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Scratch scratch. Scratch. Your head is feeling really itchy. Could it be lice?
If so, you're not alone. Every year, millions of people worldwide get head lice. Most of those millions are kids. Any kid who goes to school has probably already heard about lice. They can spread easily at schools, so if one kid gets them, the rest of the class might get them, too. What can you do? Let's find out.
Lice are very, very small insects. In fact, they are so tiny that you can barely see them! Each louse (the name for one of the lice) is only about the size of a sesame seed.
Head lice need to be next to skin to survive — and the warmth of your skin is a perfect place for them to live. Lice eat tiny amounts of blood (much less than a mosquito does) for their nourishment and use their sticky little feet to hold on to hair. Gross!
When lice start living in hair, they also start to lay eggs, or nits. Lice can survive up to 30 days on a person's head and can lay eight eggs a day. Lice attach their nits to pieces of hair, close to the scalp. If you see a small, oval blob on a strand of hair, that's probably a nit. If these little eggs are yellow, tan, or brown, the lice haven't hatched yet. If the eggs are white or clear, the lice have hatched.
Although they don't hurt, lice sometimes can irritate the skin and make it itchy (especially at night). Too much scratching can lead to scalp infections.
Having lice can be embarrassing, but anyone can get them. That includes the cleanest kid in the class! Having head lice is not a sign of dirtiness or poor hygiene. The pesky little bugs can be a problem no matter how often a kid does — or doesn't — wash their hair or take a bath.
Lice can't jump or fly. They spread when people's heads touch or when they share hats and other clothing, combs, brushes, headbands, barrettes, and bedding (like sheets, blankets, pillowcases, and sleeping bags). If lice are stuck on any of these things and that thing touches another person's head, that person may also get lice. Lice spread in classrooms and schools because kids play together closely and often share more stuff than adults do.
If your head feels very itchy, tell an adult as soon as possible. This is especially true if you know that other kids in your class or school have had lice. Don't wait around — the more time the lice have to lay nits, the itchier you will be!
Often a parent or school nurse can recognize head lice just by looking for nits in the hair. Some kids' parents will take them to the doctor so the doctor can check to see if lice are there.
If a kid has lice, an adult will need to buy a special medicated shampoo, cream, or lotion that kills lice. An adult will need to apply the medicine and follow the directions. Part of the treatment is combing your hair with a fine-tooth comb to remove the nits. The shampoo, cream, or lotion usually kills the lice right away. The itching should go away within a few days, but treatment may need to be repeated in 7 to 10 days to kill any new lice that may have hatched since the first treatment.
Do not use a hair dryer on your hair after washing with the medicated shampoo, lotion, or cream because they can contain flammable ingredients. You don't want your hair catching on fire.
Your parent also can try removing the nits and lice by hand. To do this, your mom or dad will use a fine-tooth comb on your wet, conditioned hair every 3–4 days for 3 weeks after the last live louse was seen. Wetting the hair temporarily stops the lice from moving, and the conditioner makes it easier to get a comb through the hair.
Although lice can live for only 1 to 2 days off a person's head, it's a good idea for an adult to wash all your bedding, hats, clothing, and stuffed animals in hot water. Or they can seal these things in airtight bags for 2 weeks. That also will kill the lice and their eggs.
Vacuuming the carpets, upholstery, and car seats will take care of any lice that fell off before treatment. Combs, brushes, and hair accessories need to be soaked in hot water, washed with medicated shampoo, or thrown away.
Sometimes it's hard to get rid of the lice. If that happens to you, have your parent talk to the doctor. There are stronger medicines and other treatments that they may decide to use.
Sure, lice aren't so nice, but there are things you can do to keep them away. To help prevent lice:
Sharing is usually a great idea — except when you're sharing lice!
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The report Friday from the Labor Department was a reassuring sign that the U.S. job market is improving despite higher taxes and government spending cuts that took effect this year.
The government revised up its estimate of job gains in February and March by a combined 114,000. It now says employers added 332,000 jobs in February and 138,000 in March. The economy has created an average of 208,000 jobs a month from November through April — above the 138,000 added in the previous six months.
The number of unemployed fell 83,000 to 11.7 million.
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The unemployment rate has fallen 0.4 percentage point since the start of the year, though it remains high. The Federal Reserve has said it plans to keep short-term interest rates at record lows at least until unemployment falls to 6.5 percent.
The hiring last month was broad-based. The only sectors of the economy that cut jobs last month were construction and government.
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The job growth is occurring while the U.S. economy is growing modestly but steadily. It expanded at a 2.5 percent annual rate in the January-March quarter, fueled by the strongest consumer spending in two years.
The global economy, by contrast, is slowing. The European Union warned Friday, for example, that the 17 countries that use the euro currency will shrink by a collective 0.4 percent this year. And unemployment across the eurozone is expected to hit an average of 12.2 percent. In Greece and Spain, it's forecast to reach 27 percent.
Both Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke and European Central Bank President Mario Draghi have suggested that governments need to focus on stimulating growth and not just on spending cuts and deficit reduction.
In April, more Americans said they had part-time jobs even though they wanted full-time work. That figure rose 278,000 to 7.9 million, reversing a steep drop the previous month.
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The revisions to the March and February figures were unusually large. Retailers, restaurants and hotels added 48,000 more jobs in February than previously reported. They accounted for three-quarters of that month's revision.
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Interstellar space—the region between stars in our galaxy—is fairly empty. There are still enough atoms in that space to produce a measurable effect as the Sun orbits the galactic center, however. The flow of these atoms, known as the interstellar wind, provides a way to study interstellar gas, which moves independently of the Sun's motion.
A new analysis of 40 years of data showed that the interstellar wind has changed direction and speed over time, demonstrating that the environment surrounding the Solar System changes measurably as well. Priscilla Frisch and colleagues compared the results from several spacecraft, both in Earth orbit and interplanetary probes. The different positions and times in which these instruments operated revealed that the interstellar wind has increased slightly in speed. Additional measurements revealed that the flow of atoms has shifted somewhere between 4.4 degrees and 9.2 degrees. Both these results indicate that the Sun is traveling through a changing environment, perhaps one shaped by turbulence in interstellar space.
The properties of the Solar System are dominated by the Sun's gravity, magnetic field, and the flow of charged particles outward from its surface. However, a small number of electrically neutral particles—mostly light atoms—pass through the Solar System. These particles are part of the local interstellar cloud (LIC), a relatively hot region of space governed by its internal processes.
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Wednesday, December 4, 2013
Chocolate Snowcaps – There's Snow on Them There Cookies
67 comments:
- Victoria said...
Oo I am excited to try these soon!
I also wanted to stop by and say I am a huge fan! I am a very inexperienced cook, and found your site via allrecipies.com a couple of weeks before thanksgiving. I poured over the recipies and my husband and I hosted this year- it was a complete success! Not to mention the delicious breakfast items I have been making your site too! The hollendaise, pie crusts, hot chocolate stones mashed potatoes, I could go on and on! The videos are sooo helpful- I make hardly any mistakes compared to my previous recipe-following blunders! And so entertaining too!
