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Greek-style Roast Lamb With Potatoes

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Greek-style roast lamb with potatoes

Greek-style Roast Lamb With Potatoes

Ingredients

2 tablespoons olive oil
1kg baby new potatoes
2kg lamb leg
2 sprigs fresh rosemary, chopped coarsely
2 tablespoons finely chopped fresh flat-leaf parsley
2 tablespoons finely chopped fresh oregano
3 cloves garlic, crushed
1 tablespoon finely grated lemon rind
2 tablespoons lemon juice
1/2 cup (125ml) beef stock

Preparation method

1. Heat half the oil in large frying pan; cook potatoes until browned. Transfer to 4.5-litre (18-cup) slow cooker.
2. Make small cuts in lamb at 2.5cm intervals; press rosemary into cuts. Combine remaining oil, parsley, oregano, garlic, rind and juice in small bowl; rub mixture all over lamb; season.
3. Cook lamb in same heated pan until browned all over. Place lamb on top of potatoes; add stock. Cook, covered, on low, 8 hours.
4. Remove lamb and potatoes; cover lamb; stand 10 minutes before slicing.
5. Serve lamb with potatoes and sauce. Accompany with a Greek salad or steamed spinach, if desired.

Not suitable to freeze or microwave.

COOK’S NOTE: Lamb can be covered and refrigerated overnight at step 2. If you do not have a slow cooker, roast the lamb after browning in a slow oven 120°C/100°C fan forced for approximately 4-5 hours or until very tender. Cover with foil for the first half of cooking time.

Recipe Source: food.ninemsn.com.au

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Frank And Nancy Sinatra – Something Stupid

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Frank And Nancy Sinatra – Something Stupid

Frank And Nancy Sinatra Something Stupid

Francis Albert Sinatra was the only child of two Italian immigrants. His father was Anthony Sinatra, a New York fireman of Sicilian origin, and his mother was Natalie Garavanta, who was usually called by her middle name, Dolly.

Sinatra’s mother was often called “Hatpin Dolly”, and was well known for her fiery volatile Ligurian personality. Sinatra’s parents had both emigrated from mainland Italy to America in the 1890s, and the family enjoyed a reasonable standard of living, thanks to Anthony’s secure job in the Fire Department, as well as his mother’s political connections with the Democratic Party in Hoboken. Dolly was a local political ward boss, as well as working as a midwife.

Young Sinatra enjoyed a stable, comfortable upbringing and he was keen to enlist for the armed services during World War II, following the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbour. But when he attempted to sign up at the age of 26, he went for a medical check-up and was pronounced unfit for active service, owing to a punctured eardrum that he’d sustained at birth. It’s likely that Sinatra’s failure to enlist caused him to place even greater emphasis on his emerging career as an entertainer.

Sinatra had already embarked on his performing career, thanks to the help of his mother, who had found work for him singing in a group called The Three Flashes. One of his first engagements was at the Hoboken Union Club, and it was here, in 1935, that he got his first “big break”. The Three Flashes were approached by talent scout Edward “Major” Bowes, who then offered Sinatra work performing in a number of promotional films for his series, ‘Amateur Hour’.

In September 1935, Sinatra took part in a talent contest organized by Edward Bowes, and won first prize: this led to a national tour. When the tour was over, Sinatra took a job as a singing waiter and MC at a venue called the Rustic Cabin. The pay was only $15 per week, but the Rustic Cabin gigs were also broadcast across New York on the WNEW radio station. Sinatra’s voice was now being heard by a far wider audience than before. In 1939, the wife of bandleader and trumpet player Harry James heard Sinatra singing on the radio, and persuaded her husband to give Sinatra a job. Harry hired Sinatra for the princely sum of $75 per week, and the two artists made their first joint recording in July 1939, as war was looming in Europe.

Working with Harry James was great experience for Sinatra, despite the fact that the band never made the big time. Sinatra and Harry recorded ten songs together. Shortly afterwards, Sinatra was offered a job with the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra, where he began to make his mark as a ballad singer. His first (and biggest) hit with his new band was the 1940s smash, ‘I’ll Never Smile Again’, which was also, by coincidence, the first ever Number One on Billboard magazine’s brand-new chart of America’s best-selling records. Sinatra’s gentle charisma and easy-listening crooning style made him an instant hit with the nation’s millions of teenage girls, known at the time as “bobby-soxers”, and his records began to sell in vast quantities.   Read More: thebiographychannel.co.uk

 

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Boston Marathon Bombing

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The aftermath of the Boston Marathon explosions.

