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September 11, 2013

Lamb with okra

Ingredients: 1 kg lamb 1 kg okra Some vinegar 1/2 cup olive oil 1 kg chopped tomatoes 2 onions 1 cup chopped parsley Salt pepper (garlic and oregano) Directions: Cut the okra diagonally, pointy at the end without breaching them. Afterwards wash and drain the hulls (Hint: If one blans the okras in cooking vinegar water and deters then coldly,...

Meat/Traditional

September 11, 2013

“The 13 1/2 Lives Of Captain Bluebear”, by Walter Moers

“The 13 1/2 Lives of Captain Bluebear” (original title in German: “Die 13 1/2 Leben des Kapt’n Blaubar”). That’s a strange book title, isn’t it? Why 13 1/2 lives and not 13, or 14. Why not 12? And I must admit that I heard of white bears, brown bears and, if my memory serves me right, grey bears (just like...

Books for kids/Literature

September 10, 2013

“Divergent”, by Veronica Roth

Beatrice Prior must have turned sixteen. She doesn’t know when exactly, because Abnegation, the faction her family belongs, does not celebrate birthdays. But it’s a fact that she is sixteen, because today she will take her aptitude test. The society is divided into five factions: Abnegation (the selfless), Amity (the peaceful), Candor (the honest), Dauntless (the brave) and Erudite (the...

Literature

September 10, 2013

“Catching Fire”, by Susan Collins

Few months ago Suzanne Collins left us speechless with the first book of the Hunger Games series. Back then, July of 2009, we thought that there’s a new bright star shining in the world of literature. Now that “Catching Fire”, the sequel to Hunger Games, is published, we can definately say that this is most brilliant star! Platypus Publications published...

Literature

September 10, 2013

“Hunger Games”, by Suzanne Collins

Many stories begin with a phrase like “a long time ago, long ago, so long ago that no one can remember”. Here will talk about a story that goes like this… After many years, several wars and a lot of big changes in our world, at the area that we know as North America there’s a new nation called Panem....

Literature

September 5, 2013

Be yourself, don’t listen to what they say ;)

You eat, you are fat. You don’t eat, you are a freak. You drink, you are an alcoholic. You don’t drink, you are a pussy. You read, you are a nerd. You don’t read, you are stupid. You tell a secret, you are an attention seeker. You don’t tell a secret, you are still an attention seeker. You let someone in,...

Quotes

September 4, 2013

Einstein’s advice to his son: the secret to learn anything!

I am very pleased that you find joy with the piano. This and carpentry are in my opinion for your age the best pursuits, better even than school. Because those are things which fit a young person such as you very well. Mainly play the things on the piano which please you, even if the teacher does not assign those....

Quotes

September 3, 2013

Octopus casserole with wine and onions

Ingredients: 1 kg octopus frozen 2 onions 1 cup white wine Olive oil Salt and pepper Directions: We wash and clean the octopus. We cut the onions in square pieces and we put them in a casserole with a little olive oil. We add the octopus, salt, pepper, and a half of wine. We cover the casserole and cook for...

Sea Food

September 1, 2013

The best, by Frank Zappa

Information is not knowledge Knowledge is not wisdom Wisdom is not truth Truth is not beauty Beauty is not love Love is not music Music is the best. Frank Zappa

Quotes

September 1, 2013

Serious things, by Werner Heisenberg

There are things that are so serious that you can only joke about them. Werner Heisenberg

Quotes

September 1, 2013

Together… alone, by Albert Schweitzer

We are all so much together, but we are all dying of loneliness. Albert Schweitzer

Quotes

June 26, 2013

Mocha Ice Cream (easy recipe)

Ingredients: one can sweetened condensed milk (397 gr) one can evaporated milk (410 gr) one can vegetable fat whipping cream (200 gr) 2-3 teaspoons instant coffee Method We choose a bowl that we’ll put in the freezer. In that bowl, we beat, with the electric mixer on medium speed, the vegetable fat whipping cream. After 5 minutes with the mixer...

Ice Cream

June 20, 2013

“Fifty Shades of Feminism”, by Lisa Appignanesi, Susie Orbach, Rachel Holmes

“Fifty Shades of Grey” by E L James is about the relationship of a student with a young entrepreneur and the plot evolves around the erotic part of the story and in particular it is about Mr Grey’s sadism. Despite the negative reviews for the literature part of the book, E L James trilogy is a great commercial success –...

