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Mirzapur (Hindi: मिर्ज़ापुर, Urdu: مرزا پور) is a city in the heart of North India, nearly 650 km between Delhi and Kolkata and also equidistant from Allahabad and Varanasi. Located in the state of Uttar Pradesh, Mirzapur has a population of a little over 230,000 (2011 census) and is renowned for its famous carpet and brassware industry. It is a city with several spots around it including many hills such as Rajdari, Devdari, Lakhaniyadari, and Windom fall range and Sirshi. It is the headquarter of Mirzapur District. Indian Standard Time is calculated from the clock tower in Mirzapur which is nearly exactly on the reference longitude of Indian Standard Time at 82.5°, within 4 angular minutes, a property shared by Tuni, a town in Andhra Pradesh.
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Best time to visit Mirzapur is during monsoons (July–August) or Navratris (in Oct-Nov).Mirzapur is situated at midway of New Delhi-Kolkata railway route; and if you are coming from outside India, it is best to land at New Delhi or Kolkata and take a train. You can catch New Delhi-Puri Purushottam Express, Kalka Mail, Brahmaputra Mail from New Delhi or Howrah-Jodhpur Express, Kalka Mail from Howrah railway station. Nearest airports are Babatpur Airport, Varanasi (80 km) and Bamrauli Airport, Allahabad (110 km). Direct flights from New Delhi are available to both the airports.
Mirzapur is well connected from most of the major Indian cities through railways. You can get direct trains to Mirzapur from Agra, Varanasi, Allahabad, Lucknow, Jammu, Chandigarh, Jaipur, Jodhpur, Gaya, Surat, Mumbai, Chennai and Bangalore.
- 1 Mirzapur railway station.
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Cycle rikshaw is the best mode of transport inside the city. Autorikshaw is available for Vindhyachal temple. Mirzapur is a place to watch for its scenic and natural beauty, since it is situated at the feet of [Vindhyan Mountain Range]. The best season to enjoy it is during monsoon rains (July–August). Private taxis are the best way to visit various water falls (Vindham Fall, Sirsi Fall, Rajdari, Lakhiniya Dari) which are situated at 15 to 45 km from City Headquarter. Hire a private taxi from Varanasi (if you are coming from Varanasi) or Allahabad (if you are coming from Allahabad). In Mirzapur, it might be a bit difficult to get a private cab/taxi as the sector is not organized that much. Meanwhile, the hotel, where you stay can arrange a taxi for you.
- Aashbujha Temple. See the scenic beauty of The Vindhyas from this temple.
- Budhenaath Temple (near Pakka Ghat). See the old stone carving at Pakka Ghat and Budhenaath Temple
- 1 The Clock Tower, Ghantaghar. It is one of its own kind.The stone carving of the tower will make mesmerize you. The clock is very old and is one of the sisters in Big Ben family.
- Dargah of Kantit Shareef (The mausoleum of Khavaja Esmile Chisti) is in the way to Vindhyavasini Temple and is a holy place for Hindus and Muslims both.
- Vindham, Sirsi and other water falls. There are various water falls surrounding the city.Vindham, Sirsi, Sidhnath ki dari being most famous in them
- Vindhyachal temple is a must visit place. It is a temple of Goddess Vindhyavasini. Near to it, there are two other temples; one of Goddess Kaali (called Kaali Khoh) and other is Goddess Ashtbujha (called Ashtbhuja Devi Temple). All the three temples are situated in Vindhya Mountain and the "Darshan" (visit) to all the three temples completes the "Maha Trikon" (Great Triangle). The view of scenic beauty from the top of Ashtbujha Temple is awesome. Autorikshaws are readily available from Mirzapur Railway Station or other places of cities to complete the "Trikone". They might charge around ₹100-₹150, if you reserve a single auto. At the time of Navratris (April and Oct-Nov) and Durga Puja festival, the temple attracts a great number of devotees from around the country.
Try to be dressed as simple and Indian as possible. Mirzapur is a small city and you may attract various eyes if you are dressed western or other ways. Spend some time at Ganges Ghat (specially at Nar Ghat and Pakka Ghat). Watch age old stone carving at Budhenaath Temple (It is near to Pakka Ghat) and Pakka Ghat. Beware of Pandas (priests) at Vindyachal and other temples.Don't be trapped with them. They might tell you that they would provide you easy "Darshan" to Goddess idol; but try to avoid them and follow the queue for Darshans. Hindi is essential to communicate with natives. Avoid unnecessary interactions with people and enjoy the trip. Try to complete the "Holy Trikone" in the daytime only (Except the time of Navratri. In Navratri you can enjoy it whole night.).
- Explore the ghats. Mirzapur is situated at the bank of Ganges. You can enjoy a serene evening at one of the Ganges Gahts. The ghats in Mirzapur are relatively calm and quiet compare to Ganges Ghats of Varanasi and Allahabad. Visit Pakka Ghat to watch some rare and beautiful stone carving. It is situated in middle of the city and you can get Handrikshaw from any of the place in city. Try some boating in the serene Ganges.
- Carpets & Durries.
- Earthen Pots from Chunar.
- Black Pottery.
- Aao (in winters).
- Lassi.
- Milk and curd.
- Vernon, evershine nagar, bandra (go left, then take right).
A lot of water (in summer).
- Hotel The Galaxy, Laldiggi, ☏ +91 8081816200, +91 5442 222747, +91 5442 266060, +91 5442 220828. member of FHRAI and HRANI is fully air-conditioned hotel situated at 1.5 km from Railway Station. You might be charged around ₹10-₹15 by handrikshawpuller or auto rikshaw to reach here. Airport (Babatpur, Varanasi) is 60 km and taxis are easily available. Hotel also has a pick up facility on demand.
- Hotel Jahanvi. It is the hotel of Indian Tourism Department. Situated at 4 km from Railway Station. Direct autorikshaw or handrikshaws are available from railway station.
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Grilling and BBQ related tools are often a popular gift for dads so I thought I'd give 10 suggestions for under $50. Plus, at the end of this post, I'm giving you the chance to win a great gift for Father's Day for my June Giveaway.
Many of my suggestions will include links and pricing from Lowes Home Improvement. That is just because I shop there often and no matter what I'm there for, I ALWAYS stroll through the grilling section during the summer. Besides, it was just easy to use their website to gather this information, call me lazy but they have 637 items under grilling/bbq. Other places to look for grill gifts include your local Weber dealer, hardware stores, and often, pool supply stores.
Long Handled Utensils
My favorite grilling utensil is the long handled tongs pictured above in the middle. They are long enough to keep my hands away from the inferno, have a nice rubber grip, and have a push lock that will keep them in the closed position in the drawer. You can get a similar pair at Lowe's for $6.97.
In general, stay away from the "boxed sets" of grilling tools. My experience has been that they tend to be over priced and you probably get at least 1 tool you won't use. Your better off hand picking a mix and matched set of quality tools. I try to get stainless steel or plastic handles instead of wood, just for ease of cleaning and durability.
And don't get one of those big meat forks, they just ruin perfectly good meat.
Grate Cleaner Brush
Does Dad's grate cleaning brush look something like this?
Time to get him some new ones!
These are the two types that I like to use. The dual head one is good because the bristles clean rounded grill grates and the pad clean flat surfaces like griddles or flat cast iron grids (similar one at Lowes is $8.99). The triangle head one is my go to brush because it has longer, stiff bristles that get down on the sides, not just the top of the grate (one at Lowes is $6.97). Again, look for long handles.
Fire Starter
If your dad uses a gas grill, chances are the push button starter is out. You can probably buy the exact part for his brand at Lowe's. If you dad uses charcoal, a chimney starter (pictured left) is an excellent tool. It uses just one or two pieces of newspaper to start a whole load of coal and only costs $14.99. No more smelly lighter fluid.
Now if you really want to make dad a happy camper, you can get him a MAPP gas torch (pictured right) for about $35 for the trigger and $8 per cylinder. It is in the tool section at Lowes because it is general used as a soldering and sweating torch. But I use mine to torch 3 sections of unlit coal for 20 seconds each and in no time, I have my grill up to temp. It's the fastest way to get to cooking temps in my opinion. I cook outside 4 nights a week and usually get mine to last 4 to 6 months before having to replace the $8 cylinder.
