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In Which Her Bad Mother Quite Unironically Seeks Assistance In Her Efforts To Practice Good Parenting
I cannot thank you all enough for your tremendously supportive response to my last post (and to my recent, related posts over at urbanmoms.ca): your comments, your e-mails, and your many virtual hugs have been so much tonic for my frazzled soul. Things are still very challenging - WonderBaby is turbo-charged for as many hours in the day as she can keep her eyes open, and then some, if the night terrors come - but the knowledge that I am not the only one struggling with feelings of maternal inadequacy, that so many of you have felt or feel right now the way that I have been feeling, has gone so, so far toward easing my anxiety and frustration. But even though 'thank you' is insufficient, it needs to be said: thank you, thank you, thank you.
Now to business. I need more feedback and advice: how does one approach discipline with a baby that is rushing headlong into toddlerhood? WonderBaby – 11 months old yesterday – cannot be reasoned or bargained with, and she has only the most rudimentary understanding of what it means to do something that Mama disapproves of. (I think. There have been many moments during which I have been convinced that she knows exactly what she is doing. The deafening silence that falls upon the house when she is about to do something naughty – like, say, reprogram all of the electronic devices in the house – is, for example, suspicious.) Obviously, sending her to a Naughty Corner isn't going to work.
What we currently do, when she does something that she shouldn't: calmly and slowly say no, and separate her from whatever it is that she is doing. This, as I related the other day, is sometimes very difficult if not impossible: she's a strong and willful baby, and if she works her well-honed arch-back-go-limp-deaden-weight move (which makes it near-impossible to lift her), her push-self-against-Mama-arch-and-throw-head-back move (which makes it near-impossible to hold her), or her arch-backward-go-ironrod-stiff move (which makes it near-impossible to get her into stroller or carseat), it can sometimes be – how to put this? – impossible to manipulate her physically. In which case, what is one to do? Obviously, in an emergency or truly desperate situation I would just wrestle her and drag her away, screaming, but I am, as it goes, reluctant to do this under ordinary circumstances. So, what is to be done? Do I just ride some things out, pick my battles, etc, etc? Or will I spoil her by doing this?
She's a sweet-tempered baby. With so many things, she is agreeable and adaptable: if, for example, I pull her away from my laptop – as I must do frequently – she lets out a holler and stomps a foot but is over the fuss in a split-second and moves on to something else. In some cases, simply saying, firmly, NO, WonderBaby, will be enough to dissuade her from pursuing whatever nefarious activity she has set her mind to. But often, when she is really, really determined to do or not do something (eat, nap, get in stroller), there is no fighting her.
(On that subject: how does one feed a baby who refuses to eat anything but random bits of cheese and cucumber and the occasional lemon, and who refuses – REFUSES – to be spoon-fed? She's a healthy girl – the energy level described in my last post, and her seemingly superhuman strength are evidence of this, I think – but she can go days just picking at and playing with her food. Is this a problem? How do I battle it?)
I've always intended to exercise a form of discipline that utilizes reasoning and discussion and getting down to child-level and teaching. But I fear that that particular resolution is doomed to the same fate as the no-garish-plastic-toys resolution and the no-DVD/television resolution (let's just say that the week I was sick, I spent hours hunkered down on the floor in front of the television with the remote control and a stack of DVDs, trying to get Miss Business to sit still and get addicted to the screen already. That I was profoundly disappointed with my failure speaks volumes about how very, very far I have fallen.) I can't have empowering heart-to-heart talks with WonderBaby about why it is very important to not bite one's mother. I can't reason with her about how very unpleasant it is to listen to screaming. She's a baby.
I'm uncomfortable with the idea of raising my voice with her; my heart flips when I think of even speaking harshly to her. I much prefer the idea of firm and gentle – but is it enough with a despot-in-training? (Benevolent, but still.)
Despots-in-training shun toys. Despots-in-training sweep toys from shelves with one flourish of their tiny muscled arms and make those shelves their own. Despots claim territory, and if some idiotic department store employee has left a screwdriver behind with which to dismantle the structures of that territory, so much the better.


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Let's start with the more competitive AmE-to-BrE category. Here we've had some nice suggestions, and the hono(u)r nearly went to primary in the sense of 'preliminary election'. Reader-in-Ireland mollymooly had suggested this at the end of 2009, noting that the Conservative party had an open primary to choose a candidate for the House of Commons seat for Totnes. Perhaps it should have beaten staycation last year--but it came to my attention a little too late. But it was ousted as frontrunner in the last day of nominations, when SP nominated a gerund that has both been discussed in the news this year and made its way into UK news. And that gerund, The 2010 American-to-British Word of the Year is:
Like, for instance, his [Cameron's] current 'shellacking' (love that word) over a supposed lack of vision and confidence in the recent Guildhall speech. [Skol303 comment on Nick Robinson's blog]
Vince Cable being torn a new one by Kirsty Wark on Newsnight...she got him so rattled he developed a Herbert Lom-like twitch (left eye) halfway though the shellacking by Wark (I kid you not). [samandmai comment on digital spy]
So thank you, SP, for a fantastic nomination!
And on to the BrE-to-AmE winner. This is always a tougher category--in part, because I live in the UK, but mostly because of the lesser impact that UK news and popular culture makes in the US. The winner is not a particularly 2010 word--instead, it's one that's been making steady progress in AmE over the past decade. But in hono(u)r of the near-culmination of the Harry Potter film adaptations, the British-to-American Word of the Year is:
...in particular, the adjectival use to describe hair colo(u)r and, to some extent, the noun use to mean 'a red-haired person'. Twice this year I've heard from US parents (including Mark Allen) who have said that their children use ginger in this more British way because of the influence of the Harry Potter stories, which features the red-headed Weasley family, including Harry's sidekick Ron. (Here's my old post on the topic.) The much-discussed new Google n-gram tool shows 'ginger hair' steadily increasing in American English books since 1995, though Harry Potter was not released in the States till September 1998. In British English books, however, there's an increase in the Harry Potter days (after some years of decline), but what looks to be a decrease as we come toward(s) the present. It's hard to say if that's meaningful--and unfortunately I don't have access to any British corpus that takes us up to date. In the more reliable Corpus of Historical American English, there are 8 uses between 1940 and 1979, none in the 1980s, five in the 1990s and 8 in the 2000s, which seems to show the Harry Potter effect. It's harder for me to find incursions of the noun ginger in the meaning 'red-head' in AmE, since one must search for word strings, not meanings. All I can think to do is to note that the Urban Dictionary entry for the noun ginger include some contributions that spell color without a u. Further evidence is welcome in the comments.