Essays and Studies

June 11, 2013

Gemista ladera (Tomatoes and Peppers Stuffed with rice)

Ingredients: 6 medium tomatoes 6 medium green peppers For the mixture: 1 1/2 cup rice 2 medium onions, finely chopped Parsley, finely chopped 2 tsp raisins 1 cup olive oil Salt, pepper Rusk crumbs 1/2 cup olive oil 2 cups tomato juice 1 cup water Method: Wash the tomatoes and peppers. Cut a thin slice off the stem-ends and follow...

Vegetable

June 11, 2013

Sfouggato (Omelette)

Ingredients: 1/2 kg potatoes 8 eggs Salt, pepper Lot of olive oil Method: Shell the potatoes and cut the into thin sticks. Heat the oil (plentifully) in a pan on middle heat and frie the potatoes. Whisk the eggs, season with salt and pepper. Add the curd and roast the Omelet on both sides (to turn use larger plate, put...

Vegetable

June 11, 2013

Sfoyggato (Sfouggato)

Ingredients: 4 – 5 eggs 1 onion cut in small pieces spearmint salt – pepper 3 spoonfuls flour grated cheese crumbs of 1 bread slice Method: Use a grater with the onion and then add salt, spearmint, pepper, flour, the grated cheese and the crumbs of bread. We mix them well. We separately beat the eggs and heat the oil....

Vegetable

June 11, 2013

Peppers stuffed with cheese (diet)

Ingredients: 6 green peppers (big) 300 gr. traditional greek cream cheese (anthotiro) 2 teaspoons onion cut in multi 2 teaspoons low fat margarine salt, peper, paprika, cumin Method: We put in a bowl the cheese, the onion, the margarine and the spices and we kneed them till we have a uniform mixture. We stuff the peppers with that mixture and...

Vegetable

June 9, 2013

Sweet Mosaic

Ingredients: Biscotti cookies (3 packages) Cocoa powder (4 heaping Tbs) Vanilla powder (1 tsp) Powdered sugar (200 grams) Brandy (a wine glass of brandy) Milk (a wine glass of milk) Eggs (3 eggs) Margarine (200 grams of melted margarine) Method: Take 2 bowl. 1 bowl crunch up the biscuits (pour brandy over after). In the second bowl mix all of...

Sweets

June 9, 2013

Ravani (Revani) of Veroia (traditional greek sponge cake)

Ingredients: for the sponge cake 2 1/2 cups fine semolina 2 1/2 cups cake flour 2 1/2 cups sugar 16 eggs 100 ml milk 2 vanilla extracts 3 teaspoons baking powder for the syrup 6 cups sugar 5 cups water 12 spoonfuls fresh butter juice of one lemon the zest of one lemon Method: Ravani (or Revani) is a traditional...

Sweets/Traditional

June 9, 2013

Mastic biscuits for tea

Ingredients: 700 gr. flour 350 gr. sugar 150 gr. milk 2 eggs 2 big spoonfuls butter ammonia and mastic Method: Put the flour in a basin and make a hole in the middle. Heat the milk a little and mix the ammonia with it. Mix in the hole, the eggs, the sugar, the melted butter, the mastic and the milk....

Sweets

June 9, 2013

Strawberry light ice cream or milk shake

Ingredients: 1 cup powdered milk (regilait) 6 tablespoons aspartame (or a different sugar substitute) 1 1/2 cup of water 1 kg strawberries Method: We wash well and clean the strawberries. We put them in the refrigeration till they are frozen (or we use frozen strawberries). We put the milk, the water, the sugar substitute and half of the strawberries in...

Sweets

June 9, 2013

Shortcakes with Ouzo

Ingredients: 3 eggs 1 3/4 glasses sugar 1 glass oil 1 glass milk 1 spoonful soda 1 spoonful aniseed 1 small glass ouzo 1 baking powder 1 kg and 2 handfulls flour Method: Knead very well all the materials. Cut them in long shapes and put them in baking pan. Bake them for 30 minutes in pre-heated oven in 160°C....

Sweets

June 9, 2013

Creme caramel with mastic of Chios

Ingredients for the creme: 1 lt milk 9 eggs 300 gr. sugar 15 gr. mastic for the caramel: 250 gr. sugar 50 gr. glucose 100 gr. water Method: Put the materials for caramel in saucepan, and heat them up until caramel turns red. Then put it in tin moulds. Put the materials for creme in a small bowl with an...

