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LONDON (AP) — A leading British medical journal is asking the drug maker Roche to release all its data on Tamiflu, claiming there is no evidence the drug can actually stop the flu.
The drug has been stockpiled by dozens of governments worldwide in case of a global flu outbreak and was widely used during the 2009 swine flu pandemic. On Monday, one of the researchers linked to the BMJ journal called for European governments to sue Roche.
"I suggest we boycott Roche's products until they publish missing Tamiflu data," wrote Peter Gotzsche, leader of the Nordic Cochrane Centre in Copenhagen. He said governments should take legal action against Roche to get the money back that was "needlessly" spent on stockpiling Tamiflu.
Last year, Tamiflu was included in a list of "essential medicines" by the World Health Organization, a list that often prompts governments or donor agencies to buy the drug. Tamiflu is used to treat both seasonal flu and new flu viruses like bird flu or swine flu. WHO spokesman Gregory Hartl said the agency had enough proof to warrant its use for unusual influenza viruses, like bird flu.
"We do have substantive evidence it can stop or hinder progression to severe disease like pneumonia," he said. In the U.S., the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends Tamiflu as one of two medications for treating regular flu. The other is GlaxoSmithKline's Relenza. The CDC says such antivirals can shorten the duration of symptoms and reduce the risk of complications and hospitalization.
In 2009, the BMJ and researchers at the Nordic Cochrane Centre asked Roche to make all its Tamiflu data available. At the time, Cochrane Centre scientists were commissioned by Britain to evaluate flu drugs. They found no proof that Tamiflu reduced the number of complications in people with influenza.
"Despite a public promise to release (internal company reports) for each (Tamiflu) trial...Roche has stonewalled," BMJ editor Fiona Godlee wrote in an editorial last month. In a statement, Roche said it had complied with all legal requirements on publishing data and provided Gotzsche and his colleagues with 3,200 pages of information to answer their questions.
"Roche has made full clinical study data ... available to national health authorities according to their various requirements, so they can conduct their own analyses," the company said. Roche says it doesn't usually release patient-level data available due to legal or confidentiality constraints. It said it did not provide the requested data to the scientists because they refused to sign a confidentiality agreement.
Roche is also being investigated by the European Medicines Agency for not properly reporting side effects, including possible deaths, for 19 drugs including Tamiflu that were used in about 80,000 patients in the U.S. Original article here...


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The Hundred in the Hands' first full-length album, retains the excitement and fervour expected of a debut, while creating a practiced, coherent sound. Following the release of their self-titled EP, we caught up with the band, which is Eleanore Everdell and Jason Grant Friedman, to talk influences and synth-pop. The Hundred in the Hands' sound takes Friedman's former band The Boggs' rough electro-beats and sweetens them with Everdell's chilled out, 1980s pop-queen lyrics. Originally hailing from New York, both members knew early-on that they wanted to be in music, but it wasn't until they met and realised they shared the same musical influences, that it all came together with the birth of The Hundred in the Hands in 2009. The band's name is a Lakota reference to the Fetterman Massacre or Battle of the Hundred Slain in 1866. Their intelligent reference to brutal and complex matters for their moniker precedes the multifaceted nature of their debut.
The single that started it all, post-punk Dressed in Dresden, was released as a 45 by a UK record shop, prompting their signing, and is included on their eponymous self-titled album. It's a balanced mix of catchy guitar riffs, electronic beats and Everdell's Siouxie-esque voice, reminiscent of School of Seven Bells or Ladyhawke. This sound transcends into the album, the band "wrote Dressed in Dresden in a couple of days" and used it to define the sound that is now their signature. Describing their sound as "avant-pop split between the austere and feverish", The Hundred in the Hands certainly have a particular style. Songs such as Pigeons have catchy Little Boots-like vocal riffs concerned with the passing of time, a theme echoed in the metronomic clicking of time in the beat. Commotion is a sure winner on the album, beginning with live guitars echoing Editors' riffs, and intense vocals form a marriage between the sound and the song's title. This track brings together the digital side of the band, with the more traditional indie-pop elements. This Day Is Made sees Everdell's vocal talent put to chilled-out mesmerising use, with a simple backdrop of beats, the melody comes primarily from her vocal harmonies alone.
The band's coherent, uniform sound, is a result of entirely collaborative writing: "One or the other brings in the foundation of a new track or lyrics and the two of us add to it, writing as we record, offsetting the precision of electronic production with analogue machines. We combine live guitars, vocals and percussion with stiff and exact programming." This combination of electronic versus organic is what saves the songs from being too digital and accurate – arguably the real beauty in the songs is the addition of live guitars, and of course, the at-times vulnerable vocals. The consistent nature of the record could be construed as homogenised, but the overall effect works well as a full album, progressing from track to track.
Although all sources cite the 1980s as a major resource for The Hundred in the Hands' inspiration, they insist this isn't the case: "There are other influences we think of first before the 1980s, such as French House & minimal techno, post-punk, vintage hip-hop, garage, and girl groups, but we can see where that idea comes from. We have our influences, but we try to keep it fresh and avoid imitation."
Even though The Hundred in the Hands fit roughly into current trends, combining female vocals with drum machines and digital accompaniments, it's their varied instrumentation, focused sound, and Everdell's voice, that sets them apart. Their distance from pop also allows the band to keep their edge, writing more complex pop songs than their rivals. www.thehundredinthehands.com.
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Democrats controlling the Senate appear on track to pass their first budget in four years, promising a second, almost $1 trillion round of tax increases on top of more than $600 billion in higher taxes on the wealthy enacted in January.
The nonbinding but politically symbolic measure would protect safety-net programs for the poor and popular domestic priorities like education, health research and federal law enforcement agencies from cuts sought by House Republicans, who adopted a far more austere plan on Thursday morning.
The Democratic plan caters to party stalwarts on the liberal edge of the spectrum just as the House GOP measure was crafted to appeal to more recent tea party arrivals. The $1 trillion in new revenue would accrue over the coming decade and would be coupled with a net $875 billion in spending cuts, generated by modest cuts to federal health care programs, domestic agencies and the Pentagon and reduced government borrowing costs.
The GOP budget proposal, similar to previous plans offered by Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan, R-Wis., demonstrates that it's possible, at least mathematically, to balance the budget within a decade without raising taxes. But to do so Ryan, his party's vice presidential nominee last year, assumes deep cuts that would force millions from programs for the poor like food stamps and Medicaid and cut almost 20 percent from domestic agency budget levels assumed less than two years ago.
Ryan's plan passed the House on a mostly party-line, 221-207 vote, with 10 Republicans joining Democrats against it.
Senators braced for dozens of votes during a marathon session expected on Friday, with pessimists in the Capitol predicting a final vote on the Democratic plan in the pre-dawn hours of Saturday.
That tall stack of votes follows up a quintet of politically freighted Senate tallies Thursday night, including a move by Democrats to force a vote on the controversial Ryan budget, which was rejected by a 59-40 vote, with five Republicans joining every Democrat in opposition.
Republicans countered with a move by Jeff Session, R-Ala., putting Democrats on record in opposition to balancing the budget by the end of the decade. It failed on a near party-line vote.
