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According to The Hill, Republican strategists are thinking about whether to take President Obama up on his offer of bi-partisanship. Some say, yes, let's try. Others say, no, don't.
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) has told colleagues and reporters that the GOP cannot simply be the "party of no," but must work with Democrats to offer solutions to the nation's problems.
Graham said that most of his colleagues agree, but he acknowledged "there are a few people who just want to say, 'We're not going to do anything this year.' "
Republican pollster Whit Ayres said Republican lawmakers could boost the GOP's low ratings in generic ballot polls, which are below 50 percent, by working on legislative solutions. But he warned against supporting proposals that would expand government's role significantly.
"They need to provide alternative solutions that are consistent with their principles, but that doesn't mean crawling into bed with the liberals," he said.
Sen. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.), among the most conservative members of the party, has urged colleagues not to abandon their principles for the sake of reform.
DeMint worries the White House will cherry-pick a few GOP centrists, rather than work with a broader group of Republicans.
"Right now their whole strategy just seems like they want to divide us," DeMint said.
Senate Republicans are coalescing around what they believe should make up the basic parameters for healthcare reform: that it cannot add to the federal deficit, raise taxes or cut Medicare substantially.
House Republicans have also warmed to negotiating with Democrats, and like their Senate counterparts, have laid down strict ground rules.
January 28th, 2010
12:19 pm
Republicans have proposed fixes to the health care bill, but Obama won't even speak to them about them. There is no discussion about tort reform or interstate competition, both proposed by Republicans. Obama's rhetoric about being bi-partisan, having open meetings, shutting down lobbyists, posting legislation for public scrutiny in advance of voting all ring hollow when reality kicks in. Did you hear Obama say our exports would double next year? It makes you wonder what he is smoking? How can our corporations compete in the world market when their tax rate is second highest in the world, and they are weighted down with union labor? Obama is through the Looking Glass.
January 28th, 2010
12:29 pm
The party of "no" here with regard to health care is the uber left – They have told the conservative voices to shut up and sit down.
While the conservatives have offered amendments, they have been repeatedly turned down.
January 28th, 2010
12:31 pm
You can't blame the Republicans for the lack of passage of the healthcare bill. The democrats control it all, and have all year. If Democrats weren't so invested in bribery–a few million to Mississippi, a few billion saved to Nebraska and Union workers, maybe they could have herded these cats and gotten it done. Count on the Democrats to circle jerk every time, and then blame their lack of forward motion on Republicans.
January 28th, 2010
12:33 pm
Hipocracy is getting old. He shuts out any one with a different approach and then says we need bi-partisanship.
"I don't want the other side to do a lot of talkin…." – Obama
January 28th, 2010
12:42 pm
2=5 in Joan's world…
January 28th, 2010
12:44 pm
The President needs to sell his ideas to the people and THEY will get Repugs to buy in. If his Presidency is to show any progress and not be a happy thought in the minds of Millions he must sell HIS agenda to the American people. Stop begging the right for anything. They are bought and sold by the rich and powerful.
January 28th, 2010
12:49 pm
I love compromise- we need more of it.
The sad truth is that the Democrats couldn't pass their health-care monstrosity despite having one of the most powerful majorities EVER. They had the ability to pass it without a single republican vote and it still did not get done.
All of the controversial things that Bush did in office were done with a much weaker majority than the Democrats enjoyed all year and will enjoy for 2010(until the November elections when they will pay dearly for turning their backs on America)
January 28th, 2010
12:51 pm
The Senate Republicans now have 41 votes. If they insist on the 60 vote rule, then they control the Senate. Therefore, the Senate Republicans control the legislative agenda in Congress. Now everything that is done by Congress is on the backs of the Republicans. But only if they insist on the 60 vote rule.
Do they want the responsibility? Do they want to be the "default" group to blame? This will be interesting.
January 28th, 2010
12:51 pm
Solve the nations problems…our problems are apparently only what our elected officials say they are…I never had a problem with my healthcare. You see, the reason that conservatives and dems don't see eye to eye is because they have different definitions of "the problems"…For instance
Democrats: There's over 40 million uninsured Americans…they all need coverage and the taxpayers should pay for it!
Conservative: Why is that my problem? Healthcare is not an entitlement for everyone…just like food is not an entitlement. Nobody in this country is ever denied emergency medical care.
January 28th, 2010
12:52 pm
Where the President and Democrats propose legislation that does not promise benefits funded by increased taxes on America's producers, add to our deficits as spending money that we do not have, and require fraudlent accounting gimmicks, he can expect a cooperative spirit.
Where he continues to propose collectivist and redistributionist schemes (like declaring "budget neutrality" for TEN YEARS by collecting taxes for 10 years and providing benefit for 6 – after which there would be a deficit explosion or touting "tax cuts" for those who do not pay income taxes funded on the backs of those who do), he can expect Conservatives to continue opposing his wrong-headed, historically-failed policies.
Just for the record, changes in HIS would be the most effective to improve the "tone" in Washington or building more trust or restraining the current culture of "perpetual campaigning". Hypocrites and liars do not engender much trust from anyone except those shills who hold bias favoring the philosophies of lying and theft.
January 28th, 2010
1:02 pm
Cynthia, the title of this should have been "Obama considers compromise?" since he made the statement that the Republicans should get out of the way and not do a lot of talking. How does that sound for compromise, or even bipartisinship that Obama spoke of in his campaign and again last night in his State of the Union Address?
"But I don't want the folks who created the mess to do a lot of talking. I want them to get out of the way so we can clean up the mess. I don't mind cleaning up after them, but don't do a lot of talking…"
http :// www. youtube. com /watch ?v= jifjRVLVjzA (remove the spaces in the link)
January 28th, 2010
1:16 pm
Republicans are considering compromise? I don't think so. And next election Lindsey Graham will be just so much roadkill under the GOP bus if he keeps talking this way.
January 28th, 2010
1:29 pm
Robert; please don't confuse her with any facts that don't support her liberal matra. Thank you.
January 28th, 2010
1:32 pm
Oh, btw, a jobs bill = Stimulus II
The last one is a dismal failure, and so will the next – if we can afford it.
January 28th, 2010
1:33 pm
I think even the discussion amongst the GOP lawmakers points out the biggest obstacle to our nation moving forward. They are obviously more concerned with the political success of their PARTY, than the success of OUR COUNTRY!
So, they are going to lay down rules as to what each of their colleagues can discuss or debate with the Dems? It's an "all or nothing" kind of approach, solely for the purpose of "not appearing" to agree with any "liberal values", what unpatriotic hogwash! This is not a game we are playing, the nation is in a most precarious place, & real solutions need to be found.