Also welcome in the comments are your thoughts on whether I've done an effective or abominable job in choosing this year's Words of the Year. But if you don't like them and didn't nominate any, I reserve the right to roll my eyes at you. Through the computer. Ouch.


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Wednesday, June 17, 2009
Ultimate Cheater Pulled Pork
From the kitchen of One Perfect Bite...Tomorrow is International Picnic Day; a day, that in my book, should be spent communing with nature in places of incredible beauty while consuming food meant for the gods. I'm no slouch when it comes to picnics. I earned my merit badge when the children were small and we'd cycle to the park. My bicycle had the air of an armoured personnel carrier about it. Each child had a bicycle seat; one child rode in front, the other in back and a wicker basket, strapped to the handle bars, held our feast. In retrospect, it's a miracle we all weren't killed, but this was long before bicycle helmets or accident statistics concerned anyone and I did have one spiffy safety feature - a ring-a-ding bell that kept other drivers at bay. Can you hear it? We made lots of PB&J sandwiches back then. Our picnics changed with the times and the repertoire now includes delights from France, Italy, Spain, Vietnam and Texas - yes Texas. Texas barbecue became a favorite of mine once I'd learned how to order and make it. My first foray - in Texas - was a real bust. I asked for, and received, Texas-style barbecue. I expected a warm bun smothered by a pile of shredded pork that dripped barbecue sauce. I received a slice of spongy white bread and a pile of unsauced brisket on a paper plate. Disappointed doesn't begin to describe my reaction. Fortunately, I'm a fast learner and can handle myself pretty well at a Texas barbecue these days. A few months ago I was thrilled to find a crock-pot recipe for pulled pork at The Splendid Table; it's called Ultimate Cheater Pulled Pork and it's extraordinarily good. They reprinted it from Cheater's BBQ: Barbecue Anytime, Anywhere, In Any Weather by Mindy Merrell and R. B. Quinn. Their recipe is so good that I threw away one I'd used for years. The recipe utilizes a rub and does not include a sauce, so you can use your favorite barbecue sauce after the meat has been pulled. The recipe calls for 1/2 cup liquid smoke. That's not a mistake. I've just checked the labels of three brands of smoke because I thought that might be a concern to you. They all contain just 2 ingredients; water and liquid smoke. Liquid smoke is a condensate that forms when wood chips or sawdust is burned. It is passed through water to create a solution that can be bottled. I am not a food chemist, but that seems safe enough to me. I have a large pork butt simmering in the crock-pot for our picnic tomorrow. I'll pack it in an insulated container and reheat it on a grill when we're ready to eat. I really like this recipe. I think you will, too..
Ultimate Cheater Pulled Pork...from the kitchen of One Perfect Bite
Cheater Basic Dry Rub
1/4 cup paprika (I use sweet and smoky Spanish Pimenton)
2 tablespoons kosher salt
2 tablespoons coarsely ground black pepper
1 tablespoon garlic powder
1 tablespoon dry mustard
Cheater Pulled Pork
1 (5 to 6-pound) boneless pork butt
1/4 cup Cheater Basic Dry Rub (see above)
1/2 cup bottled smoke
Barbecue sauce of your choice
1) To make Cheater Dry Rub, combine all ingredients in a jar with a tight-fitting lid. Shake to blend. Yield: 2/3 cup.
2) To make Cheater Pulled Pork: Cut pork butt into 3 or 4 large pieces. Place into a 5-quart slow-cooker. Sprinkle meat with 1/4 cup rub, turning pieces to coat evenly. Add bottled smoke. Cover and cook on HIGH for 5 to 6 hours or on LOW for 10 to 12 hours. Using tongs and a slotted spoon, transfer meat to a rimmed platter or baking sheet. Let rest until cool enough to handle. Pull meat into strands. Serve piled on buns with your favorite barbecue sauce. To serve barbecue later, cover and refrigerate meat when it has cooled. Pour meat juice into a separate container and refrigerate. Before reheating juices, skim and discard congealed fat layer that forms on top. To reheat barbecue, place in a saucepan moistened with some reserved juice. Gently heat on medium low, stirring occasionally. Alternatively, place it in a covered casserole with some reserved juice and heat in a 350 degree F oven for 20 to 30 minutes. While meat warms, combine barbecue sauce and some of remaining meat juice in a small saucepan. Heat through and serve with pulled pork. Yield: 10 to 12 servings.
76 comments :
- Marina Capano said...
Hi Nice to meet you! just beautiful post!Thanks for sharing them with us.
- June 17, 2009 at 12:21 AM
- Suzy said...
Loved ready about your picnic history! I was getting quite the picture of the bicycle rides :-) I do pork similar to that in the crockpot. My husband begs for it. Thanks for stopping by my blog and the kind words about my flowers!
- June 17, 2009 at 12:27 AM
- Kathleen said...
Hi Mary...
I do mine in a crock pot, but more on the sweet side, no smoke. I made it a few years ago for our beach community..150 people..not too many knew what it was..it is just starting to get popular here..we are slow!
Thanks for your recipe..I use Coke in mine.. - June 17, 2009 at 12:45 AM
- Maria Berg said...
As alway it makes me hungry to look at, it looks so nice.
A few day ago I found out that I can no longer eat anything with milk in - it is difficult to rethink what to eat - but at lease i can look at everything.
/MB - June 17, 2009 at 2:37 AM
- Selba said...
I didn't know there's a picnic day :)
Ah... have been gone for picnic nor barbeque for a long time... Uhmmm, mabye about 15 years ago, hehehe...