So thank you for all that you do, Chef John! Happy Holidays to you and your family! - December 4, 2013 at 2:50 PM
- Victoria said...
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- December 4, 2013 at 2:59 PM
- Chef John said...
Thank you!!
- December 4, 2013 at 3:00 PM
- Madonna/aka/Ms Lemon of Make Mine Lemon said...
I need to check out these for my chocolate friends.
This is off topic, but I wanted to tell you I just made your crème fraîche. It is heavenly. I am so grateful for all your hard work. I have also made your cured lemons and I always think of you when someone says how good the dish is that has your lemons, what is in this? I say Chef John's lemons. - December 4, 2013 at 6:03 PM
- VinnyF said...
I know you always say to use high quality cocoa, but the only thing I have in my house is from Hershey's. Would that be anywhere near what you call quality? I know its not european and stuff so I'm not sure.
- December 4, 2013 at 6:05 PM
- Chef John said...
Hershey would work, but I MUCH prefer the one I listed. :)
- December 4, 2013 at 6:09 PM
- Monica said...
What is AP flour?
- December 4, 2013 at 7:06 PM
- obeah said...
welcome back Mr Chef Jon, yum yum
- December 4, 2013 at 7:17 PM
- S/V Blondie-Dog said...
Welcome back Chef!
Anywho's I gots' to tells' ya' dat' I shor' won'ts be a baking these dainty, powdered sugar cookies for fear of the distinct possibility of having to forfeit my man-hood card. And dat' surely wouldn't set well wit' my finicky lady-friend I'll has ya' know.
On another note I did howevers' done made me a boatload of Short-Cut lefty-over Turkey Enchiladas jest' the other day and 'dem fellers' were good!
Thanks! You're da' best! - December 4, 2013 at 10:09 PM
- Aaron said...
Chef John the cookies look amazing!
However, my food wish is to learn more about that brick oven you didn't make and what you didn't use it for. =) - December 4, 2013 at 11:55 PM
- JJ's Blog said...
Hi Chef John. I noticed in a video from Sept. of 2012 that you are using Better Homes & Gardens stainless steel cookware. A couple of other video chefs also received this product. How do you like it? How does it cook for you, etc? I have this cookware and I like it very much. Answer if you have a chance, thanks.
- December 5, 2013 at 1:03 AM
- Suman said...
Hi John :) I think our family will travel this Christmas . Do you know if these choco snowcap cookies store well? Or rather , how can i take them along without ruining them? I have recently started following your blog.. Let me just say that u r a great teacher .. If u taught a class when i was studying Im sure id never skip a single one of ure classes :)
- December 5, 2013 at 3:03 AM
- Andre C said...
They are also known as chocolate crinkles, am I right?
- December 5, 2013 at 3:18 AM
- Unknown said...
I did exactly what you said but my cookies didn't crack they just melted and became flat. What did i do wrong? :( - December 5, 2013 at 6:43 AM
- Rose CSS Test said...
I couldn't find anything but Hershey's dark chips in my supermarket (it's very small). I've made the dough and it's in the fridge. We'll see how they come out!
- December 5, 2013 at 11:03 AM
- Chef John said...
Khulood, sounds like you missed and ing. or mis-measured. Was dough chilled and very firm?
- December 5, 2013 at 12:16 PM
- Chef John said...
The sugar may flake off a little but should travel ok as long as you don't pile them up.
- December 5, 2013 at 12:18 PM
- Chef John said...
Love the BHG cookware!
- December 5, 2013 at 12:19 PM
- Chef John said...
AP=all purpose.
- December 5, 2013 at 12:23 PM
- Skyjackie737 said...
Looking forward to making these with my daughter! You have the BEST easiest,tastiest recipes ever! Thanks!!
- December 5, 2013 at 3:57 PM
- Justincase said...
hello !!!!
just tried these, but as you mentionned, the powdered sugar just melted after 5 mn baking !!!
but you told us to coat them several times into it...
but once i coat them into the powdered sugar , my cookie balls are all white, and I dont get how is it possible to coat them again and again (whereas they're coated already !!!)
i dont know if this makes sense !!!
thankk you
- December 6, 2013 at 9:44 AM
- Michele Cryan said...
I just wanted to say I did my first cookie exchange last year and brought your wife's (Michele.....just like me) and my friends are still raving how great they were. So your snow topped might be good but Michele's chocolate cookies stole the show!
- December 6, 2013 at 12:57 PM
- Unknown said...
How do you keep your Silpats so clean?!
- December 6, 2013 at 5:24 PM
- Unknown said...
The first batch i made i over mixed the dough and it became a batter. I left it in the fridge overnight and while it did firm up, it melt right down the first 2 minutes in the oven. The second batch i made i watch my mixing and it came out so perfect.
- December 7, 2013 at 12:43 AM
- Unknown said...
Would white fudge possible work for this?
- December 7, 2013 at 10:51 PM
- grumbleghoul said...
Just made these..Wife's response to taste test? "These are sex in cookie form" Thanks Chef John!
- December 8, 2013 at 7:06 PM
- Chef John said...
Nice work! ;)
Jakob, not a white choc fan, so not sure what you mean by "white fudge" - December 8, 2013 at 9:30 PM
- Unknown said...
For some reason my dough is not a dough but a batter. I'm hoping it firms up but is there a reason it's not thick like yours?
- December 9, 2013 at 1:14 AM
- Unknown said...
Can you replace the dark chocolate for milk or semisweet chocolate?
Thanks - December 9, 2013 at 5:48 PM
- Unknown said...
Didn't mean white fudge, I mean chocolate, thanks though!
- December 9, 2013 at 7:43 PM
- Unknown said...
Hi Chef John... Is the cocoa you used unsweetened or sweetened? Im going to make these for Christmas eve.. first time im hosting :/ so nervous
- December 10, 2013 at 12:19 AM
- Bri said...
Hi John,
How long would these keep? We're going to be baking Christmas Cookies to give as gifts and these seem like they would be lovely but they need to keep for a while. - December 10, 2013 at 7:46 AM
- Chef John said...
Not sure, but they may be a little fragile for a gift, and prob best eaten fresh.
- December 10, 2013 at 11:17 AM
- Chef John said...
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- December 10, 2013 at 11:17 AM
- Chef John said...
It's unsweetened Dutch-processed cocoa!
- December 10, 2013 at 12:13 PM
- Unknown said...
Well, my first try I thought half a cup was equal to two sticks of butter. I Al so used some unsweetened chocolate, so.... My husband says, "Can you give them away?"
- December 10, 2013 at 9:59 PM
- Victoria said...
Soooo delicious! Great idea to refrigerate dough and load with sugar.. They look beautiful and snowy white! Also a great cookie for chocolate lovers like me! I am giving them as gifts in the morning! (Packaged very carefully :)
- December 11, 2013 at 3:34 AM
- Unknown said...