Most of the memorable actions & legislation has come about when members of Congress or presidents did something counter to their &/or their party's typical m.o. Whether it was Nixon opening relations with China, or LBJ pushing for the Civil Rights Bill, the quality they exhibited, political courage, unfortunately is quite lacking in today's politicians…
January 28th, 2010
1:33 pm
""But I don't want the folks who created the mess to do a lot of talking."
So you admit the Republicans made the mess? That's refreshing.
January 28th, 2010
1:37 pm
The only time that the Republicans will make any effort at cooperating with the majority party, is if the clueless, fence jumping, disinterested, easily distracted by shiny objects, and generally uninformed so called, "Independent Voter", starts to see through the solid wall of "NO" that they have erected to make the Obama Administration appear unable to rule. They are counting on the short attention span and non-committal nature of these people, to con them back over to the corporatist side of absurdity, voting once again against their own best interests, and only their defection back over to Obama, would have an effect of making the Right try to seem to be bi-partisan.
January 28th, 2010
1:41 pm
Compromising with a cancer is very dangerous. Best to cut it out and get rid of it if at all possible. My vote is chemo. until November 2012 – then surgery !!!
January 28th, 2010
1:46 pm
The Reps should maintain the hard-line. This Hcare debacle is just that.
January 28th, 2010
1:46 pm
Emo @ 1:33,
I take it you were attempting to be funny. It didn't work. That was Obama's words, not mine.
But, just in case you didn't know, the "mess" he was talking about can also be blamed on the Democrats, who have been controlling Congress and crafting budgets since 2006. He was technically part of that "mess".
January 28th, 2010
1:55 pm
If Congress and this administration approached health care as the DOD did, you might get a better buy in from the American people.
The DOD did trials, prototype coverage, CHAMPUS, different forms of CHAMPUS and contracted with private insurers to handle the medical needs of the military and other eligible folks.
Each State should look into this program and see if it can be adapted for their needs.
January 28th, 2010
1:59 pm
Robert Littel,
Can you back up your words with facts? What exactly did the Republicans say "no" to that is a shocker to anyone? Asking a party to vote "yes" to something that is against the party's core beliefs is making them out to be the bad guys? That would be like asking the democrats to vote on "yes" to ban all abortions. If they voted "no", would we go on every news outlet declaring them to be the party of "NO"? It's just a way to divert attention from the fact that their proposals were flawed to begin with and did not have the support of the majority of people. This has proven to be true. Polls show most think the stimulus bill was a waste and most believe the health care bills are terrible as well.
This talking point is getting old, just like blaming Bush.
January 28th, 2010
2:10 pm
CT- in all due respect, it took the US 12 years to double exports. Like it or not, and it appears you don't, Joan is attempting to say that a lot of rhetoric with no substance. The President has laid out his axis of evil and it includes wall street and international companies. A little silly to read an esteemed journalist question a blogger by writing "what are you smoking". Maybe a little rise above would be in order.
January 28th, 2010
2:14 pm
steve, thanks for clarifying what joan was lying about…
January 28th, 2010
2:44 pm
Sam, I don't consider Joan lying- a little emotional about a topic. Much less important than the President saying fuzzy feel good "stuff" with no substance. What is truly pathetic is high paid gov't employees running around with no accountability as unemployment continues to grind higher.
January 28th, 2010
2:55 pm
I would tend to have confidence in Clinton (over either Bush or Obama) in an aggressive growth target for exports. Obama has tilted rather heavily to protectionism and just can't seem to figure out out or understand the global tax structure.
January 28th, 2010
3:07 pm
you gotta smoke something to watch obozo lie, lie, lie! Kinda like Chris Matthews & his vision problem!
January 28th, 2010
3:36 pm
"But I don't want the folks who created the mess to do a lot of talking."
Sorry, Robert, I wasn't kidding. After the Republicans have been whining about "He won't listen to us" endlessly, when you quote President Obama (not 'obozo' – and do you think that mindlessness is amusing?) as saying the above quote, I can only assume you think he's talking about you.
January 28th, 2010
3:39 pm
Chosing the healthcare I have vs. the proposed government healthcare is a no brainer! I want to keep my healthcare and I don't want to pay for some lazy cheap person's healthcare . . . if they wanted healthcare they, too could have it. I've a friend who has just been diagnosed with diabetes and her husband had a heart attack several years ago and neither had a problem getting healthcare . . . for less than what her employer healthcare is.
January 28th, 2010
3:47 pm
emo, I don't think you are making your point. If in January 2009, straight out of the gate, Obama tells a group of Republicans that "I won" after they have some concerns about his stimulus bill (before it was signed and still open for change)…basically saying to them that they have no voice and will have to go along with whatever he wants, and then makes that statement about how they should get out of the way and stop talking, as it relates to the health care debate, then how does that make Republicans wrong in complaining about ow the Democrats won't listen to them? Did the Democrats let the Republican's health care bills even get debated on the floor?
The point is that government doesn't work well when one party has a supermajority and can basically do whatever they want to do unchecked.
January 28th, 2010
3:48 pm
Compromise by definition requires two sides. So the question " are democrats ready to compromise" is just as big an issue.
January 28th, 2010
4:07 pm
Robert – If you think that a system where about 4000 people control 1/2 of all the wealth of the country, isn't corrupted by the effort of so few to control so much, when they have the ability (wealth = power), then you are either totally gullible, totally insane, or willfully in on the con. Our entire political system has been turned into a theater of the absurd. It exists to service the few at the top and they have gone to great pains (and expense) to make sure the play proceeds as they have planned, without too much ad-libbing. To offer you the proof you demand, I would need to take you by the hand and lead you through the entire rise of corporatism, that began during the frenzy of wealth accumulation that occurred during the effort to supply the troops during the Civil War, and the rise of the deliberate effort by these people of great wealth to put in place the mechanisms to insure that their interests became synonymous with the perceived and constructed perceptions of our entire political system, our educational system, and our societal myths.
The dictatorship of wealth is already in place and was put there over time by manipulating everything from our banking system, to the very economic principles tauted as sacred and inviolate by the flawed falsehood called the free-market. Our economic principles were not laid down by wise sages who understood the good of free-enterprise, it was a cob-job, made up as we went along. Profits were the only concern, no matter how ill considered our policies were to extract resources and dispose of the waste, of a plan to extract as much wealth as possible as fast and efficiently as possible, with no concern for the devastation to the environment. To insure that the wealth of the elites could increase without interruption, the "Expanding Pie Theory" was invented. In theory,(and early practice) it works to give everyone more by giving them a lager slice of an increasing pie, so that everyone gets more and no one has to take any away from someone else to increase their relative amount, as every-one's slice grows. This is the basis of our economic system and in an effort to feed it in a world of shrinking finite resources, it is necessary that the ruling elites (the "Uber-Class" as I call them) maintain as much control over all aspects of society so that the lower classes will, when called upon to do their "patriotic duty", march their sons and daughters off do die in resource wars, to keep the pie growing in what can only be described as the largest and cruelest Ponzi scam on Earth.
