Potato Recipes

My wife and I are both from German heritage. As a result we both have similar tastes when it comes to decorating as well as the foods we like. We each grew up in a home where meat and potatoes were served at most meals. There were times when the potato recipes were substituted with dumplings; however my father had a passion for potatoes. My father was a hard working farmer. He also had a full time job in a factory to supplement the family income. He always said that he worked to supplement his hobby of farming. He did not like fancy meals except when it came to potatoes. My mother loved to cook and would get frustrated with the simple meat and vegetable meals that my dad preferred. She started making different potato recipes that she found in cook books and magazines. She served some of the most delicious potato recipes that I have ever tasted. She also would experiment with different variety of potatoes.

It has been many years since I have lived at home. My parents are retired and my father has finally given up the farming hobby. My mother cooks much simpler now that they are not doing the physical labor of farming. I asked her if I could look through her potato recipes. She started looking through her recipe drawer and we were both amazed at the number of potato recipes she had collected through the years. We were sitting at the kitchen table drinking coffee and going through the recipes when my dad came in from a walk. He sat with us and we talked about the different potato recipes and also reminisced about the days past. Mom talked about the days of cooking for neighbors that would help with the farm work and having special company dinners on Sundays. She talked about missing making formal dinners and being invited out to formal dinners. I asked if I could take her collection of potato recipes and other ethnic recipes to make copies. When I returned to my home I told my wife about the conversation I had with my parents. We decided that it would be fun to invite them for a formal dinner. I sent them an invitation and also one to my aunt and uncle that were often guests at mom’s Sunday dinners. I made an old fashioned beef roast dinner and set the table with china, crystal and taper candles. Mom and Dad and my aunt and uncle enjoyed our Sunday together. We did more reminiscing and also talked about what different family members are doing now. At the end of the evening my husband and I decided that we will continue to invite company over for formal Sunday dinners at least once a month. The article above I take from - interestingarticles.net Actually, after I had done read this article, it give me idea about our country nowadays have less rice so why not we take another way to solve for the our basic food which is rice to the potato. It was ineteresting food. Beside that, it give good benefit to our healthy such as protein.

Blue vs. Pink

There's a study by Anya Hurlbert and Yazhu Ling in the latest issue of Current Biology (volume 17, No. 16, p. R623) that purports to show that women prefer the colour pink compared to men. The authors explained this as a result of hunter/gatherer era distribution of labour. Women did the gathering and thus needed to pick out red berries from a green background, while the men were out killing stuff. This was picked up widely in the media (for example, there's a Times article here). As you might imagine, it has also caused some controversy, with the Grauniad's Zoe Williams imploring us to 'Stop this idiocy now!'. Nonetheless, I don't get the impression that anyone has actually read the paper. There certainly appears to be no considered evaluation of the research methods employed in the study in Williams's diatribe. So, using my academic ninja skills, I looked up the paper and read it. I recommend this approach to any science journalists.

The research methodology of the paper seems to be sound. Essentially, the authors of the study got a group of men and a group of women, a total of 208 people. The subjects "used a mouse cursor to select, as rapidly as possible, their preferred color from each of a series of pairs of small colored rectangles presented sequentially in the center of an otherwise neutral CRT display." The results were quite striking, with women clearly having a preference for pink hues with respect to men. Interestingly, the differences for a Han Chinese sub-group were much less pronounced. Anyway, so far so good. Conclusion: Women like pink hues more than men do.

So why do women prefer pink? The authors write 'We speculate [my emphasis] that this sex difference arose from sex specific functional specializations in the evolutionary division of labour'. They go on to propose that the difference might relate to women gathering red berries, or the need for women to notice subtle changes in skin colour in 'their roles as care-givers and empathizers'. As evidence for this speculation, the authors employ something called the Bem Sex Role Inventory, showing that masculinity and femininity correlate with colour preference. What on Earth is the Bem Sex Role Inventory? It turns out that this works by asking the subject how they rate themselves against a list of 60 adjectives. 20 of the adjectives are 'desirable for men' (e.g. assertive, independent, analytical), 20 are 'desirable for women' (e.g. loyal, warm, shy) and 20 are 'gender neutral' (e.g. happy, tactful, jealous). People are asked to rate themselves for each adjective on a 7-point scale. Clearly, as scientific methodology this leaves a lot to be desired, and it seems to me that this is just testing cultural constructions of masculinity and femininity. I'm not convinced that it backs the authors speculation that innate biological factors account for sex differences in colour preference. In fact, the authors are quite careful about this, and state that 'while these differences may be innate, they may also be modulated by cultural context or individual experience. In China, red is the color of ‘good luck’, and our Chinese subpopulation gives stronger weighting for reddish colors than the British'. This doesn't seem to be reflected in any of the media stories about the research, which is what happens when you get reporting by press release. Anyway, in my opinion, the research can't distinguish between innate and cultural explanations of the observations, and the stronger preference for red hues among the Chinese subjects certainly seems to suggest that cultural factors are important.

