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Tuesday, August 7, 2012
Monday, August 6, 2012
Lemon Sponge Pie with Oreo Cookie Crust - Tv Food and Drink
This is my first month participating in the Burwell General Store Recipe Swap.? Burwell General Store is a fantastic food blog run by my new friend Christianna who I recently met while working on Beat the Chefs for Game Show Network. Though we were on the same show, we actually have only been in the presence of one another a handful of times. ?Nevertheless, as is often the case when two foodies with extroverted personalities run into one another, it was admiration at first sight.
Once a month Christianna sends to all the Burwell swapping participants a recipe from?The Second Ford Treasury of Favorite Recipes From Famous Eating Places,?compiled in 1954. ?Participants are asked to re-create the recipe and put their own spin on it in the process. ?This month it was Lemon Sponge Pie, as presented by the Old Court House Tea Room in New Castle, Delaware.
As I am of the type to duly investigate a subject before diving in (see my post on Heidi Bohay and the NuWave oven), I pulled the old Google off the shelf and learned what I could about the Tea House?s history before deciding on my ?in? for changing up the recipe. ?Here?s what I learned:
There?s great debate on how old the New Castle Court House actually is, though a 1952 article from Wilmington?s The Sunday Star confirms that the Delaware state constitution was adopted there in the 1780s. The accompanying Tea Room, however, didn?t open its doors until 1926, when it began luring in with food and drink the Delaware passengers lining up to board the ferry to New Jersey.
A quick call to the court house informed me that the tea room disappeared in the early 1950s. According to the court house supervisor/museum curator, its fate was sealed in April 1945 when the Delaware State Highway Department authorized construction of a bridge which would connect New Castle to Pennsville, New Jersey, thus eliminating the need for the ferry. ?No ferry meant no line of people outside the tea room, and no line of people meant lots of Oolong and lemon sponge cake left untouched in the kitchen. On August 15, 1951, The Del Memorial Bridge officially opened? the final nail in the coffin for the birthplace of this month?s recipe.
Here?s something else:?On July 2, 1938, a 10 year old Shirley Temple?lunched at the Old Court House Tea Room?with her parents, business manager, and friends. Shirley had a chicken sandwhich, a piece of cheese, and a chocolate milkshake! Over 300 people turned out to greet Shirley on Delaware Street up on her exit. ?No word on whether she took the ferry to Jersey.
So I decided to take my cue for twisting up this month?s?recipe from Miss Temple?s visit to the Tea room. ?I have yet to read anywhere that lemon sponge pie pairs well with chicken or cheese, so I zeroed in on the chocolate, adding an Oreo crust for the bottom and a chocolate shell for the top. ?I won?t say it made for the most attractive pictures as no matter how delicately I pierced the shell on top it immediately cracked into chocolate shards each time. ?But the flavor combination more than made up for what this rich, citrusy dessert lacked in camera flair.
You can check out my recipe, and the rest of the Burwell interpretations below.
Lemon Sponge Pie
For the pie:
- 2 Tbsp butter
- 1 cup sugar
- 3 eggs, separated
- 2 Tbsp flour
- 2 cups milk
- Juice of 3 lemons
- Grated rind of one lemon
For The Crust:
- 2 1/2 cups Oreo Cookies (or chocolate wafers or chocolate graham crackers)
- 1/4 cup sugar
- 3/4 stick of butter (6 tablespoons)
For the Chocolate Topping:
- 5 ounces 72% cacao chocolate
- 3 tablespoons unsalted butter
- 1 tablespoon dark corn syrup
Make the crust: ?Pulse the Oreos (or wafer or graham crackers) in a food processor until fine and granular. ?You can also put them in a closed plastic bag and crush with a spoon until you reach the same consistency. ?Next, melt the butter in the microwave. ?Combine the melted butter with the sugar and granulated chocolate particles (if you?re going with Oreos, the quarter cup of sugar is ? used guessed it ? totally necessary! 
). ?Press ingredients into 9-inch buttered pie pan, making sure to cover all sides.?Bake for 10 minutes at 325?F and remove. ?Let cool.
For the pie: ?Cream butter and blend with sugar, egg yolks, flour, milk, lemon juice and rind. ?Beat egg whites separately and fold into mixture. ?Pour into pie crust and bake in oven at?350?F ?for approximately 45 minutes.
To make the chocolate shell topping:?Combine chocolate and butter in a medium microwave-safe bowl. Microwave on high for 30 seconds and then stir, repeat, heating in 15 second increments until butter is just melted and smooth. Stir in corn syrup. Set mixture aside until it is only slightly warm to touch.