Now that you are totally confused, it gets much worse and complicated, and unfortunately, this forum does not allow enough time to explore all the factors, nor will the attention span of the average American reader, who has already dropped off the page. The complexity is deliberate, allowing the very real conspiracy being carried out by the "Uber-Class" to consolidate their own position, to progress and go unrecognized by the masses. The entire system is doomed to failure unless radically altered and it is the radical nature of the solution that has grabbed the unimagination of the masses to feed their denial. The "Uber-Class" full well realizes what is going on and they have decided to run the system into the ground enriching themselves on the way, rather than face the hard facts the the world is no longer the candy store they have always believed it to be, even in the face of the sugar running out. They have taken the easy path, and are dragging the rest of us along, to be discarded as excess baggage when no longer needed. The sad fact is, that so little concern has been given to collateral damage being done, that the rampant greed and the allowed expansion of world population (customers) means that we, as a species, may not survive it at all as we choke the planet to death in an effort to extract the last bit of blood from it. The proof you want takes 10 years of higher education and a mind open to the fact Humanity is being used. I cannot give that to you here, sadly.
January 28th, 2010
4:18 pm
Robert Littel,
I am not going to respond to everything you said, because you said quite a lot. Overall though, I would say that I am not of the belief that the wealthy and the big corporations are as evil as some make them out to be. If it weren't for the wealthy, we would have much less tax revenue. If it weren't for the corporations who make a nice profit, I wouldn't have a job. Basically, I agree with capitalism. It is what has made our country great, and is what will pull us out of our current problems…not enlarging the government pay rolls.
January 28th, 2010
4:31 pm
Let's see…this bill was created behind closed doors (no R's allowed, no transparency at all), never read by most of the people who voted for it, rushed through the Congress like the Polar Express, and any items offered by Republicans were dismissed without consideration. And let's not forget the "bribes" used to get the holdouts to vote for it, after threats didn't work. And the Republicans need to compromise?!?!
You can rest assured that this independent will never vote for another Democrat again. These people should be "staffing" a different government building….jail.
January 28th, 2010
5:02 pm
For all those who keep repeating "behind closed doors" you expose yourself as Hannity and Limbaugh listeners who don't actually read any facts….both Time and Newsweek had articles recently about how Obama has approached the Republican congressmen only to find they had already written their response to disagree with him, no matter what.
Let me say emphatically, you conservatives and short-memoried moderates do not represent me in your bitter statements. I consider myself independent with a Democratic leaning, voting for blue and red as I see relavent to the issues. I believe that Obama is trying to deliver on his campaign promises, which I voted for, and has compromised when he has had to because that is what gets things done, much like in business or a marriage.
Those provisions benefiting specific states, like Nebraska, which we know about because of Obama's promise of transparency? They are a natural part of the legislative process.
"Every senator uses whatever leverage they have to help their states," Mr. Axelrod said on the CNN program "State of the Union." "That's the way it has been. That's the way it will always be."
Your loyalty to the Republican party is causing this country to stall! Stop listening to just Fox or talk show entertainers, and read some non-partisian reports. You will find YOU are part of the problem.
I am telling you this, for my family's sake and so many others.
January 28th, 2010
5:10 pm
I thought I heard that interstate competition was in the House health care bill that passed. Maybe Cynthia knows about this, but I thought I heard a House member say it was last night. I also believe that considering there's no public option in the Senate bill, it's not like every GOP idea was thrown out.
January 28th, 2010
5:15 pm
Robert Littel,
You said this earlier about the Republicans: "They are counting on the short attention span and non-committal nature of these people, to con them back over to the corporatist side of absurdity, voting once again against their own best interests, and only their defection back over to Obama, would have an effect of making the Right try to seem to be bi-partisan."
I wonder how you can say this, while ignoring the fact that the Democrats have been very good to those on the "corporatist side of absurdity" that you accuse only the republicans of doing. Your argument doesn't hold water these days. Democrats have been very good to Wall Street, Banks, Auto companies, Big Pharma, Insurance companies, Unions…shall I go on? You should do a search on Goldman Sachs and Chris Dodd, or Geitner. Pick or choose either one and see what comes up.
When typing that, did you honestly not think about the back room deals recently made by Obama and the Democrats with these companies (overwhelmingly to the company's advantage)? Who got shafted as a result? The average American is who. Hopefully we will not have to worry about this bill ever passing.
January 28th, 2010
5:19 pm
Robert – You are content to only look at a small portion of a contrived reality, and have fit those parts of it you are comfortable with to your perceptions of reality. There is much more to the canvas and much of it is hidden in the shadows, deliberately.
January 28th, 2010
5:19 pm
I see I erred, and said two years instead of five. I doubt if it makes any difference. I cannot imagine what on earth this country will be producing to sell twice as much of. Our corporations are highly taxed, products are expensive to produce, particularly when union labor is involved. How on earth will our exports double in 5 years–or even 10. Can Steve Jobs produce enough I-Products to fill the gap? And does he produce them in the US anyway?
January 28th, 2010
5:31 pm
Robert Littel,
It an unmitigating fact that the Democrats struck deals with large companies over the past year. You make a statement about things ( i assume you meant Republican deals?) are hidden in the shadows. That is a scape goat excuse when you have nothing to prove. Go ahead and keep believing it. When you come up with something concrete that is not a mysterious dealing hidden in the shadows, then we can talk. Besides, we are talking about current behavior of the party in power and while they did do some dirty dealings with the evil corporations behind closed doors, it is now known. They don't even deny it.
January 28th, 2010
6:03 pm
Media alert: Cynthia to appear on the PBS NewsHour shortly.
January 28th, 2010
6:58 pm
Robert – The whole system IS CORRUPT, with the Republicans wholly owned and the Democrats mostly owned by corporate interests. The Republicans don't even try to hide it anymore, and why should they. The corporate owned Supreme Court just handed the government over to total corporate control. It doesn't matter which party is in power because our entire government is nothing but a Potemkin fraud being played out in a theatrical performance to give the masses the illusion that we control things. IT, and by that, I mean the entire political system is in the pocket of about 4000 individuals, ("The Uber-Class") that fully controls 1/2 of ALL the wealth in the country. What is it about the manipulation and control of power that you cannot, or will not, try to comprehend? "Absolute power (wealth), corrupts absolutely" and the current manifestation of this corruption is just more of the same type of control that occurred in France until 1789, but our "Uber-Class" has just learned how to not lose their heads.
January 28th, 2010
7:07 pm
To Robert Littel, January 28th, 2010, 4:07 pm:
It is unusual to see a blogger describe such a panoramic view of the forest in a venue that usually only scrutinizes the trees. But it is such a well-known fact that the bulk of all the wealth, power, and influence is in the hands of a very, very small minority. And it bewilders me that so few people seem to think in terms of that being a really huge problem. I suppose that which is too overwhelming tends to result in a kind of subconscious denial. Thanks for posting.