I remember when I was in the States, at least once a month, there's always barbeque. I surely miss those old days... - June 17, 2009 at 2:43 AM
- Susan @ A Southern Daydreamer said...
Happy Outdoor Wednesday Mary! I love my low cooker for barbecue! Thanks for sharing your photos.~ Susan
PS peanut butter and jelly is still goodon a picnic! - June 17, 2009 at 3:07 AM
- Kim @ Starshine Chic said...
Sounds yummy! Hubby loves pulled pork sandwiches. I might have to give this recipe a try. Thanks! And thanks for visiting my blog & leaving me a comment.
- June 17, 2009 at 3:35 AM
- ♥peachkins♥ said...
Hmmnn.. haven't tried making this kind of sandwich. Thanks for sharing the recipe..
- June 17, 2009 at 4:42 AM
- Katy ~ said...
What a magnificent picnic location. Oh my, I could become lost in all it's beauty.
I had the sweetest mental picture of your biking with your children.
LOL about the Texas pulled pork. I don't think I could have eaten it.
Yours, however, sounds, excellent! - June 17, 2009 at 5:15 AM
- Martha said...
We like BBQ on the prairie and pork is a favorite -- I often do the same with meat -- reserve the juices and warm in an oven -- it makes for the most flavorful moist meat.
- June 17, 2009 at 5:28 AM
- Jennifer said...
I love doing my pulled pork in the crock pot too!
Great picture! Enjoy the picnic! - June 17, 2009 at 5:31 AM
- Ning said...
My kids prefer a slightly sweeter version, so I add a drop or two of honey. We also do not have liquid smoke available.
- June 17, 2009 at 6:00 AM
- Kat said...
Wow! You've picked one of my all time favorites and this sounds wonderful. Sorry you had a bad experience with Texas BBQ - there are some places that really know how to cook a brisket, and others - well, not so much lol. But pulled pork is my favorite, being born in Mississippi and all! Kathy
- June 17, 2009 at 6:17 AM
- Christina Kim said...
It's pulled pork nonetheless, even if it's the "cheater" variety! Who has the time/energy to actually smoke a pork butt for hours and hours?
- June 17, 2009 at 6:39 AM
- Kammy said...
Hello !
I have never visited your Yummy site....I will have to take a look at your recipes.... no calories at just looking , right ?
Hugs ~ Kammy - June 17, 2009 at 7:11 AM
- Kammy said...
Hello !
I have never visited your Yummy site....I will have to take a look at your recipes.... no calories at just looking , right ?
Hugs ~ Kammy - June 17, 2009 at 7:13 AM
- Debbie said...
The pork looks fantastic. Wow..that sounds like a great recipe. Love the beautiful picture...another day of rain here in Virgnia!
- June 17, 2009 at 7:16 AM
- Puna said...
Your food is always good but I have to say that your photography is awesome as well! Love that blue plate and the little bowl in the last post.
- June 17, 2009 at 7:51 AM
- Pat@Back Porch Musings said...
I love that first photo! Absolutely wonderful!!
Pulled pork sandwiches. Yum! - June 17, 2009 at 8:10 AM
- Lori said...
Sounds like a good one Mary. I always use this one from Tyler Florence. It has 1/2 of an orange, half of a lime, tomatoes.... a lot of stuff. But I am thinking I would like to try yours next time.
- June 17, 2009 at 8:30 AM
- flmom said...
It looks fantastic! I especially appreciate the convenience of preparing something like this in a crockpot during the heat of the summer.
- June 17, 2009 at 9:16 AM
- Culinary Wannabe said...
I have been looking for a good crockpot bbq recipe for years! Every one I've tried has not had that "right" flavor. By being able to use your own sauce, I think this might just solve that problem! Thanks!
- June 17, 2009 at 9:33 AM
- Painter's Place said...
This makes my mouth water just looking at it. We have wonderful bar-b-que here in the south. I'll have to try your recipe!!
- June 17, 2009 at 9:45 AM
- Blue Creek Home said...
I'm not sure which photo I like the best-the park scene or the barbeque!!! Yummy. Thanks for visiting me. Rhonda
- June 17, 2009 at 9:55 AM
- Creative Classroom Core said...
Ive beenwanting to make pulled pork, but have been hunting for the right recipe. This recipe sounds great!
- June 17, 2009 at 10:00 AM
- Shellbelle said...
I love pulled pork! I didn't know that tomorrow is International Picnic Day, guess I'll be packing the picnic basket and heading to the beach. Wish I had a bike with a bell for the trip. Happy Outdoor Wednesday Mary!
- June 17, 2009 at 10:06 AM
- Barb said...
Hi Mary, how good does this look?!! I love pulled pork and picnics.
Happy Outdoor Wednesday.
Barb - June 17, 2009 at 10:17 AM
- Maya said...
International picnic day..., I'll remember that!
- June 17, 2009 at 10:34 AM
- Olga said...
And now I know what I want for lunch...alas :(
I had really good pulled pork in Savannah, GA. - June 17, 2009 at 10:40 AM
- Robin Lambright said...
Love'n your blog, this pulled pork sounds very good. The DH loves BBQ and I love the crock pot, sounds like a winner to me!
Robin - June 17, 2009 at 10:45 AM
- Mary Bergfeld said...
A big welcome to all newcomers. We're glad to have you here and hope you'll come often.
- June 17, 2009 at 10:47 AM
- Beach House Dreamer said...
Me too, love the idea of an international picnic day!
- June 17, 2009 at 11:12 AM
- Heather S-G said...
mmmmm...I love pulled pork. And what a great picnic story :) I'm going to try your recipe...I just bought some liquid smoke, so the timing seems perfect.
- June 17, 2009 at 11:27 AM
- MyKitchenInHalfCups said...
Yep that slow cooker does a really amazing trick with the pork! I use bottle smoke and like you assess it's safe enough.
Beautiful picnic bench place! - June 17, 2009 at 11:31 AM
- Mary | Deep South Dish said...
Those were different days back then weren't they? We didn't even have to use seat belts in the car - couldn't risk such as that these days!