Boston Marathon Bombing

At least 3 dead, 141 injured in Boston Marathon blasts.

BOSTON — Two explosions ripped through the Boston Marathon’s crowded finish line Monday afternoon, killing at least three people and injuring more than 141.

The dead included an 8-year-old boy, The Boston Globe reported, citing law enforcement sources briefed on the investigation. Among the injured, 17 were reported in critical condition. The victims at eight local hospitals were as young as 2.

“There were so many people in that area that they couldn’t get ambulances in there,” said Joe Difazio, who was working on communications near the site when the blasts occurred. “They were wheeling people out in wheelchairs. One guy had no legs. The bones was just sticking out. … It was horrible.”

WBZ-TV reported Monday night that police were searching an apartment in Revere, a suburb, as part of the investigation into the blasts. Massachusetts State Police confirmed that a search warrant was served but provided no further details, Associated Press said.

Set off at one of the world’s premiere sporting events, the blasts ignited a fresh round of unease and renewed security concerns across the nation. The stark pictures of mayhem and the injured sent over TV and the Internet also rekindled stark memories from the 9/11 terrorist attacks on New York’s World Trade Center and the Pentagon. Monday’s attacks also come just four days before the anniversary of the April 19, 1995, bomb attack on Oklahoma City’s Murrah Federal Building.

The Boston Marathon blasts occurred about 12 seconds and 100 yards apart at about 2:50 p.m., three hours after Ethiopia’s Lelisa Desisa won the 26.2-mile race.

Police searched widely for other explosive devices, and two law enforcement officials said no other explosive devices had been found. The officials said that as many as seven suspicious packages were destroyed in controlled explosions but they were later found not to be actual bombs. The law enforcement officials who have been briefed on the matter were not authorized to comment publicly.

Authorities also issued a bulletin for a unidentified man who was seen running from a restricted area. It was unclear, according to the federal official, whether the person was anything other than a witness.

The state, local and federal investigation into the bombings is being led by the FBI. Special Agent Rick Deslauriers said investigators were looking at possible terrorism, but he refused comment on specific suspects or leads in the case.  Read More USA Today

Ham And Zucchini Muffins

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Ham And Zucchini Muffins

Ham And Zucchini Muffins

Ingredients
2 cups gluten free self-raising flour
100 g lean ham, finely chopped (See Notes)
2 eggs, lightly beaten
90 g margarine, mono- or polyunsaturated
2 small zucchini, coarsely grated
1 cup cooked white long grain rice
3/4 cup grated parmesan cheese
1 cup low fat milk
1 tablespoon seeded mustard, (check that brand is gluten free)
canola or olive oil spray

Cooking method

1. Preheat oven to 180°C. Spray muffin tins lightly with oil spray.
2. Place all ingredients in a large bowl.
3. Stir with a metal spoon until just combined.
4. Spoon mixture into prepared pan.
5. Bake for 25 minutes or until the muffins are browned.
6. Turn onto a wire rack.

Notes: Use ham off the bone or Virginian ham only

Recipe Source: betterhealth.vic.gov.au

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Chaka Demus & Pliers – Tease Me

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Chaka Demus & Pliers Tease Me

Chaka Demus & Pliers Tease Me

John Taylor (born April 16, 1963 in West Kingston), better known as Chaka Demus, is a Jamaican reggae musician and DJ, best known as part of the duo Chaka Demus & Pliers.