January 28th, 2010
7:10 pm
Byron – It is just easier to deny the truth. When did a politician ever win office by promising that things will be getting worse and the fix will require sacrifice from everyone?
January 28th, 2010
8:14 pm
"So tonight, we set a new goal: We will double our exports over the next five years. . ."
It would be nice if comrade Obumer actually could do that comrade Cynthia. Of course it is not totally beyond reason accomplishing such goal. Altho, his other statements surrounding Trade may be very difficult to achieve.
On subject just a bit more: DeMint may be out-foxing Demint. Me thinks he step into comrade Obumer ploy. Others fortunately are not so willing to be framed in a picture which comrade Obumer wishes the nation to see them: As the Party unwilling to come to the table, with the obstinate Sen. DeMint served political a la mode!
Not to help the not-so-good comrades out here, though among conservatives some might asks the good misguided Sen. DeMint which principles he is speaking of: Those exhibited by Republicans under Bush or those the Republicans exhibited under Reagan?
Reagan never walked away from talking to the enemy in the midst of a heated cold war and he never became a communist by do so from his conversations but he did help tear down that wall which divided a nation.
In fact, he had a "simple strategy" – not a "silent strategery" – want to hear Sen. DeMint?
We win.
Touche comrade Cynthia, til we joust again…
January 28th, 2010
8:34 pm
You are getting close to the truth Robert Littel, now ask yourself what is the predominant religion of the 4,000 rulers of AmeriKa.
January 28th, 2010
8:45 pm
How did all the Republican health care initiatives and proposals go unnoticed during the 12 years they controlled both houses of Congress and for 8 years the Presidency?
The only thing worse than the Dems complex convoluted Health Care Bills is the Repub's devotion to the status quo and desire to kill any reform whatsoever.
Both parties eat from the same trough of corporate interests, but I give most Dems some credit for at least trying.
100% public financing of political campaigns is our only real shot at buying our politicians back!
January 28th, 2010
8:59 pm
So What, Who Cares – Religion is just one of the tools used by the "Uber-Class" to control the masses, if not by identifying with the intransigent nature of fundamentalism and applying it to the simple slogans fed to cultivated political absolutists, gives teabagger types a simple unassailable (but stupid) rationale to support those who are working against their own interests, which they are too stupid to understand anyway. I don't know if the Uber-Class subscribes to religion at all, in as much as you would be hard pressed to come up with anything that could be classified as a soul, even if you scraped them all to the bone.


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A study of hydrodynamics in gas evolving reactions
Uka Oguh
MEng (Hons) Chemical Engineering
Uka Oguh graduated with an MEng degree in Chemical Engineering in 2007, from the University of Birmingham. He opted to continue in academia after developing an interest in the metal extraction / leaching of metals and its interplay with fluid hydrodynamics.
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I've got a whole boneless pork loin. Now what should I do with it?
- CindyJ Dec 31, 2010 10:45 AM
I've never made a boneless loin of pork before, but they were on sale at my local market, so I figured I'd buy it, then figure out what to do with it. It's pretty big -- about 7.5 pounds. Any suggestions? Thanks!
re: escondido123
Yes, I know. I'm thinking that, for starters, I ought to cut it in half and freeze one half for another time. That said, there might be four of us. Or maybe only two, and lots of leftovers.
re: CindyJ
Depending on the size of the loin, I cut it down into 2-3 sections. Small end, Center
Cut and Large end. The ends are reserved for roasts. The Center can be used as a roast, but generally, I make 2-3 inch thick boneless pork chops out of them....or I'll butterfly 1 inch thick chops, pound and bread for cutlets.....the poor man's veal.
re: fourunder
Is the center not as tender as the rest of it?
re: CindyJ
The small end is the most tender and moist, the larger end is usually the leanest, but the center is the most uniform, so it makes for the same pork chop for everyone. You can obviously roast any of the three sections, but the small end often is butchered poorly and will make for inconsistent sized chops.
Here's a couple videos that will help you out a bit
re: fourunder
Those videos are great, fourunder. Thanks!
Cut in half. The rest is great in sandwiches. The small end is juicier and more flavourful.(my choice) The large end is dryer and not so flavourful..like turkey breast. I usually slit and stuff with garlic and rosemary. or crushed fennel red pepper and garlic. wrap it up for 4 hrs.Braise it in a dutch oven. Brown in olive oil, deglaze with some wine and an anchovy or two...get some crusty bread YUM.
There are literally hundreds of preparations - we love pork. We like to brine it and make an apple cider, maple syrup and rum glaze. Or go the Med route and poke holes, add garlic cloves to holes. Make a paste out of more garlic and fresh herbs such as rosemary and thyme and olive oil and rub. Or stuff it. You can also make a dry rub from pulverizing porcini mushrooms and make a Port reduction. You can braise it in milk and make a luscious sauce. A wet jerk rub is fabulous - we recently did this and then made a glaze from orange marmalade, bourbon and orange juice. If you so desire you can save half and roast it and use the remainder as medallions. A spiced honey orange glaze can also be nice.
Pork is literally a blank canvas and is neutral so can take a lot of treatments. Make sure to roast it only til slightly pink so it remains succulent. I pull mine out of the oven at 135, let it rest until it hits 145.
re: chefathome
your various preparations sound delicious. :) you mention cooking your pork until it reaches an internal temperature of 135° F, then allowing the meat to rest until it reaches an internal temperature of 145° F -- a good tip. but what oven temperature do you use? thank you!
I never buy pork chops at $2.99 a pound any more. I catch a boneless pork loin on sale and slice my own. You can get about 28 3/4 inch chops out of a 7.5 - 8 pound loin. I have gotten loins on sale for as little as $1 per pound. Usually more like $1.49 per pound. They are always coming on sale for $1.99 a pound. Even at that, it is at least $1 per pound savings. I freeze mine 2 and 4 at a time in foodsaver bags.
I made a delicious pork loin for my birthday and it was easy.
4 lb pork loin roast
1/4 cup chopped rosemary (I used lots more cause I like it)
3 tablespoons sage
3 tsp fennel seed
1 tablespoon salt
2 tsp black pepper
Pan Sauce
3 tbsp olive oil
15 garlic cloves, thnkly sliced
½ cup white wine
1 cups chicken stock
combine rub and coat meat, chop garlic
Preheat oven to 450. Brush meat with 1/2 the oil and put remaining oil with garlic on bottom to provide a bed for the roast, fat side up.
Roast for 15 minutes, lower to 300 and roast for 2 hours longer or until center reads 145-150. Cover with foil.
Pan Sauce: pour off fat and add wine to the roasting pan and bring to boil over high heat. Add stock and reduce by half.
re: mickeygee
Just to clarify -- you roast the meat directly in the pan, not on a rack? And you don't add any thickener (flour) for the sauce?