Sweets

June 5, 2013

How to Make a Double Boiler (Bain Marie)

We use the bain marie technique (double boiler) when we want to melt chocolate. Chocolate is sensitive to heat and burns easily. With the bain marie technique is is easier to make an egg based cream (egg doesn’t take well heat too). The double boiler technique is as follows: we boil water in a very large pot and inside that...

Cooking Techniques

June 3, 2013

Roasted Anchovies with Tomatoes

Ingredients: 2 kgr anchovies 6 tomatoes 4-6 garlic cloves olive oil salt pepper oregano Method: Wash and clean well the anchovies. Put the fishes in a large baking dish and sprinkle them with salt, pepper, oregano and the garlic cloves chopped in slices. Toss some olive oil and turn the anchovies around, to have oil and the rest materials are...

Sea Food

May 26, 2013

Banana Smoothie

Ingredients 2 cups of milk 2 bananas 1 teaspoon honey 1 teaspoon strain Method We peel and clean the bananas and we put them in the blender. We add milk, honey, and yogurt and we blend. We serve our banana smoothie in two glasses and we enjoy it. This recipe is ideal for our children because it combines fruits and...

Misc

June 9, 2012

Vasso’s Applepie (extremely famous)

Ingredients: 7 red apples 1 glass brown sugar 1/2 glass honey 1 glass Italian Grappa 250 gr. blonde raisins 10 Grafschafter biscuits with milk 5 little spoons canela (cinnamon) powder Method: We take a deep pan and we put some butter all over it. Then we spread the biscuits like a floor carpet. The next move is to do a...

Sweets

June 2, 2010

How to cook pasta

The basic rule when you cook spaghetti and pasta in general, is to put 1 lt of water for every 100 gr past (ie for 500 gr pasta, you need 5 lt water) and 7-10 gr salt. The technique is as follows: Add the needed water in a saucepan, put the lid on and let the water boil. Once it...

Cooking Techniques

April 26, 2010

“City of Bones”, by Cassandra Clare

Fifteen year old Clary Fray and her best friend Simon, are among dozens of people who want to enter Pandemonium Club. They stand in line, with patience, to get inside after the necessary face control to be approved by the bouncers. But, while they are waiting, they couldn’t ever imagine what would happen… … the blue-haired boy, with a high,...

Literature

April 16, 2008

“Twilight”, by Stephenie Meyer

Twilight was published in 2005 in English and it was called a phenomenon. With Twilight we were introduced to Stephenie Meyer’s great (and really addictive) pen, a saga started and… vampires and werewolves came back to business Stephenie Meyer agitated the waters of Fantasy Fiction and many books followed her path. You can imagine my anxiety waiting to get my hands...

Literature

September 6, 2006

“1984”, by George Orwell

If I had to let all my books go and keep just one, then, George Orwell’s “1984” would be a keeper for sure. In my opinion, it ‘s one of the most exciting books of world’s literature. “1984” was written by Orwell in the middle of the previous century and published in 1948, a year before his death. The protagonist...

Literature

August 10, 2006

Greek salad (village salad)

Ingredients: 4 tomatoes 1 cucumber 1 onion 1 green pepper a little caper olives Feta cheese oregano salt Olive oil Directions: We wash and clean the vegetables. We cut the tomatoes in half and then we slice each half. We clean the cucumber and cut it in half vertically and then we slice it horizontally. We slice the green pepper....

Salads/Traditional

July 2, 2006

Chickpeas soup

Ingredients: 1/2 kg chickpeas 4 big onions Oregano Olive oil Salt Directions: We cut the onions in square pieces. In a stock pot, we put the chickpeas, the onions, the oregano, a little olive oil, salt and 3 liters water. We cover the stock pot and cook over medium heat until the chickpeas have softened.

Soup

June 23, 2006

Tailand (Thailand)

A Boeing 747 of Thai Airways was in the airport, waiting to take us to one of the most popular destinations in Asia, Tailand. We entered the airplane and our journey would last for about ten hours till Bangkok, Tailand’s capital. Tailand is located in Indochina peninsula, in southeastern Asia. Tailand has 513.115 square km area, almost four times as...

Destinations