Apple-Cherry Pie
Great baking apples for pies include the tart and tangy Granny Smith, the sweet-tart Cortland or Newton Pippin, the medium-tart Rome Beauty, and the slightly tart York Imperial. Tags: Apple Cherry , Apple Pie , Apples , Baking , Cherry Pie , Cortland , Granny Smith , Newton , Pies , Pippin , Recipes , Rome Beauty Related posts Kids Eating Healthy (0) Yellow Peppers with Tomatoes (0) Wine Tasting Party (0) Why Some Vegetarians Will Not Consume Sugar (0) Why Some Vegans Do Not Wear Wool (0) Why People Become Vegetarians (0) Whole Grain Berry Biscuits (0)
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Apple-Cherry Pie
Jump to the full entry & travel map Helsinki, Southern Finland, Finland This is our first attempt at writing a blog, but we will try to be as humorous and entertaining as possible and we hope you enjoy reading it as much as we’ve enjoyed exploring Eastern Europe and crafting this blog! It was a particularly stressful time in the lead up to our departure with packing boxes, moving out of the flat and more than one temper tantrum… mostly John 
, but first up on our whistle stop tour of Eastern Europe was Helsinki… Chloe’s friend, Heikki, met us at the airport and took us on a tiki-tour of Helsinki en route to our hostel, the Academica Summer Hostel on Hietaniemenkatu (some would say he was a little lost, but we prefer to say that we saw the sights). It was great to be met by a local and to catch up with an old travelling buddy (thanks Heikki!). Thanks also to Heikki and Anna for cooking us a great meal, the evening tour and for introducing us to “megapussi” and “fanny custard”!!! Haha!! Helsinki hosted the 1952 Summer Olympics and the various stadia are still in use throughout the city. We took a morning run around the Gulf of Finland, the main stadium and surrounds – all a little less impressive than we had expected. On the way home, we found a bar called the KY Club – which we found just as amusing as other Finnish words.
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2 days in Helsinki – Helsinki, Southern Finland, Finland
Amma,Where are you? Amma,the whole of yesterday I slogged in the kitchen.I wanted to make the green peas kuzhambu and keerai masiyal the same way you prepared for me when I was young.But,no!how many ever times I tried, I did not get that superb taste of the kuzhambu made by you. Amma,do you remember/I was eight years old and both of us were invited for a function in a relative’s house.We went.After the function was over,they served us lunch.I was very hungry when I sat down to eat.But I could not eat even a little bit of what was served .The food was very spicy.My eyes were watering.The little amount of payasam that was served to me was not sufficient to satisfy my hunger.We took leave and walked back home,from Ice house to Star Theater.All the way home I was pulling your hand and cried “Amma,Iam hungry’.You took my hand and said”As soon as we reach home I will give you food’.I continued crying,because I was very hungry.
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Amma,Where are you?
Jump to the full entry & travel map Barbosa, Santander, Colombia 22nd July 2009 Hotel Kiosko, Barbosa, Colombia (22,000) warm oiba – Barbosa (70 kms) Today was an up and down day, no surprises there then. The weather held out and even got quite hot at one point, so T shirts were the order of the day. We found porridge yesterday, hurrah, so we bought a small packet just to try it out. We’re hopeful we can find more of it
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The chicken holiday camp – Barbosa, Santander, Colombia
Jump to the full entry & travel map Rotorua, North Island, New Zealand In Rotorua, i wanted to experience some Maori culture, thermal energy and some more sport. Check! First of all, the town itself constantly has this sulphur smell (rotten egg), that comes and goes in strength, due to all the volcanic and thermal activity in the area. You actually kind of get used to it. It’s quite a tourist town due to the cultural and thermal attractions. I have decided that it is great to travel in the low season, there are less peeps, easy to get accomodation (otherwise planning would be a must as it would be chalkered), prices lower, and you just have more space which i love.