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Yup. I normally would, but the recipe I was following just said to place on the garlic, so I made a little bed of garlic and settled it on that. And no flour in the sauce, so it was on the think side (less of a gravy, more of a brothy sauce), but just enough to keep the meat moist.
Make up a stuffing - fruits can work well (such as peaches, and apricots), then roll it and roast it. You should get loads of great cracking as well from a loin. But as everyone else has said, you can afford to cut it up into smaller bits.
Hey Cindy,
That will be fun to cook! Some of it could be dry but not necessarily. I made a loin last week with a very good pork loin from my farmer's market and it was not dry at all. Some supermarket pork can be too lean for me but you never know.
I would brine it in a simple salt and sugar brine for a few hours. Then dry it off, and season. Maybe a little maple on the outside would be good? I love roasting pork loin over fruit. You could core some apples and cut them in half. The loin should take a while to roast and even big pieces of apple will cook through. You could even baste with some cider if you have it around. Good advice below too about not over cooking. I also take mine out at about 135 or 140. Much more tender that way.
Enjoy and please report back!
re: Hank Hanover
I've got the book, but there's something about pork and milk... OY!
So here's what I ended up doing. I made a roast of the middle third of the loin, as shown in one of the video links posted above, and I made a delicious balsamic-cranberry sauce to go with it (http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/foo...). I froze one third for another roast, and cut the remaining third into chops, which I also froze. All-in-all, this turned out to be a very economical and delicious purchase. Thanks for all of your wonderful suggestions.
re: CindyJ
Teach me to look upthread!! Sounds like what you did with it was just right.
I'd cut in half and butterfly it, first off. Then, depending on what flavor combinations you care for (or don't), my standby is to stuff with buttered breadcrumbs, garlic, crushed fennel, parsley, pepper and kosher salt; tie, roll and braise in a bit of white wine or even milk. You can also do a variation of Sebastopol chicken by stuffing with apples, walnuts, bacon, onion and some sage; braise that one in hard cider. If you'd like more detail re: proportions happy to provide; just ask.
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I love the idea of braising in hard cider, and I'd really appreciate more detailed instructions.
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Not a problem at all. Make a basic bread stuffing with chicken stock; add sauteed (but done) crumbled bacon (maybe 4 strips or so), a diced onion, 2 tart peeled diced apples, and about 1/3 c. toasted walnuts. Season with salt, sage and pepper. Now, roll and tie your roast and preheat oven to 350. In large saute pan, brown roast well all over; transfer to roaster. Add two cups boiling hard cider, cover tightly, and braise, turning every 45 minutes or so, for about 3 hours. Uncover during last hour; check cider level. When you remove the roast, add white wine and a squeeze of lemon to the pan juices and thicken if desired. We love this with rice pilaf or buttered noodles, and a sharp green vegie or salad of any kind.
I would cut it in half, too. Last night I roasted a 2 lb pork loin -- browned it on all sides first, then took the meat out and added onions, garlic, thyme, rosemary, ginger, salt, and pepper. After they softened a bit, I added two apples (peeled and sliced into 8-10 pieces each) and a couple Tbs of apple cider vinegar. I turned all of this into a baking dish, added the pork on top, and baked it at 400 degrees for 45 min. or so.
I also roasted carrots, butternut squash, a sliced shallot and garlic, with more rosemary/ginger/salt/pepper and finishing with a little maple syrup, on a foil-lined cookie sheet on the lower rack of the oven. (This could all go in with the pork and apples if you want, but we have vegetarians at the table.) To round this all out, we had fresh cornbread, too. :)
Every so often I'll buy one from Costco and depending on it's size I'll portion it up and use the center for roasting. A few of my favorite preparation for the ends is cutlets butterflied then pounded for tonkatsu, schnitzel, satay, kebabs, or thit kho to which are some of my favorites.


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That's the question investors have been asking since U.S. stocks essentially bounced off of their March 2009 post-crash lows - only to be launched into one of the strongest rallies in U.S. market history.
More than a year later, U.S. investors still don't know what to believe - or what to expect, says Jon D. Markman, a market commentator and best-selling author who is also a Money Morning contributing writer. The most recent sentiment poll by the American Association of Individual Investors, or AAII, showed that only 41% of investors are bullish. Cash flows at mutual funds that invest in U.S. stocks are telling a similar story, with a $5.1 billion monthly outflow, Markman says the most recent data shows.
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However, a number of factors bode well for U.S. stock prices going forward. Key among them:
- This has been a liquidity-driven market: An accommodative U.S. Federal Reserve got the rally off the ground and up into the air - after which the federal bailouts and the Obama administration stimulus provided a healthy enough tailwind to allow the market rally to gain altitude. There's more to come: At last count, only about a third of the Obama administration's $862 billion stimulus package had been spent.
- Only one other bull market in U.S. history posted a stronger first year. And history shows that strong first-year bulls tend to see robust follow-through.
- Despite the market's strength, many investors refuse to acknowledge this as a full-fledged bull - the kind of "wall of worry"; that keeps an orderly, conventional bull market from making the leap into a full-fledged speculative frenzy.
- The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed higher on 18 of the 23 trading days in March, making it the most consistently positive month (78.3%) since April 2007 and ranking it as the 14th most positive month for U.S. stocks in 110 years.
- Earnings are on the rise and merger-and-acquisition (M&A) activity is accelerating - bullish activities that can help put a floor under stock prices, and perhaps even push them higher.
- And finally, with bond yields and interest rates on cash so low, many investors will have no choice but to turn to stocks at an increasing rate.
Let's take a look at some of these key factors...
It's All About LiquidityBack in his days as a top-of-the-lineup table-setter for the Milwaukee Brewers and others, Hall of Famer Paul Molitor was known as "The Ignitor"; for the way his hitting could spark major rallies.
Make no mistake about it: Given the horrid economic backdrop against which this bull market began, liquidity - not optimism - has been the key "ignitor"; of the near-record rally in U.S. stock prices.
And that's not likely to change anytime soon.
The U.S. Federal Reserve continues to hold its benchmark Federal Funds target rate at a historic low near zero. While there's always a chance for a near-term correction after such a rapid run-up in stock prices, the super-accommodative stance by the nation's central bank is likely to keep U.S. stocks on an upward trajectory, says Money Morning Chief Investment Strategist Keith Fitz-Gerald.
"Look, I would not be at all surprised to see a 10% correction here in the near term ... after which I think the market will meander higher, absent a change in Fed policy," Fitz-Gerald said. "As long as the Fed continues to decide the bill [for the economic bailout] isn't due, we have no choice but to be long."
And U.S. monetary policy is only half of an equation whose solution seems to point to higher U.S. stock prices - there's also a stimulative fiscal policy still at work here.