Indeed, Thursday's votes demonstrated the raw politics driving the budget debate, which is more a display of party positions and priorities than an attempt to move the combatants closer together.
The dueling House and Senate budget plans are anchored on opposite ends of the ideological spectrum in Washington, appealing to core partisans in warring GOP and Democratic tribes long gridlocked over how to attack budget deficits. The GOP plan caters to tea party forces while Senate Budget Committee Chairman Patty Murray, D-Wash., crafted a measure designed to nail down support from liberal senators like Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., and Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, who vehemently oppose cuts to safety net programs.
What the Ryan and Murray budgets both fail to do is reach out to the political middle, where any possible bargain would have to be forged. President Barack Obama has been reaching out to lawmakers in hopes of sparking a budget compromise that has proved so elusive.
But Murray's plan would actually increase government spending — on top of a baseline that already assumes automatic budget increases averaging more than 5 percent a year — after accounting for the $1.2 trillion cost of repealing the automatic cuts, known as sequestration. That means the net cuts to the deficit would amount to just a few hundred billion dollars in a federal budget estimated at $46 trillion or so over the coming decade.
Murray's position is that the automatic cuts were designed to prod Washington into action on the debt and were never intended to take effect. By that math, her budget promises $1.85 trillion in lower deficits after 10 years. She points out that Republicans on a 2011 deficit "supercommittee" used the same math when describing their proposals.
"Sequestration was not deficit reduction," Murray said. "It was there to trigger deficit reduction that would come from replacing it."
Murray's plan promises a $693 billion deficit in 2014, dropping to the $400 billion range for the middle years of the decade. While large, such deficits would hover just above 2 percent of gross domestic product, a level that many analysts see as economically sustainable.
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We've been learning about the growing practice of charging criminal defendants fees to fund the justice system. An NPR investigation finds defendants and offenders are charged fees at every step of the system, from the courtroom to jail, even probation. Some say this practice violates the constitutional rights of the poor.
In the next part of the series, Guilty and Charged, NPR's Joseph Shapiro goes to New Orleans to look into one fee that may surprise you: The charge for a public defender.
JOSEPH SHAPIRO, BYLINE: The Miranda Warning, we've heard it on TV cop shows, like "Dragnet."
SHAPIRO: It's the Statement of Rights that police give when they take a suspect into custody.
SHAPIRO: And here's the other part to it: If you cannot afford a lawyer, one will be provided for you, a public defender. In 1963, the Supreme Court in the landmark case, Gideon versus Wainwright ruled that indigent, criminal defendants have that right to a lawyer. But the High Court didn't say how states were to pay for those lawyers. So states turned to user fees.
NPR did a nationwide survey. We found that almost every state now charges defendants to use a public defender. And it's public defenders themselves who often support the fees, because they're underpaid and overworked and the fees have become a key part of the little funding they get.
SHAPIRO: Nowhere is that more so than in Louisiana.
DERWYN BUNTON: Well, right now we are right in front of the Orleans Parish Sheriff's Office, right at the foot of the new construction.
SHAPIRO: Derwyn Bunton is the chief public defender for New Orleans. A few blocks from his office, there's a construction site.
BUNTON: And what they're building is a new jail, which was destroyed after Katrina.
SHAPIRO: The sheriff's gleaming jail complex is funded with federal and state dollars. By contrast, Bunton's staff works in a meager, rented office with donated furniture. To Bunton, it's a reminder that politicians are more eager to fund sheriffs and prosecutors. Not so much public defenders.
There's lots of work for the New Orleans public defenders. Louisiana has the highest incarceration rate by far in the United States, three times the national average. So caseloads are high: 400 cases at a time for attorneys who handle just misdemeanors. And to do all this work, the public defender's main source of income comes from court fees, from the money that's collected from people who break the law. Statewide, public defenders get about two-thirds of their income from court fees.
For Bunton's office, it's 45 percent.
BUNTON: We have a system that has created a real perverse incentive. We need crime. Otherwise the system falls down.
SHAPIRO: Crime brings people through the courts. When they go to court, even for traffic violations, they get charged fees. Those fees pay to run a lot of the justice system, for judges and prosecutors. But it's the public defender's dependence on fees that raises the most questions. Because the money comes mostly from the same poor people they're assigned to represent.
There's a $40 application fee, just to get a public defender. And then there's the fee that puts Bunton in what he calls a weird and uncomfortable position.
BUNTON: Some folks refer to it as the Bad Person Tax.
SHAPIRO: That's another fee, it's $45. But it's collected only if the client pleads or is found guilty at trial. And by state law it can't be waived, even if the defendant doesn't have a dime.
BUNTON: I'm very sympathetic to clients who feel like: Hey, you make money if I go down. You don't make a thing if I'm innocent, should I even believe that you care that I'm innocent. And those are very tough questions that we have to answer as an organization. But also as a community, as a country that believes in fairness and due process.
SHAPIRO: Nationwide, NPR found 43 states, plus the District of Columbia, now allow defendants to be charged for their public defender. We found two typical charges. Often there's that up-front application fee like the one in Louisiana. That can range from $10 dollars, that's the fee in New Mexico, to up to $400 in Arkansas.
Alicia Bannon, at the Brennan Center for Justice at New York University School of Law, helped us with this part of our survey.
ALICIA BANNON: And then many states also have reimbursement fees, where after the fact you can be asked to reimburse up to the full cost of your representation.
SHAPIRO: And that full cost, can run thousands of dollars. The courts, including the Supreme Court, have justified this by saying even a poor person can often pay something, maybe just that small application fee. Or maybe that person is poor today, but tomorrow they will find a good job and have money.
In reality, NPR found that poor people sometimes skip using an attorney. Or they carry the debt for their court-appointed lawyer for years.
Pam Metzger teaches at Tulane University Law School.
PAM METZGER: I know public defenders, right here in Orleans, and Lord knows they don't make any money, right? They're very underpaid. I know lawyers who have gone to the ATM and quietly slipped their clients the fine money. Because they couldn't stand the thought of the client going to jail because they were too poor to pay a fine.
SHAPIRO: She says it's rare. A client's girlfriend might find 40 bucks on a table. She says it's done discreetly because it violates rules about the boundaries between defendants and their attorneys. But if some public defenders don't like the way fees burden their clients, they also know those same fees fund their own work.
Metzger and some colleagues at Tulane several years ago challenged the practice of charging defendants for their public defender. A local judge agreed that the fees were unconstitutional. There was a public defender in the courtroom. And Metzger remembers he stood up and asked that the court keep collecting the fees while the case was appealed to the next court.
METZGER: And there in the courtroom, in their orange jumpsuits and shackles are 12 guys represented by the public defender, all of whom just heard their lawyer stand up and ask the judge to keep collecting $35 from them if they were convicted.
SHAPIRO: Later, the fee was reinstated. And two years ago, the Louisiana legislature, at the request of state public defenders, raised the fee from $35 to the current $45.
Metzger understands why states and public defenders feel forced to support fees on poor clients. Because the bigger issue is that government gives so little money to public defenders.
