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    SOS bread making specialists... a novice Q

    I have always made our breads on our electric breadmaker, but I was feeling a little adventurous, as we have a potent new oven now I decided to do some rolls manually yesterday, well, with a help of the electric mixer/kneader. The result was quite impressive, looked great as shown below, and...
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    Happy Birthday Cade, Kadesma's special boy!!

    Happy 7th Birthday, Cade!! May all your dreams come true, have an extra special day!!:flowers::heart::w00t2: Luvs, "Auntie" Licia
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    Happy Birthday, Jikoni!

    Joyeux anniversaire, Jikoni!! Have a day to remember in Torino, and make all your wishes come true!! Here's a special birthday present just 4 U.....:wink: Tanti Auguri, cara amica mia!!:flowers:
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    Ready steady "Sofritto"

    I wanted to share my recent discovery of a trick for quick and easy every day cooking... "Sofritto" is an Italian term for a well-sautèed mixture of finely chopped vegetables, the basic one is onion, carrots and garlic, also for a variation bell peppers, radicchio, shallot, celery etc. can be...
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    Knut the polar bear cub... isn't he the cutest thing... :-)

    I just came across him by chance while surfing... I couldn't help but sharing some ooohs and aaaahs with you folks...:wub: Photo Gallery of Knut the baby polar bear from Berlin zoo Enjoy!!:tongue:
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    ISO TNT recipes for Tagine

    We just bought a Tajine (or Tagine), a Moroccan slowcooker made with clay. They look really nice, we used it a couple of times but were not sure exactly how to cook our foods properly, so basically ended up precooking most of them and let it simmer for some time (1-1,5hr). They came out very...
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    ISO advice for get-well-soon greeting card

    Our gym instructor Francesco had an accident with his motorcycle the other day, broke his wrist and won't be giving us lessons for a good while.:sad: I am making him a get well card, so tomorrow I will have everyone sign on it at the gym and send it to him. As for the theme/design, I...
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    Swordfish steak alla Siciliana

    One of my favourite recipes to enjoy one of my favourite fishes!! Usually I prefer simple recipes with few ingredients to appreciate fish, but this is an exception... olives, capers and tomatoes, all Sicilian specialties, compliment the fish (also popular in Sicilia) perfectly!! Ingredients...
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    Pychotka: little known sweetie from Poland!

    One of my classmates from Poland while I was attending an Italian course a couple of years ago made this and brought it to the class for us. It was oh, so incredibly delicious I had to pester the ... out of her for the recipe!!:tongue: Takes a bit of patience but technically not difficult, it is...
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    Lulu will be back soon...

    She has been another regular who has gone MIA for a while, I just heard from her yesterday and I thought I would let you know that she and her hubby are doing well in Milano, have enjoyed their first Christmas in Italy. They have been having a problem getting the ADSL connection sorted out...
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    Dishwasher: is it a worthwhile investment?

    Over the next year or so we will be designing/remodelling/building a new kitchen in our new flat.(the existing one is really a disaster, we will strip down everything and start from the scratch. Actually it goes for the entire flat!!) Cris is insisting on installing a dishwashing machine in the...
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    Cooking Kiwi?

    The other day at the market we found very very mature kiwi on sale at 70 cents per kilo. There weren't many left and the vendor who was evidently anxious to wrap it up and go home, gave all of them to us for 1€, which were nearly 2kg. They were very good, only one of them being gone over the...
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    Happy Birthday, Barbara L.!!

    To our very special lady, hope you will enjoy a beautiful day... I am sure James will treat you like princess!! (But then again, he always does, doesn't he!!:smile: ) Tanti Auguri, Barb!!
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    Charlotte, space please!!

    Charlotte, I couldn't answer your PM because your PM box was full and mine won't fit in...:ohmy: Can you make some space please??
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    ISO recipe ideas for "Trigo para kibe"

    The other day while we are at the market, we came across this item called "Trigo para kibe". It looks very much like a finer form of bulghur, its origin is of Brazil. We were curious and picked up a bagful. Well, our google search didn't reveal much, most of the infos are provided in...
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    A little sampler of "La Musica Italiana"

    I have been participating in "What song are you listening to now?" thread from time to time, and it occured to me that most of you have no idea whatsoever about some of my entries, and it makes me feel bad a bit... Since I came to Rome I discovered Italian Pop, and the more I get into it, the...
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    Sluggish lower back problem?

    I really hope this doesn't sound like any whinging or moaning, I am more curious concerning my pesky little "problemino" in my lower back, my weak spot. It is nothing like incapacitating or torturous, just annoying. I have been always plagued by it as far back as I can remember, even when I was...
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    TNT: Pina Colada Cream Puff Pastry Pie

    This is what we did with some of the very ripe pineapple we got this past weekend, aside from the delicious meatloaf. 350g(12oz) circa puff pastry sheet For coconut custard 2 tins of coconut milk (425ml/15oz x 2) 2 eggs 80g or 4 tbsp of sugar 30ml/1oz rum 20g / 2 tbsp flour just enough milk...
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    TNT: Pineapple meatloaf with sweet and sour sauce

    This weekend we picked up a fresh pineapple, it was so ripe that it required immediate consuming/cooking. I would have been happy to just cut it up and gobble, but Cris was in his creative mode and wanted to do something interesting with it. After some brain storming, we came up with this one...
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    Warning...possible hazard of a morning caffeine overdose

    I had Pdswife in mind but perhaps there are some other people who need to watch these...:lol: :rofl: Warning 1 Warning 2 Poor bugger on the far right under the arrow... ouch! (wonder what sort of excuse he has to make on the black and blue on his face when the boss walks in??)
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    Kaiserschmarren, a hearty treat from the Alps

    This is a delicious eggy pancakes/pancaky omelette broken down in bite sizes very popular around the alpine region in the northern Italy also in Austria. You can also make a savoury version with the same base without sugar and other additions like cheese, chives, potatoes, speck, mushrooms etc...
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    Our holiday in Alto Adige, Italian Alps

    We got back Monday night from our10 days up in the north among the mountain, near the border of Switzerland and Austria. It was our second time in this area, we don't seem to be exactly a good luck charm, the weather never cooperates with us and for the most of the time a lot of clouds loomed...
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    Real Life Scary Movie!!??

    O...M...G....!!!! Fortunately this guy wasn't hungry at the moment... but I would have gone dead out of sheer terror!!
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    This is for the sake of peace and innocent victims...

    I am sorry if starting of this thread is brushing too close to a political issue.. but this means much more to me for world peace and humanity. As some of you may be aware, the world officials gathered around here in Rome to seek a solution (mostly cease fire) for the Lebanon/Israel conflict...
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    Feline Therapy... Purrrrfect stress relief

    It does the trick just watching this... imagine if you were that pooch!!:smile:
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