Although the Obama administration still uses its original $787 billion estimate when referring to its stimulus package, the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) recently boosted its cost estimate of the stimulus to $862 billion, according to CNN.com.
And there's still plenty of that money to be spent.
In fact, even the bulk of the initial allocation has yet to leave the government's hands. Through the end of January, roughly $334 billion in spending had been approved, although only $179 billion had actually left U.S. government coffers. An additional $119 billion financed tax cuts, CNN reported.
When the Obama "Recovery Act"; stimulus was first announced, the U.S. economy was in a virtual freefall. With such a grim outlook, most of the spending was earmarked for such direct-aid benefits as unemployment payments, as well as for tax relief.
With that plunge now arrested - and some parts of the economy actually showing signs of life - senior Obama administration officials have vowed to shift the spending "mix.";
During the first year of the stimulus program, Recovery Act spending averaged about $27 billion a month. That will jump to $32 billion a month in Year Two, administration officials have said.
As of the end of February, only $31 billion had been spent on projects such as infrastructure, healthcare technology, broadband access, and even high-speed rail. But as recovery spending enters this new phase, the amount of money that's funneled into these initiatives will more than double - reaching $7 billion a month as work accelerates.
The bottom line: The Obama administration intends to disburse 70% of the alloted Recovery Act money - about $551 billion - by Sept. 30, a move top officials claim will set the stage for a lasting economic expansion. As that money rolls through the economy, it will boost incomes for - and spending by - U.S. consumers, will ratchet up business spending, and will eventually work its way into corporate profits.
"Many projects are just now getting under way, and will be creating jobs throughout 2010 and beyond,"; U.S. Vice President Joseph Biden told journalists recently.
The "Bridesmaid"; Bull MarketU.S. stocks soared nearly 70% in the 12 months that followed their March 9, 2009 post-crash lows, making the first year of this bull market the second-strongest in U.S. history. The only other stronger first year to a bull market was from March 1935 to March 1936, when the Standard & Poor's 500 Index rallied just under 77% in a year, according to the noted market-research firm, Bespoke Investment Group LLC. During that bull market, the S&P 500 went on to gain an additional 31% before its peak.
That's the thing about bull markets: When they start strong, there tends to be follow-through.
And yet, some investors are still refusing to label this as a true bull market.
To answer that challenge, Bespoke researchers also looked at stock market "breadth" to see how strong this rally really has been. Breadth is a technical-analysis tool forecasters use to gauge a rally's sustainability. They look at how many stocks are advancing versus how many are declining, reasoning that a broad-based advance signals a healthy market.
After adjusting for the explosive growth in the number of issues we've seen through the years, Bespoke found that the only other first year of a bull market with stronger breadth was a 12-month stretch from 1942-1943.
In fact, not only was the March 9, 2009 to March 9, 2010 stretch the second-strongest-showing for market breadth in a first-year bull market, Bespoke says the breadth readings for the past 12 months "are among the strongest ... we have ever seen for any one-year period."
Since 1928, there have only been three other periods like the present where the average daily breadth reading over a one-year period exceeded 7.5% of all New York Stock Exchange-listed stocks, Bespoke said. Those one-year periods began in February 1943, February 1945 and January 2004.
"In spite of the fact that by multiple measures this bull market has been among [the strongest] - but not quite the strongest - ever, it just never seems to get the recognition it deserves," Bespoke wrote in a recent research note. "As the old saying goes: 'Always a bridesmaid, never a bride'."
Sunny AprilInvestors could be excused if they didn't want to see the 2010 first quarter come to an end. After all, U.S. stocks enjoyed a strong first quarter, capped off by a very strong month of March - partly because of earnings that easily eclipsed expectations.
The S&P 500 rose 5% for the year's first three months, topped off by a 5.9% gain in March, its best first quarter in a dozen years. The last time it was stronger was in the first three months of 1998, when the S&P rose 13.5%, Howard Silverblatt, an analyst at Standard & Poor's, told MarketWatch.com.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 5.1% in March and 4.1% for the quarter. The Nasdaq Composite rose 5.7% for the quarter, thanks to a 7.1% jump in March, according to MarketWatch.
"Chief among bullish drivers has been a strong fourth-quarter earnings season fueled not only by cost-cutting, but also by top line growth," Alec Young, equity strategist at S&P Equity Research Services, wrote in a research note.
It's understandable if investors are left feeling wistful about March. But here's a key point to consider.
April could be even better.
Historically, April has been one of the best months of the year for U.S. stocks. During the last 100 years, the Dow has posted an average monthly gain of 1.32% in April, which ties it with December as the most positive month for the index.
Over the last 50 years, however, April has actually been the best-performing month for U.S. stocks, Bespoke researchers found.
Over the last 50 years, the average monthly gain for the S&P 500 has been 0.60%. When the index was up more than 5% in the previous month - as it was in March - the index averaged a gain of 1.12%.
Since April 2003, the S&P has gained more than 5% in a month nine times. The S&P posted a positive return the following month all nine times.
It's All About EarningsEarnings expectations typically drive markets. Or at least that's the theory.
As Money Morning's Markman points out, market bulls have been expecting a profit recovery for much of the past year. That recovery has arrived - and it is even a bit better than the bulls had hoped. That could bode well for stock prices going forward.
ISI Group Inc. now estimates that corporate profits will increase 38.8% for the first quarter on a year-over-year basis. Profits will then zoom 42.4% in the second quarter, 36.8% in the third quarter and then 30% in the fourth quarter - against admittedly tougher comparisons. That would mean that corporate profits rose a record 36.1% for all of 2010.
If profits increase by that much in 2010, ISI analysts forecast they will hit $1.86 trillion by the third quarter of this year, which would be a record by a wide margin, as you can see in their chart, above.
Why is this relevant? In the 1930s it took U.S. profits 12 years to hit a new high after crashing in the early part of the decade, ISI reported. In Japan's "Lost Decade(s),"; it took 16 years.
Here in the U.S. market, profits are now projected to hit a new high this year - just four years after their prior peak.
"This information helps us understand that the current rebound is unique in its robustness relative to prior recoveries in the past century, most likely because of the united front put forward by governments and central banks to stimulate on a vast scale,"; Markman says.
March Merger MadnessWhen the Dow hit its all-time high north of 14,000 back in October 2007, it was aided by a dealmaking tailwind - a raucous mergers-and-acquisition market that helped push stock prices to those record levels.
Today, just a bit more than a year since the U.S. economy hit bottom during what some pundits have labeled as the "Great Recession,"; U.S. firms are sitting on an aggregate $1 trillion in cash. That cache of cash could serve as the kind of capital wave that ignites the long-moribund U.S. M&A market and ignites the next leg of the U.S. bull market.
In Year Two of this rally, a frenetic dealmaking market could be enough to push stock prices to new highs.