Quality Instant Read Thermometer (for measuring internal temp of meat)
A great instant read thermometer is the only accurate way to tell when your meat is done and the manufacturers have different meanings for the word "instant". But when you are cooking over flame, time matters! The Thermapen is the industry standard but also costs about $90. In my tests last year, the Taylor Pocket Thermometer ($14.97) was the second fastest only to the Thermapen and in my experience, is just as accurate.
Grill Thermometer (for measuring cooking temp of the grill)
If your dad's grill has a thermometer gauge that only reads "low - med - high" or if it is old and no longer accurate, he needs a new one. They are under $20 (this one is $11.96) and Lowes has ones that should fit most grills.
Oven Mitts
Mitts is short for mittens and mittens don't sound manly for Dad, do they? I have tried cheap oven mitts, silicone oven mitts, and expensive oven mitts. While the Weber mitts are good for light grilling, it is hard to beat welder gloves ($15.98 ) for handling high grilling temps. Plus....they aren't called mittens ;)
Grill Cover with Logo
One of the biggest threats to the life span of a grill is weather. Sure you can get a plain black grill cover but why not get one that boasts your favorite team logo? Alexis bought me mine for Christmas and it's held up well. This one runs $34.96 at Lowes right now.
Gaswatch Fuel indicator
I used to have a propane gas grill and one of the things I hated was running out of gas in the middle of a cook. There are some tricks you can do to check your gas level is, but why play around? You can get your dad one of these fuel gauges for $15.99.
Kim of Stirring The Pot will testify to the usefulness of having a rotisserie for your grill. She recently got one and loves it. Dad would like one too, after all, the only thing more fun than cooking meat over flame is cooking SPINNING meat over flame! They can get more pricey but this one is on sale for $25!
BBQ & Grilling Cookbook
There are some classic BBQ/Grilling cook books out there, such as Smoke and Spice, The Barbecue Bible, Paul Kirk's Championship BBQ, and Peace Love and Barbecue (Mills). There are also some fanatastic new "classics" like Big Bob Gibson's Barbecue Book, Planet Barbecue!, and BBQ 25. Any of these would be a perfect accessory for your dad's grill.
June Giveaway
Just in time for Fathers' Day, I am giving away an autographed copy of Big Bob Gibson's Barbecue Book: Recipes and Secrets from a Legendary Barbecue Joint.I have had my copy for over a year and love it. I bought an extra copy at his class a few weeks ago. This would make a great Fathers Day gift and I will be drawing a winner next Sunday, June 13th so the winner should have it from me by Fathers Day.
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- Drawing will be held Sunday, June 12th at 12:30pm Eastern.
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The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is encouraging celebrities to tweet during the Oscars.
The film organization has expanded its digital outreach for the 85th Academy Awards with a new feature that lets stars to snap photos of themselves backstage during Sunday's ceremony and instantly post them online.
What Twitter calls a "Magic Mirror" will take photo-booth-style pictures of participating stars in the green room and send them out on the academy's official Twitter account. Organizers expect multiple celebrity mash-ups.
The backstage green room is a private place for stars to hang out before taking the stage and is typically closed to press and photographers.
The Magic Mirror is "giving access to fans at home a part of the show they never got to experience before," Twitter spokeswoman Elaine Filadelfo said Friday.
A new video-on-demand/instant replay feature also being introduced Sunday will allow Oscar fans to view show highlights online moments after they happen and share them with friends on Twitter and Facebook. Dozens of clips from the red carpet and the awards telecast will be available on the official Oscar website beyond Sunday's ceremony.
Oscar.com also offers other behind-the-scenes interactive features, including various backstage camera perspectives and a new live blog that aggregates the show's presence across social media. It will track the traffic on whatever makes a splash, like Angelina Jolie's right leg did last year.
The academy wants to make its second-screen experience just as rich as its primary one.
"Social media is now mainstream," said Christina Kounelias, chief marketing officer for the academy.
"We're not doing social media to reach out to young kids," said the academy's digital media director, Josh Spector. "We're doing it to connect with all Oscar fans."
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Global Renal Function Test Industry Market Research 2019
SKU ID : HJR-14664021 | Publishing Date : 03-Apr-2019 | No. of pages : 161
At the same time, we classify different Renal Function Test based on their definitions. Upstream raw materials, equipment and downstream consumers analysis is also carried out. What is more, the Renal Function Test industry development trends and marketing channels are analyzed.
Finally, the feasibility of new investment projects is assessed, and overall research conclusions are offered.
Key players in global Renal Function Test market include:
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Nova Biomedical
Urit Medical
Idexx Laboratories
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Market segmentation, by product types:
Market segmentation, by applications:
Diagnostic Laboratories
Market segmentation, by regions:
North America
Asia Pacific
Middle East & Africa
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1. What is the global (North America, South America, Europe, Africa, Middle East, Asia, China, Japan) production, production value, consumption, consumption value, import and export of Renal Function Test?
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IOC member rips U.S. for including openly gay members in Olympic delegation
Mario Pescante, an Italian who has been an IOC member since 1994, criticized the United States on Wednesday for including gay members as part of its Olympic delegation to Sochi next month.
Back in December, President Barack Obama named three openly gay athletes — tennis great Billie Jean King, figure skating legend Brian Boitano and hockey player Caitlin Cahow — to the American delegation. The move was interpreted as a not-so-subtle statement against Russian president Vladimir Putin and his country's legislative discrimination toward gays and lesbians.
''It's absurd that a country like that sends four lesbians to Russia just to demonstrate that in their country gay rights have (been established),'' Mario Pescante said at an Italian Olympic Committee meeting in Milan on Wednesday, in comments widely reported by Italian media. ''The games should not be an occasion and a stage to promote rights that sports supports daily.''
The Italian Olympic Committee would not confirm or deny Pescante's comments, but his speech was reported by the Gazzetta dello Sport and the ANSA news agency.
Asked for clarification later by The Associated Press, Pescante said he is not against gays.
''Of course not,'' the 75-year-old Pescante told The AP by telephone. ''I just wanted to make the point not to let politics interfere with the Olympics.''
Pescante is not a newcomer to the world of the IOC. He played a big role during the Turin Games in 2006 and even served as IOC vice president before resigning in 2012 when Rome's bid for the 2020 Games fell apart. As such, you'd think he'd recognize that human rights issues have always found a global forum on the Olympic stage.
But even if this was the first time such issues were being brought up during the Olympics, Pescante should be ripped for labeling the mere presence of three gay athletes among a larger group as a disruptive political play.
As Cahow told USA Today last month:
"It's obviously a statement that's being made, but I think it's an incredibly respectful one," Cahow said. "Basically, the White House is highlighting Americans who know what it means to have freedoms and liberties under the constitution. That's really what we're representing in Sochi, and it's not at all different from what's espoused in the spirit of Olympism."
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Friday, May 28, 2010
Funeral Pie
From the kitchen of One Perfect Bite...One of the desserts that we considered for Bob's birthday was an Amish funeral pie. Bob was intrigued by its name and its resemblance to a mincemeat tart I serve for the holidays. Many of our friends are older than Bob and me, and I was not sure they'd appreciate being served something called a funeral pie at a birthday celebration. Bob, nonetheless, wanted to give it a try. After some negotiation, my inner diplomat successfully reasoned with his inner child and we deferred serving the pie until later in the week. The pie is traditionally served at funerals of Old Order Mennonites and Amish. It was served at so many funeral suppers that it was given the name "funeral pie." It became a favorite of Mennonite cooks because the ingredients were always available and the pie kept well. That meant it could be made a day or two before the funeral supper and freed hands for other tasks. The pie is not unpleasant, and if you love raisins or mincemeat I suspect you'll love it. One caution. It is very sweet. Susan, who writes The Well-Seasoned Chef, let us know that the pie is deliberately made cloyingly, almost painfully, sweet to allow mourners to forget, if only for a moment, the pain of their grief. If I make this again, I'll reduce the sugar by half. I would also make a lattice crust to improve its appearance. As you can see from the photo above, Bob enjoyed his pie as written. We have a Mennonite community in our area and I used a recipe given to me by one of their best bakers to make the pie. Here's the Smith family recipe.