METZGER: They're really being asked to choose the lesser of two evils. Do they participate is what feels like a relatively minimal wrong: $45 a head. Or do they say: No, I won't participate in that but I understand that the consequence is going to be I'm going to have clients who are facing death. People charged with capital crimes and I have no money to pay for experts, I can't go forward. And those are very difficult decisions for ethical, committed, zealous defenders to make.
SHAPIRO: It's not just public defenders who worry that charging fees has gone too far. State legislators, too, including in Louisiana where lawmakers make a show of being tough on crime.
STATE SENATOR DANNY MARTINY: I always say, the three easiest votes for a legislator are: against gambling, against taxes and to put somebody in jail for the rest of their life.
SHAPIRO: Danny Martiny is the Republican leader in the Louisiana state Senate.
MARTINY: When...
MARTINY: When people run for office, they usually ask their DA to get in the picture with them. They don't ask for the public defender.
SHAPIRO: Still, Martiny took the lead to increase appropriations to fund public defenders offices.
MARTINY: You know, it's not a very a very popular thing but I think it's an essential thing. And my argument is: Look, if you don't hire competent attorneys to represent these people, you may save money the first time. But when the defendant goes up and argues that he had incompetent counsel and the case has to be retried, or he's released from jail, you know, that's the risk that you run.
SHAPIRO: Still, two years ago, Derwyn Bunton, the chief New Orleans public defender was forced to lay off one-third of his staff.
BUNTON: So it used to be an office. Now its where boxes and stuff are.
SHAPIRO: There'd been cuts in state and city funding for the entire criminal justice system. And fee collection swings wildly up and down. It depends on how many cases go to court and then what can be collected from offenders who are mostly poor and often in prison. So Derwyn Bunton says that New Orleans is a cautionary tale for states across the country, as they turn more and more to depending upon these user fees.
Joseph Shapiro, NPR News.
CORNISH: Tomorrow in Guilty and Charged, Joe brings us the story of what happens to the thousands of people who simply can't pay their court fees.
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A sense of humor can brighten family life. You can blow raspberries on a baby's belly, put on a silly hat and chase a 3-year-old, or pretend to fall into a pile of leaves to amuse a first-grader. As kids grow into preteens and teens, you can share puns and jokes as their sense of what's funny grows more sophisticated.
Laughing together is a way to connect, and a good sense of humor also can make kids smarter, healthier, and better able to cope with challenges.
We tend to think of humor as part of our genetic makeup, like blue eyes or big feet. But a sense of humor actually is a learned quality that can be developed in kids, not something they're born with.
What's So Funny Anyway?
Humor is what makes something funny; a sense of humor is the ability to recognize it. Someone with a well-developed sense of humor has the ability to recognize what's funny in others and can amuse them as well.
A good sense of humor is a tool that kids can rely on throughout life to help them:
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Kids with a well-developed sense of humor are happier and more optimistic, have higher self-esteem, and can handle differences (their own and others') well. Kids who can appreciate and share humor are better liked by their peers and more able to handle the adversities of childhood — from moving to a new town, to teasing, to torment by playground bullies.
And a good sense of humor doesn't just help kids emotionally or socially. Research has shown that people who laugh more are healthier — they're less likely to be depressed and may even have an increased resistance to illness or physical problems. They experience less stress; have lower heart rates, pulses, and blood pressure; and have better digestion. Laughter may even help humans better endure pain, and studies have shown that it improves our immune function.
But most of all, a sense of humor is what makes life fun. Few pleasures rival yukking it up with your kids.
Different Ages — Different Humor
Kids can start developing a sense of humor at a very young age. But what's funny to a toddler won't be funny to a teen. To help your kids at each stage of development, it's important to know what's likely to amuse them.
Babies don't really understand humor, but they do know when you're smiling and happy. When you make funny noises or faces and then laugh or smile, your baby is likely to sense your joy and imitate you. He or she is also highly responsive to physical stimuli, like tickling or raspberries.
Sometime between 9 and 15 months, babies know enough about the world to understand that when mom puts a diaper on her head or quacks like a duck, she's doing something unexpected — and that it's funny.
Toddlers Toddlers appreciate physical humor, especially the kind with an element of surprise (like peek-a-boo or an unexpected tickle). As kids develop language skills, they'll find rhymes and nonsense words funny — and this will continue well into the preschool years.
And it's around this time that many kids start trying to make their parents laugh. Your child might deliberately point to the wrong facial feature when asked "Where's your nose?" or put on your shoes and clomp around the house.
A preschooler is more likely to find humor in a picture with something out of whack (a car with square wheels, a pig wearing sunglasses) than a joke or pun. Incongruity between pictures and sounds (a horse that says moo) is also funny for this age group. And as they become more aware of bodily functions and of what gets a parent's goat, preschoolers often start delighting in bathroom humor.
School-age Kids
As kids move into kindergarten and beyond, basic wordplay, exaggeration, and slapstick will all be increasingly funny. They may discover the pleasure of telling simple jokes (it's fun to be the one who knows the punchline!) and will repeat the same jokes over and over.
Older grade-schoolers have a better grasp of what words mean and are able to play with them — they like puns, riddles, and other forms of wordplay. They'll also start making fun of any deviation from what they perceive as "normal" forms of behavior or dress, and gross-out jokes related to bodily functions are a hit too.
But kids this age are also developing more subtle understandings of humor, including the ability to use wit or sarcasm and to handle adverse situations using humor.
Humor Basics
It's never too early to start developing a child's sense of humor. Babies' smiles and laughs are so delightful that we often do this intuitively — smiling, blowing raspberries, or tickling them many times a day just to hear a chuckle.
It's important to keep up this encouragement as kids grow. When you're playful and humorous with your child, delighting in silliness and laughter, you help him or her develop a playful and humorous attitude about life.
One of the best ways to do this from the toddler years on is to spend time every day being receptive to the many opportunities your child gives you to smile or laugh. Be spontaneous, playful, and aware of what your child finds funny at different ages. Also be game enough to laugh so the jokes don't fall flat.
What else can you do to encourage your child's sense of humor?
Be a humor model. One of the best things you can do to develop your child's sense of humor is to use your own. Make jokes. Tell funny stories. Laugh out loud. Deal lightly with small catastrophes like spilt milk.
Take kids' humor seriously. Encourage your child's attempts at humor, whether it's reading (potentially unfunny) jokes from a book or drawing "funny" pictures of the family dog. Praise your child for trying to be funny and be open to surprise — the first time your child makes you laugh is one of life's great pleasures.
Teach kids that adults are funny — and that they can be too. Make humor a part of your day-to-day interactions with your kids and encourage them to share funny observations or reactions, even when you're around other adults.
Create a humor-rich environment. Surround your kids with funny books — for toddlers and preschoolers these include picture books or nonsense rhymes; older kids will love joke books and comics. Also check out funny TV shows, movies, and websites for all age groups — help your child make good choices and then enjoy them too.