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Rambling in Rotorua. – Rotorua, North Island, New Zealand
Jump to the full entry & travel map Maun, Botswana Being poled along by Ellisa in a mokoro (2 people sitting / lying in a dug out canoe), listening to the bird and insect life and reeds being brushed aside for 3 hours, as we headed to an overnight stay 4.5 km away on a island in edge of the 16,000 sq km Okavango Delta. Thank goodness we had a modern mokoro ie a fibreglass one as the wooden ones made out of single sausage tree that takes 80 years to grow but only last 5 – 6 years leak! We had to take everything in and then take out all of our rubbish. One mokoro had the cooking gear / food and another all of our tents piled on it.
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Stars and Frogs – Maun, Botswana
This little goblin won’t bite you even if you nibble on him! The yummy cheese spreads easily on crackers for a quick snack. Tags: Cooking Tips Related posts Wine Tasting Party (0) Why Some Vegetarians Will Not Consume Sugar (0) Why Some Vegans Do Not Wear Wool (0) Why People Become Vegetarians (0) White Chocolate Candies (0) Whisky 101 (0) When it comes to kitchen remodeling, we often associate kitchen remodeling with homeowners. This is because as a homeowner, you have the right to decide whether or not you want your kitchen to be remodeled.
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Cheesy Goblin Head
Jump to the full entry & travel map Santiago, Región Metropolitana, Chile Buenos Dias Amigos! Apologies for taking so long to get these up nowadays as struggling to ever find internet access! After leaving El Calafate (from last blog) we took a short 5 hr minibus to Puerto Natales in far south Chile, just above Tierra Del Fuego. This was a weirdly attractive and mysterious town, with rows of multicoloured corrugated iron houses perched along empty streets emerging through thick fog.
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Feeling Chile… – Santiago, Región Metropolitana, Chile
Jump to the full entry & travel map Port-au-Prince, Haiti “Each of you has been blessed with one of God’s many wonderful gifts to be used in the service of others so use your gift well.” 1 Peter 4 Wake up call at 3:30! I enjoy a last shower and cup of coffee! We manage to be downstairs by 5:00. Well except Jane, she’s usually the last one (of course you’ll also notice in pictures she looks better than the rest of us). We arrive with plenty of time to spare although we do have to rearrange some luggage as a few of our bags are over the fifty pound limit. Bill and Dave get pulled out randomly to have their carry-ons measured. Surprise, surprise, the bags are “too big” so they must be checked for the tidy sum of $100 per bag. We organize ourselves at the gate and head to the duty-free shops for provisions. Soon we are on the plane for the final leg of our journey. My travel buddy has not picked up his duty-free at the gate so he needs to get off the plane to retrieve it. This is quite frowned upon by the airline personal but Tom is tenacious. The Jameson’s will not be left behind! I’m thankful for a very uneventful flight! We arrive at the airport in PAP. In the airport there are quite a few mission groups. They all have matching shirts, with proverbs on them, and are dressed like they are going on safari in Africa! With our duty-free goods, rag-tag clothes, disturbingly large duffles, and loud banter we are definitely the “bad news bears” of mission groups. If being in Haiti is wrong I don’t want to be right! Which of course makes it so much more fun! We get through customs smoothly and head out to the parking lot to wait for our rental trucks. The heat is stifling and the smell in the air is not to be described. As I scan the surrounding areas I see pollution and poverty. Avis finally brings the trucks but the spare has a flat! This can’t be so we wait some more for it to be fixed. The time it takes to accomplish something in Haiti could be compared to watching paint dry! Our bags are loaded up (we take three trucks) and off we go. One quick stop at the gas station for some snacks and beverages. It could be a four hour drive or it could be an eight hour drive so you need to be prepared! We meet up with our translators as well, Dee and Martin. We definitely could not do it without them. They are a wealth of knowledge and are so patient explaining, and re-explaining, things. (For example, Laurie comments that she has not seen any cats in Haiti, and Martin tells us it is because they eat them! PETA does not have an office here!) Martin learned English from watching Jerry Springer shows off of pirated cable TV! As we head into the mountains we see hordes of people sitting by the road, selling whatever they can. The roads have improved since my last trip so our drive up, while long (five hours for fifty-five miles) is smooth. We stop at various points for pictures. Whenever we stop people gather around us. They are so hungry and you can see the malnutrition. They are also so friendly and kind. They love for us to take their picture with a digital camera so they can see themselves (no mirrors). We finally arrive at the clinic and it is raining! We greet Dr.