This recipe sounds wonderful. Our local favorite BBQ joint The Shed won the Live's Hometown BBQ contest for last week and they'll be featured on Live tomorrow with their pulled pork. It had me wanting a taste for pulled pork, so your post is timely!
Looks delish!! Thanks for sharing. - June 17, 2009 at 11:33 AM
- Penny said...
Pork butt is probably my favorite part of the pig; succulent and moist. Love this recipe.
- June 17, 2009 at 11:36 AM
Nice looking sandwich!
- June 17, 2009 at 11:38 AM
- Unknown said...
Thats perfect for fathers day I think my dad will really enjoy this!
- June 17, 2009 at 11:39 AM
- Lyndas recipe box said...
This is a wonderful way to do pulled pork...I have a similar recipe that also uses the slow cooker.
I loved reading about your picnics when your kids were small- what great memories for all of you!
I would love to be at that picnic table in your photo right now- it looks so beautiful and relaxing! - June 17, 2009 at 11:50 AM
- Pam said...
My kids and I are always having picnics - they make for great memories.
I love pulled pork sandwiches - extra sauce for me please. - June 17, 2009 at 12:28 PM
- g.suzie said...
Mary, fisrt of all, love your recipes, you must be 'cook extraordinaire'. . .I had to smile when I read that you talked about blue poppy seeds from Buchart Gardens, because I bought some blue poppy seeds and hope to get some started in our yard. . .Have a great day!
- June 17, 2009 at 12:30 PM
- theUngourmet said...
Another delicious recipe! :0)
I just told my son that tomorrow is picnic day and we will have to go on a picnic. He is very excited about this! He probably won't go for a pulled pork sandwich, darn it. Oh well, all the more for me then! - June 17, 2009 at 12:49 PM
- Unknown said...
MMM, sounds delicious and the setting is perfect.
- June 17, 2009 at 1:12 PM
What happened to the days of picnics! We so seldom take the time for those little luxuries these days- I must plan one for DH and I -
Recipe sounds wonderful! - June 17, 2009 at 1:26 PM
- Katherine Roberts Aucoin said...
This looks fantastic and pulled pork has to be one of my favorites sammies!
I enjoyed reading your picnic story! - June 17, 2009 at 2:14 PM
- stefanie said...
mmmmmm, i am going to try that, thanks
- June 17, 2009 at 2:21 PM
- Sue said...
Hi Mary, I so enjoyed your story about taking your children on a picnic. It brings back fond memories of picnicing with our children and yes pb&j sandwiches were the main course, and we all just enjoyed them so. Thank you for sharing and this recipe looks delicious. Hope your picnic is filled with many fond memories.
Sue - June 17, 2009 at 3:00 PM
- mel said...
That looks like a perfect spot for a picnic. It is beautiful. And the recipe sounds so yummy! Happy OW!
- June 17, 2009 at 3:18 PM
- Brenda Pruitt said...
What a gorgeous and tranquil view from the picnic table. I haven't sat at one of those in years...
Brenda - June 17, 2009 at 3:49 PM
- Lakeshore Cottage Living said...
Hello Mary,
I love your name...that was my mother's name.
Yummy! Thanks for this recipe...I really enjoy barbecue.
Thank you for the sweet comment on my blog. Hope you are having a wonderful day.
Kristine - June 17, 2009 at 4:47 PM
- Mrs. L said...
I just had my first "Texas BBQ this past weekend and found the same thing. Dry bread, with some brisket. I had no idea, I just ate the brisket and tossed the bread!
I recently made a pulled pork recipe in the crock pot and was pleasantly surprised. I'll have to try this version. - June 17, 2009 at 4:53 PM
- Skaggs Family said...
Hi Mary! What a beautiful place to eat that YUMMY lookin' pulled pork sandwich! Thanks for getting my tastebuds all rialed up!
- June 17, 2009 at 5:22 PM
- CailinMarie said...
I moved to Virginia in High School and have yet to understand the differences between the different styles of bbq but Pierce's is darn good.
This looks good and not too saucey. I'm going to have to try this!!!
and I LOVED the visual image of you on your bike. I can just see it!
have a good picnic. - June 17, 2009 at 7:29 PM
- lisaiscooking said...
Glad to hear to came to enjoy Texas bbq! And, I'm thrilled to know there is an International Picnic Day.
- June 17, 2009 at 7:32 PM
- Irene said...
A picnic post for Outdoor Wednesday and a pork recipe. Delicious idea!
- June 17, 2009 at 7:52 PM
- The Blonde Duck said...
Well now, that just ain't right. As a Texan bbq connoisseur, they should have given you a bottle of sauce, crackers and bread and some potato salad and coleslaw. I shall report them to the BBQ police immediately.
- June 17, 2009 at 8:09 PM
- A & W said...
I'm from the south so I absolutely LOVEEE pulled pork barbecue. This looks amazing, will definitely have to try it out!
- Whitney - June 17, 2009 at 8:32 PM
- Barbara said...
Mary, I'm back reading posts again. You're pulled pork looks great. Texans don't do pork, but stick with beef that is excellent. Great pulled pork in the Midwest and NC, SC, and Alabama.
- June 17, 2009 at 8:45 PM
- Mary Bergfeld said...
Barabar, it good to have you back. I hope all is well. Blessings...Mary
- June 17, 2009 at 8:57 PM
I think I'll definitely love this. I had no idea tomorrow was International Picnic day! Man, I haven't had a good picnic in years...
- June 17, 2009 at 9:41 PM
- Regina said...
Delicious. Nice post.
- June 17, 2009 at 10:15 PM
- Dewi said...
What a delicious and perfect dish for a picnic day Mary!
- June 17, 2009 at 10:31 PM
- xinex said...
Yummy! What a great idea to prepare for a picnic...Christine
- June 17, 2009 at 11:37 PM
- NKP said...
It always amazes me the stuff we used to do.. that would be considered dangerous at the very least now.
The pulled pork sammie is calling my name.. it would make a perfect midnight snack! - June 17, 2009 at 11:48 PM
- Claudia said...
I am bookmarking this -because have been looking for a pulled-pork recipe for ages and this fits the bill. June is the best month for picnics - and just to get outside iwth family and friens and fod - is so wonderful. The recipe is grand!
