Monday, 8 February 2016
3-Ingredient Brownies
Serves 16 | Active Time 5 Min | Total Time 25 Min
1-1/4 cup (13-ounce container) Nutella Chocolate Hazelnut Spread
2 large eggs
1/2 cup (heaping) all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon kosher salt
Preheat oven 350°F. Prepare an 8"x8" baking pan with cooking spray. Set aside.
Mix chocolate spread and eggs in a medium bowl until combined. Add flour and
salt. Mix until combined.
Pour batter into prepared pan.
Bake 20 minutes or until a cake tester or toothpick comes out clean.
Serve and enjoy!
1-1/4 cup (13-ounce container) Nutella Chocolate Hazelnut Spread
2 large eggs
1/2 cup (heaping) all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon kosher salt
Preheat oven 350°F. Prepare an 8"x8" baking pan with cooking spray. Set aside.
Mix chocolate spread and eggs in a medium bowl until combined. Add flour and
salt. Mix until combined.
Pour batter into prepared pan.
Bake 20 minutes or until a cake tester or toothpick comes out clean.
Serve and enjoy!
Today's adventure
Once a thriving dockland area, Birkenhead docks today fairly quiet. ClanLine building looking sad, hubby once enployed by them in the Merchant Navy.
Saturday, 6 February 2016
Southern Fried Cabbage
I can’t believe after nearly 2 years of blogging, I am just now putting my fried cabbage on here. But the truth is, I had never even measured how much of anything goes in it. It was one of THOSE recipes. The other day, I finally remedied that. This is one of our favorite veggies, so I had to share it with y’all!
Southern Fried Cabbage
Ingredients
12 oz bacon, diced raw
1 head cabbage, chopped
1 onion, diced
2 Tbsp Worcestershire
1 Tbsp apple cider vinegar
2 Tbsp brown sugar
1 tsp garlic powder
black pepper to taste
black pepper to taste
Directions
Add chopped bacon to a large pot. Cook over medium heat until extra crispy. Remove bacon from pot, leaving the grease. Add cabbage to pot and cook over medium high heat for 10 minutes, Stirring every minute or so. Add onion and continue cooking 5 more minutes, still stirring every minute. Add Worcestershire, apple cider vinegar, garlic powder, & brown sugar. Reduce heat to medium and continue cooking for 20 – 30 minutes, stirring occasionally, until cabbage is cooked through. Add cooked bacon to cabbage and taste to adjust seasoning. Serve.
Thursday, 4 February 2016
Journalist once asked Don Henley about lyric 'mistake' in The Eagles song Hotel California and it did not end well
If you ever have the opportunity to speak with Don Henley, maybe don't proceed to point out any lyric 'mistakes' to him.
That's what one such journalist did and we're sure they probably regretted doing so immediately afterwards.
In a 2009 interview with cleveland.com, the singer-drummer of The Eagles was promoting "Long Road Out of Eden", their first album in 30 years.
The question started out innocently enough, the interviewer pointing out a memorable lyric from one of the group's most popular songs: "On "Hotel California", you sing: "So I called up the captain / 'Please bring me my wine' / He said, 'We haven't had that spirit here since 1969.'" I realize I'm probably not the first to bring this to your attention, but wine isn't a spirit. Wine is fermented; spirits are distilled. Wine also has a lower ABV (alcohol by volume) percentage than spirits."
Then the clincher arrived: "Do you regret that lyric?"
This was Henley's full response.
"Thanks for the tutorial and, no, you're not the first to bring this to my attention - and you're not the first to completely misinterpret the lyric and miss the metaphor. Believe me, I've consumed enough alcoholic beverages in my time to know how they are made and what the proper nomenclature is. But that line in the song has little or nothing to do with alcoholic beverages. It's a sociopolitical statement. My only regret would be having to explain it in detail to you, which would defeat the purpose of using literary devices in songwriting and lower the discussion to some silly and irrelevant argument about chemical processes."
Spoken like a man who has been asked a question too many times.
The Eagles' founding memberGlenn Frey passed away on 18 January, aged 67.
5 Reasons Why Your Coffee Addiction is a Healthy Habit.
*Editor’s Note: No website is designed to, and can not be construed to, provide actual medical advice, professional diagnosis or treatment to you or anyone. Elephant is not intended as a substitute for medical or professional advice, care or treatment.