I wish everyone used the same measuring system. Converting food recipes doesn't always work out too great. Love you videos though.
- December 11, 2013 at 5:02 AM
- Rebecca said...
These are very messy to make if you don't have a stand mixer. But, I have high hopes for a delicious outcome. I am going to chill them for 2-3 hours.
- December 14, 2013 at 6:50 PM
- Ana said...
Hi Chef John. Thank you so much for this recipe.
Yesterday I made this recipe and the flavour toourned out great, they tasted amazing, however the confectionary sugar didn't stay as shown in your picture. It was all absorbed by the cookies while cooking in the oven.
Do you have any clue why this could have happened?
Thank you so much. Wish happy holidays for you and your loved ones.
- December 16, 2013 at 3:03 AM
- Aric said...
I also made these without a mixer, but it was the powdered sugar part that got messy for me. These came out really well. I'm almost tempted to cancel at the cookie exchange and just keep them for myself.
- December 16, 2013 at 9:49 AM
- Unknown said...
If I were to 'chill it overnight' do I put it in the freezer or refrigerate it? Maybe a silly question but it'd help as I am a newbie baker! Thanks! :)
- December 19, 2013 at 11:06 AM
- Unknown said...
Julia, put it in the fridge.
Chef John, I like the name of these cookies. Where I'm from, they're called Chocolate Crinkles.
PS: I've been watching your recipe videos on AllRecipes.com through my Roku. My kids and I are big fans of yours, now! - December 21, 2013 at 6:54 AM
- Unknown said...
Yes, i'm just wondering if it is a 1/2 cup butter like the ingredients listed say or 1/4 cup butter which looks like what you used in the video?
- December 21, 2013 at 10:26 AM
- Chef John said...
I used a 1/2 cup in the video! The ing amounts are correct.
- December 21, 2013 at 10:58 AM
- Unknown said...
Hello Chef,
What percent cocoa dark chocolate did you use? I bought some 85% cocoa ghirardelli chocolate. Will this suffice? - December 22, 2013 at 3:43 PM
- Unknown said...
What percent cocoa dark chocolate did you use chef? I bought some 85% ghirardelli will that suffice?
Thankyou. - December 22, 2013 at 3:45 PM
- Chef John said...
That's perfect!
- December 22, 2013 at 4:45 PM
- Unknown said...
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- December 30, 2013 at 8:28 PM
- Unknown said...
These were delicious! Thank you! - January 1, 2014 at 7:16 PM
- PVH said...
Oh horror! Bringing a batch of these cookies (which have now become my grandchildren's favorite) on a flight to Portland tomorrow, when I realized that instead of rolling the dough in powdered sugar, I had rolled it in OO flour! Snatched them out of the oven and sifted powdered sugar all over. I just tested one and they are delicious but using OO flour does not help the powdered sugar adhere! Still a fine recipe.
- January 15, 2014 at 1:58 AM
- Unknown said...
this is a beautiful recipe! The people I made these for inhaled them. They were just that good. So good in fact that I made a "cobblestone" version for my mom for Valentine's day covered in powdered sugar/ cocoa powder and she was enamored. Thanks so much for the crowd pleaser!
- February 10, 2014 at 4:38 PM
Hi chef john! I tried this recipe and they turned out delicious but the cracks in mine are so large they take up about 1/2 the cookie. How do I get mine to look like yours?
- February 23, 2014 at 1:43 AM
- Kauhanehemolole said...
Unsalted or salted butter. Assuming unsalted
- December 7, 2014 at 1:40 AM
- Unknown said...
Salted or unsalted butter?
- December 11, 2014 at 6:19 PM
- Chef John said...
Unsalted! (the only stuff i use)
- December 11, 2014 at 6:37 PM
- Unknown said...
Thank you :)
- December 11, 2014 at 6:54 PM
- Kauhanehemolole said...
Mahalo!(thank you) mine spread out though. I used one stick. I think i gotta use a little less butter because its hot here in Hawaii. Aloha
- December 12, 2014 at 12:20 AM
Hello I just want to know what kind of dark chocolate should I use or is any kind good.
- April 19, 2015 at 8:42 PM
- Unknown said...
Chef John, unless you have already addressed this in another blog post can you please clarify the difference between baking bars and regular chocolate bars? It confuses me because some brands making bars are inpalatable and some baking bars taste very similar their non-bake counterparts. Should you only use baking bars when baking, or does chocolate follow the rule of wine where you should only cook with something you would try alone? What is it on the ingredients list of baking chocolate that makes it best suited to be bakeable? Thank you.
- August 6, 2015 at 11:02 AM
- Russ said...
The chocolate snow capped cookies came out very flat. I don't know what I did wrong?
- December 5, 2016 at 9:40 PM
- Unknown said...
Russ, you probably overcooked the cookies by a minute or 2 OR the balls werent cold enough when you put them in the oven. Make sure to refrigerate them at least a few hours before cooking them, and take them out BEFORE they look cooked (it takes 11 min in my oven but each oven is different) They will firm up outside of the oven
- December 21, 2016 at 12:43 PM
- abijoon said...
Hello chef Jon
I did exactly what you said but my cookies didn't crack they just melted and became flat. I did Refrigerated the mix over night and followed the exact measurement. What possibly was wrong? - December 28, 2016 at 10:13 PM
- PJ.1o4 said...
Hi Chef John
Thank you for this recipe. My family actually had me baking these cookies NON-STOP last month! I am so glad Christmas is over! I felt like their cookie slave😳 But seriously, they loved them, even those who don't fancy chocolate, and that made me so happy. Thanks again for sharing it with your adoring public.
- January 4, 2017 at 3:31 PM
- System Shock said...
Chef... I tried 3 batches of these and mine always come out very flat. What could be the problem?
- December 16, 2017 at 4:32 PM
- Unknown said...
Sure glad you didn't say "Don't eat that raw cookie dough." OMG, outstanding.
- December 19, 2018 at 2:41 PM
- Unknown said...
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"I'm often asked 'Do you miss the presidency?' I really don't," former President George W. Bush told an audience in New York City this morning, Politico reports.
It was an "was unbelievably interesting experience," he added, but "I had plenty of the limelight."
The former president also told those gathered for his Bush Institute Conference on Taxes and Economic Growth that he wishes "the Bush tax cuts" were called something else, because they would be "less likely to be raised."
As Forbes points out, Bush has only rarely made public appearances since leaving office in 2009:
"I don't think it's good for our country to undermine our president and I don't intend to do so," Bush said, explaining part of the reason why he has largely stayed out of the limelight until launching the Bush Institute, which he says is intended to have a 'concrete effect.' "
Forbes has some video from Bush's address.
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Today's Names to Know: Jay Cutler, Michael Vick, Alex Rodriguez, Matt Holliday, Jimmy Rollins, Mariano Rivera, Dwight Howard, Kevin Love, Kyle Singler, Lloyd Carr, Brian Kelly and More!