Where to Draw the Line
You don't want to rain on their parade, but kids need boundaries when it comes to humor, just like they do in other areas. You don't want to encourage mean-spirited or off-color jokes, so be a good role model and avoid using humor in this way. If someone tells a hurtful or inappropriate joke, don't laugh. Take the time to explain to your child why that joke isn't funny.
You also might want to gently discourage bathroom humor or at least not participate too heartily. It won't hurt anyone's feelings but kids may have trouble determining when it's OK to make such a joke (at home, with family) and when it's not (in the classroom, at church).
The Family That Laughs Together...
Above all, humor is social. That's why you laugh harder at a funny movie when you see it in the theater with other people laughing around you than all alone on your couch.
A key aspect to developing your child's sense of humor is to take time to have fun as a family. Share jokes, play games, and watch funny movies together.
You might even adopt your own offbeat family traditions, whether it's hanging spoons off your noses or wearing matching pajamas. It will be funny now — and maybe even funnier in years to come, when you and your kids remember those silly family times.
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Prior to NPR, Dade served as the Atlanta-based southern politics and economics reporter at The Wall Street Journal for five years. During that time he covered many of the nation's biggest news stories, including the BP oil spill, the Tiger Woods scandal and the 2008 presidential election, having traveled with the Obama and McCain campaigns. He also covered the 2007 Virginia Tech shootings and Hurricane Katrina, which led to a nine-month special assignment in New Orleans.
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Gluten-Free Wraps
What's keeping us fortified these days? In a word, wraps. We're munching Lime Quinoa Salads, leftover Veggie Garden Loaf, stir-fry veggies and quinoa, and sandwich fillings in these handy, tasty beauties. They sustained us as we packed, and whittled down our food supply, making both lunch and dinner easy as pie.
I froze a dozen for the road, thinking that in a pinch, I could always buy a salad to stuff inside.
I froze a dozen for the road, thinking that in a pinch, I could always buy a salad to stuff inside.
They're completely fabulous hot off the tortilla griddle. The best. I could scarf them down bare, without adornment. In fact, I started with a basic crepe recipe when I was developing this wrap recipe. Which is why they're pliable, tender and delicious. Unfortunately, they're also fragile after day one. But if you freeze them right away, snugging rounds of wax paper in between each wrap, they thaw easily and remain fresh enough- though slightly less flexible.
Karina's Gluten-Free Wrap Recipe- Millet Buckwheat Tortillas
By Karina Allrich June 2009.
We love these pliable wraps. I stuff them with sandwich fillings, quinoa salads, cooked rice and veggies. This recipe makes about 10 good sized wraps. These are truly best eaten the day they are cooked. Freeze leftovers with sheets of wax paper between each wrap.
Whisk together the dry ingredients:
1 cup certified GF millet flour
1/2 cup certified GF buckwheat flour
1/2 cup sorghum flour
1/2 cup sweet rice flour
2 teaspoons xanthan gum
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 tablespoon minced onion
1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
1 teaspoon thyme
Add in:
3 tablespoons olive oil
1 tablespoon honey or raw agave nectar
1/4 teaspoon light tasting vinegar
2 beaten free-range organic eggs or Ener-G Egg Replacer for 2 eggs whisked with 4 tablespoons hot water
1 1/2 cups hot water
1/2 cup non-dairy milk
Beat the wet ingredients into the dry mix until the batter is smooth. It should look and feel like a thick pancake batter (though it appears strange and goopy at first, keep beating).
Beat the wet ingredients into the dry mix until the batter is smooth. It should look and feel like a thick pancake batter (though it appears strange and goopy at first, keep beating).
To cook on a griddle or crepe pan:
Heat a lightly oiled griddle or crepe pan over medium high heat. When a drop of water sizzles and bounces off the surface, your griddle or pan is ready.
Use an ice cream scoop to measure and plop a spoonful of batter onto the hot pan; and working quickly, use the back of a large spoon to spread the batter out as thin as you can. Six inches is usually an average size.
Let the wrap cook for a minute until firm. Using a thin large spatula, slide underneath the wrap and flip it to cook the other side for a minute until done.
Place the cooked wrap on a flat surface to cool.
Repeat the process to make a total of 10 wraps.
These are best eaten fresh.
To cook on an electric tortilla press:
Preheat the electric tortilla press. I use a VillaWare Wrap and Tortilla Press but this one also looks like a good bet.
Use an ice cream scoop to measure and plop a spoonful of batter onto the hot press. Lower the top of the press down gently and push down lightly to press the batter out flat. Do not press too hard too fast or the wrap will fall apart from the sudden release of steam. Cook for a minute or so. It doesn't take long. Follow instructions for cooling the cooked wraps, as above.
When the wraps are cooled, cut larger-than-the-wraps circles out of wax paper; place the wax paper between the wraps, bag in a large freezer storage bag. Freeze.
To use, remove a wrap with the wax paper. Thaw. Stuff with your favorite sandwich or burrito filling.
Gently place the wrap over to one side of the wax paper circle so that you have an extra 2-3 inches of wax paper on one end. This will be the bottom edge of your rolled wrap.
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As others pull back, Vegas amps up gun promotions
Published 12:00 am Thursday, February 14, 2013
LAS VEGAS (AP) One Las Vegas shooting range is selling "take a shot at love" packages that include 50 submachine gun rounds. Another is offering wedding packages in which the bride and groom can pose with Uzis and ammunition belts. And a third invites lovebirds to renew their vows and shoot a paper cutout zombie in the face.
Never known for its understatement or good taste, Sin City is bucking the national trend of avoiding flippant gun promotions after the Newton, Conn., elementary school shooting. Instead, it is embracing tourists' newfound interest in big guns the only way it knows how: by going all in.
The newest crop of outlandish Valentine's Day offers is no exception.
Capitalizing on the state's relaxed gun laws, shooting ranges offer an armory of military-grade weapons that aren't accessible in other states. And because this is Las Vegas, they also allow customers to destroy photographs of exes, make souvenir T-shirts full of holes and shoot fully-automatic weapons in barely-there bachelor party man-kinis.
Some gun control advocates say the promotions trivialize the dangers of high-powered weapons.
"These gun stores and shooting ranges offer bad puns in poor taste in their efforts to put a happy face on firearms, yet each day more than 86 Americans die from gun violence," said Newtown native Josh Sugarmann, who is executive director of the Washington D.C-based Violence Policy Center.
"While Las Vegas gun promoters present assault rifles with high-capacity ammunition magazines as harmless Valentine's Day props, the vast majority of Americans understand their true role: military-bred weapons that threaten police and public safety," he said.
At least half a dozen ranges opened in Las Vegas last year, triggering a marketing arms race.
Before visitors even pick up their bags at McCarran International Airport, they are confronted by ads for the Gun Store, Las Vegas' most venerable shooting range. One ad features a blonde posing with an MP5 submachine gun under the words, "Try one."
Machine Gun Las Vegas, which opened last winter, hires former go-go dancers as hostesses and sells its "femme fatale" package with the slogan, "There's nothing like the scent of Cordite in a woman's hair." (Cordite is an alternative to gunpowder).
