAAAAAAFw/LBYW1yKjXGk/s1600-h/199976637_574dab5d00_o.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 116px; height: 200px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_kiZdZ2U2DNY/SkwT5pFuV0I/AAAAAAAAAFw/LBYW1yKjXGk/s200/199976637_574dab5d00_o.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5353675938040010562" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Being the only girl in the house is... quite an experience! I usually like it. The guys are nice, most of the time, and I get a lot of inside conversation that many other girls don't. It's true that it's sometimes annoying to be the only girl or one of the only 2-3 girls in a party, but it's also fun. Many times it's just so much easier to be friends with guys than girls. I think it's because they are usually a lot more honest and tolerant. Now, I don't want my words to be misinterpreted. Guys can be VERY bitchy! It's just that, usually, they are more friendly and accepting - oh, you do that - cool, let's play soccer. Might be because most of them suffer from learned ADD and don't genuinely care about what one thinks... Nafis has this t-shirt which says "A penny for you thought, a dollar if you flash me!" SO TRUE! 90% of the time guys couldn't care less for anyone's thoughts, ideas, or concerns, unless they can prove that the respective individual is wrong and they are right. So, 10 % of the cases are exceptions, and normally they care for who won the cup, what's for dinner, who's hot and... things like these. Therefore, it's considerably easier to get to know them. The harder part for women is getting men to do what they (women) want. Actually, I think today I developed an increased penis envy (after 3 hours of insane period cramps). I just think it's too easy to be male...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"&gt;Although, honestly speaking, being a girl doesn't suck that hard either. Especially when you are the woman of the house :P. It takes some yelling and frowning sometimes, but it can work out pretty well. I, for one, get to do shopping for the three of us who share food (Nafis, Ryan and I) - and I like shopping for good stuff, including food. I also get to have them clean up  (this can be sometimes a problem), but at least I'm not doing it all the time. I also don't have to cook or do laundry all by myself. I am given attention, since I am &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"&gt;the&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"&gt; girl :P. I also get a lot of understanding for my wilder side. I have plenty of support in various situations, including bug-related issues. And last, but not least, it's a lot of fun. Guys know jokes. They also gossip a lot and it's hilarious!!! They do a lot of retarded things like - who would do whom... etc etc.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"&gt;It's rather nice... and I do wish I could be a guy for like a day or two and see how feels. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"&gt;Honestly, I always wondered how it feels to have a penis, and more importantly, how it feels when your penis grows from flaccid to hard... fascinating to me!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;ps: image by Patrick Denker - Penis envy envy&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6868017445760432386-4357001703572821604?l=wawarehab.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://wawarehab.blogspot.com/feeds/4357001703572821604/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://wawarehab.blogspot.com/2009/07/me-and-ma-boys.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6868017445760432386/posts/default/4357001703572821604'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6868017445760432386/posts/default/4357001703572821604'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://wawarehab.blogspot.com/2009/07/me-and-ma-boys.html' title='Me and ma boys...'/><author><name>Ioana</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17182134521638785538</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='33' height='27' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_kiZdZ2U2DNY/SEtd0NjWklI/AAAAAAAAABo/tRVrEsQkXjY/S220/buterfly.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_kiZdZ2U2DNY/SkwT5pFuV0I/AAAAAAAAAFw/LBYW1yKjXGk/s72-c/199976637_574dab5d00_o.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6868017445760432386.post-2099607202912732587</id><published>2009-06-30T12:38:00.011-04:00</published><updated>2009-06-30T20:27:26.959-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='revelation'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='bum'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='ass'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='world'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='random'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='life'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='philosophy'/><title type='text'>It's a bum world...</title><content type='html'>&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"&gt;This is the very philosophical conclusion to which we arrived after Nafis shared his revelation with us. Apparently, the line that marked his existence the most was "touch my bum, this is life" from the &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lX3S1f_7dI4"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"&gt;very cheesy song of the Cheeky Girls&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"&gt;. The truth is, he says, that life is all about bum - you know, technically like that bumper sticker that says life is all about ass. He just gave it another turn, that men are trying to grab women's bums, we're all kissing bosses' and politicians' bums etc etc.