Funeral Pie...from the kitchen of One Perfect Bite, inspired by the cooks of the Smith family
2 cups raisins
1 cup water
Finely grated zest of 1 large orange
1 cup orange juice
3/4 cup + 1 tablespoon granulated sugar, divided use
2 tablespoons cornstarch
3/4 teaspoon ground allspice
1/4 teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg
1 tablespoon lemon juice
1/2 cup chopped walnuts
1 egg, beaten
Pastry for 2 crust pie
1) Preheat oven to 425 degrees F.
2) Combine raisins, water, orange zest and juice in a saucepan. Bring to a boil, reduce heat and simmer for 5 minutes.
3) Meanwhile, combine 3/4 cup sugar, cornstarch, allspice and nutmeg in a small bowl.
Stir slowly into raisin mixture. Cook, stirring constantly, until thickened, about 2 minutes. Remove pan from heat. Stir in lemon juice and walnuts.
4) Roll out half the pie dough on a lightly floured surface. Fit into an 8 or 9-inch pie pan. Pour filling into pie shell.
5) Roll out remaining pastry and place over pie. Seal and flute edges. Cut several slashes into top of pie to release steam. Brush with beaten egg and sprinkle with reserved tablespoon of sugar. Bake until golden, about 20 to 25 minutes. Serve warm. Yield: 8 servings.
You might also enjoy these recipes or information:
Sister Sarah's Apple Pudding - One Perfect Bite
Apple Butterscotch Grunt - Simply Annes
Shoo-Fly Pie - Not So Humble Pie
Old Order Mennonite Blog - Old Fashioned Net
Sweet Sorrow - Rosino Pie - The Well-Seasoned Chef
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- Allie and Pattie said...
Mary, welcome to Foodie Friday! You always bring a smile and happy memories. We lived in upstate Ny and I was given a very similar recipe by a neighbor who grew up in Pennsylvania- she called it a Mourning Pie. Such lovely traditions
xoxo pattie - May 27, 2010 at 9:13 PM
- Deeba PAB said...
Teehee Mary, you sound just like me. If I was intrigued by a pie with a name like this, I would bake it too, no matter what the occasion was! Love the way it got its name, and the filling looks gorgeous!
- May 27, 2010 at 9:14 PM
- Shirley said...
Yes, I couldn't imagine a pie with this name!! I looks interesting but I don't like mincemeat. I'd have to change the name!
- May 27, 2010 at 9:28 PM
Don't laugh, i have never had mincemeat..for years i thought it was actually minced meat with raisins.. LOL
It looks wonderful!! - May 27, 2010 at 9:33 PM
- Kristen said...
I have heard of funeral potatoes and who died cake, this is a new one for me. I think it would be lovely with the lattice top. If you make it again, with the alterations, I hope you post it as an addendum.
- May 27, 2010 at 9:43 PM
- Rue said...
I like the name. I probably would have served it on my birthday!
- May 27, 2010 at 9:46 PM
- Ciao Chow Linda said...
I've actually had this pie and it wasn't provided by an Amish or Pennsylvania friend. It was made by a Canadian, who also grew up with it.
- May 27, 2010 at 9:47 PM
- susan said...
Mary-We laughingly call my chess pie my "funeral pie". It is what I take on short notice when there is a need. I always have the ingredients, it is easy to make, and most people love it. I guess we're not as clever as we thought :) Hope you have a good Memorial Day weekend!
- May 27, 2010 at 9:52 PM
- Mary | Deep South Dish said...
I'm with ya Mary. I think if I were serving this outside of a funeral, I'd rename it Amish Sugar Pie. :)
- May 27, 2010 at 10:12 PM
- The Fajdich Times said...
I love reading your stories...they are the best. The pie looks good, I have never had one. Don't know about the mincemeat. Have a wonderful weekend:)
- May 27, 2010 at 10:20 PM
- Ren- Lady Of The Arts said...
I love the name but I have only ONE food aversion and it is raisins.
- May 27, 2010 at 10:25 PM
- A Canadian Foodie said...
I love to learn stories about how recipes came to be. My dad would love this pie. He loves raison pie, and mincemeat pie. Raison pie is so sweet it hurts my teeth. I love a mincemeat tart with ice cream... but just a little... but, I DO love it. Funeral pie... what an evolution. And what an unusual Birthday treat request. Glad you could defer it until later in the week:) Guests might think you are trying to send them a message.
Valerie - May 27, 2010 at 10:54 PM
- Patricia @ ButterYum said...
Very interesting. I enjoyed reading about our inner diplomat and Bob's inner child. Happy Belated birthday to your beloved.
ButterYum - May 27, 2010 at 10:54 PM
- Krista said...
"...my inner diplomat successfully reasoned with his inner child and we deferred serving the pie until later in the week."
I can totally relate!
I'd love to give this a try. I grew up in Amish country and I've never heard of such a thing. My mom made a Date Nut Ring that we called funeral cake...but only because she baked one and took it to the family every time someone in our community passed away. It was SO good, but I can't just make it because I like it. All I would be able to think of the whole time I smelled the familiar scent as it bakes is "funeral cake". lol. - May 27, 2010 at 11:04 PM
- PeggyR said...
LOL funeral pie! It sounds great though!
- May 27, 2010 at 11:17 PM
- Red Couch Recipes said...
In Utah, we have funeral potatoes -- everyone has their recipe. The basica recipe has creamed soup and cheese...lots of it! Never heard of funeral pie, but it sounds good! Joni
- May 27, 2010 at 11:37 PM
- Renée said...
Dito about the funeral potatoes above...never heard of funeral pie. It is a very pretty pie. Sometime would you come for lunch at my house? I know I'd enjoy having you!
- May 27, 2010 at 11:52 PM
- Pondside said...
This recipe is a lot like one from Nova that is an old timer. It's my dad's favorite.
- May 28, 2010 at 12:04 AM
- Angie's Recipes said...
That's a very delicious pie with a very unique name.
- May 28, 2010 at 12:22 AM
- Cherine said...
Never heard of a funeral pie before, i loved reading your story!! :)
The filling of the pie looks delicious!! Have a nice day! - May 28, 2010 at 2:49 AM
- Coleens Recipes said...
This sounds excellent, although I hope you don't mind if I re-name it. I'm pretty supersticious lol.
- May 28, 2010 at 3:24 AM
- Sutapa said...
A very interesting name and great pie recipe! Truly speaking I never heard of it!
- May 28, 2010 at 3:51 AM
- January Asia said...
This must be very yummy. The photo of the pie is superb. (I, too, love Amish food.)
Thanks for visiting and following my blog and for your very encouraging words. I'm now your newest follower.
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- MaryMoh said...
That's a very interesting name. Looks very delicious. I have to be careful who I serve to. Some friends are very superstitious. I'll probably just tell them it's a fruit pie :D
- May 28, 2010 at 4:12 AM
- KathyB. said...
The very name of the pie intrigued me. It does look like a rich pie and if I make it I will follow your advice regarding the sugar. I can see why this would be a good pie to make for bringing to a funeral dinner, which in all reality is a celebration in memory of someone's life, and this pie does look to cause joy in celebration!
- May 28, 2010 at 4:36 AM
- Rachel Cotterill said...
Funeral pie? Interesting name. It sounds like a big mince pie... I sometimes make these around Christmas.
- May 28, 2010 at 4:40 AM
- Priya Suresh said...
The name itself attracts and funny..pie looks scrumptious..
- May 28, 2010 at 5:03 AM
- Sinful Southern Sweets said...
Sometimes some of the best foods attach the word funeral to them. Funeral potatoes are one of them. And they are just wonderful! This pie seems to fit in the same category. Thanks for sharing!
- May 28, 2010 at 5:10 AM
- Vidya Chandrahas said...
Hi Mary, You are most welcome to India! I am sure, you will enjoy here. Thanks for visiting my blog and comments....I am totally new to this pie recipe and I heard this name first time...But the story behind the pie is very interesting..hahahaha
- May 28, 2010 at 5:13 AM
- 3 hungry tummies said...
Haha while you made your funeral pie, I made some Taiwanese coffin cake today :)
What a seductive piece of pie that is. Have a great weekend! - May 28, 2010 at 5:26 AM
- Deb in Hawaii said...
I vote for a name change--although the story is great about how the name came about. It looks very sweet and decadent.
- May 28, 2010 at 5:50 AM
- giorno26 ¸¸.•*¨*•. said...
Oh Mary.... la mia dieta !!!!!
Questo dolce è talmente tropo buono che a noi donne ci fà ingrassare solo guardandolo !!!