MNF: Broncos use big plays to beat the Titans and re-enter the playoff picture in the AFC West by moving into a tie for first place.
NFL: Mike Vick wants to go to jail early. Reports seem to indicate confusion as to why he would do it, but it makes sense: He's going anyway, so he might as well start now. Every month he can get out earlier is one more month he can attempt to rehab his NFL career. (Just a few months after the climax of his indictment, it already doesn't seem like a particularly crazy notion, does it?)
MLB Awards Season: A-Rod wins AL MVP. This is hardly a surprise.
Now, the NL MVP is a different story. Heading into the end of the season, Jimmy Rollins was edging Matt Holliday. Then: Game 163, when Holliday provided what was arguably the signature moment of the regular season, a game-winning (non-) slide, right into (or around) home plate, completing the greatest late-season run in baseball history. If it is possible for a single play in the final play of the season to be the difference in an MVP race, this would be that moment. I'm not sure this situation has gotten the appreciation it deserves.
MLB Hot Stove: Mariano Rivera will go back to the Yankees (3Y/$45M), giving
More: World Series MVP Mike Lowell is going to stay with the Red Sox; we'll never truly know if his stats this season were goosed by the lineup around him or because he is that good. That said, he WAS that clutch in the World Series, and that bit of performance undoubtedly led to the new deal he's about to get from the team.
Strat-O-Matic '86 Update: Jody Davis hit a 3-run HR in the bottom of the 8th to lead my Cubs over the rival Cards at Wrigley Field, bringing me one game from .500. A little-known pitcher named Greg Maddux got his first win of the season, in relief, and Lee Smith racked up his 5th save in 5 Cubs wins.
NBA Last Night: Amazingly, the Magic are quickly eclipsing the Celtics as THE team of the first month of the season. First, a win over Boston; now, becoming the first team to notch 10 wins, with yet another quality win over the Hornets, who themselves were 9-2 heading into the game. Dwight Howard (NBA Player of the Month?) had 24 and 15 in what continues to be a break-out, 1st-team-all-NBA season for him.
CBB: UCLA is really good. After making UCLA my preseason pick to win the national title (a position I haven't changed), I have a vested interest in continuing to pimp them all season long (beats me pimping Florida hoops, I'm sure many of you are muttering).
After watching UCLA dismantle
If the only thing stopping them from winning national titles the last two years was
More Freshman-Watching: Add Duke's Kyle Singler to the growing list. Singler led the Blue Devils with 21 points (9/14 FG, 2/3 3-pt) and 12 rebounds. Has there ever been a season with such a deep freshman class of talent?
Next year's freshmen class: Li'l Romeo, boy-rapper and son of Percy "Master P" Miller confirmed he is going to play at USC. Or, at least, sit on the bench until he pouts and quits the team. Whichever comes first.
CFB: Is
Anyway, I appreciate all the reasons for – and
It's going to be interesting to see who they get, because the timing of Lloyd Carr's announcement really screws up the shot that
I will renew my own personal endorsement: Brian Kelly of Cincinnati, who has done a great job in his first year at Cincy, coached in-state in Michigan (Central), won two national titles at Grand Valley State, will have no interest in ever leaving to go anywhere else and runs a rare combo of effective spread offense and buttoned-up D. Michigan fans worried Kelly is a job-jumper? So was Urban Meyer. Not only do I think Kelly is the right pick, but I think he WILL be the pick. Now that the Quickie Curse has been appropriately applied, we can move on...
(Although the second-most popular email sentiment I got was: What's wrong with Rich Rodriguez? My common response was this: The spread offense in the Big Ten, run by a dual-threat QB, would be hugely successful. Look at the player that had the most success against
Les Miles broke down a little yesterday while talking about
Coach of the Year: There's one week to go in the first stage of voting – narrowing the field to a Top 25. There has been a huge surprise surge in the last 7 days, and there is a new leader. Go to coachoftheyear.com to check it out, and while you're there, don't forget to check out my exclusive blog, in partnership with the Liberty Mutual Coach of the Year Award. And don't forget to leave your own analysis in the Comments of the LMCOY race this season.


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A California actress who appeared in the infamous "Innocence of Muslims" flick on YouTube is again asking a federal court to remove the anti-Islam footage that has spawned deadly protests and sparked a U.S backlash in the Middle East.
Actress Cindy Lee Garcia is now claiming a copyright interest in the film (.pdf), and says that Google ignored five DMCA takedown notices served on YouTube seeking removal of the film.
The latest development comes days after a Los Angeles County judge refused to take down the film in a previous suit. Garcia argued she was fired from her job, received death threats and was tricked into starring in the "hateful anti-Islamic production."
In the latest move to have the courts remove the footage, Garcia claims she never signed a model release transferring her intellectual property rights to the maker of the 14-minute YouTube trailer, Nakoula Basseley Nakoula of California. She claims she was duped, and thought she was making an adventure flick, not one in which the prophet Muhammad seemingly engages in oral sex with Garcia's character.
The federal suit, in addition to naming the producer who uploaded the footage on July 2, targets Google-owned YouTube, which did not remove the film when the actress' agent sent five takedown notices naming 17 URLs on Sept. 24 and 25. Under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, websites like YouTube are immune from an infringement suit if they promptly remove content at the request of a rights holder who asserts infringement.
"We are seeking the legally appropriate mechanism and the least politically controversial one to allow Google and YouTube to do the right thing," Cris Armenta, Garcia's lawyer, said in a statement.
Marc Randazza, a copyright attorney in Las Vegas, said in a telephone interview that Garcia does not have a case against YouTube. "The default in an absence of a contractual agreement, the default is the director of the movie owns the copyright," he said.
The federal lawsuit, filed in Los Angeles federal court, also provides documents that Garcia had applied to register her work with the U.S. Copyright Office.
"Because she did not assign her rights in her dramatic performance, or her copyright interests, nor was the film a 'work for hire,' her copyright interests in her own dramatic performance remain intact," the suit says.
The White House had asked YouTube to review the footage to ensure that it comported with the media giant's terms of service. YouTube did not remove it from U.S.-based viewers. However, YouTube has blocked the film in several countries, including Egypt, Libya, Indonesia, Malaysia and Saudi Arabia.
Google, in response to the White House's bid, has said the film was "clearly within our guidelines and so will stay on YouTube."
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In his new memoir, former Defense Secretary Robert Gates made a fairly serious charge against Hillary Clinton that likely will hound her if she decides to run for president in 2016: that she admitted in his presence that there were political considerations in her opposition to the U.S. military surge in Iraq.
As soon as the first excerpts of Duty: Memoirs of a Secretary at War surfaced, many Republicans pounced on Gates' recollection of the Obama-Clinton Iraq surge conversation.
"Can we trust someone to be commander-in-chief when she misrepresented her position on a war because she wanted to be president?" said a statement from Tim Miller, a spokesman for the Republican opposition research group called America Rising. You can already envision the ads from America Rising and a number of other conservative groups.