So, what have we learned? Well, we've learned that women prefer pink hues in comparison to men. But I don't think we've learned why. So, when Williams says 'Humanity has nothing to gain from research into whether females prefer the colour pink', is she right? I don't think so. We've learned something, and for that reason alone I think the research is valuable. And if we can say something definite about the reasons for the differences found in the paper, we can say something about our society and why it works in the way it does.

source from other article blog person

**FUN-POEM**

THIS IS JUST TO SAY (POEM)….

It’s really fun, if you have a child try to teach them to this poem……

I HAVE EATEN
THE PLUMS
THAT WERE IN
THE ICEBOX

AND WHICH
YOU WERE PROBABLY
SAVING
FOR BREAKFAST

FORGIVE ME
THEY WERE DELICIOUS
SO SWEET
AND SO COLD


It’s fun!!!!......
This poem was wrote by William Carlos Williams.

A Very Touching story...huhuhu

This story was story by my teacher when I studied at matriculation college last year. It really was touching for me. So, I want to share this story in my birthday which is the day that I post this story in my blog. Okay, the story is beginning like this.....

A simple man tells how his booking an air ticket for his father, his first flight, brought emotions and made him realize that how much they all take for granted when it comes to our parents.

His parents left our native place on Thursday and they went to the airport to send them off. In fact, his father had never traveled by air before, so he just took this opportunity to make his father experience the same. In spite of being asked to book tickets by train, he got them tickets on Lufthansa. The moment he handed over the tickets to his father, his father was surprised to see that he booked them by air. The excitement was very apparent on his father face, waiting for the time of travel. Just like a school boy, his father was preparing himself on that day and they all went o the airport, right from using the trolley for is father luggage, the baggage check-in and asking for window seat and waiting restlessly for the security check-in to happen.

His father thoroughly enjoying him and him, too, was overcome with joy watching his father experience all these things. As they were about to go in for the security check-in, his father walked up to he with tear in his eyes and thanked he. His father becomes very emotional and it was not as if he had done something great but the fact that this meant a great deal to his father.

When, his father said thanks, he told his father was no need to thank him. But later, thinking about the entire incident, he looked back at his life. As a child how many dreams our parents have made come true. Without understanding the financial situation, we ask for football, dresses, toys, outings, etc. Irrespective of their affordability, they have satisfied to all our needs. Did we ever think about the sacrifices they had to make to accommodate many of our wishes?

Did we ever say thanks for all that they have done for us?

Same way, today when it comes to our children, we always think that we should put them in a good school. Regardless of the amount of donation, we will ensure that we will have to give the child the best, theme parks, toys, etc. But we tend to forget that our parents have sacrificed a lot for our sake to us happy, so it is our responsibility to ensure that their dreams are realized and what they failed to see when they were young, it is our responsibility to ensure that they experience all those and their life is complete.

Back to my story, many times when his parents had asked he some questions, he has actually answered back without patience. When his daughter asks he something, he has very polite in answering. Now, he realizes how they would have felt at those moments.

Let us realize that old age is a second childhood and just we as we take care of our children, the same attention and same care need to be given to our parents and elders.

Rather than his dad saying thank you to him, he would want to say sorry for making him wait so long for this small dream. He do realize how much he has sacrificed for his sake and he will do the best to give the best possible attention to all their wishes. Just because they are old does not mean that they will have to give up everything and keep sacrificing for their grandchildren also. They have wishes, too...

So, I can say that we have to take care of our parents .

--READING--

Hi … today I would like to share something about reading. You, know reading is a very important skill. Everybody who has mastered the English language to some degree can read, the difference being the level of understanding and interpretation. However, there is always room for improvement and reading strategies can always help. Here below, have five tips that to help you read better, TRY IT…

Tip #1: Try to read at right level. Read something you can (more or less) understand.
If you need to stop every three words to look in a dictionary, it will be very
difficult and discouraging for you and you will soon get tired.

Tip #2: Try to pick up new vocabulary. If there are four or five words which are new to
you on a page, write them in your vocabulary book. However, you don’t have to
write them while you read. Instead, try to guess their meanings as you read and
mark them with a pen or pencil. After that, return to the marked words when you
have finished reading. Then, check their meanings in a dictionary and add them
to your vocabulary book.

Tip #3: Try to read regularly. For example, read for a short time every day. Fifteen minutes
per day is easier to manage than two hours every Sunday. Fix a time to read and
keep to it. For example, you could read for fifteen minutes before you go to sleep,
or when you get up in the morning , or during lunch time.

Tip #4: Be organized. Have everything ready-something to read, a marker to highlight
difficult or new words, a dictionary, your vocabulary book and a pen to write
down the new words.

Tip #5: Read something those interest you. Chose a magazine or book about a subject that
you like. This will make reading fun and something you look forward to.