As a rule, an increase in M&A activity is a bullish sign for both the economy and the stock market, says Money Morning Contributing Editor Shah Gilani, who tracks deals for his own advisory service, The Capital Wave Forecast. As far as capital waves go, this surge in cash-driven deals is potentially one of the most powerful catalysts in the market right now.
"Deals getting done is indicative of a positive outlook for the economy in that acquiring companies are looking to expand their businesses," Gilani explained. "In the current environment, most dealmaking is centered on extending the acquirer's market share and reach with regard to existing business lines - and that's healthy."
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Why the Bulls Can Stand Strong at Home and Overseas.
U.S. stocks close down on jobs data; Nasdaq leads indexes with 6% quarterly gain.
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Bulls Overcome Market Tug of War to Send Stocks off to Strong March Start.
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BARTAVELLE TAKES FLIGHT Remember our news that Suzanne Drexhage was taking over the shuttered Café Fanny space on San Pablo Ave.? Well, she quietly opened her Bartavelle Coffee & Wine Bar today, Tuesday. It's deliberately a "super soft opening," she said, "relying only on the stupendous lines at Acme to get us by, and to allow us to get a few of our ducks in a row." Word must have spread fast, however, as Sarah Henry reports that the place was serving Sightglass coffee from 7 a.m., as well as porridge and pastries for the breakfast set — and the line was out the door. "Around noon, some folks were nibbling on avocado toasts paired with a glass of white wine," said Henry. The café will build up its menu in anticipation of Saturday, Oct. 27, when next-door neighbor wine merchant Kermit Lynch is holding his 40th anniversary parking lot party. "Then we'll kick it into high gear," Drexhage says. Bartavelle, 1603 San Pablo Ave. Open Tues-Sun, 7 a.m. to 6 p.m.


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Anouar Benmalek, reading Tahar Djaout
To speak means, above all, to assume a culture, to support the weight of a civilization.
These words were written by the French-Algerian theorist, philosopher, psychiatrist and revolutionary Frantz Fanon (1925-1961), who would be turning 87 today.
In his outstanding book Black Skin, White Masks, Fanon describes through a post-colonial lens the experiences of the black male in a state of exile or displacement. He also analyzes the complex relationship between language and identity, revealing that words are signs that express the complex underpinnings of a culture.


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Help! What Dessert Can I Make For a Health Nut Friend?
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Q: Help! I'm going to a friend's house for dinner in a few days and want to bring a delectable dessert.
Problem is... my friend is a vegetarian who doesn't eat anything enriched (i.e., white flour), any fats except for olive or expeller-pressed oils, and she probably won't do much sugar either.
Is there anything I can take without having to spend an arm and a leg at the specialty foods store to impress her? (She's covering the wine, too!) She's a health nut but her husband, my boyfriend and I would like to finish off dinner with something sweet. And if she can enjoy it too, all the better!
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Editor: Amber, wow — that is a bit of a challenge, and it sounds like your friend is hard to cook for! But it's not an insurmountable problem at all, and you definitely don't need to go to the specialty foods store to overcome it.
Our first thought is to make a couple of things that go together, and if your friend wants to only eat one, you and the rest of the group can enjoy both. We are thinking, for instance, of a really lovely fruit compote or cooked fruit — here are a few ideas:
• Prunes stewed in port wine
• Roasted pears
• Poached quince
• Chilled peaches in white wine
A fruit like any one of those could go with this olive oil cake, if you substitute whole wheat pastry flour for the regular flour. The only fat in this cake is olive oil (and it's still absolutely scrumptious; my husband calls this his "favorite food").
You could also make a fruit crumble with just oats; she doesn't object to oats, does she?
And if all else fails, try just bringing a platter of fruit with some good chocolate or cheese on the side. In that vein, you also bring the Amazing 1-Ingredient Ice Cream, but with plenty of whipped cream and fudge sauce for the rest of you.
Readers — any more ideas for Amber?
Related: Good Question: Gluten-Free, Egg-Free Dessert?
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There are tons of vegan cupcake recipes out there.
Also check out this site for a bunch of veg friendly desserts!
You can always just use whole wheat flour in place of white flour in recipes too. Also, using apple sauce instead of oil in cake recipes works great too.
that olive oil cake (omg, it's good!) would be absolutely delicious with roasted stone fruit. if your friends eats and enjoys honey, add some to the fruit with a touch of lemon zest!
I agree with the poached fruits--especially quince! So yum! All of those fruits with plain Greek yogurt are nice.
I like this Lemon Yogurt Mousse (but be sure and half the lemon juice--otherwise it's too tart! and you can cut way back on the sugar or use agave or honey or another natural sweetener), which is super light and good for you and pretty set in wine glasses with fruit for dessert.
I know you say she doesn't eat fat, but will she eat cheese, like a nice goat cheese (which is lower in fat than a lot of cheese plate options)? Goat cheese, some toasted walnuts, and dates are a nice combo for dessert...
Ah! Olive oil cake! Great idea, especially with the fruit. I knew you Kitchn folks would have the answer. I think that would go over very well with the peaches in white wine. Mmmm...
Grilled peaches or pineapple are always a big hit. If it's too cold outside you can do it on a foreman. Serve with cheese and honey on the side. Yum.
Blend some really good ricotta with really good cocoa powder (like Dagoba) and a bit of honey. Top with chopped walnuts or hazelnuts. It's kind-of like chocolate pudding but easier and more healthy if you use a low fat ricotta.
Carrot cake is really good if you sub olive oil for the canola and whole wheat flour doesn't seem to hurt it any. The frosting will probably cause problems, though.
Oh! sjbreeze's comment just reminded me, there's a "chocolate pudding" recipe I just love. Take a package of silken tofu, drain it and dump it in a blender. Add melted chocolate (I just used nestle chocolate chips, about 10oz) and sweetener to taste. Whir until it's smooth, then put it into pretty dishes and chill until it's set. It's delicious.
baked apples or pears with cinnamon and a few nuts and/or cranberries - no sugar needed!
GRILLED STONE FRUIT WITH JUST BANANA "ICE CREAM"! The ice cream recipe is on here somewhere. Just chop up bananas and freeze for and hour and then blend in food processor!
Is your friend vegan? Her list of restrictions reminds me of the way I used to have to explain my food needs, since, sadly, a lot of people don't realize that "no animal products" means much more than just "pick the chicken parts out of the chicken soup." It could also explain why she needs to pick the wine (isinglass).
101cookbooks.com has a lot of recipes that are healthy/vegan or offer modifications. My favorite (not at all fancy) safe-bet is her peanut butter cookies (whole wheat flour, natural pb, maple syrup, olive oil, no eggs, no butter, but really the best pb cookies I've ever had). You could also serve something piecemeal like a simple baked fruit plus side options of toasted nuts, shortbread cookies, and vanilla ice cream to please everyone.