Pour chocolate mixture over cooled pie and spread to completely cover the top of the pie. Refrigerate overnight or at least four hours to allow pie filling to set completely and chocolate top to harden. Store covered.
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Source: http://tvfoodanddrink.com/2012/08/lemon-sponge-pie/
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Saturday, August 4, 2012
China lashes out over Syria
China Saturday accused countries that oppose its position on Syria of undermining attempts to find a political solution to the conflict, after voting against a new UN resolution on the crisis.
The UN General Assembly on Friday overwhelmingly passed a resolution slamming the Security Council's failure to take strong steps to end the fighting, which UN leader Ban Ki-moon said has become a "proxy war".
Russia and China, which have vetoed three UN Security Council resolutions on Syria, were among high-profile opponents of the resolution which many diplomats said showed frustration at the lack of action on the conflict.
Wang Kejian, a senior official in the Chinese foreign ministry, attacked countries "which have made unfounded criticism of China's position on the issue of Syria".
"And these countries, in pursuit of their own geopolitical interests in Syria, are trying to hinder or even undermine the political settlement process."
"The legitimate requests and aspirations of the Syrian people for change and for safeguarding their own interests deserve respect," he added.
The assembly's resolution, which condemned President Bashar al-Assad's use of "heavy weapons" in the civil war, was passed by 133 votes with 12 countries against and 31 abstaining.
Though the resolution is not legally binding, there was increased attention on the vote after the resignation of UN-Arab League envoy Kofi Annan and the mounting battle for the Syrian city of Aleppo.
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/china-lashes-over-syria-184445893.html
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India's Olympic mystery woman apologizes for error
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updated 6:02 a.m. ET Aug. 3, 2012
NEW DELHI (AP) - India's Olympic mystery woman has apologized for gatecrashing the opening ceremony in London and walking at the head of her country's confused delegation.
Madhura Nagendra told India's NDTV news channel she made an "error in judgment" when she marched alongside Indian flag-bearer Sushil Kumar at the head of the delegation of 40 athletes.
Her Olympic cameo infuriated Indian officials who demanded an explanation of how she was allowed into the parade of athletes.
Nagendra said she was part of the opening ceremony cast and did not breach security. She said she got caught up in the chaos and excitement of the moment and ended up leading the delegation around the stadium.
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Friday, August 3, 2012
How well can the MacBook Pro with Retina display handle Windows games?
After jumping the hurdles of our review gauntlet, the MacBook Pro with Retina display proved itself as a top-notch machine for the creative professionals it's geared towards, and anyone willing to pay a premium. Save for a brief bout with Diablo III, our time spent gaming on the hardware was limited. Ever since, we've wondered how the Kepler-toting, Ivy Bridge-packing laptop would handle one of our favorite graphics-intensive pastimes. Sure, Apple machines aren't exactly en vogue when it comes to playing video games, but Cupertino's ultra-high-resolution Mac simply begs to be put to the test. We loaded up Windows 7 on a MacBook Pro carrying an NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M with 1 GB of VRAM, the stock 2.3GHz processor and 16GB of RAM (upgraded from the vanilla 8GB configuration) and put it through its paces to see how it performs.
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Sluggish domestic demand and capital outflows bring about more ...
Asian economies are now increasingly dependent on China, which is a dangerous trend, because China's economy itself is slowing down. Originally those factors that are considered as beneficial to Asian economies, such as the rise in consumer spending and massive inflows of capital, now faces the possible fundamental reverse. Compared to what happened in 2008, the Asian economies are now entering a period of this recession with more internal risk.
??The rush that the Asian economies have to undergo do not merely come from the outside world, while the more and more serious dependence on internal demand may become the Achilles? heel for the economy in Asia. Although consumers in Korea, China and other areas have been maintaining strong momentum, the trend has slowed, and real estate prices in China have begun to come down.
At the time when the economies try to seek solutions from the global market, the trouble that the domestic market in Asia can not be neglected. It is also important for the Asia countries to try to seek more power from itself and learn to be more self-dependent.??Low interest rate environment and the influx of foreign investment in recent years also boosted the performance of Asian economies. At the same time, the current momentum of capital outflow has brought Asia to the test. Funding has currently left Asia as the European banks have reduced loans and investors pull out of Asian stocks and bonds. If the investors panic and there will be massive withdrawal of funds, Asia production may be paralyzed. People tend to underestimate the power of capital flow, while actually the outflow of capital is more devastating and more terrible than the volume reduction.