Happy day :-)) - May 28, 2010 at 6:14 AM
- Carol at Serendipity said...
I know this pie and I probably have the recipe that my grandmother used in one of her handwritten notebooks.
This pie was taken to funerals in the Sussex, NJ area.
Carol - May 28, 2010 at 6:16 AM
- Salsa Verde said...
Hi Mary,
You right, what a name for a pie..., but the recipe looks amazing!
Lia. - May 28, 2010 at 6:22 AM
- pigpigscorner said...
What a name! They should change it the name so it can be served at more occasions!
- May 28, 2010 at 6:40 AM
- Beverly said...
My mother used to bake what she called a Raisin Pie, and the ingredients sound the same. I'll have to compare her recipe. I remember her pie being very sweet, too.
- May 28, 2010 at 6:41 AM
- Schnitzel and the Trout said...
Great information, as usual. The pie looks wonderful and there is a certain someone living in my house that loves raisin pie. I do not like raisins at all. He would love this. I would have to rename it. smile
- May 28, 2010 at 6:57 AM
- From the Kitchen said...
As a child of the south, I grew up with "funeral" recipes. A death of one near and dear brought out the competitiveness (at least to my child's mind) in a cook. Of course, it was really a way of soothing the bereaved by gathering around them, feeding their bodies while soothing their pain. But, I don't recall this pie. It does sound delicious!
A belated Happy Birthday to Bob!
Bonnie - May 28, 2010 at 7:04 AM
- Valerie Harrison (bellini) said...
Let's just rename it and we would no problem with eating several pices of this delicious pie:D
- May 28, 2010 at 7:46 AM
- Kim said...
A belated happy birthday to Bob! Good job talking him into something else for his birthday dessert:)
I haven't met a pie that I didn't absolutely love. This one looks great. - May 28, 2010 at 8:01 AM
- Jeannie said...
Most asians are superstitious people, I would change the name of this pie if I ever serve it!:D Looks scrumptious!
- May 28, 2010 at 8:09 AM
- Unknown said...
It is a GOOD pie! I love the name -- but as I understand it came about because in the winter, there was no fruit for pie but there were raisins -- and you can't have an Amish/Mennonite Funeral without pie -- thus it was made MOSTLY for funerals!
It is a good pie!
Welcome to Foodie Friday! - May 28, 2010 at 8:16 AM
- bj said...
Well, Mary, here is another dessert that I've not heard of.
Your pie is delicious.
Have a wonderful weekend.. - May 28, 2010 at 8:21 AM
Well i like your version of it much better, LOL No suet!
- May 28, 2010 at 9:10 AM
- Lori said...
I love the line about your inner diplomat and his inner child. I so understand Mary.
My gasps aside, this looks like good pie. - May 28, 2010 at 9:11 AM
- Diane said...
This recipe looks delicious but I think I may just rename it!! Diane
- May 28, 2010 at 9:20 AM
- A Spoonful Of Sugar said...
Sounds delicious - mincemeat always reminds me of Christmas. Wish it had a more cheerful name though, but loved the story behind the dish.
- May 28, 2010 at 9:38 AM
- Cristie said...
Raisin pie! My dad loves raisin pie. The store that goes with this is wonderful. Traditions that are connected with food some how make the food taste better to me. Thanks for sharing both the story and the recipe. My father will thank you-- father's day would be a nice time to bake this for him!
- May 28, 2010 at 9:45 AM
- Decor To Adore said...
Oh do you have an extra spoon?
I hope you'll stop by and see my video for a French Macaroon video. There are bloopers. :) - May 28, 2010 at 9:59 AM
- Inspired by eRecipeCards said...
As always Mary, a great story to go with the recipe... And I just noticed your milepost you are about to pass with numbers of followers... Congrats, hope the book deal comes soon
- May 28, 2010 at 10:02 AM
- KimMalk said...
What an interesting history. It looks delicious.
- May 28, 2010 at 10:02 AM
- honeysuckle said...
This sounds like something I would love!
- May 28, 2010 at 10:04 AM
- Claudia said...
I grew up with something very similar - but they never called it Funeral Pie (whew). It is a delicious pie though and I would serve it and just change the name!
- May 28, 2010 at 10:07 AM
- Adventures in Domestic Cooking said...
Thank you for your lovely comment on my blog, so terribly sweet of you, brightened my day=)
This pie of yours sounds so tastey!! - May 28, 2010 at 10:07 AM
- June said...
Oh my goodness - this reminds me of my childhood a b'zillion years ago. Think I'll have it revisit it though because this looks absolutely delicious!
- May 28, 2010 at 11:50 AM
- Sushma Mallya said...
Name is really strange but i would love to try this one...
- May 28, 2010 at 12:38 PM
- Alexandra said...
I have never tried anything with mincemeat....
the name scares me.
I'll have to give it a go next time the opportunity comes up.
And I still think it's a pretty pie, and doesn't need a lattice crust.
It looks rustic. I like that. - May 28, 2010 at 12:45 PM
- The Blonde Duck said...
I never knew a pie could be sad.
- May 28, 2010 at 2:39 PM
- Susan said...
Rosina Pie, that's what it's called when you don't want to allude to its funerial association. I am part PD (fr/ Berks County, the fancy, not Amish nor Mennonite.) This pie was one of the first recipes I blogged about three years back. I've never been fond of raisins nor mincemeat, but it's an important part of my family's culinary history. Another reason for its purpose at funerals is that it's so cloyingly, literally burning and painfully sweet, that you forget, but for a moment, the pain of your grief.
I do love seeing it enjoyed by the living for its own sake. And, yes, it does needs that top crust. ; ) - May 28, 2010 at 2:51 PM
- Juliana said...
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- May 28, 2010 at 2:53 PM
- Federica Simoni said...
wow strepitosa questa ricetta!!! bravissima!!!
ti ho mandato una email!! ciao!! - May 28, 2010 at 3:47 PM
- ♥ Kathy said...
I bet that was good Mary!
- May 28, 2010 at 4:13 PM
- penny aka jeroxie said...
That is such an intriguing name. I will like to try it but not really a very sweet tooth person.
- May 28, 2010 at 7:36 PM
- Cathy said...
Your pie looks delicious, Mary, and the crust is perfect. I'm not a raisin fan but did enjoy the story.
- May 28, 2010 at 8:06 PM
- ann low said...
Mary, I've never heard of "Funeral" pie before and it is really new to me. I would like to try this one day.
- May 28, 2010 at 9:33 PM
- threesidesofcrazy said...
This pie sounds really great (well maybe short of the name LOL) but it gave me a great laugh. A few years ago our youngest son was having trouble understanding a memorial we were going to for some older family members who had passed away. Once he did understand he asked if he could put it on the calendar. Pleased that he was accepting it so well we said sure. To our amazement he wrote, "Dead People Day". We still laugh as a family.
- May 28, 2010 at 10:24 PM
- My Little Space said...
Mary, I have to tell you for sure the Chinese won't serve this on someones birthday! haha.... Because of the name! It's just not very nice to so. Normally, the Chinese will serve Longevity buns and noodles. All of these food brings the meaning of wishing the birthday guy long life.
Hope you'll have a nice day!
Cheers, Kristy - May 29, 2010 at 1:54 AM
- Janice said...
Here's one that will make Bob smile, in Scotland we call that 'Flies Graveyard' lol!
- May 29, 2010 at 5:46 PM
- Katy ~ said...
Now this is a pie that I've always wanted to try but never have. I'm mad for raisin filled cookies so thought I would enjoy this so once again, Mary, you have provided delicious inspiration.
Happy Birthday to Bob. - May 29, 2010 at 7:59 PM
- glenna said...
I do have to say one thing. Your pictures are beautiful, but you are making them very unappetizing by adding fake color to the background. That red/orange looks horrible with you pie. You also aren't tracing the pie very well, so it looks very fake. I'd stick to the original picture. You obviously have photography skills. - June 8, 2010 at 9:01 PM
- Mary Bergfeld said...
Glenna, I'm sorry you did not like the background. I'm partially sighted and don't see things in the same way you do. Blessings...Mary
- June 8, 2010 at 11:05 PM


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Vancouver, British Columbia
In Vancouver Canada's long and glorious history of punk rock, few bands were more punk, or more rockin' than the Subhumans. Subhumans gigs were a riot, sometimes literally; years later, their records still seethe with raw power. The Subhumans were angry and hilarious, often simultaneously, the living embodiment of everything that was great about punk rock circa 1978-82.