This may not be exactly what you're looking for, but we like to serve a cheese and fruit tray after a meal. I'm gluten-intolerant and not big on sweets anyway, so I find this works. We hunt down two small wedges of cheese, one hard and one soft, that are each under $3-$4, and fill the rest of the plate with seasonal fruit (baked pears or apples, poached peaches in wine, etc.), nuts (pecans, almonds, and walnuts all work well), and a small ramekin of honey. It's pretty communal and feels super luxurious/indulgent. You have maximum control over the price, and you won't mind the leftovers.
It's great to be a health nut, but it's also great to allow oneself to enjoy dessert once in a while. Many of us do need to eat it less frequently, but if you wanted to bring dessert to my house for a special dinner the only requirement I would have would be my own requirement to say, "Thank you very much"
@Charlotte: Thank you.
There are some great ideas, here, but I think Charlotte says it best. Being gracious and polite seem to have taken a back seat to food preferences. I remember my mom always saying to eat what I was served when I was a guest, even just a little bit, to be polite. Obviously, if there are allergies or other medical to consider (or belief systems), by all means be scrupulous (my father-in-law has coeliac disease, so I understand the importance), but if it's a fad or a mild dislike, I say eat it and smile.
I hosted a dinner party where one guest was vegetarian but ate fish, another guest didn't eat fish, one was lactose intolerant, and one didn't eat "funny vegetables" (i.e. any vegetables). I managed to whip up a chickpea curry, but it was quite stressful to coordinate.
Good on you Amber, for making an effort - I hope your friend realises how lucky she is. My pick would be a platter with fresh fruit, dark chocolate, cheese, and crackers, so everyone could pick and choose what they wanted.
Baked apples stuffed with brown sugar, walnuts and cognac. To capture the lovely caramelized sugar, place a piece of bread (whole grain or not depending on taste).
My host in Paris made this for me when I was on a study aboard and it was wonderful.
Amen to home body's comment. There isn't anything I won't eat, but to call anyone who chooses to eat healthy a "nut" is too much. (Curious why the guest needs to "impress" her, too.) There are a LOT of options for desert, but is there anything better than perfect fruit? Be careful wrt super sweet deserts- her palate is probably not as desensitized to massive amounts of sugar.
I used to eat a very simple, relatively healthy dessert when I lived in France that consisted of homemade applesauce (no added sugar), served warm, and topped with a giant merigue that was divided up among the plates. though merigues tend to have a lot of sugar, your hostess could skip it or just take a very small sample.
I think it is very considerate of you to make an effort ot accomodate her diet choices. hey, it only makes you get creative! and if, despite your best efforts, she is less than satisfied with the healthiness of your dessert, she can certainly politely decline to partake. just don't make a fuss about why or feel offended that you 'failed'. while it is polite when attending a dinner party to try to at least sample what is offered, no one is ever obligated to eat everything.


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The Italian sonnet includes two parts. First, the octave (two quatrains) which describe a problem, followed by a sestet (two tercets) which gives the resolution to it. Typically, the ninth line creates a "turn" or volta which signals the move from proposition to resolution. All lines are written in iambic pentameter. The A-B-B-A, A-B-B-A pattern is used for the octave. The sestet rhyme
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The second and fourth lines of each quatrain are repeated as the first and third lines of the next quatrain, but the first line of the first quatrain becomes the last line of the last quatrain, and the third line of the first quatrain becomes the second line of the last quatrain. For this contest there are five quatrains. The rhyme scheme is: A-B-A-B, B-C-B-C, C-D-C-D, D-E-D-E, E-A-E-A. Every line has the same number of syllables as the first line.
An ode is a lyrical verse written in praise of, or dedicated to, someone or something, that captures the poet's interest, or serves as an inspiration. The Ode is written in 10-line stanzas rhyming A-B-A-B-C-D-E-C-D-E, with the 8th line of each stanza being iambic trimeter (three iambic feet) and all the others being iambic pentameter (five iambic feet). The Ode can be very long, containing many stanzas, but for this contest you are limited to two stanzas (20 lines).
Haiku is a nature poem, best written in the present tense, and contains a word that implies the season rather than stating it outright. While some excellent three-line 5-7-5 haiku are being written today, it's not uncommon to read haiku which have fewer than the traditional seventeen syllable count. Brevity is essential, so the tighter you write, the better. The modern rule is NO MORE than 5 syllables, NO MORE than 7 syllables, NO MORE than 5 syllables, and NO MORE than 3 lines. When writing haiku, set aside the usual poetic devices such as metaphor, alliteration, rhyme, etc.
A Cinquain contains 5 lines, with each line containing a specific number of syllables. The lines can be enjambed. 1st line = 2 syllables, 2nd line = 4 syllables, 3rd line = 6 syllables, 4th line = 8 syllables, 5th line = 2 syllables.
Rubai is a poem of 4 lines of iambic pentameter rhyming: A-A-B-A.
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out and about in NYC last week, strolling with her precious pup, and sporting a wrap dress that we're kind of obsessing over.Naomi Watts was spotted
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Posted : 2013/01/17 6:01 pm
President Mohamed Morsy has named former Vice President Mahmoud Mekky, who resigned from his post last month, as ambassador to the Vatican.
Diplomatic sources at the Foreign Ministry told Al-Masry Al-Youm that the ministry started procedures to complete the nomination after Morsy reportedly made the decision Monday.
Mekky officially announced his resignation on 22 December, having served as vice president since 12 August when he was appointed by Morsy.
"I would like to point out to the Egyptian public opinion that since I assumed the position of vice president I have made my utmost effort to achieve the national interest in every area, and [did so] while meeting with political and revolutionary figures,' he said in a statement announcing his resignation.
'I realized a while ago that the political nature of the work does not fit my career as a judge,' he added.
Mekky, the former vice president of the Court of Cassation, was a leading member of the independent judges movement and was known for his opposition to the regime of ousted President Hosni Mubarak, contributing to the detection of many cases of election fraud during his tenure.
In October, Morsy appointed then-Public Prosecutor Abdel Meguid Mahmoud as ambassador to the Vatican in an attempt to remove him from office, but Mahmoud rejected the move. Morsy later succeeded in removing him from the prosecutor's office in November.
Edited translation from Al-Masry Al-Youm
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From the vault: Filming the Things Falling Apart TV commercial, 2000, Nothing Studios New Orleans.
Acoustic performance of "The Becoming" filmed at Nothing Studios, New Orleans in 2002 with Trent Reznor, Danny Lohner, and Jerome Dillon. Directed by Rob Sheridan.
This version of the song is from NIN's rare and out-of-print companion album And All That Could Have Been . Still. Although the standalone Still CD often sells used for marked up prices on eBay and Amazon, most people don't realize we still have some stock from the original run in our store for $9.99.
There are two other performance videos from the Still series: "Something I Can Never Have" and "Gone, Still."
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