Early Years

Taylor was a regular attendee at Kingston dances and was given a chance by Prince Jammy to DJ on his sound system.  Upon releasing his debut single, the Jammy-produced “Increase Your Knowledge” in 1985, he was virtually unknown and none of his early records saw chart success, but would later become huge hits. Other musicians quickly recognised him as having great potential, most notably Yellowman who joined him for such songs as “Everybody Loves Chaka”, “Scotty”, and “Bring It To Me” and Admiral Bailey, who collaborated with him on “One Scotch, One Bourbon, One Beer”, giving him his first hit.  After minor success, he moved to the Penthouse Records label where he recorded the single “Chaka on the Move” but switched back to Jammy’s the following year where he paired up with Shabba Ranks for the Rough & Rugged album. The same year saw the release of “Everybody Loves Chaka”, for the Scorpio label, which was then followed up by the 1989 album, The Original Chaka’ ‘Watch me Ride’

Mainstream Success

He first met Pliers (Everton Bonner) in 1991 and suggested that they team up. They enjoyed an internationally successful partnership including a string of hit singles and a number one album in the UK between 1993 and 1997.

In 2007, Chaka Demus & Pliers reunited to record a track called “Need Your Lovin” which was released on vinyl, on Explorer Records. On November 18, 2007, Chaka Demus & Pliers performed “Murder She Wrote” alongside Alicia Keys at the 2007 American Music Awards. Their subsequent album, “So Proud”, was released in Europe and the Middle east in October 2008. A solo album, called DJ Spirit was released in 2008.

Chaka Demus now runs his own record label, Bright Star, on which he has released records by his son, known by his stage name of Marvellous. He continues to perform with Pliers, and recorded a new album in 2012, featuring guest appearances from Pliers, Marvellous, and Freddie McGregor.  Source wikipedia

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Things that make you go hmmm 2

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Beautiful Rose

Things that make you go hmmm 2

 

Never sacrifice who you are just because someone has a problem with it.

Do not give up. The beginning is always the hardest.

Speak the truth, even if your voice shakes.

We never really grow up. We only know how to act in public.

The happiest people don’t have the best of everything, they just make the best of everything.

When you have to make a hard decision. Flip a coin. Why? Because when the coin is in the air you suddenly know what you’re hoping for.

If you want to make your dreams come true the first thing you have to do is WAKE UP!

Judging a person does not define who they are. It defines who you are.

Sometimes you need to step outside, get some air, and remind yourself of who you are and who you want to be.

Apologizing does not mean you are wrong and the other person is right. It just means you value your relationship more than your ego.

GO at least once a year to a place you have never been before.

It is a risk to Love. What if it doesn’t work out?  Ah but what if it does.

Love Hearts

Remind yourself that it’s OK not to be perfect.

Always laugh when you can.  It’s cheap medicine.

I think we like to complicate things when it is really quite simple: Find what it it that makes you happy and who it is that makes you happy and your set. Promise.

In 20 years you will be more disappointed by what you didn’t do than by what you did.

A ship in a port is safe BUT that’s not what ships are built for.

Be so happy that when others look at you they become happy too.

 

Remember – Keep Smiling!

It makes people wonder what you’re up to!
Happy Frog

 

Coconut Cake Recipe

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Coconut Cake Recipe

Coconut Cake Recipe

For the Cake:
6 tablespoons cold salted butter, plus more for pans
2¼ cups sugar
1½ tablespoons vanilla extract
8 tablespoons (1 stick) salted butter, melted
5 egg yolks
3 whole eggs
2½ cups cake flour, plus more for pans
1 tablespoon salt
1 tablespoon baking powder
½ cup buttermilk
¾ cup heavy cream

For the Glaze:

½ cup coconut milk
2 tablespoons powdered sugar

Directions
1. Preheat the oven to 325°F. Butter and flour three 9-inch round cake pans, put a parchment round in the bottom of each pan, and butter and flour the rounds.
2. On medium speed, beat the cold butter in the bowl of an electric stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, until it is very light, about 5 minutes. Continue beating while gradually adding the sugar, scraping down the sides of the bowl as necessary.
3. Add the vanilla and beat for 5 more minutes, scraping down the sides of the bowl again. The mixture will be very coarse and grainy. Turn the mixer to the lowest speed, add the melted butter, egg yolks, and whole eggs, and then turn off the mixer.
4. In a large bowl, sift together the flour, salt, and baking powder.
5. In another bowl, mix together the buttermilk and cream.
6. With the mixer on the lowest speed, add half the flour mixture, and then half the buttermilk mixture. Add the remainder of the flour and buttermilk mixtures, scraping down the sides of the bowl as necessary. Do not overmix or the cake will be tough.
7. Pour the batter evenly into the prepared pans, tapping each pan on a sturdy surface to release air bubbles if there are any, and bake for 25 to 30 minutes until a toothpick or knife comes out clean.
8. Cool the cakes for 10 minutes, then run the dull edge of a knife around their perimeters and invert them onto a cold baking sheet or rack. (Note: These cakes may be frozen for up to 3 months.)
9. When you are ready to ice the cake, slice each layer in half horizontally so that you have 6 layers.
10. To make the glaze, whisk together the powdered sugar and coconut milk in a small bowl. Pierce each cake layer with a fork in several places and then spoon or brush the glaze over them before icing.
11. Make sure all the layers are completely cool before icing.

