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Friday, 21 November 2014
Thursday, 20 November 2014
"Manhattan" cocktail
The official story says that the cocktail "Manhattan" was created in New York, at the Club Manhattan in 1874 when Jenny Jerome, who later became Lady Randolph Churchill, mother of Winston Churchill, hosted a party for a friend of his father, Samuel Tilden, who had just been elected governor of the state.
She gave instructions to the barman to create a special cocktail for the occasion. This cocktail liked so much at the party and the audience began to demand it in other bars to become one of the most famous cocktails in the world.
The ingredients are: whisky, Martini rosso and angostura. Garnish it with a red cherry and orange peel.
To drink this cocktail you should start slowly and enjoy it but never let it warm up.
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If you want to see all our posts about Thanksgiving, click here.
Wednesday, 19 November 2014
Pumpkin pie
One of the most traditional dessert at Thanksgiving is the pumpkin pie.
Here you are the recipe:
Ingredients for the sweet dough:
- 225 g plain flour
- Pinch of salt
- 150 g butter
- 75 g icing sugar
- 1 free-range egg
Ingredientes for the filling:
- 700 g mashed, cooked pumpkin passed through a sieve
- 200 ml evaporated milk
- 3 free-range eggs, beaten
- 2 egg yolks
- 200 g dark brown sugar
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1/2 tsp ground ginger
- 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
- Nutmeg to grate
Method:
1) Preheat the oven to 180c/gas mark 4.
2) For the pastry. In a food processor mix together the flour and sugar then add the butter, and whiz until the mixture resembles breadcrumbs. Empty into a bowl then beat together the egg and slowly add, mixing until the pastry forms a ball. Wrap tightly in cling film and refrigerate for two hours.
3) Turn the oven down to 170c/gas mark 3.
4) Roll out the pastry on a lightly floured surface to a 2mm thickness. Use to line a 28cm tart ring placed on a baking sheet. Rest the lined tart ring in the fridge for 20 minutes.
5) Line the tart ring with greaseproof paper and fill with baking beans to keep the base's shape, and bake blind for about 20 minutes. Remove the greaseproof paper and baking beans and return to the oven for 5-8 minutes or until the pastry starts to turn golden brown. Remove from the oven and brush with egg yolk and allow to cool.
6) Turn the oven down to 160c/gas mark 1.
7) For the filling. Bring the cream, sugar and spices to the boil then quickly whisk onto beaten eggs. Add the pumpkin mix and gently beat in until everything is mixed.
8) Fill the pastry case with the pumpkin mix. Carefully place in the middle of the oven and bake for 40-45 minutes or until the mix appears set but not too firm. Remove from the oven and cover the surface liberally with grated nutmeg.
9) Allow to cool to room temperature before serving.
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If you want to see all our posts about Thanksgiving, click here.
Tuesday, 18 November 2014
Garlands with message
Do you already know how you will decorate your home to celebrate Thanksgiving? Here we recommend an idea to do it yourself that will keep you entertained at least for an hour: garlands with messages of thanks.
Everyone can choose the desired message: "Be grateful", "Thanks", "Family", "Friends", etc..
To make the garland, draw an autumn leaf on a sheet to serve as a pattern and cut the felt sheets depending on the number of letters contained in your messaged. Use felt with typical autumn colors, like green, red, yellow and brown.
To make the letters of the message, write the message on a sheet, cut out the letters and use them as a pattern to make them with foamy. Then, stick with glue the letters on the sheets of felt.
Finally, glue the sheets with letters in two strands of yarns and the garlands are ready. You can put them in the entry of your house, in the fireplace or on any wall.
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If you want to see all our posts about Thanksgiving, click here.
Monday, 17 November 2014
Thanksgiving Day
The Thanksgiving Day is a traditional celebration of the United States and Canada. In the United States it is held every year on the fourth Thursday of November and in Canada on the second Monday in October.
The origin of this celebration was to celebrate with a feast the good harvest obtained and over time it has become a regular tradition.
Most people in United States celebrate this event with family gatherings in their homes where they prepare a feast. The traditional main course for dinner is a great roared or baked turkey. This turkey is usually accompanied with a stuffing made from cornbread and sage and it is traditionally served with jelly or cranberry sauce.
That same day, a parade takes place on the streets of Manhattan organized by Macy's store chain that attracts millions of people to the Broadway street to see the huge giant gallons and the performances of the guest artists.
Most businesses and offices are closed on this day. However, some stores, shopping centers, restaurants and bars stay open.
The following Friday to this event is the traditional opening of the christmas' shopping season. This day is known as Black Friday which stores and shops offer bargain prices and many people go from early morning.
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If you want to see all our posts about Thanksgiving, click here.
Friday, 14 November 2014
4x4 plans, routes, gifts and more
Here there are all links posted during the week with all our recommendations related to the 4x4 world: plans, routes, gifts and discoveries:
Thursday, 13 November 2014
Dakar
If you want
to give an original gift to a 4x4 fan, certainly the Dakar will leave him/her shocked.
Arrange a trip where it takes place some of the stages of this rally, the
toughest race in the world.
Competing
bikes and quads, cars and trucks. Of course the vehicles are 4x4 vehicles.
On their
website you will find all the information about this exciting race, the route, calendar,
etc: www.dakar.com
Here there
are some pictures that we have got from their website:
Live it, feel it and enjoy it!
Wednesday, 12 November 2014
GPS for 4x4 routes
One of the
key elements that we should have for a 4x4 route is a good GPS to guide us and show
us the passable routes with our vehicle.
Depending
on the use that we're going to give it we can mainly choose between a handheld
GPS or another more professional GPS.
The handheld
GPSs have the advantage of being able to be used for hiking or biking, since
those work with battery and most of them are water resistant.
As opposed,
their screens are quite small, so to use for driving may be uncomfortable, but
are equally useful for occasional use in the vehicle.
In the
opposite, the remaining no handheld GPSs offer larger screens, for a more
professional use in 4x4 vehicles. In this case it is important that we choose a
device which supports maps, and has large storage capacity of routes and
way points.
Here you
have a couple of recommendations for a handheld GPS and a professional GPS:
If you need
a handheld GPS, we recommend you the Garmin Etrex 30, you can buy it on Amazon,
and you can install free maps. These are the some of its features:
• worldwide
base map;
• Display
2.2 "" 65,000 colours, which can be read with the light of the sun;
•
three-axis compass and barometric altimeter;
• Wireless
to share way points, routes and geocaches with other similar devices;
• GPS and
GLONASS satellites to acquire the position more quickly.
Furthermore,
our professional GPS recommendation is the Navigattor Camel 8. Here are some of
its features:
Get the best suits your needs and enjoy it!
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