The band formed in the spring of 1978. Their first show was at an "anti-Canada Day" celebration, sponsored by anarchists, on July 1st. The band's line-up consisted of Brian Goble (a.k.a. "Wimpy-Roy") on vocals, Ken Montgomery (a.k.a. "Dimwit") on drums, Gerry Hannah (a.k.a. "Gerry Useless") on bass and Mike Graham on guitar. The mix of personalities and talents was perfect. Wimpy was a born front man, delivering unbelievably funny off-the top-of-his-head rambles while he hunched around the stage. His penchant for diving into the audience often left him bruised and battered and, at least once, completely nude. The rhythm section was lethal. Dimwit bashed his drums with sticks the size of baseball bats and locked in with Gerry's bass to create a rumble and crunch that could level tall buildings. Mike sprinkled gas on the fire with electrifying bursts of guitar.
The Subhumans and the handful of other punk bands that exploded into being in Vancouver as part of the world-wide punk movement, built a local scene that was wild, raucous, and tempestuous. Venues came and went after gigs that left audiences exhilarated and club-owners and police appalled. The now-familiar punk ethos that held that anyone could be in a band, and that any band could change your life, was new and shocking.
The Subhumans quickly became one of the scene's leading bands, plunging into DIY and small-label recording to get their music out. Like the other genuine punk bands of the time, they avoided the tired and self-centred subject matter of the stereotypical pop song. Always engaged with the ferment of the times, often political with a satiric edge, Subhumans songs like "Fuck You" and "Slave to My Dick" became anthems for their audience. "Fuck you" was the ultimate give-the-finger-to-authority punk song, a musical buzz bomb with a chorus that summed up the attitude of disillusioned youth everywhere: "We don't care, what you say, fuck you!" Gerry's "Slave to My Dick" was a critical look at gender roles from the point of view of a suddenly self-aware male; a wicked satire of horny men and the lengths they will sometimes go to get laid: "I do a lot of talking but I don't say much. I can't be real 'cause I'm such, you know I'm such a slave, to my dick. It really makes me, sick!"
Everyone sung along to that chorus. Other crowd favourites included "Firing Squad", a song about the hypocrisies and fanaticism unleashed by the Iranian revolution, "Inquisition Day", which warns against the possible rise of state totalitarianism here or in any country and "Death To The Sickoids", a rampaging semi-serious call to arms against the mainstream press: "They're hanging a noose around our necks, by gluing our minds to the front page."
The first version of the band recorded an independent single, Death to the Sickoids / Oh Canaduh, now sought by collectors and contributed tracks to the landmark Vancouver Complication collaborative LP. After Jim Imagawa replaced Ken Montgomery on drums, the Subhumans put out a 12″ EP (self-titled) and another single Firing Squad / No Productivity on local Vancouver label, Quintessence Records. The Subhumans and the other local bands were all plugging into a burgeoning underground network of punk scenes and venues across the continent, and several tours through western Canada and up and down the west coast started to establish them among the frontline bands of the time. The band recorded its debut album, Incorrect Thoughts for another small Vancouver label and hit the road for more touring through much of the U.S. and Canada. They ground out endless hours in a stuffy van to play with such bands as Black Flag, Husker Du, Minor Threat, the Dead Kennedys, X and Bad Brains. They did particularly well on the west coast, building up large followings in places such as Seattle and San Francisco.
In 1981, just back from a gruelling tour across the continent which included a full-scale police riot in LA and other harrowing events, Gerry and Jim left the band. They were replaced by bassist Ron Allan and drummer Randy Bowman for more gigs and touring, working up to a second album recorded for Black Flag's SST Records, No Wishes, No Prayers. The new set of songs never got much exposure; just prior to its release, front man Brian Goble was lured away to become DOA's bass player and the band played its last gig in the fall of 1982.
In 1983 Gerry Hannah was in the news, but not as a musician. Always involved in political issues, including environmentalism – one of his nicknames was "Nature Punk" – he linked up with a group of political activists called Direct Action, whose frustration lead them toward armed struggle. Among other actions, the group blew up an environmentally unfriendly hydroelectric substation on Vancouver Island and bombed the Litton plant near Toronto, which manufactured parts for the American cruise missile, a "first strike" nuclear weapon. Canadian authorities eventually arrested the group, known in the press as the Squamish Five, and Gerry was sentenced to ten years in jail. He was released after serving five years.
In 1995, Gerry and Brian reformed the dormant band for a western Canadian tour, with Jon Williams on guitar and David Macanulty on drums. Audiences were as enthusiastic as ever, with one gig at the Starfish Room in Vancouver drawing so many fans that three hundred people were turned away at the door. The following year the band released a "best of" CD, Pissed Off … With Good Reason, on the Essential Noise/Virgin label. The disc included the band's singles, their EP, and other popular songs, including many from their two previous albums.
In 2005, the band reformed with a different purpose; not just to play the old material, but to write and record again, bringing their music making skills to bear on the modern age. This time, the line-up includes original members Brian Goble on vocals, Gerry Hannah on bass, and Mike Graham back on guitar, with punk veteran and powerhouse drummer Jon Card (formerly with Personality Crisis, SNFU and DOA) on drums. After recording a demo of new material, the band played a spate of shows in the Vancouver area and throughout Western Canada, including a performance as a featured main stage act at the Under the Volcano Arts and Activism Festival. The Subhumans recorded a full-length album of new material in early 2006, entitled New Dark Age Parade. The CD/LP was released in September 2006 on Alternative Tentacles Records in the U.S. and G7 Welcoming Committee Records in Canada. The band followed up with a cross-Canada tour in the fall of 2006, and more gigs across the western provinces after that. 2008 saw the release of Death Was Too Kind, a collection of material from their earliest records and demo sessions. In April 2010 the band released Same Thoughts, Different Day, a re-recording of all of the songs from their classic Incorrect Thoughts album, plus brand-new versions of some songs from the same era that were never recorded in a studio before. Watch this space for future plans.


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We like to go out to the University's Apple House to get our apples each fall. Not only do they have all the typical favorites but you can also try new varieties they are working on that don't even have names yet, just a number & flavor profile identify them. Maybe one of these will be the next big apple star.
A lot of varieties of apples will last through the winter in your fridge but we also like to make some into applesauce. Last year we made two flavors, Ginger Peach and Pomegranate. We experimented with three new flavors for this year, Raspberry, Chai, and Vanilla. All of them turned out really delicious. The Vanilla is the most basic of the flavors but the use of fresh vanilla makes it special (& like good vanilla ice cream it has flecks of vanilla seeds in it). The Chai has a lot of nice spice flavor to it. The Raspberry was really the star in my book with is beautiful color & sweet/tart flavor. I'm so glad I froze fresh raspberries this summer for this purpose.
A word about buying apples for making applesauce - If you buy your apples at an orchard don't bother paying for the 1st quality apples for making sauce, save those for eating. For this applesauce we bought a bag of what are called Utility apples which ran $4.50 for a peck. These apples aren't going to win any beauty contests but are perfect for making sauce. The variety we used was Fireside.
Applesauce Three Ways
All Sauces
3 lbs apples, cored & peeled (If you have a food mill you can skip peeling & run the sauce through the food mill to get rid of the skins, which is what I did)
1 c water
1/2 c sugar
1 T lemon Juice
Choose one of the following flavors...
Raspberry Applesauce
2 c fresh or frozen raspberries
In a large heavy pot add the water, sugar & raspberries. Bring to a boil. Stir to dissolve sugar & break down raspberries a bit. Turn off heat & let sit about 10 minutes. Strain through a sieve to remove seeds. Return raspberry mixture to the pot.
Chai Applesauce
3 bags Stash Double Spice Chai
In a large heavy pot add the water, sugar & tea bags. Bring to a boil & stir to dissolve sugar. Turn off heat & let sit about 10 minutes. Remove tea bags , squeezing any liquid in them into the pot.