??a large outflow of foreign capital caused the Indonesian rupiah to plunge and in order to support the rupiah exchange rate, Indonesia's foreign exchange reserves in May dropped by nearly $ 5 billion, shrinking 5%.
Four years ago India used to be one of the strongest economies in Asia which had the capacity to resist risks, but now it has difficulty in implementing the stimulus because it is troubled by an economic slowdown, high inflation and government deficits.49ers game ravens ray lewis steven tyler national anthem paterno newt gingrich joe pa
Foster Childrens Blog: Foster care population drops for 6th straight ...
NEW YORK ? The number of U.S. children in foster care has dropped for the sixth straight year, falling to about 400,000 compared to more than 520,000 a decade ago, according to new federal figures demonstrating the staying power of reforms even amid economic turbulence.
The drop results primarily from a shift in the policies and practices of state and county child welfare agencies. Many have shortened stays in foster care, expedited adoptions and expanded preventive support for troubled families so more children avoid being removed from home in the first place.
The new figures released by the Department of Health and Human Services show there were 400,540 children in foster care as of Sept. 30. That's down from 406,412 a year earlier and from about 523,000 in 2002.
State by state, the picture was mixed ? with some states extending dramatic declines and the numbers in other states rising.
In Pennsylvania, there were 14,161 children in foster care on Sept. 30, down from 15,346 a year earlier and from 21,500 in 2002. In New York, there were 21,473 children in foster care statewide on Dec. 31, down from 26,783 in September 2010.
Both states have been pursuing multiple programs to reduce the numbers ? including increased placements of children with relatives in kinship care, greater investment in family-preservation programs so children can stay safely in their own homes, and speedier family reunification if a child is placed in foster care.
Florida implemented similar programs, and took advantage of a waiver that allowed broad flexibility in how it spends federal child-welfare funding.
"We don't want kids in foster care for any reason for too long," Erin Gillespie, spokeswoman for the Department of Children and Families, said Monday. "If they can go back home safely we want to get them home quickly and if not, we want to get them adopted."
Florida privatized its foster care system nearly a decade ago, contracting out casework and other services, which experts said contributed to a dip in the ranks of kids in care. Its foster care numbers dropped from about 29,000 in 2006 to under 20,000 for the 2011 fiscal year.
However, the figure has crept up in the past 18 months, from 18,240 in Jan. 2011 to 19,730 last month.
State officials said high profile child abuse cases have resulted in more calls to the state's abuse hotline and more abuse investigations. They also say substance abuse by parents is pushing more kids into foster care.
"In some areas as many as 70 percent of our investigations are related to prescription drug abuse," Gillespie said.
One of the most beleaguered child-welfare systems at present is Arizona's; the number of children in foster care there rose to 11,535 on Sept. 30 from 9,030 a year earlier. The state's child-protection agency has reported difficulties hiring and retaining qualified staff, and says the risk of child maltreatment has been heightened by economic stress on many families.
In Arizona's Pima County, a government office was converted into a children's shelter on a recent weekend because foster homes and group homes in the Tucson area were full, according to the Arizona Daily Star.
The numbers also rose in Georgia, from 7,023 in 2010 to 7,633 last year. Georgia's Division of Family and Children Services has been strained by budget cuts even as it copes with that increase and with a surge in child abuse and neglect cases.
Richard Wexler of the National Coalition for Child Protection Reform, which seeks to reduce the number of children unnecessarily placed in foster care, noted that the nationwide decline in foster care numbers was smallest since 2006. He also noted that for the time since then, more children entered the system last year than exited from it.
Of the 245,260 children who left the system, 26,286 of them "aged out" without ties to their own parents and with no other home.
Wexler called this number "alarmingly high" and said it reflected "the reckless rush to termination of parental rights that dominated the system in the past."
The new data was contained in the Adoption and Foster Care Analysis and Reporting System report released annually by HHS's Administration for Children and Families.
The average length of stay in foster care has been reduced by more than 10 percent since 2002, according to the report. The mean stay is now 23.7 months.
Of the children in foster care as of Sept. 30, 52 percent were boys. Twenty-one percent were Hispanic, 27 percent black and 41 percent white; 104,236 of them were available for adoption.
Source: http://fosterchildrensblog.blogspot.com/2012/08/foster-care-population-drops-for-6th.html
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