Gates doesn't seem to accuse Clinton of misrepresenting her position. Instead, he says he observed a conversation in which she acknowledged that she took into account Democratic primary politics when they opposed the surge during the 2008 campaign.
But any suggestion that partisan politics colored Clinton's stance on national security strategy certainly isn't helpful, even if Gates didn't intend to impugn her integrity. They could play into the widely held perception, unfair or not, that she's politically cynical, and always seeking to position herself in a way that plays to her future political advantage.
Still, the Gates book swings both ways. He also offers up some of the best praise Clinton is likely to receive from a Republican. If she does eventually decide on another White House run, she'll be hard-pressed to find a presidential running mate (assuming she wins the nomination this time around) who can outdo Gates' praise.
"I found her smart, idealistic but pragmatic, tough-minded, indefatigable, funny, a very valuable colleague, and a superb representative of the United States all over the world," is how he described the former secretary of state.
While there's been much focus on Gates' recollection of Clinton acknowledging that politics factored into her position on the Iraq surge, here's a contrarian view: Gates' praise could potentially offset it.
It was so robust that a high-profile Hillary Clinton supporter like David Brock, founder of Correct the Record and Media Matters for America, found much to like. He even plastered it on the Correct the Record website.
"I think the surprising part is that he really does seem to be critical of almost everyone that he's worked with across administrations. It does seem like he goes out of his way to single her out for a lot of positive comment and praise."
It's unlikely Gates' warm praise for Clinton will hurt her with too many voters in her Democratic base since she opposed the surge, however she got there.
By contrast, Gates' positive review of Clinton as an impressive government servant could help her with those all-important political independents, many of whom once identified themselves as Republicans.
"Because he is a Republican, he has a certain kind of credibility with not only Republicans but with independents," Brock said.
While Gates may have advanced Clinton's cause, it's hard to interpret his comments about Vice President Joe Biden as anything but trouble for Obama's two-time running mate, who's also considering a 2016 presidential run.
Gates' searing criticism that Biden was "wrong on nearly every major foreign policy and national security issue over the past four decades," was so sweeping and unequivocal that Biden's supporters, unlike Clinton's, felt the need to go into full pushback mode.
The White House made sure news photographers got plenty of pictures of Obama and Biden having lunch Wednesday.
"The president and the rest of us here simply just disagree with that assessment," said Jay Carney, the White House press secretary who previously was the vice president's chief spokesman. "As a senator and as the vice president, Joe Biden has been one of the leading statesmen of his time."
But you expect Carney to say that, of course. Which only underscores just how extraordinary Gates' full-bodied praise of Clinton seems, coming as it does as the political focus turns ever more toward the 2016 presidential race.
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Can Apple maintain its shine?
For many investors, Apple's best days are behind it. Competitors are catching up, they believe, and the latest iPhone is stumbling. The company's doubters have backed their conviction with billions of dollars. Last week, the stock fell below $500 for the first time in 11 months. Since Apple's stock peaked at $705.07 on Sept. 21 —the day of the iPhone 5's release— it has fallen nearly 30 percent, cutting Apple's market capitalization by nearly $200 billion.
On Wednesday, Apple —still the world's most valuable public company— gets a chance to rebut the skeptics as it reports financial results for the holiday quarter. But the report could also end up confirming beliefs that the company is losing its edge as an arbiter of innovation and a pacesetter in sales growth.
Apple's perception problem centers on the iPhone. Many investors believe the company has painted itself into a corner with the high-priced gadget. The iPhone is more expensive than otjjher smartphones that do many of the same things. The company created the modern smartphone, but because of its strategy to sell the iPhone at a large premium, it will be unable to capitalize fully as smartphones continue conquering the world. The iPhone seems destined to remain the phone of the elite who can afford it.
In many ways, the iPhone's global battle with phones running Google's Android operating system is a replay of the Mac-PC battles of the 80s and 90s, when Apple saw its innovative-yet-expensive Mac outflanked by cheaper PCs running Microsoft's DOS and Windows software.
Analyst Michael Morgan at ABI Research believes Apple's share of the global smartphone market will grow from 20.5 percent in 2012 to 22 percent this year and then remain flat. Meanwhile, South Korea's Samsung Electronics —the world's No. 1 maker of smartphones— is already at 30 percent of the market, and is set to leverage its chip- and display-making capabilities into further dominance, he said.
"Barring an unlikely collapse in Samsung's business, even Apple will be chasing Samsung's technology, software, and device leadership in 2013 —through the foreseeable future," Morgan said.
Investors also see short-term difficulties for Apple. Last week, the Japanese newspaper Nikkei and The Wall Street Journal said the company has slashed its orders for iPhone 5 parts because the device isn't selling as well as hoped. Both publications cited unidentified people familiar with the situation.
Sterne Agee analyst Shaw Wu believes the press reports are misleading. IPhone 5 demand, he says, remains robust. He attributes the reports of lower orders to shifts to other suppliers and an improvement in production, which means fewer components are wasted while building the complicated phone.
Apple usually reports the number of iPhones it sells each quarter, so Wednesday's financial update should give investors some indication of where the company is heading. Analysts on average expect the company to show sales of 48 million iPhones, which compares with the 37 million it sold in the same period a year prior.
The wrinkle is that Apple doesn't break out how many iPhones it sells of each type—it has kept selling the cheaper, two-year-old iPhone 4 and last year's 4S alongside the flagship 5.
A key tenet among investors who remain optimistic about Apple: Although the iPhone 5 is too expensive, buyers will shift their attention to the older Apple phones, which they find "good enough."
Analyst Andy Hargreaves at Pacific Crest Securities says demand for new iPhone models is going to falter. Last week, he downgraded Apple's stock from "Outperform" to "Sector Perform" because he believes consumers aren't going to clamor for new hardware features anymore. They'll hang on to older phones longer, and when they buy, they'll buy cheaper models, he says.
This means the total dollar value of the iPhones sold in the quarter may be more indicative than the number of phones sold. Analysts expect the sales were worth $30.8 billion in the quarter, or 56 percent of Apple's overall revenue. Deviations from this figure could cause big movements in the stock price.
There is renewed speculation that Apple could make a cheaper iPhone for the developing world, but most analysts believe the company will stick to its practice of keeping older iPhones in production and cutting their prices as new models come out. The problem is that the price cuts are relatively minor. A two-year-old iPhone 4 costs more than many new Android phones.
When reporting results for the July to September quarter three months ago, Apple shocked Wall Street by saying it expected earnings of just $11.75 per share for the October to December quarter. The company usually lowballs its estimates, but this was unusually far from the $15.59 per share average analyst estimate at the time. The reason, Apple said, was that it had so many new products coming out—including the iPhone 5 and iPad Mini—and fresh production lines are more expensive to run than mature ones.
Analysts then pulled back sharply on their estimates. Their average forecast is now $13.45 per share, according to FactSet.
In terms of sales, Apple said it expects to report about $52 billion in revenue, and analysts have wavered only slightly above that figure—they now expect sales of $54.9 billion.