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"&gt;In a personal interview with the Resident Fish, he has further clarified the meaning behind his slightly pornographic statement. Lets hear it from the horse's mouth:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"&gt;IM: So, Mr. Fish, would you please describe the details behind your statement? (this whole sentence was actually summarized in a high-pitched monosyllable "WHAT?")&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"&gt;The Resident Fish: yes, miss marin. Of course. After all, without my wisdom, the world would be falling apart. Why, if it wasn't for me, then would the current Prime Minister of Bangladesh be credible enough for her party member to try and persuade the parliament to form a regulation that would urge the Nobel Committee to award her with the Nobel Prize (&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.bdnews24.com/details.php?id=88471&amp;amp;cid=2&amp;amp;aoth=1"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"&gt;ref&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"&gt;). Anyways, coming back to the point - the song is actually DEEP! If you think about it, are we all not trying to do something with someone else's ass or even ass in general? You work it off, laugh it off, bet it, put it on the line, whoop it, wipe it, you ARE it, cant find it, chew it, work it, grind it, get it handed to you, put it in a sling, cover it, crawl up it, drag it, get it, give it, haul it, bust yours or others', have something up it, keep it down, kick it, kiss yours and others', look like it, act like it, talk like it, smell like it, take something up it and even pull something out of it. If you do not do any of the above, then maybe you are or have been one of the following at some point of your life - badass, jackass, pain in the ass, asshole, assclown, ass man, asswipe, big ass, candy ass, dumbass, half-assed, smart ass, lardass and tightass (&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.groupedia.com/fun/ass_idioms.html"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"&gt;thanks&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"&gt;). Anyways, the point here is that the "ass" is an omnipresent word in our lives and we just cant do without it! It does not matter whether it is called an ass, bum, derriere, bottom, butt, buttocks, can, fanny, keister, posterior, rear, rear end, seat, buns, cheeks, heinie, booty, phat, junk in the trunk, rump, badonkadonk, cakes, arse, tushi, toosh, petooti....(*whew*, thats all i know), its all the same and have the same importance and implications in our lives apart from being related to the two biological processes that are usually associated with it. So back to you Ms. Marin.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"&gt;IM: I believe this post should be classified as 18 years and older due to vulgar content and STUPIDITY!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"&gt;--------------End of Interview---------------&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"&gt;Since the conversation has gone so long about ass, I just cannot resist but put this song up, please enjoy: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P0Ne9CiRsd8"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"&gt;Alex C ft Y-ass: Sweetest Ass in the World&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"&gt;Also Please Stay Tuned as in the coming episodes, we will bring "The Devil"-'s take on the four lettered omnipresent abominable monosyllable....&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"&gt;Signed,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"&gt;The Resident Fish in Snuffles' account&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6868017445760432386-2099607202912732587?l=wawarehab.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://wawarehab.blogspot.com/feeds/2099607202912732587/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://wawarehab.blogspot.com/2009/06/its-bum-world.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6868017445760432386/posts/default/2099607202912732587'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6868017445760432386/posts/default/2099607202912732587'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://wawarehab.blogspot.com/2009/06/its-bum-world.html' title='It&apos;s a bum world...'/><author><name>Ioana</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17182134521638785538</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='33' height='27' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_kiZdZ2U2DNY/SEtd0NjWklI/AAAAAAAAABo/tRVrEsQkXjY/S220/buterfly.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6868017445760432386.post-4653705418981327664</id><published>2009-06-24T00:36:00.010-04:00</published><updated>2009-06-24T11:45:16.015-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='South Asian'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='ghee'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='beef'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='basmati rice'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='tehari'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='duffer'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='spices'/><title type='text'>He didn't say anything about the recipe!!! - BEEF TEHARI!</title><content type='html'>&lt;span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;So, Ryan has ADD... or that will probably be his excuse for not including information about the highlight of the night - us cooking beef tehari - a most delicious South Asian dish that infused our common room/ lounge with savory spices aromas (ok, I'm running out of inspiration). And we were supposed to share our tehari cooking process with the posterity...