- June 18, 2009 at 12:02 AM
- Jamie said...
Oooh International Picnic Day sounds great! Love picnics! And I know what you mean about pre-helmet, pre-safety statistics days. Things were simpler and happier back then when nobody thought of all the danger! We just had fun!
Those pulled pork sandwiches look fab! - June 18, 2009 at 12:41 AM
- fitty's pinky rose cottage said...
since today is international picnic day, I bring along some fruits from my dad's orchard hehehehe.. and you picnic food look delicious! yumm!
thanks for sharing these great photos and happy OW. Have a great day too - June 18, 2009 at 2:58 AM
- Deb in Hawaii said...
The slow cooker is such a great tool. I make Kalua Pork in mine and love how tender it turns out.
- June 18, 2009 at 6:22 AM
- Grandmother Wren said...
Great recipe! I have to admit, I've been making-do with the pulled pork from the deli - I'm definitely going to try this one instead.
I enjoyed your picnic story - I'll remember you and smile the next time I'm strapping the helmet and knee pads on my granddaughter, preparing her for today's treacherous bike rides! We lived in a simpler time.... - June 18, 2009 at 11:58 AM
- sunnymama said...
What a beautiful setting for a picnic :)
- June 18, 2009 at 2:46 PM
- Melanie said...
Your blog is amazing - I'm so glad I stumbled upon it. I love pulled pork and have yet to find my favorite recipe - this cheater pulled pork may just be it!
- June 18, 2009 at 4:44 PM
- Debbie@Mountain Breaths said...
Thanks for stopping by my blog! We love pulled pork, and it is always on our Father's Day menu. Great post!
- June 18, 2009 at 6:38 PM
- ~~louise~~ said...
Oh Mary what a beautiful post. It's just Perfect for Picnic Day. I'm delighted you're playing the Picnic Game. Both images cast the ease of celebrating Picnic Day.
Thank you so much for sharing:) - June 19, 2009 at 10:16 PM
- Lisa said...
Mmmm! I do love a good barbecue sandwich! This sounds just fabulous. And thanks for the info on Liquid Smoke. I always wondered what that really was.
- June 20, 2009 at 2:21 AM
- maybelles mom said...
I love to cheat--these are perfect for me.
- June 27, 2009 at 3:12 PM
- Heidi said...
I'm making this today for my daughter's birthday. She's turning 13!
I love your blog too. I visit everyday. I'll let you know how it turns out. I'm so excited. I also made my own bbq sauce and it's really good. :) - July 11, 2011 at 1:06 PM


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Synthetic Biology:Semantic web ontology/Software
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- Semantic Web Tools from ESW wiki
- SIMILE is focused on developing robust, open source tools based on Semantic Web technologies that improve access, management and reuse among digital assets
- Developers Guide to Semantic Web Toolkits for different Programming Languages
- Scalability Report on Triple Store Applications
- Oracle Semantic Technologies - links to the white papers at the bottom of the page
- SemWebCentral - open source tools for the Semantic Web
- RDF in Mozilla: RDF engine, code examples, etc
- RDF module of JSLib
RDF and other formats
- RDF data model in Oracle - white paper (PDF) decribing DB schema for RDF statements storage.
- Storing RDF in a relational database
- Relational Databases on the Semantic Web from Design Issues.
- Mapping Semantic Web Data with RDBMSes from SWAD Europe.
- Databases, Query, API, Interfaces report on Query languages from SWAD Europe.
- Protégé JDBC backend design rationale
- RDF access to relational databases
- Nuts and bolts from HCLSIG BioRDF - tools for converting data in various formats to RDF
- Bridging the Gap between RDF and XML
- GRDDL - Gleaning Resource Descriptions from Dialects of Languages. A mechanism for getting RDF data out of XML and XHTML documents using explicitly associated transformation algorithms, typically represented in XSLT.
- Demonstration of GRDDL applied to XML
- Bridging XHTML, XML and RDF with GRDDL
- GRDDL Data Views - a way of extracting Semantic Web data in RDF from XML formats (especially XHTML dialects or microformats) via transformations identified by URIs and typically expressed in XSLT
- "semantic repository"
- reasoner, ontology server, semantic store, metastore, RDF database (reference)
- Jena - a Java framework for building Semantic Web applications. It provides a programmatic environment for RDF, RDFS and OWL, including a rule-based inference engine.
- jena-dev - Jena developers mailing list archive
- An Introduction to RDF and the Jena RDF API
- Introduction to Jena from IBM
- Jena Javadoc
- Jena relational database backend
- Joseki is an HTTP and SOAP engine supports the SPARQL Protocol and the SPARQL RDF Query language
- ARQ is a query engine for Jena that supports the SPARQL RDF Query language
- LARQ - Lucene + ARQ
- Eyeball: checking RDF/OWL for common problems
- Jena2 Manager
- 4Suite™: an open-source platform for XML and RDF processing
- Sesame: an open source RDF database with support for RDF Schema inferencing and querying
- OWLIM - OWL Semantic Repository packaged as a Storage and Inference Layer (SAIL) for the Sesame RDF database
- Kowari: database for the storage, retrieval and analysis of RDF and OWL metadata; non-relational, written in Java.
- Mulgara is a scalable RDF database written entirely in Java. Mulgara is an Open Source fork of Kowari.
- ARC - RDF and SPARQL for PHP developers is a lightweight, SPARQL-enabled RDF system for mainstream Web projects. It is written in PHP and has been optimized for shared (or otherwise performance- or privilege-limited) Web environments.
- 3store - a C library that uses MySQL to store its raw RDF data and caches, part of the AKT Project.
- OpenDFKI RDFBroker is an RDF store that uses a natural mapping of RDF resources to database tables that does not rely on RDF Schema, but constructs a schema based on the occurring signatures, where a signature is the set of properties used on a resource
- rdfDB: An RDF Database
- RDFStore - Perl/C RDF storage and API
- ParkaSW is an inferencing database, built for use with the semantic web. It is currently undergoing revision to support RDF internally.