While Apple's future prospects are in doubt, the company's supporters have one strong argument in their favor: the stock is cheap compared to current earnings, and even if the iPhone's sales growth slows, Apple will continue to generate plenty of revenue. The stock trades at 11 times the past 12 months of earnings, compared with 15 for Microsoft Corp. and 22 for Google Inc. Those figures don't take into account Apple's enormous cash pile —$121 billion— which boosts its value even further.
Despite its size, Apple's stock is no stranger to corrections. In 2008, in the midst of recession, Apple's stock fell by more than half, to under $100 per share. At the time, the iPhone was a year old and hadn't revealed its full potential.
It was only in early 2012 that its market capitalization decisively outgrew that of Exxon Mobil Corp., previously the world's most valuable company.
A smaller correction last year, also prompted by speculation about the future of the iPhone, took the stock down 16 percent before it rebounded.
"We believe investors that can look through this noise will be rewarded in 2013," said Brian White at Topeka Capital Markets. "The negative sentiment around the stock has reached epic levels that we haven't seen in recent memory and yet we believe the product portfolio has never been stronger."
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My shop got started after the birth of my first daughter in 2006. We cloth diapered her from birth, but made many mistakes like assuming a fitted diaper was a cover! I got pregnant again in 2007 and started making diapers for our second baby. At first, I sewed a lot with PUL, synthetic fibers, and microfibers. Now I only sew with natural, organic fibers. They are safer for our babies and our earth. I opened my shop in 2008, but I didn't start selling many cloth diapering items until 2009. Rebourne has been my full time job since last January!
I also make organic fitted cloth diapers, organic prefold diapers, and organic flat diapers. My favorite to make are the fitted diapers because they are the most challenging (and often the cutest!). My favorite items to make are the unique ones: quirky Woolie Wraps, custom footies or custom overalls! I like the challenge of working with recycled wool and the constraints of holes and sleeves. I also just designed some fabric for fitted diapers that will be released this Spring!
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Windows Phone sales up 124% for Q4 2012 but still dwarfed by Android, iOS
Gartner has released their data for smartphone sales and market share for the fourth quarter in 2012 and while the data is not conclusive by itself, it does show general trends in where the market is heading.
For Microsoft and partners the picture is most certainly better than it was one year ago, which is the good news. The bad news is the hill to climb to global relevancy is still as massive as ever, mostly due to the continued growth of Android (specifically Samsung) and iOS. Meanwhile BlackBerry (formerly RIM), is still bleeding heavily prior to its transition to BB10, showing a massive decline in sales.
First, let's look at Windows Phone as compared to the others. From Gartner:
That growth of 1.2% brings Windows Phone smartphone sales up to 3% globally or roughly 6M units (versus 1.8% this time last year). At a 124% increase, that makes Windows Phone the fastest growing OS in terms of device sales when compared to iOS (declined), Android (+87%) and BlackBerry (-44%). That is quite impressive considering worldwide smartphone sales were down 1.7% for 2012.
Breaking it down by manufacture we can see companies like Nokia are still losing ground dipping to 19.1% (from 23.8%) and even poor HTC is dejected at 1.8% (from 2.4% one year earlier). The big winner is Samsung (up 85% at 23% market share) and surprisingly Huawei, who is now the #3 smartphone vendor is the world (see, we told you to keep an eye on the recent Windows Phone partner).
Blackberry got clobbered in 2012, pushing 34M units versus 52M the year prior. As an OS, BlackBerry dropped from 8.8% in 2011 to just 3% in 2012 in the fourth quarter. That's due to the fact that their BB7 OS was put out to pasture and the market was forced to wait for BB10. In that sense, BlackBerry is no different than where Microsoft was during the Windows Mobile/Windows Phone transition and such a decline is expected.
What is clear from these numbers is BlackBerry has a hole to dig themselves out of while Microsoft, with 124% growth, may finally be taking off. Of course that assumes that Microsoft's growth continues and that Q4 wasn't a "blip"—that's a big "if" because to be honest Windows Phone has not shown itself to be a market leader so far.
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What about that battle for third in terms of OEMs? Anshul Gupta, principal research analyst at Gartner, has this to say on the matter:
Indeed the same could be said about OS where BlackBerry is still ahead of Windows Phone (3.5% vs 3%). By all accounts Microsoft should have locked up that position in 2012 while RIM was nose-diving. Instead, they now have a competitor who is only limping but recovering—that's dangerous.
Perhaps more importantly, no matter how well Windows Phone does, Samsung with Android is nearly impossible to catch. In fact, Samsung dominates Android with a massive 42% of that OS's sales where their next competitor is only at 6%. Clearly Samsung is a juggernaut.
Will Windows Phone continue its growth? Will Nokia make a return in sales with its Mobile World Congress announcements? It's a tough call but at least things are positive—it's just a question if it will remain so and if it's enough.
Source: Gartner
Daniel Rubino is the Editor-in-chief of Windows Central. He is also the head reviewer, podcast co-host, and analyst. He has been covering Microsoft since 2007, when this site was called WMExperts (and later Windows Phone Central). His interests include Windows, laptops, next-gen computing, and watches. He has been reviewing laptops since 2015 and is particularly fond of 2-in-1 convertibles, ARM processors, new form factors, and thin-and-light PCs. Before all this tech stuff, he worked on a Ph.D. in linguistics, watched people sleep (for medical purposes!), and ran the projectors at movie theaters because it was fun.


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In memoriam: Hiroshi Daifuku
ICOMOS is saddened to announce the passing on July 12 of Hiroshi Daifuku, a signatory of the Venice Charter on behalf of UNESCO, Honorary member of ICOMOS, and Fellow and former Board member of US/ICOMOS.
One of the key figures in the cultural heritage work of UNESCO from 1954 until his retirement in 1980. His last post at UNESCO was Chief of the Monuments And Sites Section.
During those decades, he was a major participant and often a driving force in many of the initiatives that shaped UNESCO into what it is today. He was also instrumental in the establishment of ICCROM and ICOMOS, as well as in the development of the UNESCO Conventions for the Prevention of Illicit Traffic of Cultural Property and for the Protection of the World's Natural and Cultural Heritage. His papers are now archived at the Special Collections of the Hornbake Library at the University of Maryland in College Park.
An American of Japanese ancestry, Hiroshi was born in Hawaii, where he studied in the University of Hawaii. Later, he obtained his master's and doctorate in archaeology and anthropology from Harvard University. After retiring from UNESCO, Hirsohi and his wife Allison made their home in Washington, DC. where he became an enthusiastic supporter of US/ICOMOS.
It was then that I was fortunate to have met him, and over the years, I was privileged to hear many episodes about his brilliant career.
In 2010, Russel V. Keune, also a US/ICOMOS Fellow, had the vision to interview Hiroshi about his life and career for the National Park Service CRM Journal. I highly recommend this reading. The full text of that interview may be accessed through
A memorial service will be held at the Metropolitan Memorial United Methodist Church, 3401 Nebraska Ave., NW, Washington, DC 20016, on Saturday, July 28, 11 a.m. Contributions may be made to the MMUMC at the above address.