&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;So here is what was up - we had a big chunk of &lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;beef meat&lt;/span&gt; - about 2 pounds and we have a 10 pound of&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"&gt; basmati rice&lt;/span&gt; from the Indian Bazaar, which I bought for obvious reasons (there are 3 South Asians in the house, duh!!!) And we also have a &lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;whole lot of spices&lt;/span&gt; I acquired over the course of two years in college :) That's why we decided to make Bengali style tehari, which means that we also put potatoes. Technically, if you want to make any South Asian dish specifically Bengali, you just need to put potatoes in it ;)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;Let's start with the &lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;ingredients&lt;/span&gt;: &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Beef - 2 pounds&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Rice (as good rice as possible) - 1 pound (right about)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Potatoes - 2-3 &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Onion - 1 &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghee"&gt;Ghee&lt;/a&gt;/ Butter/ Oil - right about 3 spoons&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Yoghurt - 1 cup&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Bay leaves - 2&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Cumin seeds - 1 tbsp&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Cardamoms - 1-2 black and 3-4 green cardamoms, or about 1 tbsp of powder&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Black pepper - 1 tbsp&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Chili powder - 1 tbsp&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Cloves - 4&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Cinnamon - 2 sticks&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Coriander powder - 1 tbsp and leaves, if you have&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Hot peppers - 2&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Ginger paste - 1-2 tbsp&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Garlic 1-2 tbsp&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Salt&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;div&gt;To make it: cut the beef in small cubes and mix all the spices with the yoghurt, the chopped onion, and 2 tbsp of ghee or oil. Then let it marinate in the fridge for about half an hour (you can leave it more - it's ok). &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;In the meantime, peel and cut the potatoes in small cubes and wash the rice.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Then put the beef in a pot with as heavy a bottom as possible, add about a cup of water, and start cooking the beef.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;In the meantime, bring water to a boil in another pot and add the rice half cook, then drain the water out. Once the beef gets soft, add the rice on top without mixing it. Pour another cup of water, and another spoon of ghee/ oil and cover it. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;At this point, this takes a bit of care... cause we actually burned some of the meat at the bottom. I think the best way to avoid this is to actually put it in the oven. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Try it out... we'll also put a picture of our food up - once Ryan downloads it! dufffeeer&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_OVlrZXstk&amp;amp;feature=relate"&gt;And, as Indian people like to say: Thank you, come again!&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_OVlrZXstk&amp;amp;feature=relate"&gt;http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_OVlrZXstk&amp;amp;feature=related&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6868017445760432386-4653705418981327664?l=wawarehab.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://wawarehab.blogspot.com/feeds/4653705418981327664/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://wawarehab.blogspot.com/2009/06/he-didnt-say-anything-about-recipe-beef.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6868017445760432386/posts/default/4653705418981327664'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6868017445760432386/posts/default/4653705418981327664'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://wawarehab.blogspot.com/2009/06/he-didnt-say-anything-about-recipe-beef.html' title='He didn&apos;t say anything about the recipe!!! - BEEF TEHARI!'/><author><name>Ioana</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17182134521638785538</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='33' height='27' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_kiZdZ2U2DNY/SEtd0NjWklI/AAAAAAAAABo/tRVrEsQkXjY/S220/buterfly.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6868017445760432386.post-2302441473997221653</id><published>2009-06-23T21:23:00.003-04:00</published><updated>2009-06-24T00:33:22.954-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='beard'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='lazy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='beef'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='parsi'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='tehari'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='cooking'/><title type='text'>I've had my epiphany - can we eat now</title><content type='html'>&lt;span class="EC_Apple-style-span"  style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);  font-family:Georgia;"&gt;&lt;span class="EC_Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"&gt;It's dinner time again. It's remarkable how much of our lives revolve around food. There's the old young men need nourishment idea but seriously, it's like we've been eating fat and oil and meat for almost a week now.  