- Brahms - RDF/S Main Memory Storage
- Nokia Semantic Web Server - reference implementation of URIQA (URI Query Agent) model. Provides access to metadata describing products, documents, vocabularies, schemas, and other resources.
- Sourceforge page. For MS Windows only.
- Tools & Utilities
- SMART: System for Managing Applications based on RDF Technology
- Intellidimension RDF Gateway - commercial Windows app but free version available
- Virtuoso is an innovative Virtualization platform that transparently integrates Data, Services, and Business Processes across the enterprise.
- AllegroGraph
- scalable RDF triple store with advanced query and reasoning capabilities
- free Java version works with up to 50 million triples
Life Sciences
- myGrid is a collection of services and components that allows the high level integration of biological data and applications.
- Feta - a semantic discovery tool to search available web services
- LSID components - LSIDs are used as unique identifiers for data objects that are imported or created in myGrid. This facilitates data retrieval, data searching and provenance capture
- BioServices - provide mechanisms for producing web services from exisiting bioinformatics services for use in workflows
- myExperiment is a collaborative platform for life scientists to manage, share and find Taverna workflows
- Smart Tea is about improving the information environment for chemists doing chemistry - within and beyond the lab
- myTea - extending Smart Tea Interaction to myGrid BioInformatics
- myTea vLab - software environment for bioinformatics
- Semantic Grid is an extension of the current Grid in which information and services are given well-defined meaning through machine-processable descriptions
- Wiki for Professionals are workspace for Semantic Web, enabling real-time knowledge exchange and exploration
- developed by Knewco, Inc
- Developers Guide to Semantic Web Toolkits for different Programming Languages
- Redland RDF Application Framework: modular, object based libraries written in C (Redland RPMs)
- RDF-Redland - a Ruby Wrapper around the Redland Application Framework
- Storage modules
- ActiveRDF is a library for accessing RDF data from Ruby programs
- Ruby On Rails and ActiveRDF - HCLSIG subgroup task - to produce a Ruby On Rails and Active RDF implementation of the BioDash eclipse (Java) based gui so that we can show that the functionality shown in BioDash can be implemented using web based technologies.
- Ruby RDF was an experimental RDF system implemented in Ruby. It is no longer under active development.
- JRDF - Java RDF API
- TAP @ Stanford
- The Protégé OWL API
- Perl
- Perllib - the W3C Perl Code Library
- CARA Perl RDF API - a pure perl RDF system providing storage and RDF/XML parsing
- Perl RDF API
- Python
- RDFLib - Python library for working with RDF (RDFLib Wiki)
- Oort - a Python toolkit for accessing RDF graphs as plain objects (it has RDFLib under the crust)
- Sparta is an Python API for RDF that is designed to help easily learn and navigate the Semantic Web programmatically. Unlike other RDF interfaces, which are generally triple-based, Sparta binds RDF nodes to Python objects and RDF arcs to attributes of those Python objects.
- Pyrple - Python 2.3 RDF toolkit
- Java code generators
- RDFReactor views the RDF data model through object-oriented Java proxies; Java interfaces are generated automatically from an RDF Schema
- Kazuki generates a Java API for working with OWL instance data directly from a set of OWL ontologies. It is built on Jena 2 and mirrors their ontology interface.
- Jastor is a open source Java code generator that emits Java Beans from Web Ontologies (OWL) enabling convenient, type safe access and eventing of RDF stored in a Jena Semantic Web Framework model.
- Wilbur Nokia RDF toolkit written in Common LISP (another link)
- SWCLOS: A Semantic Web Processor on Common Lisp Object System
- Adobe's Extensible Metadata Platform (XMP) is a labeling technology that allows you to embed data about a file, known as metadata, into the file itself.
- Crow: Computational Representation Of Whatever is a java library for the manipulation and mining of complex and world-wide distributed data (by Raik Grünberg)
- Semantic Web programming languages
- org.biojava.ontology: a general-purpose API for ontologies
- Tabulator: AJAX and Semantic Web - browser
- SIMILE Longwell is a web-based RDF browser
- SIMILE Welkin - visualizes RDF models
- BrownSauce generic RDF browser
- foafnaut - SVG FOAF browser
- FoaF Explorer
- Haystack
- OINK: Open Integration of Networked Knowledge (by Ora Lassila, based on Wilbur)
- AKT Triplestore Browser
- OpenLink Data Explorer Extension for Firefox allows Web users to explore the raw data and data relationships that underly a Web page
- jOWL is a jQuery plugin for navigating and visualising OWL-RDFS documents.
- morla is a multiplatform editor of RDF documents
- IsaViz: A Visual Authoring Tool for RDF
- RDF Backend for Protégé - create, import, and save RDF(S) files in in Protégé
- Fentwine: A navigational RDF browser and editor
- Simplistic RDF Editor - needs SVG
- RDF Editor in Java - simple
- RDFAuthor is a tool designed to ease the pain of creating RDF instance data. Authoring is largely a matter of dragging in data and binding it together using a graphical interface.
- Eclipse-based
- RDFX is a suite of plug-ins for the Eclipse platform which together provide a framework for experimentation with RDF
- Web-based
- Leeet prototype demo - search with auto-complete, etc
- commercial development environment for W3C's Semantic Web standards RDF Schema, the OWL Web Ontology Language, the SPARQL Query Language and the Semantic Web Rule Language (SWRL)
- provides scalable database backends (Jena, AllegroGraph, Oracle 10g and Sesame) as well as multi-user support
- Simple javascript RDF parser
- ARP: Another RDF Parser (Jena RDF/XML Parser, from Jeremy Carroll @ HP)
- MySQL Dmoz RDF Parser - This Perl script converts the Dmoz content.rdf file from the RDF format into a text file which can be easily loaded into MySQL.
- Visualizing RDF - list of tools that allow viewing RDF document as a diagram
- RDFRoom is an isometric RDF viewer. It gives the user ways to view and manipulate his RDF data that might make him see the data in a brand new perspective.
- IsaViz is a visual environment for browsing and authoring RDF models represented as graphs.