2 vanilla beans
1/2 t cinnamon
In a large heavy pot add the water & sugar. Slice the vanilla beans in half length-wise. Scrape the seeds into the pot of water & then throw in the beans as well. Bring to a boil. Stir to dissolve the sugar. Turn off heat & let sit 10 minutes. Remove the vanilla beans. Stir in the cinnamon
For All Versions
Cut the prepared apples into slices & add to the pot with your flavoring mixture. Turn the heat to medium-high. Let cook, stirring occasionally, until the apples are very soft about 30 minutes. Use a spoon or potato masher to help smash the apples to a sauce texture. (If you left the skins on your apples run your sauce through a food mill at this point to remove them.) Stir in the lemon juice. If your sauce seems too thick for your liking add a little water to it.
At this point the sauce can be put into containers & refrigerated. Or you can put hot sauce into sterilized jars & can them in a boiling water bath for 20 minutes for pantry storage.
Makes about 5 cups.
I did mention a giveaway in the title of this post didn't I? Not too long ago I had run out of fresh vanilla beans & was looking for an online source to buy it. I hadn't been happy with the quality of the beans I'd been getting in the spice aisle of the grocery store not to mention the price. That's when I was contacted by the folks at Singing Dog Vanilla. They offered to send me a sample of one of their products to try & I jumped at the chance to try the vanilla beans. Their beans are organic & they offer two different varieties. These were so different than what you get at the grocery store, soft, plump & oh the smell when you open the bag is heavenly. They added amazing flavor to my Vanilla Applesauce.
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The history buffs keen on the tri-corner hats and town criers of Old Town's brick-laid sidewalks may be unaware, but Alexandria is home to a perennially irreverent literary show, As Was Written.
What began as a gathering at the home of John-Mark Davidson and Tim Hopkins, two friends with day jobs and a penchant for the pen, has evolved into a contemporary, unapologetic showcase for local writers and musicians well known and unknown. When the pair realized they had something good going, they locked down a venue, The Lyceum on South Washington Street, and began selling tickets.
Suddenly, the show became less about their friends showing up out of a sense of duty and more about a grassroots following interested in seeing and hearing the talented voices of the D.C. area.
"When you're starting out, people come out to the show because they're your friend and they want to support you," said Davidson. "Now we're getting to the point that people are coming because they know they're going to have a good time. And it's less about us."
The fall rendition of As Was Written is November 4 at 8 p.m. Davidson and Hopkins booked Maddox, the unapologetic humorist and writer behind The Best Page In The Universe, a website based on a simple concept: if you disagree with his opinions — the word "epic" is overused and no one cares if your pun was intended or not — you are wrong. At the show, he'll promote his new book, "I Am Better Than Your Kids," a collection of children's drawings critiqued and graded by Maddox. Spoiler: everyone gets an F.
But while Maddox may be the best-known voice, Davidson and Hopkins insist As Was Written has no headliner. Rather, it's an equal opportunity show where budding writers share the stage with acts like Remy Munasifi, the locally famous satirical rapper made legendary with "The Arlington Rap," and Alexandra Petri, a writer and comedian who pens a daily humor column in the Washington Post. Alexandrian Shelly Bell, a slam poet, will offer her rhythmically backed words, too.
"A lot of times you go to a show, and you feel a divide between you and the person on stage," Davidson said. "At our show, the person on stage does their thing, and then they walk down and sit beside you. There aren't a lot of walls with our show."
Petri describes the show as having a "performancy feel, not a workshoppy feel.
"It is a really cool community, and to be able to have a chance to listen to other writers is really neat," she said. "I think it's really neat what [Davidson and Hopkins] are doing. In terms of creating a scene, yeah, I think that will really help."
As Was Written is about entertainment — sharing the craft of writing, not teaching it. Think an open-mic variety show with high standards.
"We're not trying to help kids get through college; we're trying to entertain for people," Davidson said.
Still, the writers and singers support each other's art, as do the audience members.
"It's great to see the ticket sales [doing well], because in the beginning we just had all familiar faces," Hopkins said. "But actually seeing that word is reaching out further with each show, and that people hopefully appreciate what we do, is great. We just plan on bringing it once again."
Of course, the creators of As Was Written are also writers and performers. Hopkins will share a short story on his personal evolution with politics: the innocence of running for president in sixth grade to the cynicism resulting from political traffic jams that's jaded him to new hope.
"I think the theme is about becoming real skeptical of the political process through the years for very, very different reasons," Hopkins said. "But there are a lot of positive movements that actually happen in politics. And even when it's gridlocked and you really want to despise the political process, there are good things that happen like Occupy Wall Street. There is light at the end of the tunnel despite all the skeptics."
Davidson will share a story on his cynical approach to love. It's funny, if dark, and begins with his ex-girlfriend breaking up with him while watching "Schindler's List." The rest will unravel during the show, as often happens with such a diverse variety of talents and personalities.
"I think most people don't understand the show until they see it," Davidson said. "Including the people who are in it."
As Was Written is November 4 at 8 p.m. at The Lyceum, 201 S. Washington St. Tickets are $15. Visit www.aswaswritten.com for more information.


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FRESNO, Calif. (AP) — Want to avoid pesticides and antibiotics in your produce, meat, and dairy foods? Prefer to pay more to make sure farm animals were treated humanely, farmworkers got their lunch breaks, bees or birds were protected by the farmer and that ranchers didn't kill predators?
Food labels claim to certify a wide array of sustainable practices. Hundreds of so-called eco-labels have cropped up in recent years, with more introduced every month — and consumers are willing to pay extra for products that feature them.
While eco-labels can play a vital role, experts say their rapid proliferation and lack of oversight or clear standards have confused both consumers and producers.
"Hundreds of eco labels exist on all kinds of products, and there is the potential for companies and producers to make false claims," said Shana Starobin, a food label expert at Duke University's Nicholas School of the Environment.
Eco-labels have multiplied in recent years in response to rising consumer demand for more information about products and increased attention to animal and farmworker welfare, personal health, and the effects of conventional farming on the environment.
"Credible labels can be very helpful in helping people get to what they want to get to and pay more for something they really care about," said Urvashi Rangan, director of consumer safety at Consumer Reports. "The labels are a way to bring the bottom up and force whole industries to improve their practices."
The problem, Rangan and other said, is that few standards, little oversight and a lot of misinformation exist for the growing array of labels.
Some labels, such as the USDA organic certification, have standards set by the federal government to which third party certifiers must adhere. Some involve non-government standards and third-party certification, and may include site visits from independent auditors who evaluate whether a given farm or company has earned the label.
But other labels have little or no standards, or are certified by unknown organizations or by self-interested industry groups. Many labels lack any oversight.
And the problem is global, because California's products get sold overseas and fruits and vegetables from Europe or Mexico with their own eco-labels make it onto U.S. plates.
The sheer number of labels and the lack of oversight create a credibility problem and risk rendering all labels meaningless and diluting demand for sustainably produced goods, Rangan said.
Daniel Mourad of Fresno, a young professional who likes to cook and often shops for groceries at Whole Foods, said he tends to be wary of judging products just by the labels — though sustainable practices are important to him.
"Labels have really confused the public. Some have good intentions, but I don't know if they're really helpful," Mourad said. "Organic may come from Chile, but what does it mean if it's coming from 6,000 miles away? Some local farmers may not be able to afford a label."
In California, voters this week rejected a ballot measure that would have required labels on foods containing genetically modified ingredients.
Farmers like Gena Nonini in Fresno County say labels distinguish them from the competition. Nonini's 100-acre Marian Farms, which grows grapes, almonds, citrus and vegetables, is certified biodynamic and organic, and her raisins are certified kosher.
"For me, the certification is one way of educating people," Nonini said. "It opens a venue to tell a story and to set yourself apart from other farmers out there."
But other farmers say they are reluctant to spend money on yet another certification process or to clutter their product with too much packaging and information.
"I think if we keep adding all these new labels, it tends to be a pile of confusion," said Tom Willey of TD Willey Farms in Madera, Calif. His 75-acre farm, which grows more than 40 different vegetable crops, carries USDA organic certification, but no other labels.
The proliferation of labels, Willey said, is a poor substitute for "people being intimate with the farmers who grow their food." Instead of seeking out more labels, he said, consumers should visit a farmers' market or a farm, and talk directly to the grower.
Since that's still impossible for many urbanites, Consumer Reports has developed a rating system, a database and a web site for evaluating environmental and food labels — one of several such guides that have popped up recently to help consumers.
