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Coffee editing

In my very first blogpost i wrote about coffee and about good and bad aspects of it. I recommended a dayly intake of no more than 4 cups a day. After some more reseaching I should like to edit that statement. Many scientists agree that 300 milligrammes of caffeine a day is an adequate intake for a healthy and not pregnant person above the age of twelve. 300 milligrammes of caffeine may be found in 3 cups (0,75 litre) of coffee, a little more than one jolt Cola, almost a litre of Redbull or 3 litres of Coca Cola.

NOTE that you do not find the nutrtious minerals found in coffee, in the other drinks listed above.

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Prodigious Protein Pasta

Wouldn't it be good to have a vegetarian alternative to meat-sauce full of proteins and tasty as ever - this Sauce is as good with pasta as with rice, bulgur or couscous. -NOT only for vegetarians; but for everybody. Many scientists agree that at least one vegetarian meal a week would do many, many people good and additionally it is good for the environment. This; for those of you who do not know, is because an animal only saves 15% of what it eats. Thus if it eats one kilogram of meat (I know pigs and alike don't eat meat; this is just an example); when you slaughter it, you will only have 150 grammes of meat left. It would then have been better to just eat the pig's food, you might think, and yes that's the idea of being a vegetarian (to many). So basically vegetarians eat the pig's food and can thus eat one kilogram of food when a meat-eater eats 150 grammes of food.

Found this marvellous recipe, edited it and tried it... One word; Terrific...

1/2 a decilitre of chopped leek
1/2 decilitre of lentils
1 decilitre of water

Pour these ingredients into a casserole and let simmer until the lentils are soft and creamy. Should take about 7 minutes. Put the cooked leek-lentils in a bowl (size does not matter).

Snake some oil into the unwashed casserole - be generous. Add 1,5 - 2 decilitres of shredded carrots. Let fry - stir meanwhile. After a few minutes; 2 mayhap (when the carrots have a yellowish colour to them - They shall not be entirely yellow; mostly orange but somewhat yellowish) Pour the leek-lentils into the casserole. Add also 2 decilitres of milk, one vegetable stock and two generous teaspoons of curd cheese. Never stop stirring after you've added the milk (you don't want it to burn). Let the mixture simmer for about 1-3 minutes. (depending on how well fried your carrots are and how hard your lentils are) Thereafter, Add some potato or corn starch premixed with water. When the sauce is creamy - remove from the heat and serve with pasta, rice, bulgur or couscous. If you start boiling pasta, rice... when you start to boil the lentils it should be done at about the same time as the sauce.



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Did you know that?

Jag såg en intressant sak på Tv häromdagen..
Visst ni att en kropp väger några kilo mindre efter att en människa avlidit? Nähä, men nu vet ni det.
Det som jag tycker är intressant är att man inte vet varför. Visst, det kan bero på att alla muskler slappnar av och då rinner ju oftast kroppvätskorna ut (dvs bajs och kiss)^^
Men så är det ju inte alltid, men man kan mäta att kroppen blir lättare. Vissa tror att det är själen som försvinner.. vad tror du?

Something to think about, right?
//Julia

Surf your ass off! För endast 69 kr i månaden med Telenor!

Hallå i Blogosfären!

Jag antar att ni märkt att Mobila bredband är på modet just nu - De reklamförs rättså hårt om man säger så... 199kr i månaden och du kan surfa obegränsat med telenor... Ja men tänk om man inte vill lägga ut 199kr i månaden - Med mobil, TV, vanligt Bredband osv. kan kostnaderna lätt skena iväg. Och tänk om man bara har det på semestern... Jovisst det finns Kontant-bredband osv. men de är dyra! 289kr för en månad hos telenor!

Det finns dock en lösning! Den heter "Tethering".

Du behöver;

En 3G telefon som stödjer tethering Exempelvis K660i vilken stödjer HSDPA och har bra batteritid.

Ett kontantkort från telenor

En dator att surfa på

Tethering innebär att du kopplar en mobiltelefon till datorn för att utnyttja internet-anslutningen i telefonen för att surfa i datorn - Du kan alltså surfa på datorn via telefonen! Detta betyder att om du har telenor kontant kan du använda tjänsten 'Mobilsurf obegränsat 1Mbit' och surfa i 1 Mbit i sekunden med datorn för ynka 69kr i månaden!

Som sagt Mobilt bredband för 69kr i månaden UTAN bindningstid!