"We give what people are asking for, whether it's the 'mob experience' and they want to test a Tommy gun, or a bachelor package, and they want a limo to take them to the club afterward," said Lianne Heck, marketing director at Range 702, which opened in October.
This year, gun ranges are extending their tongue-in-cheek promotions to Valentine's Day, always a moneymaker in this matrimony-and-sex-obsessed town.
The Guns and Ammo Garage is offering free vow renewals by the "Pistol Packing Preacher" for one day only. The Gun Store has built a permanent "shotgun weddings" chapel, because nothing makes a memory quite like the sound of gunfire.
Bob MacDuff said his "I do's" there last July before posing with AK-47s for wedding pictures and going shooting with his 25 guests. He encourages others to celebrate their love with weapons in hand.
"For people who are gun people, you can't find a better option," said MacDuff, of Alberta, Canada.
In the wake of the Dec. 14 shootings, many companies curtailed their activities to avoid giving offense.
Groupon, the online coupon giant, halted gun-related promotions, video game company Electronic Arts scrubbed its website of links to weapons retailers and the 3-D printing company MakerBot began removing blueprints for guns from its database.
Fox pulled episodes of "Family Guy" and "American Dad" that made jokes about the punishment of children.
British tabloids chided Las Vegas gun ranges for failing to follow suit.
"What hope for the US when couples can now get married with weapons?" read the headline of a Jan. 7 article in the Sun reporting that that no couples had canceled their shotgun weddings after the national tragedy.
The finger wagging rankled Emily Miller, wedding officiant and head of marketing for the Gun Store, who said the high-powered weapons allow tourists to live out a wild-west fantasy.
"People always want to put a spin on it like it's a hostile or angry thing," she said. "Really, customers just want to have fun. It's like a bucket list item."
At least one gun control advocate agrees with her.
In what might be called a Valentine to the shooting range industry, a spokesman for the Washington D.C.-based Coalition to Stop Gun Violence said Vegas' public embrace of shooting might cause people to associate it with other Sin City favorites like gambling, benders and ill-conceived hook-ups.
"If anything, this will maybe enforce the image of guns as something that are bad for you," he said.


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Tim Hardaway: "I hate gay people." Remember when Hardaway's defining quote was from that Nike ad: "I got skills." That's wiped out.
Just in time for All-Star Weekend, Hardaway has revealed himself as an All-Star bigot.
It is the new leader for Knucklehead Quote of the Year. Not just in the NBA, about this Amaechi story, but in all of sports.
Though I'm quite sure Hardaway isn't alone in his bigotry, he is the only one stupid enough to say something so blantantly bigoted.
I hope Hardaway and his extremist views are marginalized where they belong, but I am also quite sure this quote will now define him.
(Meanwhile, on the opposite end of the quote spectrum, there was Amaechi's insightfully magnanimous response: "At least he's being honest.")
Miss yesterday's Valentine's special?
Duke wins at B.C.: Rumors of Duke's death (or, more accurately, NIT destination) were greatly exaggerated.
In a huge statement game (and, yes, I know, I am loathe to use that phrase in a sport with a 64-team postseason championship tournament), Duke went on the road and beat B.C. on national TV.
And so the dream of Duke being shunted off to the NIT might be over... but the dream of Duke being a dreaded 5-seed lives on!
Team Waltrip busted: NASCAR has a cheating problem that, as I said yesterday, makes the NFL and MLB issues with PEDs seem haphazard.
Kudos to NASCAR for delivering its largest fine ever and for sticking to its crackdown on rule-breakers, but the sport has a HUGE problem: Cheating, not just by individuals (as in NFL or MLB) but at the TEAM LEVEL. Let me put it simply:
Injecting your ass with illegal PEDs seems less deliberate and less noxious than injecting your gas with illegal PEDs.
(And, wow: I'm not sure I've ever delivered a Quickie jinx quite like the one I gave
More CBB: No. 10
We'll find out over the final four conference games, which include at
(Meanwhile, how did WSU lose to woeful
For the record, my go-to guy Ken Pomeroy has
Meanwhile, No. 12 Marquette lost its second straight, to NIT-ish DePaul (after being thumped by G'town last weekend). Another loss you remember when filling out brackets in March. (No, I don't care that both Ls were on the road.)
Freshman Greg Oden at
Oden: 15.3 ppg, 9.4 rpg, 3.6 bpg
Oden was right on his average (15 points, 10 rebounds) in OSU's win over
Speaking of super-frosh, Kevin Durant's dad said his son might not turn pro after this season. Well, that would certainly end the Oden-Durant draft debate.
(Excuse me if I don't buy it, but – then again – I was sure that Joakim Noah, Al Horford and Corey Brewer would leave the Gators a year ago. So stranger things have happened.)
Joe Johnson named to East All-Stars: One of the more universally appealing young NBA players, wouldn't you say?
NBA: Celtics win. (Celtics win?!) Enough said. Meanwhile, the Raptors beat the Nets to solidify their hold on first in the
Will the Sonics stay in the
I'm sorry: There are better things for a state legislature to spend its money on than an arena to make money for the Sonics' new owners.
(And, yes, I recognize that this is a bit hypocritical of me to talk about, given my enthusiasm for the Nets moving to my town of
Mike Singletary interviews for the Chargers job. Isn't that sweet? To let all these guys have these interviews when Pete Carroll will get the job. (I'm kidding: The Chargers insist, Saban-style, they are NOT hiring Carroll.)
If the Yankees don't want to see Mariano Rivera closing games for the Red Sox in 2008, they better give him a deal now.
I guess I can put the "Free 'Game of Shadows' Guys!" T-shirt away. They won't be doing any jail time, because the lawyer who leaked them the grand jury info 'fessed up.
Let's hope that the NCAA wises up and makes the proposed rule changes (or rule reversions) finalized to get the clock crap back in order.
American Idol: I have held off from commenting on Idol during the audition rounds, but now that it's down to 24, I'm in. Where is this year's Katherine McPhee? Haven't seen her yet. (But Chris Sligh has Taylor Hicks-style populist potential -- meaning: He's an ugly dude the rest of us can relat to.)
NBA All-Star Madness in
Finally, in case you're curious, here's an interview I did at the excellent blog, The Big Picture.


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Roger Clemens is a Yankee: This is by far the biggest storyline of the day...
That Clemens is coming out of retirement, spurning the Red Sox and everyone else for his buddy Andy Pettitte and the Yankees.
That he will provide pitching stability – and stardom (after all, he is still one of the Top 5 pitchers in baseball) – to a team still under .500 but only 5.5 games out of first in the AL East.
That he made the announcement not at a tradtional press conference, but at Yankee Stadium, in front of 52,000-plus fans, in a rare populist moment for a snooty franchise and player.
That he will make $28 million for his efforts. $28 million! Now, obviously, that will be prorated, but $4.5 million a month to pitch 4-5 times is pretty eye-popping.
Will he make a difference? That's not the point today. For now, it's about the SIGNAL:
That the Yankees are still in it to win (and still ready to spend like no team in baseball history) and that the premier pitcher in the league thinks so, too.
I'm expecting a cavalcade of reactions from around the league and sports-blog universe, so this is an absolute "Tracking..."