The guides show that labels such as "natural" and "free range" carry little meaning, because they lack clear standards or a verification system.
Despite this, consumers are willing to pay more for "free range" eggs and poultry, and studies show they value "natural" over "organic," which is governed by lengthy federal regulations.
But some consumers and watchdog groups are becoming more vigilant.
In October, the Animal Legal Defense Fund filed a lawsuit against Petaluma, Calif., organic egg producer of Judy's Eggs over "free range" claims. The company's packaging depicts a hen ranging on green grass, and the inside reads "these hens are raised in wide open spaces in Sonoma Valley..."
Aerial photos of the farm suggest the chickens actually live in factory-style sheds, according to the lawsuit. Judy and Steve Mahrt, owners of Petaluma Farms, said in a statement that the suit is "frivolous, unfair and untrue," but they did not comment on the specific allegations.
Meanwhile, new labels are popping up rapidly. The Food Justice label, certified via third party audits, guarantees a farm's commitment to fair living wages and adequate living and working conditions for farmworkers. And Wildlife Friendly, another third-party audited program, certifies farmers and ranchers who peacefully co-exist with wolves, coyotes, foxes and other predators.


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This months Daring Bakers challenge was a Yule Log. A Yule Log is basically a cake that is made to look like a log. I had never seen or heard of a yule log and I was looking forward to making it. I ended up procrastinating until the very end. In fact I just finished making the yule log now. (I really need to try to start the January challenge earlier.) Like many Daring Baker challenges this one had several components including the genoise cake, a butter cream and marzipan mushrooms.
Genoise Cake
The genoise cake looked fairly similar to the sponge cake in the Pumpkin Cake Roll that I made not too long ago. I was a bit surprised by how little flour there is in the cake. It seemed to be mostly eggs… Lots of eggs with lots of beating. It is times like these that I wish I had the space for a mixer! I rolled up my sleeves and pulled out my trusty pair of forks and got to beating. The cake turned out pretty good. It was nice and airy and light. I just went with a plain cake but next time I think that I would flavour it. One step successfully done and two to go.
Chocolate Butter Cream
After all of the beating for the genoise I was looking for a break but to my dismay there was even more beating for the butter cream. This was supposed to be a coffee butter cream but I am not a fan of coffee so I decided to go with a chocolate butter cream. I added a third of a bar of dark chocolate to the eggs and sugar while beating them over the simmering water. This step did not go nearly as well as the first step. The butter cream did not thicken… It was too runny no matter how much I beat it and I did not have enough butter to try making it a second time. In the end I placed it in the fridge for a while and it thickened enough for me to get it on the cake. Despite being a bit runny the butter cream tasted really good!
Marzipan Mushrooms
I was able to find a package that was labeled almond paste/marzipan. The original recipe called for mixing the the almond paste with icing sugar and corn syrup but I found that it already had just the right sweetness and consistency out of the package. Forming the mushrooms was kind of fun. I used some nutella spread to attach the mushroom caps to the stems and I the dusted them with a bit of cocoa powder.
All in all the Yule log turned out pretty good. I had some trouble with the butter cream but it did not detract from the flavour of the cake. I will have to try making some butter cream again in the future so that I can get it right. It was kind of fun to make the cake look like a log and decorate it just for the fun of decorating it.
Yule Log
- 3 large eggs
- 3 large egg yolks
- pinch of salt
- 3/4 cup of sugar
- 1/2 cup cake flour
- 1/4 cup cornstarch
- Whisk the eggs, egg yolks, salt and sugar in a bowl.
- place the bowl over a pot of simmering water and whisk until the the mixture is luke warm.
- Remove from the heat and beat until the mixture has cooled and tripled in size.
- Mix the flour and corn starch in a bowl.
- Fold the flour mixture into the egg mixture one third at a time.
- Pour the mixture into an 10×15 inch jelly pan lined with parchment paper.
- Bake in a preheated 400F/200C oven for about 10 minutes or until the cake springs back when lightly pressed.
- Let the cake cool on a rack.
Chocolate Butter Cream
- 4 egg whites
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 ounce dark chocolate
- 1 1/2 cups unsalted butter (room temperature)
- Whisk the eggs, sugar and chocolate in a bowl over simmering water until the the eggs are hot and the chocolate has completely melted
- Beat the mixture until it has cooled.
- Beat in the butter until smooth.


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Why is diet important for heart failure?
Diet is critical in the treatment of heart failure. Limiting sodium is typically recommended to limit fluid build-up. But some other nutrients or substances also play a role as well. Heart failure can become more severe if diet and medicine recommendations for heart failure are not closely followed. Medicine and diet therapy are most effective when used together in the treatment of heart failure.
Taking your medicines and following the diet your doctor has recommended for you will make it easier for you to breathe and help you feel better and be able to do more of your normal daily activities. A registered dietitian can help you make needed dietary changes by providing meal-planning guidelines that are realistic and specifically tailored to your individual needs and preferences.
Ask your doctor if a cardiac rehab program is right for you. Rehab can give you education and support that help you build new healthy habits, such as limiting sodium and eating heart-healthy foods.
Why do you need to limit sodium or fluid?
Sodium causes your body to hold on to extra water. This may cause your heart failure symptoms to get worse. Eating too much sodium can even trigger sudden heart failure.
Limiting sodium may help you feel better and prevent sudden heart failure.
Your doctor will tell you how much sodium you can eat each day. You may need to limit sodium to less than 2,000 mg each day.
Fluid intake is not routinely restricted. It may be restricted in advanced cases to maintain your body's electrolyte balance. Closely following your low-sodium diet will help to decrease or eliminate the need for fluid restriction. It is very important that you watch for any signs of fluid gain (swelling or increase in body weight) and report them to your doctor.
Do you need vitamin or mineral supplements?
You can usually get all of your vitamins and minerals by eating a heart-healthy diet that is rich in fruits and vegetables.
Your doctor might recommend a multivitamin/mineral supplement if you are undernourished or cannot completely meet your nutritional needs through food.
If you take a diuretic (water pill) for heart failure, this medicine might change your dietary needs for potassium, magnesium, calcium, and zinc. Ask your doctor if you should take supplements or eat certain foods to get enough of these minerals.
Fish oil (omega-3 fatty acid) supplements have been shown to help some heart failure patients. In some studies, fish oil supplements, taken along with other heart failure medicines, helped people stay out of the hospital and live longer.footnote 1
Talk to your doctor before you take any over-the-counter medicine or supplement. They are used along with medical treatments for heart failure, not instead of treatment.
If you take a diuretic, ask your doctor if you need to take a potassium supplement or if you need to watch the amount of potassium in your diet. If you take a loop diuretic or thiazide diuretic, your doctor may suggest that you get extra potassium because these medicines lower your potassium levels. But if you take a potassium-sparing diuretic, you might not need to get extra potassium in your diet.
As with potassium, blood levels of magnesium are typically low with extensive diuretic use. Magnesium plays a role in holding on to potassium in the body. So if you need to replenish potassium, you need to consume enough magnesium also to optimize the body's ability to retain the potassium you are consuming.
Good food sources of magnesium include seeds, nuts, legumes, unmilled cereal grains, and dark green vegetables.
Calcium and zinc
Long-term use of diuretics can also deplete your body of calcium and zinc. Adequate calcium must also be consumed to prevent bone loss, which can occur in people who are not able to be physically active. Good food sources of calcium include milk and milk products, calcium-fortified foods and beverages, broccoli, and kale. Good food sources of zinc include meat, nuts, legumes, fish (especially oysters), poultry, and milk and milk products.
Should you limit alcohol?
Limit alcohol to no more than 1 drink a day, and only if approved by your doctor. Alcohol consumption can make high blood pressure worse and cause further damage to the heart.
What if you need extra calories and nutrients?
In severe heart failure, more calories are often needed because of the increased workload of the heart and lungs. But calorie requirements will vary, based on your current nutritional status.
If you are underweight or malnourished, you will need to increase your intake to obtain sufficient calories and protein to prevent the loss of muscle tissue, maintain or gain weight, and achieve a healthy level of protein (albumin) in the blood.
In people whose activity is very limited (those who are bedridden), it is important to obtain sufficient calories and protein to prevent the development of pressure injuries (bed sores). Increased food intake is often difficult for individuals who have moderate to severe heart failure because of the congestion, poor appetite, shortness of breath, and nausea that are often caused by this condition or by the medicines used to treat it.