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The Journey to St. Pierre… – Port-au-Prince, Haiti
Jump to the full entry & travel map San Severino Marche, Marche, Italy My stay in San Severino Marche was recommended by MarcheRustico a tourist marketing and real estate agency that organise accommodations, wine tasting tours , and cookery courses, Developed over the centuries in 2 distinct parts the city of San Severino Marche is a wonderful example of peasant and urban life. The well tended countryside of vineyards, olive groves, wheat, barley and sunflowers versus the mature manufacturing industries of shoes, handbags, fashion, bicycles and marble, all blend magnificently in old and modern styles
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A Passage through History – San Severino Marche, Marche, Italy
Jump to the full entry & travel map San Blas Islands, San Blas, Panama Where to start? At the beginning I suppose! We set sail from Cartagena, Colombia on board the good ship Fritz The Cat, a 49ft catamaran captained by an Austrian mad man, in the early afternoon of Tuesday the 7th of July bound for the San Blas archipelago on the Caribbean coast of Panama. After a lovely lunch of Wahu or Mahu or something (some kind of fish or other – I’m getting better, it was certainly meaty but a lot whiter than the tuna that is usually my pescine limit) prepared by Fritz, a former chef and restaurant owner, we weighed anchor and set off on our two day crossing on the open seas. Conditions were lovely, with a sunny sky and calm seas bidding us farewell to the continent of South America
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Land ahoy! Its Central America! – San Blas Islands, San Blas, Panama
The possibilities for creating this cherubic chorus of one-of-a-kind cookie faces are as limitless as your imagination. Tags: Cooking Tips Related posts Wine Tasting Party (0) Why Some Vegetarians Will Not Consume Sugar (0) Why Some Vegans Do Not Wear Wool (0) Why People Become Vegetarians (0) White Chocolate Candies (0) Whisky 101 (0) When it comes to kitchen remodeling, we often associate kitchen remodeling with homeowners. This is because as a homeowner, you have the right to decide whether or not you want your kitchen to be remodeled.
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Sugar Cookie Carolers
When I first mentioned the name of the course I was going to follow in Siena to one of my best friends, she only giggled. La dolce vita, that’s nothing you can learn – in her opinion. But trust me: once you enter the magical world of this course, the Italian way of life will have an everlasting influence on everything you’ll do! La dolce vita definitely is not the same as the famous dolce far niente.