- Rudolf: online RDF Visualizer
- DumpOnt is a program to display the class and property hierarchies present in an RDF Schema or DAML+OIL or OWL ontology (based on Jena2).
- OWLDoc is a tool that generates JavaDoc style html page documentation for an OWL ontology.
- Gadget is an XML inspector. It is able to process large quantities of well-formed XML and produce a condensed summary of that data. Live demo
- RDF-Gravity is a tool for visualising RDF/OWL Graphs/ontologies (Java Web Start)
- Ontoware - Semantic Web related software projects
- RDF Validator
- RDB to RDF
- W3C Workshop on RDF Access to Relational Databases
- D2R Map - Database to RDF Mapping Language and Processor
- D2RQ - Treating Non-RDF Databases as Virtual RDF Graphs
- D2RQ User Manual and Language Specification
- D2R MAP - a database to RDF mapping language (poster from WWW2003)
- D2RQ — Lessons Learned: position paper for the W3C Workshop on RDF Access to Relational Databases
- D2R Server - SPARQL endpoint for relational databases; combines the D2RQ API and Joseki SPARQL Server to map a database's contents into a virtual RDF graph that can be accessed over the SPARQL protocol. It is bundled with a Jetty webserver and aims at being easy to set up and use.
- KAON Reverse is a prototype GUI for mapping relational database content to ontologies.
- Triplify is a small plugin for Web applications, which reveals the semantic structures encoded in relational databases by making database content available as RDF, JSON or Linked Data.
- RDFizers are tools that allow to transform existing data into an RDF representation.
- Tripletest is a testing framework for RDF triplestores
- BioDash is a Semantic Web prototype of a Drug Development Dashboard that associates disease, compounds, drug progression stages, molecular biology, and pathway knowledge for a team of users (built on Haystack)
- RDF crawlers
- RDF crawler - uses Jena RDF toolkit to spider the web gathering up semantic web data and to store it in any of Jena's backend stores
- OntoBroker - Java-based
- Pike is a dynamic programming language for the semantic web with a syntax similar to Java and C (examples of Semantic Web support)
Lehigh University Benchmark (LUBM) is developed to facilitate the evaluation of Semantic Web repositories in a standard and systematic way
RDF Schema
- RDF Schema formatter - online tool that extracts human readable information from a RDF Schema
Ontology editors
- List of ontology editors
- Ontology tools survey @ xml.com from 2004
- Protégé is a free, open source ontology editor and knowledge-base framework
- Protégé OWL Plugin - ontology editor for the Semantic Web
- Projects that use Protégé
- OWL-S Editor is a Tab Widget plugin for Protégé
- OilEd is an ontology editor allowing the user to build ontologies using DAML+OIL
- Ontolingua
- SWOOP A Hypermedia-based Featherweight OWL Ontology Editor
- CmapTools Ontology Editor (COE) - concept maps provide a human-centered interface to display the structure, content, and scope of an ontology
- CmapTools knowledge modeling kit from the Institute of Human and Machine Cognition (IHMC)
- CmapTools project description
- SweDE is built on the Eclipse IDE, includes an OWL editor with helpful features like syntax highlighting, autocompletion, and error-detection. It also currently integrates existing tools like the OWL Validator, Kazuki (OWL to Java code generator), and DumpOnt (Ontology Visualizer).
- m3t4.studio Semantic Toolkit - RDF and OWL editors for the Eclipse IDE.
- SMORE - Create OWL Markup for HTML Web Pages
- OntoMat-Annotizer is a user-friendly interactive webpage annotation tool.
- Hozo - from Osaka University, Java-based
- Commercial
- IBM Integrated Ontology Development Toolkit - IODT
- EODM Workbench is part of IODT
- OntoStudio is the leading engineering environment for ontologies and for the development of semantic applications; based on Eclipse
- Altova SemanticWorks - allows to graphically create and edit RDF instance documents, RDFS vocabularies, and OWL ontologies with full syntax checking
- IBM Integrated Ontology Development Toolkit - IODT
Ontology Managers
- KAON is an open-source ontology management infrastructure targeted for business applications. It includes a comprehensive tool suite allowing easy ontology creation and management and provides a framework for building ontology-based applications. An important focus of KAON is scalable and efficient reasoning with ontologies.
- KAON2 is an infrastructure for managing OWL-DL and SWRL ontologies.
- Chimaera is a software system that supports users in creating and maintaining distributed ontologies on the web
- LexGrid - an infrastructure for interlocking biomedical concepts across vocabularies and ontologies
- IBM Web Ontology Manager
- SPARQL engine
- sparql2sql - a query engine for SPARQL over Jena triple stores
- Javascript SPARQL library and AJAX SPARQL client
- RDF Query-o-matic Light
- SPARQLer - an RDF Query server
Rule engines
- BaseVISor is VIStology's versatile forward-chaining inference engine specialized to handle facts in the form of RDF triples with support for RuleML, R-Entailment and XML Schema Datatypes.
- A reasoner is a service that takes the statements encoded (asserted) in an ontology as input and derives (infers) new statements from them. In particular, OWL reasoners can be used to:
- Reveal subclass/superclass relationships among classes
- Determine the most specific types of individuals
- Detect inconsistent class definitions
- Inference_engine
- DIG interface provides uniform access to Description Logic (DL) Reasoners (DIG interface on SourceForge)
- a number of reasoners including FaCT++, RACER, and Pellet provide support for DIG
- a number of ontology editors (including OilEd, Protege and SWOOP) can use the DIG interface to communicate with such reasoners
- Jena framework also makes use of DIG for reasoning over OWL ontologies
- CWM - Closed World Machine
- Pychinko: Rete-based RDF friendly rule engine
- Pellet is an open-source Java based OWL DL reasoner. It can be used in conjunction with both Jena and OWL API libraries and also provides a DIG interface.