We join his wife Alison, his children and his grandchildren in mourning Hiroshi's passing, knowing that he was one of the giants who built the world of heritage conservation that we inhabit.
Gustavo Araoz
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The Episcopal Maroon extended their win streak to 11 Tuesday, toppling a 6-11 St. Albans team.
Kethan Savage carried his teammates to the 76-70 road victory with 27 points. It wasn't the senior guard's best performance of the season — he put up 35 against Bullis in December — but it was his strongest since a 28-point game against Potomac on January 4.
Savage went 10 for 15 from the free throw line on the night.
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Thursday, March 4, 2010
Easy Irish Stew - Luscious Lamb for Lonely Lads Looking for Lovely Lasses
Hey guys, if your cooking dinner for that special someone on St. Patrick's Day, I'd go with this sexy stew over the more traditional corned beef and cabbage. I love both dishes, but boiled cabbage is more of a married couples thing.
Irish stew is a much more date-friendy recipe. You can sit and relax while this aromatic stew simmers, and won't have to worry about saying things like, "by the way, that's the cabbage."
Pay attention to the cut of lamb used in this video recipe. I used lamb shoulder chops, which are a fantastic value, when you consider flavor, useable meat, and price.
They will probably be the cheapest lamb at the store, have more flavor and richness than leg meat, and are cheaper than shanks and loins. It takes a while for the meat to braise and fall off the bone, but it's a wait rewarded with tender, succulent chucks of lamb.
I'd like to apologize to all the Irish dark beer fans that will undoubtedly be disappointed that I didn't add the obligatory bottle of Guinness. I kind of prefer my Irish stew without the stout, although I will admit it does add an interesting flavor component that many swear by. Also, since I don't drink dark beer, so I always feel bad breaking up a six-pack to just buy the one bottle. The cashier always gives me that, "what's this guy's deal?" look. Yes, I have issues.
I received an email complaining that my corned beef video could have benefited from some Irish music, so I splurged and purchased a Chieftains medley called, O Murchu' Hornpipe/Sliabh Geal gCua na Feile/The Wandering Minstrel. Whatever Irish folk music lacks in commercial viability, it totally makes up for in song title length. Enjoy!
1 tbsp vegetable oil
salt and fresh ground black pepper to taste
3 lbs lamb shoulder
1 onion, chopped
2 rib celery, chopped
2 carrots, chopped
2 tbsp flour
1 tbsp butter
1/2 tsp dried rosemary
3 cups chicken stock (or sub 1 bottle dark beer plus 1 1/2 cups stock)
water as needed
1 1/2 lbs potatoes
1/4 cup chopped green onions
39 comments:
- C said...
I'm having a cooking nightmare right now! My house is getting renovated right now so I am staying at a hotel. I started on the ciabatta yesterday at 1... left it in my kitchen and came back this morning at around 11 during my break at school. Unfortunately I had to go back to class and couldn't come back again until 2 (longer than the 2 hours, i know :( ). The first thing I did when I came home was put the bread in the oven and set the timer for 40 minutes. I came back 40 minutes later, excited to take photos and send them to you... and *GASP*! I found out my oven was disconnected during the renovation!! The bread was uncooked but the whole place smelt like gas. Apparently, NONE of my neighbors are home at this hour. Finally one came home and out of desperation I asked to use her oven, even though I've never spoken to her before! How embarrassing.
Was it okay to have the bread sitting for so much longer than it was supposed to? I really hope it turns out okay! Guess I'll find out in 20 minutes.. - March 16, 2009 at 6:32 PM
- Chef John said...
it will be fine! it's just bread. :-)
- March 16, 2009 at 6:39 PM
Oh Cat, I know what you're going through! I was a stress ball trying to make bread. I made one pretty successful loaf, then failed twice. I need to give it another try, and this time have a glass (or a bottle of wine) while I'm making it.
- March 16, 2009 at 9:06 PM
- Unknown said...
Well, kiss my Blarney Stone, the music is grand!
Thanks Chef John! These Irish eyes are smiling.
Your lamb stew recipe is far more authentic than that funny Jewish meal those New Yorkers have convinced most American's to eat on St Pat's Day.
Top o' the morning, to you and yours,
Begin your day with some Irish beers. - March 16, 2009 at 9:26 PM
- Pyrofish said...
I wish I could get different cuts of lamb here in this culinary vacuum that is the Space Coast. The local ethnic butcher (the only butcher for many many miles) always tells me, "Lamb? We have shank, no other cut. Try goat, it's same."
I am going to try this with beef shoulder though. I've been wanting a good Irish stew for a while, so I'm looking forward to it. Maybe one day we'll get lamb in this foodie-black-hole-of-a-town :-) - March 17, 2009 at 11:14 AM
- Chef John said...
Sorry to hear! beef will work fine
- March 17, 2009 at 12:02 PM
Would the cooking time/technique be the very same using beef instead of lamb?
- March 17, 2009 at 2:42 PM
- Chef John said...
yes, as long as the cubes of beef are basically the same thickness.
- March 17, 2009 at 2:45 PM
Music great, Irish you'd played it during your corned beef video.
I have lots of stock left over from my corned beef and cabbage. I did strain it so it is clear and very tasty. Seems such a waste to not use it. Can I use that stock instead of the chicken broth for the lamb stew or would it give too much of the corned beef and cabbage flavor? - March 17, 2009 at 2:58 PM
- Chef John said...
you grannies are always thinking! It should be OK, only one way to find out for sure. Let us know.
- March 17, 2009 at 3:20 PM
- texichan said...
Loved the video - looks fantastic. Wee riblet, hehe. That made me smile!
- March 17, 2009 at 9:51 PM
- JadedOne said...
That looks so good! I almost wish I didn't decide on doing your shepherd's pie recipe so I could make this :)
BTW, the shepherd's pie came out awesome! My hubby tucked right in and his immediate reaction was a muffled "mmmm goood" with a thumbs up. The grocery store didn't have the dressing you used so I substituted with ketchup and Worcestershire sauce. Yum! - March 17, 2009 at 9:52 PM
- CollegeGourmet said...
I made this, this evening for my dorm mates and it was a total hit. By the way, I think this stew necessitates a lovely Guinness or a micro brew premium dark ale. Just saying ;)
- March 18, 2009 at 1:22 AM
- Luatica said...
Nice recipe, but I like the beer in my stew. They say the beer helps tenderizing the meat slowing the total cooking time. While I see the logic behind, not so sure in the end it does anything unless you marinate the meat first with the beer.
Have you tried? - March 18, 2009 at 4:14 AM
- Vig said...
Hi Chef,
This was a wonderful meal. I found a clean cast iron dutch oven to make it in, so I didn't even have to do any dishes. (My kitchen is a mess.) I was short on stock, so I added some Stout beer. As a side, I blanched some cabbage, and then sauteed it in brown butter. With hunks of bread on the side - which I tore apart rather than look for a knife in the bottom of the sink.