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HOW TO STUDY LA DOLCE VITA IN SIENA? Ten steps to experience Siena and the Sienese life
Jump to the full entry & travel map Mal Pais, Province of Puntarenas, Costa Rica Day 6 – Thursday, July 2, 2009 – Puntarenas Ferry – Mal Pais – We awoke early to the sounds of a mewing cat at the hotel. We left Monteverde fairly early in the morning so we could catch the 11:00 am Ferry in Puntarenas. Shaeleigh, Malesa, and I had breakfast at the restaurant in the Fonda Vela. The breakfast choices were very limited, but the food was good (the French toast didn’t look that good, but we didn’t order it). While we were eating, the mewing stray cat that woke us up came to the restaurant. I am not sure what happened to the cat, but we didn’t see him again that morning
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The Cottage on the Beach – Mal Pais, Province of Puntarenas, Costa Rica
Get kids involved and ask them to help prepare the eggs and toast. They can stir the cheese into the corn bread batter or add the finely shredded basil to the ketchup. Tags: Basil , Cheese , Corn Bread , Cornbread , Ketchup , Recipes , Scrambled Eggs , Toast Related posts Farmer's Casserole (for 12) (0) English Muffin Bread (0) Carrot and Bacon Quiche (0) Yellow Peppers with Tomatoes (0) Wine Tasting Party (0) Why Some Vegetarians Will Not Consume Sugar (0) Why Some Vegans Do Not Wear Wool (0)
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Filed under: Style in the News HATS OFF ON TO ISABELLA BLOW The legendary eccentric editor of the Tatter has two new life stories in the works. The biographies about Isabella Blow, who wore crazy hats to prevent air kisses from the fashion hordes, are due out in 2010
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Jump to the full entry & travel map Nederland, Colorado, United States My mom and sisters came in from Wichita to visit me (Kristi) at the Webber family cabin north of Boulder, Colorado for five days of fun. I hadn’t seen them since October, so it was so nice to catch up and spend time together. During our girl’s weekend, we visited Rocky Mountain National Park and climbed up to some waterfalls and hiked a portion of Deer Mountain trail. I brought everyone into Boulder to do some shopping on Pearl Street and catch some street performers. My mom, sister Olivia, and I hiked Sugar Loaf Mountain one morning to see a beautiful three hundred and sixty degree view of Colorado. Rachel and Olivia performed their recital dances for the people of Switzerland Park. Cindy Webber (Darren’s mom) came up for the recital and stayed for dinner and games. Last, but certainly not least, a black bear was caught in Switzerland Park while we were there. The Department of Wildlife set up a trap for the bear since it had entered someone’s cabin twice for food. This was quite the excitement for the park. Overall, we had a wonderful time playing games, cooking, hiking, and lots and lots of laughing. Thank you Mom, Erika, Rachel and Olivia for coming out to Colorado to visit. Thanks to Cindy for making it possible to stay at the cabin.
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Girl’s weekend- Switzerland Park, Colorado – Nederland, Colorado, United States
Jump to the full entry & travel map Tena, Ecuador For two weeks, we volunteered at the Arajuno Jungle Lodge, owned by Tom who made his way to Ecuador back his days as a Peace Corps volunteer. To get there, we hopped on a bus from Quito to Tena where we ran into the cab driver we had met with my mom. We figured he would give us an honest rate to the Arajuno River, and Tom laughingly told us we got the best rate he has heard of. Once at the river, we hopped onto a motorized canoe with Tim upriver to his lodge. It’s hardly a hassle, but the slight inconvenience to get there makes it a relatively un-touristy location.
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Arajuno Jungle Lodge – Tena, Ecuador
If the chopped tomato is especially juicy, place the chopped pieces in a strainer or colander set over a bowl. Allow tomato pieces to drain 10 to 15 minutes to remove excess juices that can thin the sauce. Tags: 15 Minutes , Chopped Tomato , Colander , Cooking Tips , Fresh Pasta , Fresh Tomato Sauce , Juices , Juicy , Strainer , Tomato Pieces Related posts Wine Tasting Party (0) Why Some Vegetarians Will Not Consume Sugar (0) Why Some Vegans Do Not Wear Wool (0) Why People Become Vegetarians (0) White Chocolate Candies (0) Whisky 101 (0) When it comes to kitchen remodeling, we often associate kitchen remodeling with homeowners.
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Fresh Tomato Sauce with Pasta
Jump to the full entry & travel map Amed, Bali, Indonesia Back to Bali, but not too far in spirit from the tropical paradise offered by the Gili Islands. We spent the next 4 nights in an area in the northeast of Bali generally known as the Amed Coast. We actually stayed in the village of Jemeluk. The coastline consists of a string of small fishing villages where daily life is intermingled with a relaxed tourist atmosphere. We’d like to be able to provide you with a long list of all the things we did here, but the list isn’t very long. Well, Jon did get another couple of dives in and Liz took a quick Indonesian cooking class with the cook at our hotel, but we basically extended our old habits from Gili Meno.
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Amed Coast, Bali – Amed, Bali, Indonesia