The body's increased energy demands along with the obstacles to sufficient intake can often lead to malnutrition in people who have heart failure. The following is a list of suggestions to help you boost your appetite (by reducing fatigue) and to help you increase your calories and protein with as little volume and discomfort as possible.
Tips for increasing your calorie and protein intake
- Eat small, frequent meals (five or six) rather than three large meals each day.
- Eat foods with a soft texture to minimize the amount of chewing you need to do.
- Rest before and after meals.
- Use more of your sodium allowance at your best mealtime of the day to maximize food intake.
- Avoid spicy foods and gas-forming vegetables (such as beans, broccoli, cauliflower, brussels sprouts, cabbage, and onions) if they cause you discomfort (heartburn, feeling of fullness, and gas).
- Drink milk and juices.
- Eat higher-fat meats, milk products, and cheeses.
- Add nonfat dry milk to gravies, sauces, and mashed potatoes (to increase protein intake).
- Add butter or margarine to vegetables, breads, and hot cereals. Use olive oil to saute foods and to top breads.
- Try nuts, peanut butter, and dried fruits for snacks. Eat fruits canned in syrup.
- Talk to your doctor or registered dietitian about including nutrition supplement beverages in your diet if you are malnourished and not able to take in enough food to meet your calorie and protein needs. Those that provide the most calories and protein in each can will provide a lot of nutrition in a smaller volume.
How does heart failure change how your body regulates and uses nutrients?
As heart failure progresses, the heart loses its ability to pump strongly, and blood flow throughout the body decreases. This causes a number of reactions throughout the body. Decreased blood flow to the kidneys hinders their ability to remove excess sodium from the body.
Reduced cardiac output from ineffective pumping stimulates the kidneys to retain fluid. Retained fluid causes congestion in the lungs and difficulty breathing. Excess sodium in the body results in the release of a hormone called aldosterone that causes the body to retain fluid as well. Fluid builds up in the body and causes congestion in the lungs, which makes breathing difficult. Also, fluid may build up in the wall of your intestines, which can make it difficult to absorb nutrients from your food. If your body does not receive the nutrition that it needs, you will lose muscle tissue and your body will not be able to fight off infections.
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(In case you can't read the writing on your screen, the left(-)hand sign says "Please go around" and the right(-)hand one says "Please go round".) I liked this bit of linguistic indecision.
Adverbial and prepositional round is far more common in BrE than in AmE. (And just typing it gets the Dead or Alive song going through my head. Which Dead or Alive song, you ask? You mean they had more than one? I thought they just released the same one over and over and over and over again.) According to John Algeo's British or American English?, round is 40 times more common in BrE than AmE (in the Cambridge International Corpus). Though it might just be differences in lexicographical practice, Algeo also notes that (US) Merriam Webster's Collegiate Dictionary (2003) lists 2 senses for prepositional round but 7 for around, whereas the (UK) New Oxford Dictionary of English lists 5 for around and 8 for round.
I searched for round the on the Guardian website and asked myself whether the examples I found would be round or around in my native dialect. Here are the results from the first two pages that didn't involve other Briticisms (otherwise I'd be typing explanations all day and night), repetition, compounding (e.g. a round-the-world ticket), or other disqualifiers:
- Party round the world in 2007
- Reading round the Christmas tree.
- He's an expert guide, fluent in Italian, takes you round the museum
- Pubs are to be allowed to stay open round the clock under plans for a radical overhaul of licensing laws
- 'Listen: tinkering round the edges will change nothing'
- On the way round the labyrinth, there are slits in the walls,
- He has recently completed the last section of a walk round the M25 [a motorway/highway]
Using Fowler's as a guide, The Grammar Logs of the Capital Community College Foundation (Hartford, Connecticut) answers a query about round and around with:
In almost all situations, the words are interchangeable and you'll have to rely on your ear to come up with the word that sounds better. [I]n British English, there are several idiomatic expressions in which "round" is obligatory, but where "around" would work just fine in the U.S.A.: "winter comes round," "show me round," "he came round to see me." In the U.S., "around" is obligatory when you're using it to convey approximation: "He arrived around 4 p.m.," "Around two-thirds of the faculty will retire next year."There are other idioms that must have one or the other in them--for instance to get around, meaning to go to/be in a lot of places (as in the Beach Boys song), needs around. But in the meaning 'to evade' (as in We got (a)round the security guard), BrE prefers round and AmE prefers around. Feel free to add your own examples in the comments!
An interesting example in the Guardian results was The speech heard 'round the world. Here the apostrophe seems to indicate the writer's feeling that round has been contracted from around--and probably the writer's feeling that round is a bit more informal. That was the only apostrophe'd one in the 20 I looked at. But is it round really a contraction of around? Maybe not. Around is a fairly recent addition to the language. The OED lists around as 'rare before 1600', and notes that it doesn't occur in the works of Shakespeare. Round goes back further, and Shakespeare used it in places where I would have said around (but he didn't ask me, did he?):
1602 SHAKES. Ham. III. ii. 165 Full thirtie times hath Phoebus Cart gon round Neptunes salt Wash.So where did the a- come from? It could be on analogy with other a- prepositions like across and among. At any rate, the OED marks its fourth sense for around as an Americanism now, but perhaps not in the past or the future:
4. In U.S.: = ROUND. Perhaps orig. U.K. (cf. quot. 1816). Now coming back into British use under U.S. influence.All this seems to indicate that apostrophes are unnecessary for 'round (at least in BrE), and that the perceived need to put them there may be analogous to 'til, which was till before it was until.
JANE AUSTEN Emma I. x. 187 Emma..was beginning to think how she might draw back a little more, when they both looked around, and she was obliged to join them.


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Spoiler alert: The plot of "Medea" will be revealed here. For those without knowledge of Greek mythology, you may want to stop reading. Others — whose memories of Jason and Medea may be a tad rusty — might find it handy to bone up with this truncated recap.
For starters, Jason dumps Medea, wife and mother of his two boys, to marry a younger, hotter babe whose father, Creon, is the filthy rich king of Corinth. Nothing modern-day sociologists would find surprising there.
Within 24 hours of his betrayal, Jason's spurned spouse is banished from the kingdom, sent to live on the mean streets of Greece without so much as a drachma to her name. Not only does her banishment come centuries before the social safety net's advent, but Medea also suffers heaps of public scorn and the usual pariah status.
Still, the strong-willed Medea will not go gently into that good night: "Oh triple fool," she cries out, "you have given me time."
And a plot that makes "The War of the Roses" look like an exercise in marital merriment thickens.
"Help me to remember the venomous fire," she implores the sorceress Hecate, the "Queen of the Night" and her soul sister. Medea's vast knowledge of potions and the dark arts is legendary and spot-on deadly.
And you know what they say about hell having no fury like a woman scorned, especially a woman whose track record includes betraying her father and murdering her brother to promote her husband's social standing.
Jason should have known he'd get his head handed to him.
Ah, "the violence of love," the Muses wail, trying to dissuade Medea from her retribution. But there's no stopping the avenging soon-to-be ex-wife from calling on the gods of the underworld to back her up.
Woe betides our hapless Argonaut. That's some vindictive crew.
Anissa Parekh plays the lead in the Port City Playhouse's production. Remember that name, as Parekh — trained at the Studio Theatre Acting Conservatory and The Shakespeare Theatre Co. — is a skillful actor with an immediately evident depth of knowledge of stagecraft. It is thanks to her that this production has meat on its ancient bones. Her ability to center the other performers by dint of her powerful stage presence saves it from drowning in the Aegean Sea.
Though I am a huge fan of Port City Playhouse and its bold choices, this drama does not match the company's usual high-caliber performances, except for Parekh's commanding presence.
Costumes are neither period nor contemporary but a hodgepodge of '30s, '40s and '50s retro dresses with aprons and randomly chosen military uniforms for a few of the men. The primitive set includes a small refrigerator used as a stool, several chairs and a panel with double doors situated at the edge of the raised stage.
A black box theater style would have been less distracting than watching actors yank at sticky doors while trying to wriggle through the narrow space without toppling off the proscenium. Somewhere Dionysus and the Muses are cringing.
But, notwithstanding the awkward production values and throwaway supporting roles, see it for Parekh. Her Medea is memorable.