And afterward, my wonderful partner actually got busy doing the dishes. While I read a book.
Ah. Very nice.
Thank you,
Vig - March 18, 2009 at 10:18 AM
- Unknown said...
Just before St Pat's Day I went to a concert featuring two touring Irish bands, and Chef John, if you think the song titles are long... you should hear the stories of how the song came to be! Every piece of music had a 10 min. intro! Love my Celtic, and the brough, so listening to these tales was as much fun as hearing the music.
- March 18, 2009 at 3:09 PM
- Clararar said...
I made this today with a full can of Guinness, turned out deliciously - thanks again! =)
- March 20, 2009 at 1:14 AM
omg... just made this... can only find lamp chops and loin... but it still turned out awesome!!! added 3/4 can of guinness... added some german thickener too... THANK YOU FOR THE VIDEOS!!!
- March 30, 2009 at 5:46 PM
Chef John,
Thanks for this awesome recipe! I ended up using a pressure cooker so I adjusted the amount of stock / water down a little, simply because the ingredients would release some of their water. But I never knew that something so simple could taste so good. It really warmed up everyone's cold winter evening here.
Dean - February 23, 2010 at 6:49 PM
- Unknown said...
Chef John, you are simply amazing! thanks for the easy and delicious recipes. question for you John. what is the main difference between nonstick pans and stainless steal pans? I've noticed that you are using two different types of pans... and i was wondering which kind of pan i should purchase for my future cookings. at the moment, i only have Tetal nonstick pans.thanks in advance.
Randy from South Korea. - March 4, 2010 at 7:45 PM
- Kate said...
Pyrofish, I live on the Space Coast too. I've never had a problem finding "non-common" ingredients here. You know Publix can get you pretty much any type of meat cut you need, right? And they do carry lamb (at least the one near me does). They'll also order food for you if you can't find it in the store. I personally hate lamb, but if I can find buffalo burgers here, then surely you can find lamb shoulder.
- March 4, 2010 at 9:10 PM
- Chef John said...
Thanks!! I'm sorry, but I'm SOOOOO busy right now I dont have time to give you a detailed answer. If you google there are tons of articles explaining the differences.
- March 4, 2010 at 9:14 PM
- Ivan said...
Chef John, before hitting play on this demo, I thought to myself that it would be cooked in a way very similar to your Arroz con Pollo. In that demo, you brown the chicken, immediately deglaze the pan with stock and meanwhile start cooking the onions separately in the pot.
But for this stew, why did you transfer the lamb to the pot first and then deglaze the pan with onions and stock rather than simply deglazing the pan immediately like in the pollo? - March 4, 2010 at 9:49 PM
- Chef John said...
this is the way i usually do these dishes. just one pot. the other recipe i probably wanted to do 2 things at once
- March 4, 2010 at 10:09 PM
- Jesse from Detroit said...
Why did you put the lamb back in on TOP of the stew?
- March 5, 2010 at 1:41 PM
- Chef John said...
not sure what you mean
- March 5, 2010 at 2:17 PM
- Unknown said...
I've made this stew with lamb and beef as well. My folks love this so much!!! What im looking forward from you is a rich fruit cake with flour not the christmassy-just-fruits-cake type :) Hope u make one out sooon...Hey Chef John i just love it when u finally say "as always..ENJOY" and i ALWAYS say it with you...LOL
- March 7, 2010 at 6:45 AM
I just made this for dinner and WOW!! Truly delicious and I'm sure it is the simplicity of your AWESOME recipe. Just a bit of seasoning lets all the flavors shine - in particular the lamb. This is my first time trying one of your recipes even though you have been cracking me up in your videos for a long time :)
Thanks so much for sharing you recipes and talents in the kitchen! - March 18, 2010 at 7:56 PM
- The Quiet One said...
I made this last night for a dinner party. It was amazing! Thank you Chef John for the recipe. We used local well raised meat and it was amazing! I did forget to put in the green onions because I was so excited to eat it!
Love your site!!! - May 30, 2010 at 5:41 PM
Didn't have lamb on hand so I used Pork Tenderloin. It worked really great. Tenderloin was juicy, tender, and extra delicious from rubbing it in a spicy brown mustard and a green curry paste before pan searing. YUM! it made the broth full of wonder and joy.
- March 23, 2011 at 9:15 PM
Didn't have lamb on hand so I used Pork Tenderloin. It worked really great. Tenderloin was juicy, tender, and extra delicious from rubbing it in a spicy brown mustard and a green curry paste before pan searing. YUM! it made the broth full of wonder and joy.
- March 23, 2011 at 9:15 PM
Dear Chef John, I love your video recipe! I have a question. What if I use chicken? I try to avoid red meat.
- January 16, 2012 at 11:11 PM
Loved your Irish Lamb Stew video! My kids now think I'm a God in the Kitchen. I'm actually a novice to the culunary world. I must say that your instructions were easy to follow, thus the final product was amazing. This is my first of many more Food Wishes recipes. Keep them coming.
- February 26, 2012 at 6:31 PM
- Connoissaurus said...
I used this recipe but added 18oz of Old Rasputin Russian Imperial Stout, 5 garlic cloves cut in half, 3 cups of coffee and 1oz of Laphroaig Cask Strength Single Malt Scotch Whisky (couldn't find any Irish whiskey or Guinness nearby!)
- March 4, 2012 at 8:26 PM
Hello again Chef John, I made this dish last night, meat was soooo tender and yummy the only problem was my dish was a little salty but that had nothing to do with you or your recipe, it was all me, I tend to be a little heavy handed. Just wanted to let you know you everyday I look forward to cooking, I cruise your site planning the next meal. Tonight its the Chicken parmesan casserole.
- July 25, 2012 at 5:59 PM
- Ed the house chef said...
Delishishness! I haven't really experimented with Lamb before and our commissary had some the same day I found this recipe so of course I bought it. My wife and I were very happy with the results. The next day, I was pining for some good old fashioned sourdough like I grew up on but there is none here. I had some leftover crusty dinner rolls so I hallowed them out and served the stew inside...WOW! That was good and would be so much better with some Boudin sourdough.
- November 15, 2012 at 7:39 AM
- barefootfae said...
I am going to make this for a party, because it looks so perfect! How many servings does it make? Also, would a parsnip be a nice addition? I might need to stretch it a bit with more vegetables. Thanks!
- November 12, 2013 at 6:44 PM
- Chef John said...
This make about 6 reg or 4 huge portions. Sure, any root is good!
- November 12, 2013 at 7:54 PM
- Gnominator said...
I was craving lamb and always love your recipes, so I went looking for one for lamb stew meat. I made this tonight, but I converted it to cook in my electric pressure cooker. I had lamb stew meat on hand, so that's what I used. It was OUTSTANDING! The flavor was excellent and it was done in under an hour.
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