That interesting Bonds poll: "Only" 52 percent of fans don't want to see Bonds break the all-time home run record. The stat that's making headlines is the racial divide: 74 percent of black fans want to see him do it. What does that say? I think I agree with Jayson Stark: The perception of universal outrage over Bonds by the media is, at least in part, race-driven.
Spurs beat Suns in Game 1. Was it the head-butt nose injury to Steve Nash that cost the Suns a critical Game 1 victory in in PHOENIX? Perhaps, but more telling about the Suns' chances in this series is that the combined score was 217 points, more in Phoenix's comfort zone than San Antonio's no matter what the result.
(Cavs beat Nets in Game 1: How intriguing that the least interesting of the NBA playoff semifinal series includes LeBron? Confirms the NBA has undergone a shift from a "star" system to a "system" system.)
NBA Tonight: Warriors Mania resumes! Who else is curious to see if the Warriors' first-round magic extends into the second round against the Jazz? Or was the Mavs' upset driven more by emotion than anything else? (Plus: Look for another Bulls beat-down in
What next for T-Mac: Is he the NBA's most tragic figure or just a loser?
Hancock Update: Cards to ban alcohol from the clubhouse, but I don't expect that to start a trend around MLB.
Mayweather beats De La Hoya: When boxing matches are decided by split decisions, they resemble figure skating more than anything else. (Will there be a rematch? Fighters say "no"; Economic say "yes.")
Street Sense wins Kentucky Derby: Eh, picking the favorites isn't any fun anyway.
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President Obama called for changes to the corporate tax system this week. Tax rates would go down, deductions would go away and companies with overseas operations would find it harder not to pay. Republicans don't like the entire plan, but have not rejected it either. Steve Inskeep talks to Michigan Rep. Dave Camp, chairman of the House tax-writing committee, who has been pressing for a simpler tax code.
It's MORNING EDITION from NPR News. Good morning. I'm Steve Inskeep.
President Obama put tax reform back on the table this week. He called for changes to the corporate tax system. Tax rates would go down for companies, deductions would go away - many of them, and companies with overseas operations would find it a little harder not to pay.
Republicans do not like all of this plan, but have not rejected it either. Michigan Congressman Dave Camp is chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, the tax writing committee. He's been pressing for a simpler tax code himself. And he's on the line.
Mr. Chairman, welcome back to the program.
REPRESENTATIVE DAVE CAMP: Well, Steve, good to be with you this morning.
INSKEEP: So what do you like about the president's proposal?
CAMP: Well, I like that he's finally come forward with something. And we've been waiting for a couple of years for some sort of tax plan. And while corporate only doesn't get at the way most of the businesses in America file now, because they're past (unintelligible) and file as individuals, it's a good step forward. And I welcome looking at the details of that.
I do think they missed the boat by not addressing the fact that the U.S. is the only country in the world left with a worldwide system of taxation. They don't really address the territorial reforms that I think is so essential if we're going to make our companies competitive overseas.
INSKEEP: When you say worldwide system of taxation, meaning that the U.S. will tax the overseas operations of American companies? That's what you're talking about?
CAMP: Well, we tax them here and we tax them there. Other countries have what they call a territorial system. They only tax them once. And so this double taxation traps money overseas. And we think that there's about a trillion dollars that could be brought back to the U.S. and invested here, private money that would really help get our economy going again. So that's a piece that they didn't include.
But I think it's important that at least a step has done. I hope it's more than just a document for the campaign and that there's something real behind it, because we do need to reform our corporate taxes.
INSKEEP: Not to get lost in the details here, but doesn't the president's proposal say that there's a minimum tax for overseas operations, but you get a credit if you've already paid a percentage of that tax to Ireland or France or wherever?
CAMP: Yes. That's very similar to the system we have now. It's not enough reform. We need to see more there. But, again, I hope this is just the opening shot and I hope we can develop it into something that really will do a better job of making sure that American companies that do business overseas can bring those profits back and invest them back here for American workers.
INSKEEP: Now, let's be realistic. It's an election year. It's going to be a tough election on all levels. Is this a realistic year to try for tax reform of any kind?
CAMP: Well, I think what we're seeing is we still have a weak economy. It's not growing. And we've got record debt and deficits. And I think there needs to be another way than just more taxes and more spending. So I do think there may be pressure to try to find some way to get growth and opportunity. And we can do that through both corporate and individual - a comprehensive tax reform plan would really help get our economy moving.
INSKEEP: But doesn't that make it even less likely to pass if you make it bigger? You said individual tax reform. Now you're talking about dealing with not just tax rates, but deductions that just about everybody in America claims for something.
CAMP: I think people are looking for bold leadership. Look, our economy's been not growing fast enough for a long time. We can't take care of the people that are coming into the workforce. It's not growing enough. I think it's time for bold leadership.
Yes, this is an election year, but I remember President Clinton signing welfare reform in August of 1996, a very important election year for him. And so you never know what presidents may do when the voters really weigh in.
INSKEEP: Very briefly, do you think people in your party are willing to sign on to tax changes that end up bringing in more revenue?
CAMP: Well, I think the particularly if the revenue is from growth. I think what can happen is if you can simplify the code and have everyone pay a more transparent effective rate, you can really - the complexity is really what's causing a huge wet blanket over our economy. And if we can simplify our code - there's been over 5,000 changes in the last 10 years alone - I think we can actually get economic growth that means more revenue comes to the government. I think that's something that we ought to really look at.
INSKEEP: Mr. Chairman, one other thing briefly. Your state of Michigan, of course, holds its primary next week, presidential primary. May well be a swing state this fall. You voted, we should mention, in favor of the auto bailout, if I'm not mistaken. Sixty-three percent of Michigan voters, according to one poll, supported that bailout. You've also endorsed Mitt Romney, who opposed the auto bailout. What would you say to one of your constituents who just disagrees with Romney on that?
CAMP: Well, I think there's a more important story to tell there. And one, I did support the loans, both when President Bush proposed them and when President Obama proposed them. But what I didn't vote for was a government bankruptcy. And what happened here was, 200 years of contract law was overturned when secured creditors were not first in line.
You know, we have a lot of Delphi workers in Michigan. And while the union workers got their pensions, the salaried workers did not. And that's the problem with a government-run bankruptcy and the decisions they make.
I think what Mitt Romney has suggested is it should've been a managed bankruptcy and the government shouldn't have been in the middle of it. And so, yes, we're all happy that the auto companies are doing better. Ford sort of reformed and is doing better on their own. Chrysler has paid back their loans. General Motors owes 25 billion in taxpayer dollars still. So there's actually a mixed story here, but obviously we're all happy for the companies that are doing better.
INSKEEP: Just very, very briefly. Do you think it's certain that Mitt Romney is going to win Michigan next week?
CAMP: I do. I think he'll do well here. The polls are starting to come around. He's running a very good campaign here. I think his tax reform plan that he just announced is actually very important, because he's suggesting a 20-percent reduction in marginal rates for everyone who pays taxes. And what's important is that not only gets individuals but it also gets to pass through entities I mentioned - the way most businesses file their taxes. And that will really help get our economy growing again.