There is good news for the folks who like to wake up and enjoy their daily coffee routine. The latest research suggests your morning cup of Joe might be more healthy than you think.
Recent studies show that coffee drinkers have a much lower risk of several serious diseases, depression and suicide rates.
Here is a list of some good reasons to drink coffee.
1) Antioxidants: Coffee is loaded with disease fighting antioxidants. Just one cup contains more antioxidants than a typical serving of oranges, blueberries, raspberries or grape juice. Coffee not only tastes good, it also contains several important nutrients, including riboflavin, manganese, potassium, pantothenic acid, chromium, magnesium and niacin.
2) Disease Fighter: Studies have found that frequent coffee drinkers have a lowered risk of liver and colorectal cancer, the third and fourth leading causes of cancer death worldwide. It has also been shown it can reduce the risk of gall stones, cirrhosis of the liver, Type 2 diabetes and Parkinson’s disease.
3) 10% Happier: Coffee stimulates the brain and nervous system which helps fight fatigue and boosts work performance. A few cups a day can reduce your chances of developing Dementia and Alzheimer’s disease by 65%. It increases mood, memory, cognitive function, physical stamina and creativity not to mention it sends you to your happy place within 30 minutes or less. This is because coffee acts like a mild antidepressant by aiding in the production of neurotransmitters like serotonin, dopamine and noradrenaline. Ten percent of coffee fanatics are less likely to be depressed than those who don’t drink coffee.
4) Healthy Heart: Coffee drinkers have less risk of heart disease. Research has proven that coffee drinkers were less likely to show the beginning signs of heart disease and had an 11 percent lower risk of heart failure. Some studies have also shown that those who drink coffee on a regular basis have a 20 percent lower risk of stoke.
5) Burns fat: Did you know that caffeine is mostly found in every commercial fat burning supplement? The reason being is caffeine is one of the very few natural substances that have actually been proven to aid in fat burning. Studies have shown that caffeine can boost the metabolic rate by 3-11 percent. Alternative studies confirm that caffeine can specifically increase the burning of fat, by as much as 10 percent in obese individuals and 29 percent in lean people.
So if you ever doubted or had guilt whether coffee was good for you or not—there is now scientific evidence that it is indeed good for health. If you love coffee you can be assured that it also loves you back. Happiness is coffee therefore, go ahead and enjoy your next cup.
http://www.elephantjournal.com/2016/02/5-reasons-why-your-coffee-addiction-is-a-healthy-habit/
Leather-bound Books from the Franklin Library
The Franklin Library, a division of The Franklin Mint, was a publisher of fine collector edition books from the early 1970s until 2000. Known for beautiful leather bindings, Franklin Library books were published in three styles - full genuine leather, imitation leather, and quarter-bound genuine leather. The full leather-bound editions were produced throughout the Library's lifespan but the other two styles (imitation and quarter bound) were only published in the 1970s and ‘80s.
Much like Easton Press, Franklin Library published series of books such as Signed First Editions and Pulitzer Prize Classics.
The 100 Greatest Books of All Time series is among the most collectable Franklin Library collections. Published between 1974 and 1982, the heavily illustrated 100 Greatest Books of All Time collection features remarkable works by literature’s most legendary writers. Readers will find Charlotte Brontë, Ralph Waldo Emerson, William Shakespeare,Nathaniel Hawthorne, Goethe, Robert Frost, William Faulkner, Ernest Hemingway, Herman Melville and John Donneamong the long list of greats. The full set of 100 can go for more than £2,000, but the most expensive Franklin Library listing on AbeBooks is the 25th anniversary limited edition of The Great Books of the Western World, edited by Robert Maynard Hutchins and published in 1970. The premium full leather-bound 96-volume collection has a price tag upwards of £5,000 and features the likes of Homer, Sophocles, Chaucer, John Milton, and Sigmund Freud.
Special collections aside, Franklin Library developed a following by providing beautifully bound editions that would not break the bank. Despite the care taken in selecting titles for publication, and ensuring lavish, gorgeous and high-quality leather bindings, Franklin Library managed to keep the books from costing a mint. Even today, while some titles are more dear than others, they are still accessable to a wide range of book collecting enthusiasts. Even signed copies can be found for as low as £10 and as a result, these books are a favourite among collectors just starting out, who want to explore beginning their collected libraries with assured value.
As if their beauty and quality didn't make them special enough, the 30 selections on this page are all signed by their respective authors.
Search for signed books from the Franklin Library
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