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Mother's Marvellous Marmalade

So this is about the simplest thing you can do;

Take 2 kilogrammes of cleaned and peeled berries - 1 kg of Red Currants and 1 kg of Strawberries (the amounts of berries are not precise; if you've got 1,5 kg of strawberries and only 0,5 kg of Red Currants - then what the heck... Mix with 1kg of Granulated Sugar in a large pot. Let boil like mad for two minutes. Then remove the foam which has been elaborated. Remove the pot from the heat; if you haven't done so. Let cool down for 15 minutes. Pour into preservative glass-jars and put the lids on while the content is still hot.

As the content is hot when you put the lid on, a Vacuum is created inside the jar which preserves it. This happens as you surely understand, because the density is higher when an element is cold than when it's hot. Thus, when the atoms contract a vacuum is created.

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You didn't expect that, did you?

Hello Blogosphere!

I jusst heard a very interesting thing on the radio; that circumcision actually decreases the risk of contracting HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus) with; lo and behold; no less than 60%! And people who think certain religious people are out of their wits for cricumcising their spawns --> I ask myself; who are out of their wits?

This explains why for examle the muslim countries in northern Africa have been spared from the illness -> Some might say it's an act of god; I think not. However, I suppose one could say so, as it is a part of their religion (Not a part of the koran but of some Hadith; Hadiths are texts about Muhammed's life and traditions) So if not an act of god - then it's an act of Muhammed.

Jews are circumcising their spawns as well, though, as they are such a small and limited group of people I chose to draw paralells with the muslims.

In the United States, Canada, South Korea and New Zealand circumcision is also a part of the tradition.

Free circumcision is now offered in some South-African countries to prevent HIV from spreading.

I needed to have at least one rhyme: "I have a vision; it's called circumcision"

EDIT:

A sharp reader commented on that; the Muslim countries in northern Africa are not partly protected from HIV merely because their circumcised but also because they have another view of sex. Many Muslims have an orthodox way of looking at sex - that is to say, they think that one ought to have one partner and not have sex with anybody else. This of course, confines the spread of; not merely HIV but also other STDs (Sexually Transmitted Deceases). One might question, however, as my teacher once did when I brought up this very subject, whether this really applies to all Muslims. She wasn't so certain that this really was the case, that in many countries there occurs sex outside marriage - not quite as much as in the western world but still...

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Tuna mix; sinfully delicious on a slice of bread as well as with baked potato

Perfect for brunch!

Recipe;

2 decilitres of sour cream or crème fraiche (I haven't used crème fraiche so I don't know how that tastes but it was wonderful with sour cream and if you feel you don't need those additional calories (30% fat instead of 11%) then I think you ought to choose sour cream)
3 tablespoons of mayonnaise
1 tablespoon of Dijon mustard (I used regular mustard)
2 tablespoons of capers
1-3 teaspoons of (the delicious spice of) lemon-pepper

1 decilitre of red onion - finely-chopped
400 grammes (3 tins) of tuna.

Mix all the creamy ingredients and the lemon-pepper first then add the capers, the tuna and the onion.

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Lentil-bread

Make the lentils (I used red ones)

1 decilitres of Lentils
2 decilitres of water
1/2 a teaspoon of salt
Let simmer for ten minutes or so.

Bread;
Mix the lentils with 2 decilitres of water and liquidise.
Pour the lentil-liquid into a bowl. Add 5 decilitres of tepid water and 50 grammes of Yeast. Stir until the yeast has blended with the other ingredients. Then add 2 teaspoons of salt, 1/2 a decilitre of oil (corn, rape-seed or some other tasteless oil) and 1-2 tablespoons of syrup. Stir. Add 3-4 decilitres of oat flakes. Lets swell. After 5 minutes add wheat flour; 10-12 decilitres (until the dough is no longer sticky).

Let rise for about 45 minutes covered by a cloth (preferably in a warm place).

Shape two loaves and put them upon a baking sheet. Put the sheet upon the cooker and switch on the oven (175 degrees Celsius). Let the loaves rise for about half an hour then shove them into the middle of the oven and bake them for 25-30 minutes.

PS. I didn't make the picture it's taken from the ICA-website and I believe they hold the copyright.

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I had the most wonderful Brunch...

Yesterday, I went with some friends to the coast to Denmark. We had a picnic by the beach, we bathed and had a generally nice time. I had brought some lentil-bread, some homemade tuna-mixture and some homemade jam. The recipes: you'll find'em here at the Blog.