INSKEEP: Chairman Camp, thanks very much.
CAMP: Thanks a lot, Steve.
INSKEEP: Representative Dave Camp of Michigan.
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Tuesday, February 7, 2012
The World's Most Delicious Dish - Two Recipes for Massaman Curry
From the kitchen of One Perfect Bite...Truth really is stranger than fiction and I, never in a millon years, could have predicted this. Massaman curry was voted the most delicious dish in the world in a survey conducted by CNN International. The results of the poll can be found at CNN GO. While many might question its ranking in the list, few would dispute that this is a delicious dish. Bob and I happen to love it. We had lunch at a Thai restaurant on Saturday and Massaman curry was one of the dishes we ordered for our meal. This is a classic Thai entrée that's served on special occasions. It comes from southern Thailand, where many follow the teachings of Islam. Massaman is thought to be a variant pronunciation of the word Muslim and the spices used to make this stew reflect Indian assimilation, as well as Thai influences. Bob was curious as to why I hadn't featured recipes for this curry with you. The answer was simple. I thought most people, browsing through the recipe, would tire before they reached the end of the ingredient list. Better than 60% of those ingredients are spices, but if you are racing against the clock, any recipe that long is going to end up in the circular file. I've been there, done that and understand. Bob, however, remembered the curry I made when I was still working. It was fast, easy and Massaman-like. Better still, it could be on the table within an hour. It's a lovely recipe and I know that those of you who like curry will enjoy this dish. I did, however, want to share a recipe for the "real" thing this evening. So, tonight's post is going to be a twofer, with a recipe for curry paste thrown in as well. Both of my versions for Massaman curry are made with chicken, potatoes and peanuts. Beef could also be used, but I prefer to use chicken when I make this curry. One of these recipes has a sauce the consistency of a stew, the other is more soupy. Both are delicious served over rice. These days, it is possible to buy Massaman curry paste in large food chains that stock Asian foods. The commercial paste is perfectly adequate to use in the second recipe. It will lack the brightness of the homemade version and the heat will be more intense but it is usable and a real time saver. I enjoy both these recipes and I think those of you who try either one of them will be really pleased. Here are the recipes.
Quick Massaman Curry...from the kitchen of One Perfect Bite courtesy of Food and Wine
1 tablespoon cooking oil
1 onion, chopped
2 cloves garlic, minced
1 teaspoon chopped fresh ginger
1 teaspoon Chinese five-spice powder
1 teaspoon ground cumin
1/4 teaspoon cayenne
1/4 teaspoon turmeric
1 teaspoon salt
1 cup canned low-sodium chicken broth or homemade stock
1/2 cup canned unsweetened coconut milk or heavy cream
1/2 pound boiling potatoes (about 2), peeled and cut into 1/2-inch pieces
1 1/3 pounds boneless, skinless chicken breasts (about 4), cut into 12-inch pieces
1/2 cup chopped peanuts
1/2 pound plum tomatoes (about 4), cut into wedges
3 tablespoons chopped cilantro
1) Heat oil in a large saucepan set over medium heat. Add onions and cook, stirring occasionally, until translucent, about 5 minutes. Add garlic, ginger, five-spice powder, cumin, cayenne, turmeric, and 1/2 teaspoon of the salt. Stir until fragrant, about 1 minute. Whisk in broth and then coconut milk; bring to a simmer.
2) Stir in potatoes, cover, and cook over low heat until they are almost tender, about 12 minutes.
3) Add chicken to sauce, cover, and simmer for 5 minutes. Stir in peanuts, tomatoes, cilantro, and remaining 1/2 teaspoon salt. Turn heat off, cover, and let steam until the chicken is just done, about 2 minutes longer. Serve with white rice. Yield: 4 servings.
Thai Massaman Curry with Chicken, Potatoes and Peanuts...from the kitchen of One Perfect Bite courtesy of Nancie McDermott
2 cans (each 14-ounce) unsweetened coconut milk (about 3 -1/2 cups), divided
3 tablespoons massaman curry paste, store-bought or homemade (see below)
2 pounds boneless chicken thighs or breasts, cut into bite-size chunks, skin left on
1 large potato, peeled and cut into bite-size chunks (about 1-1/2 cups)
1 medium onion, halved lengthwise and sliced lengthwise into thick wedges
1/2 cup dry-roasted salted peanuts
6 cinnamon sticks, each about 3 inches long
3 tablespoons fish sauce
3 tablespoons palm sugar or light or dark brown sugar
3 tablespoons tamarind liquid
1/4 teaspoon salt
2 tablespoons freshly squeezed lime juice, plus more if needed
1) Open 1 can of coconut milk and use a fork to stir contents until smooth and well combined. In a 6-quart saucepan or Dutch oven, bring 1/2 cup of stirred coconut milk to a boil over medium-high heat. Add curry paste and cook 1 minute, stirring and mashing paste into the coconut milk. Add chicken and cook 2 minutes, stirring often, until chicken begins to change color. Add all of remaining coconut milk, fish sauce, sugar, tamarind liquid and salt and bring to a boil.
2) Reduce heat to maintain a simmer and cook 15 to 20 minutes, until potato is tender and chicken is cooked through. Add 2 tablespoons of lime juice and stir well. Taste and add more, if desired. Remove from heat and let stand 10 minutes. Transfer to a serving bowl, removing and discarding the cinnamon sticks, or leaving them in as a traditional garnish not to be eaten. Serve hot or warm. Yield: 8 servings.
Massaman Curry Paste...from the kitchen of One Perfect Bite courtesy of Nancie McDermott
15 small dried red chili peppers
2 teaspoons ground cumin
1 teaspoon ground coriander
1 teaspoon freshly ground pepper
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1 teaspoon ground cardamom
1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
1/2 teaspoon ground turmeric
2 teaspoons salt
1/2 cup coarsely chopped onion
1/2 cup chopped garlic
3 tablespoons minced fresh lemongrass (about 3 stalks)
1 tablespoon minced fresh galangal or fresh ginger
Few tablespoons water
1) Stem chilies and cut them into small pieces, using kitchen scissors or a knife. There should be about 1/4 cup. Place in a small bowl and add warm water to cover. Let them soak for about 15 minutes until softened. Drain and set aside.
2) Meanwhile, place a small plate by the stove to hold the spices. Combine cumin and coriander in a small, dry frying pan. Place over medium heat and toast spices 1 to 2 minutes, stirring often, until fragrant and slightly darkened. Remove from heat and tip out onto plate. Add pepper, cinnamon, nutmeg, cardamom, cloves, turmeric, and salt, and set aside.
3) In a blender or mini food processor, combine onion, garlic, lemongrass, galanga or ginger, 2 tablespoons water, drained chilies, and spices. Process to a fairly smooth, evenly colored paste, stopping often to scrape down sides and grind everything well. Add a little more water as needed to keep the blades moving.
4) Transfer the curry paste to a jar and seal airtight. Refrigerate until needed for up to 1 month. Yield: 1 cup.