For the Coconut Icing:
Enough for one six-layer 9-inch cake
1½ cups fresh or dried coconut, shredded and toasted
18 ounces cream cheese, at room temperature
18 tablespoons salted butter, at room temperature
3 tablespoons vanilla extract
7½ cups powdered sugar
2¼ teaspoons salt
6 tablespoons coconut milk
5⅓ cups sweetened flaked coconut

Directions

1. Preheat the oven to 350°F.
2. Spread the fresh or dried coconut on a metal baking sheet and toast for about 5 to 7 minutes, until it is brown. Remove from the oven and reserve.
3. In the bowl of an electric stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, combine the cream cheese, butter, and vanilla extract, and beat the mixture on medium speed for about 5 minutes, until it is light and fluffy.
4. In a large mixing bowl, combine the powdered sugar and salt, and add it to the cream cheese mixture, 1 cup at a time, beating it until it is smooth after each addition. Turn the mixer to the lowest speed, add the coconut milk, and stir in the sweetened flaked coconut.
5. Arrange the cooled layers, one by one, on a cake stand, icing each layer as you assemble, using approximately 1 cup of icing per layer, and then top with the toasted coconut.

Recipe Source: housebeautiful.com

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OutKast – Hey Ya

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OutKast – Hey Ya

OutKast’s blend of gritty Southern soul, fluid raps and the rolling G-funk of their Organized Noize production crew epitomized the Atlanta wing of hip-hop’s rising force, the Dirty South, during the late ’90s. Along with Goodie Mob, OutKast took Southern hip-hop in bold, innovative new directions: less reliance on aggression, more positivity and melody, thicker arrangements, and intricate lyrics. After Dre and Big Boi hit number one on the rap charts with their first single “Player’s Ball,” the duo embarked on a run of platinum albums spiked with several hit singles, enjoying numerous critical accolades in addition to their commercial success.
Andre Benjamin (Dre) and Antwan Patton (Big Boi) attended the same high school in the Atlanta borough of East Point, and several lyrical battles made each gain respect for the other’s skills. They formed OutKast, and were pursued by Organized Noize Productions, hit-makers for TLC and Xscape. Signed to the local LaFace label just after high school, OutKast recorded and released “Player’s Ball,” then watched the single rise to number one on the rap charts. It slipped from the top spot only after six weeks, was certified gold, and created a buzz for a full-length release. That album, Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik, hit the Top 20 in 1994 and was certified platinum by the end of the year.

Dre and Big Boi also won Best New Rap Group of the Year at the 1995 Source Awards. OutKast returned with a new album in 1996, releasing ATLiens that August; it hit number two and went platinum with help from the gold-selling single “Elevators (Me & You)” (number 12 pop, number one rap), as well as the Top 40 title track. Aquemini followed in 1998, also hitting number two and going double-platinum. There were no huge hit singles this time around, but critics lavishly praised the album’s unified, progressive vision, hailing it as a great leap forward and including it on many year-end polls.

Unfortunately, in a somewhat bizarre turn of events, OutKast was sued over the album’s lead single “Rosa Parks” by none other than the civil rights pioneer herself, who claimed that the group had unlawfully appropriated her name to promote their music, also objecting to some of the song’s language. The initial court decision dismissed the suit in late 1999, but an appeal was still pending when the group issued its hotly anticipated fourth album, Stankonia, in late 2000.

Source:   http://www.eagleson.com/hiphop/outkast/bio.htm