This stuff is pretty tasty though....shrimp and spaghetti in white wine, vegetables in jaipur style, cumin chicken, mashed potatoes.But sometimes I get the feeling that we're using this heavy food to fill a void in our lives - nafis is filling the void left by his hair, ioana is using the fat as a substitute for scottish people and I'm using the fat to replace the emptiness in my life since Ryan Giggs retired from international soccer.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="EC_Apple-style-span"  style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);  font-family:Georgia;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="EC_Apple-style-span"  style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);  font-family:Georgia;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"&gt;I never thought I would be cooking this much. Nafis is imparting some of his wisdom to me. And all the food we've made so far has turned out pretty good. But I don't see myself cooking much once the semester starts. I really hope I do but I'm not going to have enough time to do it.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;span class="EC_Apple-style-span"  style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);  font-family:Georgia;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="EC_Apple-style-span"  style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);  font-family:Georgia;"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"&gt;It's at a time like this that I think of all the things I started doing but never bothered to continue with - learning the guitar, debating, creative writing, soccer (not at the kick about level but at the serious competitive level.) I was never forced to do any of these things. I started doing them because I wanted to. I just never had the drive or the ambition to stick with them for a long period of time. This year, I'm really hoping to change that by working with the International Students Association of Lafayette College, Mentoring in Easton middle school, Taekwondo and Alternative School Break. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="EC_Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"&gt;I'm not going to give you some long winded crap about how I'm going to turn my life around from now on and become a better person coz inspite of this great epiphany, I'm probably still going to be the same asshole who likes insulting my friends by calling them fat and who is lazy and a slob and who will put off a 10 page paper until the night before. But, atleast now I will probably feel some remorse at the fact that I'm still a mean, lazy SOB and hopefully that will make me straighten up a little bit. And probably shave when I decide to straighten up.  The beard isn't a sign of rebellion against the established social practices of conformity, its just a sign of laziness. When the beard goes, thats probably when I'll start straightening up.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"&gt;In the worlds of those famous Bawa philosophers of old - Jamva Chalo Ji&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6868017445760432386-2302441473997221653?l=wawarehab.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://wawarehab.blogspot.com/feeds/2302441473997221653/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://wawarehab.blogspot.com/2009/06/its-dinner-time-again.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6868017445760432386/posts/default/2302441473997221653'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6868017445760432386/posts/default/2302441473997221653'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://wawarehab.blogspot.com/2009/06/its-dinner-time-again.html' title='I&apos;ve had my epiphany - can we eat now'/><author><name>crimsnhawk</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6868017445760432386.post-3709036823546236197</id><published>2009-06-22T19:14:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2009-06-23T03:07:43.527-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Ethiopia'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='India'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Lafayette'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Romania'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='hair'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='annoying'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='BS'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Wawa'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Bangladesh'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='food'/><title type='text'>INTRODUCTION</title><content type='html'>Hey there and welcome to our blog! Thanks for taking the time to read (in case you do, of course, take that time). So, because there might be people who don't know us reading this (or so we hope), and also because we think it would be cool, let's make some introductions :P &lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;We are a bunch of friends from &lt;a href="http://www.lafayette.edu/"&gt;Lafayette College&lt;/a&gt; - Easton, PA. Very genderly imbalanced, considering the fact that there are 4 guys and one girl among us. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;We come from 4 different developing countries (&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bangladesh"&gt;Bangladesh&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethiopia"&gt;Ethiopia&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India"&gt;India&lt;/a&gt;, and &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romania"&gt;Romania&lt;/a&gt; (in alphabetical order)), which makes it a lot easier to "feel" each other, so that's cool. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Currently, we all live together in B11 - one of the suits in Watson Courts in this college. It's pretty cool and we enjoy living together, just that the double is pretty small. In any case...