Note: This paste can be frozen for up to 6 months. Consider freezing in tablespoon-size portion if you plan to defrost just enough for one curry at a time.
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37 comments :
- Ginny Hartzler said...
Wow, and here I have never even heard of this dish!!! It does look very good. I have never even seen a recipe for it anywhere!
- February 7, 2012 at 12:49 AM
- Jeannie said...
This is a very delicious dish no doubt about it! With all the spices added, it's not surprising huh?
- February 7, 2012 at 1:44 AM
- Banana Wonder said...
Wow, Massaman Curry?! Oh I love it!!!
- February 7, 2012 at 1:56 AM
- Unknown said...
Looks abos delicious Mary thank you for sharing!
- February 7, 2012 at 3:36 AM
- Diane said...
I love curry so will give these a try. Keep well. Diane
- February 7, 2012 at 5:44 AM
- Valerie Harrison (bellini) said...
All of these recipes would be welcome at our table.
- February 7, 2012 at 5:56 AM
- T.W. Barritt at Culinary Types said...
Both sound delicious. Now I will have to try the most delicious dish in the world, as I would not want to be left out!
- February 7, 2012 at 6:31 AM
I have never eaten any curry dish, I know thats odd but in our small Northern Canadian towm, curries are few and far between, I will love to try making this, The smell alone will be heavenly
- February 7, 2012 at 6:40 AM
- Rambling Tart said...
Wow, I'm really surprised by this too, Mary! I do love curry though, and would happily try either of these variations. :-)
- February 7, 2012 at 6:45 AM
- Barbara said...
That's amazing, Mary. I love it, but....the most delicious dish in the world?
Never have made it though. Perhaps I better, you'd have the best recipes! - February 7, 2012 at 7:02 AM
- Kim said...
See, right know, I'm bookmarking the second recipe of curry (with the homemade paste) because I know I will LOVE it, even if I never tried it! Thank you for sharing these recipes with us!
- February 7, 2012 at 7:18 AM
- Tanna said...
Would never have guessed that one in a million years!! Does sound very good. Since I've never has the most delicious recipe in the world, I probably need to give it a go. blessings ~ tanna
- February 7, 2012 at 7:19 AM
- Michael said...
I love Massaman curry, and have a recipe on my blog too! So so good, which reminds me I need to make it again soon!! Thanks for sharing.
- February 7, 2012 at 7:20 AM
- Unknown said...
I have had Massamn curry before.. is it the best dish ever? It's pretty close :)
- February 7, 2012 at 7:28 AM
Who would have thought! this curry certainly has wonderful ingredients and spices - I can almost smell it!
Mary x - February 7, 2012 at 7:41 AM
- From the Kitchen said...
I forgive you, Mary, for the lack of sleep last night. This promises to be worth the wait. I actually have most of the ingredients on hand. I think this will be a perfect snowed-in day dish to prepare. Still no snow in the forecast, however. Now I'm off to have a nap.
Bonnie - February 7, 2012 at 8:03 AM
- Big Dude said...
This looks like a good opportunity to expand my very limited taste buds. There are a lot of people in that part of the world and Thai cooking seems to be sweeping the globe, so perhaps the ranking makes sense. Which version would you suggest I try?
- February 7, 2012 at 8:12 AM
- Claudia said...
You are correct in that I sit down with my Indian cookbook only on weekends - even thought half of the ingredient list tend to be spices. This is indeed a delicious dish - but I never would have guessed it was a world favorite. Fun facts to chew on.
- February 7, 2012 at 9:22 AM
- June said...
We are such curry freaks in this house, I'll be making it the long way soon. As we "speak" the anticipation level is very high!
- February 7, 2012 at 9:39 AM
- pam said...
I can't believe I've never had it!
- February 7, 2012 at 10:00 AM
- Gillian Layne said...
This looks delicious, and celebrates the fact that creating the dish itself should be an event and not a timed race. Thanks for sharing! :)
- February 7, 2012 at 11:12 AM
- grubarazzi said...
I LOVE both versions. wow. I can't wait to make these.
- February 7, 2012 at 11:25 AM
- David said...
Mary, We've never done any curry dishes at home...although we do order them and like them when we're out. This recipe may make us a little more adventurous in our own kitchen! Thanks and Take Care, Big Daddy Dave
- February 7, 2012 at 11:58 AM
- The Blonde Duck said...
I've always wanted to try curry!
- February 7, 2012 at 12:03 PM
- tasteofbeirut said...
Thanks for posting this, I had been looking for a great curry and this is it!
- February 7, 2012 at 1:19 PM
- cucchiaiopieno.com.br said...
Que alegria ao receber a tua visita!
Gostei muito do teu blog, de tuas receitas.
Adoro pratos feitos com curry!
Um abraço
(Italy/Brazil) - February 7, 2012 at 1:20 PM
- Jennifer Kendall said...
these sound delicious Mary...definitely have to try :) thank you for sharing!
- February 7, 2012 at 1:58 PM
- Cheryl said...
Mary I am tickled to be a follower of your blog! What wonderful blog love it! I will be here often so glad your keeping the coffee pot full hehe Have a Wonderful Day
Peace and Blessing
Cheryl...Snatch JOY~! - February 7, 2012 at 2:24 PM
- Catherine said...
Dear Mary, All I can say is, "Wow" that looks good. Blessings my friend, Catherine xo
- February 7, 2012 at 4:28 PM
- Gaijina said...
Mary, your comment was so nice! Thank you! And now that I had a look at your blog, I feel really flattered because it's just AWESOME and a compliment from you means a lot. i see that we have many flavors that we both like... all thai or oriental in general, this is great! this masaman curry and the chicken with tamarind and coconut glaze sounds sooo yummy anytime! I miss thailand so much for its amazing food. have you been there? you'd love it!! I'll be back to get ideas from your wonderful recipes!
- February 7, 2012 at 5:05 PM
- Joanne said...
Wow...crazy. Especially since massaman curry is my LEAST favorite of thai curries. Maybe I haven't been eating the right recipes...
- February 7, 2012 at 8:43 PM
- Margaret Murphy Tripp said...
That title caught my attention for sure! I want to try the most delicious dish in the world!!!!
- February 7, 2012 at 8:43 PM
- tender b. said...
How could one ever pass on something called the world's most delicious dish?
- February 7, 2012 at 8:52 PM
- The Harried Cook said...
I had never heard of Massaman curry until recently though I have never eaten it. I thought the name was very interesting :) I would love to try your recipes! thanks for sharing, Mary!
- February 7, 2012 at 9:49 PM
- My Little Space said...
Wow, you made them all sounded so luscious, Mary. Thanks of all the quickie curry recipes.
Kristy - February 8, 2012 at 5:14 AM
- http://platanosmangoes.com said...
Curry has never been a favorite of mine, but lately I am experimenting with it. I guess as one gets older taste buds change for the best. Great plating and post.
- February 8, 2012 at 11:27 AM
- Mary Bergfeld said...
Jenn, word verification is preventing me from posting on your blog. You might want to look into it.I hope you have a great day. Blessings...Mary
- February 9, 2012 at 7:42 PM