- FaCT++ is the new generation of the well-known FaCT OWL-DL reasoner
- SIE - Simple Inference Engine written in Ruby
- JBoss Rules - an open source and standards-based business rules engine
- SMILE (Structural Modeling, Inference, and Learning Engine) is a fully portable library of C++ classes implementing graphical decision-theoretic methods
RacerPro (Renamed ABox and Concept Expression Reasoner) is an OWL reasoner and inference server (also available from Franz Inc)
Web Services
- The Universal Information Service Browser (UISB) Project The aim of the UISB Project is to investigate and improve interaction with Information Services used in a range of distributed environments, in the first instance these will include Web Services, UDDI and the Jini Lookup Service.
Live demos
- Oracle Semantic Technologies Center
- Semantic Web Research at HP Labs
- IBM alphaWorks : Semantics
- Nokia Semantic Web - Research Program
- SwapMe (Semantic Web Application Platform for Mobile Ecosystems) project will develop a new software architecture that will enable the mobile ecosystem to take maximum advantage of the power of the Semantic Web data model
- Teranode XDA
- Radar Networks
- Metaweb Technologies
- Powerset - natural language search
- Franz Inc develops AllegroGraph triple-store which works with RacerPro reasoner and TopBraid Composer Semantic Web IDE
- Cambridge Semantics - middleware platforms (people)
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Recently I have really been enjoying simple vegetable soups. I am still surprised by how such simple recipes can make such great soups. Many vegetable soups only have a few ingredients and yet they are so tasty. A while ago I came across this recipe for roasted cauliflower and red pepper soup . I really like roasted vegetables as roasting them adds a lot of flavour. Roasted red peppers are among my favorite roasted vegetables and I just had to try a roasted red pepper soup. I had also been wanting to try roasting cauliflower so I roasted the cauliflower as well. This soup was super simple to make though it took a bit of time roasting and simmering. It turned out really tasty! The roasted red pepper was the star flavour and the cauliflower contributed a really nice texture and thickness to the soup. There are a lot of things that you can garnish a vegetable soup with including sour cream, fresh chopped herbs, pestos, etc. I garnished mine with a bit of sour cream the first time and some dukkah the second time. The dukkah was really good as a garnish for the soup. It added a bit of spice and heat and a nice contrasting crunchy texture.
Roasted Cauliflower and Red Pepper Soup
- 1 head cauliflower (cut into florets)
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- salt and pepper
- 1 teaspoon oil
- 1 onion (chopped)
- 2 cloves garlic (chopped)
- 2 roasted red peppers
- 1/4 teaspoon cayenne (optional)
- 3 cups stock or water (add more to thin the soup out if you like)
- 1 tablespoon heavy cream (optional garnish)
- 1 tablespoon sour cream (optional garnish)
- 1 tablespoon dukkah (optional garnish)
- 1 tablespoon herb (optional garnish, chopped)
- Toss the cauliflower florets in the olive oil with the salt and pepper.
- Arrange the cauliflower florets in a single layer in a baking dish.
- Roast the cauliflower in a preheated 400F/200C oven until lightly golden brown, about 20-30 minutes.
- Heat the oil in a pan.
- Add the onions and saute until tender, about 5-7 minutes.
- Add the garlic and saute until fragrant, about 30 seconds.
- Add the cauliflower, roasted red peppers, cayenne and stock.
- Bring to a boil, reduce the heat, cover and simmer until the cauliflower is tender, about 20 minutes.
- Puree with a hand blender.
- Serve garnished with heavy cream or dukkah or chopped herbs etc.


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Dogs could be replaced by robots after scientists crack simple process - Sheepdogs could lose their jobs to robots after scientists learned the secret of their herding ability.
Rounding up sheep successfully is a simple process involving just two basic mathematical rules, a study found.
One causes a sheepdog to close any gaps it sees between dispersing sheep. The other results in sheep being driven forward once the gaps have sufficiently closed.
A computer simulation showed that obeying these two rules alone allowed a single shepherd – or sheepdog – to control a flock of more than 100 animals.
The discovery has implications for human crowd control as well as the development of robots that can gather and herd livestock, the scientists said.
The lead researcher, Dr Andrew King, from Swansea University, said: "If you watch sheepdogs rounding up sheep, the dog weaves back and forth behind the flock in exactly the way that we see in the model.
"We had to think about what the dog could see to develop our model. It basically sees white, fluffy things in front of it. If the dog sees gaps between the sheep, or the gaps are getting bigger, the dog needs to bring them together."
Colleague Daniel Strömbom, a mathematician from Uppsala University in Sweden, added: "At every time step in the model, the dog decides if the herd is cohesive enough or not. If not cohesive, it will make it cohesive, but if it's already cohesive the dog will push the herd towards the target.
"Other models don't appear to be able to herd really big groups – as soon as the number of individuals gets above 50 you start needing multiple shepherds or sheepdogs."
To conduct the study, the researchers fitted a flock of sheep and a sheepdog with backpacks containing highly accurate GPS satnavs.
Movement-tracking data from the devices was programmed into computer simulations to develop the mathematical shepherding model.
Writing in the Journal of the Royal Society Interface, the researchers concluded: "Our approach should support efficient designs for herding autonomous, interacting agents in a variety of contexts.
"Obvious cases are robot-assisted herding of livestock, and keeping animals away from sensitive areas, but applications range from control of flocking robots, cleaning up of environments and human crowd control."
Previous strategies for guiding large numbers have involved either the whole group or a leader "homing in" on a target heading.
"A simpler alternative is to shepherd such groups, using the algorithm which we have described here," said the scientists. "This would be particularly useful for guiding robots back to a base after completion of some task."
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The T.C. Williams football team scored its biggest win in years Thursday, upsetting regional power Oakton 15-9 at Parker Gray Stadium.
The Cougars, ranked third in this week's Washington Post Metro Poll and state semifinalists a year ago, led 9-7 and seemed to have the game under wraps with two minutes to play until Titans' linebacker Chelo Abbe recovered a Jimmy Boone fumble and returned it 43 yards for the game-winning touchdown.
Boone's decisive fumble on a quarterback keeper was one of five turnovers including three Cougar miscues in the game's final six minutes, serving up a wild finish to what had been a defensive battle for most of the contest.
After an season-opening loss to Robinson, the Titans are now 2-1 on the season and face Lake Braddock next week.
Be sure to check for the full report in The Times' September 24 issue.