&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;So, we try to live as good and clean as possible here. We try to cook as much as possible and make all these things that each of us eat back home or that tickle our fantasies. Sometimes we eat at &lt;a href="http://www.wawa.com/WawaWeb/"&gt;Wawa&lt;/a&gt; - a local Pennsylvanian convenience store. We all "heart" Wawa! &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Oh, I forgot to mention that we're all science majors and are pursuing BSs...&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;So that's about it for our common entity. Let's move to the personal level, in a.o. (alphabetical order):&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 171px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_kiZdZ2U2DNY/SkAZUD4irvI/AAAAAAAAAEw/1IXqY-41Rsg/s200/brooks.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5350304189746687730" border="0" /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Brook (Bisrat Estifanos&lt;/span&gt;)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Nationality: Ethiopian&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Major: currently B.S. Neuroscience, but stay &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;posted&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Nickname: Big/FatBoy (he is the heaviest in the house)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Likes: soccer, science, Ethiopian food, porn, random youtube &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;videos, black uhuru&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Favorite dish: injara&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 163px; height: 200px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_kiZdZ2U2DNY/SkAaf8JHX_I/AAAAAAAAAE4/FALvWdJpHXo/s200/farhan.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5350305493338775538" border="0" /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Farhan (Abedin)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Nationality: Bangladeshi&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Major: B.S. Math&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Nickname: The Devil&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Likes: math, physics, guitar, annoying people, stand-up comedy&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Favorite dish: chicken pulao&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 187px; height: 200px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_kiZdZ2U2DNY/SkAcZVmuWAI/AAAAAAAAAFA/_6o8ovD4qEU/s200/me.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5350307578938021890" border="0" /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Ioana (Alexandra Marin)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Nationality: Romanian&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Major: B.S. Neuroscience&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Nickname: Snuffles McGregor&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Likes: science, biotronic, desi stuff, cooking&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Favorite dish: piure de cartofi (mashed potatoes)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 147px; height: 200px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_kiZdZ2U2DNY/SkAdtvYObuI/AAAAAAAAAFI/-X4k7MK_ZNQ/s200/nafis.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5350309028965543650" border="0" /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Nafis (Q Hasan)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Nationality: Bangladeshi&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Major: B.S. Biology&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Nickname: Mofiz&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Likes: Bio, Manga, FOOD, sex, hair&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Favorite dish: biryani&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 168px; height: 200px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_kiZdZ2U2DNY/SkAgI4z5f-I/AAAAAAAAAFQ/-myveImWcGY/s200/ryan.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5350311694377254882" border="0" /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Ryan (Shroff)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Nationality: India&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Major: B.S. Psychology&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Nickname: Cute &amp;amp; Badass&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Likes: mint chocolate chip hooka, making people feel good, mangoes, making fun of his sister, tetris&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Favorite dish: Dahi Kadi&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;I think that's it for now...&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6868017445760432386-3709036823546236197?l=wawarehab.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://wawarehab.blogspot.com/feeds/3709036823546236197/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://wawarehab.blogspot.com/2009/06/introduction.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6868017445760432386/posts/default/3709036823546236197'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6868017445760432386/posts/default/3709036823546236197'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://wawarehab.blogspot.com/2009/06/introduction.html' title='INTRODUCTION'/><author><name>Ioana</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17182134521638785538</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='33' height='27' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_kiZdZ2U2DNY/SEtd0NjWklI/AAAAAAAAABo/tRVrEsQkXjY/S220/buterfly.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_kiZdZ2U2DNY/SkAZUD4irvI/AAAAAAAAAEw/1IXqY-41Rsg/s72-c/brooks.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
