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Tofu is soybean curd and considered to be one of the healthiest foods around. Its texture is soft like cottage cheese, and is made by curdling fresh hot soymilk with a coagulant. This curdling agent is nigari, a compound found in natural ocean water or calcium. The curdled soy milk is finally shaped in a mold. Perhaps most people have eaten tofu as part of a Chinese meal, but Japanese tofu is actually quite different. Kyo-tofu is the best of all Japanese tofus, so you should try it if you have a fondness for yogurt and cottage cheese. |
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There are many kinds of tofu in Japan, but the Japanese eat two main types of tofu. They are different from that sold in America, and are softer than the American variety. Compared with the tofu sold in China and America, the taste of Japanese tofu is maybe a little bland. If the Japanese names are translated directly into English, they become ‘Cotton tofu’ and ‘silken tofu’. Cotton tofu is softer than the soft tofu sold in America, whereas silken tofu is very close to American silken tofu in texture. However, Japanese silken tofu is quite different from its American counterpart in the process of production. American silken tofu is known as filled tofu in Japan. After chilling the soymilk and adding the curd, it is poured into a mold until filled, then heated twice in the filled mold. Japanese people eat these cotton and silken tofu fresh with soy sauce and chopped spring onion. |
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| Omo people on the border of the National park the lower Omo valley is home to a fascinating mixture of small contrasting tribal groups in Ethiopia. Their life styles are as varied as the people themselves are. |
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The Omo Valley region is a little visited area of Ethiopia containing some of the most vibrant and diverse ethnic groups in Africa.
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| Paris 12 July 2009 Concert reviews submitted by David Baker: |
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I have never seen Bono so hyped...been to Dublin , went to Vegas...even went to Hawaii...
The sound quality and intensity of the show was unbelievable. I went with 2 people who had never seen a U2 show...I dont think they will be the same again !!!!
If you think you've seen them before and it's not worth going this tour...think again !!!
No video or photo does the claw justice, you have no concept of just how imposing it is, its fuckin enormous.
One of the best days in my life, me and my fiance have not stopped looking at each other and shaking our heads, and smiling!!!!!!!!!
UNBELIEVABLE BELIEVE ME. |
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| - This video is a must see - |
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U2’s world tour, U2 360°, has finally taken flight. Over 90,000 fans were in attendance at the band’s opening night extravaganza in Spain last night. |
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She has been described as Asia's Nelson Mandela. Her party National League for Democracy won elections in 1990, but the ruling military junta refused to hand over power. Since then, most of her time spent under house arrest in Burma. |
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U2 <- do not want the world to forget her. On their U2 360 degrees world tour, they want all fans use to wear a special mask when the band plays Walk On, which is specially written for her. |
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U2's music has always been about heart and mind, body and soul.. |
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| Cha-no-ki - Tea tree - Camellia sinensis |
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Tea, the most loved and utilized plant in Camellia family has very small and indistinctive flower. |
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The home place is supposed to be southern part of China, but as it is cultivated since ancient, not clarified. In Japan, brought from the continent, also has been cultivated since ancient, it is often seen naturalized to be growing even in the forest. This was in a shrine grove. |
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Camellia family is unique and common group in East Asian warm temperate zone or in the East Asian tropics on high altitude warm temperate equivalent zone. And later, British, who adopted tea in their food habitat, and further utilized tea as cash crop, found its equivalent place in tropical highlands in their colonies out of tea's home land such as in India, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, or far away in Kenya. |
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| Green tea leaves from Camellia sinensis |
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Camellia family plants are mostly and typically evergreen, the leaves being fat with thick cuticle layer on upper surface. The thick cuticle layer is supposed to be adoption to low temperature in winter or in the night, and it gives high luminescence to the leaves. Seeds are rich in high quality oil. Both of Tea and Camellia (Tsubaki, Camellia japonica) are utilized for oil production. |
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| Tsubaki, Camellia japonica |
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In China as tea is so deeply rooted, common Camellia, which has bigger and beautiful flowers were named after tea, which means "mountain or wild tea", whereas in Japan, tea and common big flowered Camellia are recognized under different context, called Tsubaki, of which character, meaning completely different plant in China. |
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Okobo are wooden sandals worn by Maiko is a Japanese language word for dancing girl and is an apprentice geisha. Maiko is also a feminine Japanese given name…. |
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Okobo are very tall, and usually made from a block of willow wood. Usually, the wood has either no finish or a natural finish, but during the summer months, maiko will wear black-lacquered okobo. They are held to the foot by simple thong-like straps in colors that represent their maiko status. Red straps are worn by new maiko, yellow are worn by maiko who have nearly completed their apprenticeship. |
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Alternatively, okobo are referred to as “pokkuri” or “koppori”. These names come from the sound okobo make when walking. |
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One of the greatest fascinations in wagashi is their potential for appealing to much more than just the sense of taste. Wagashi are an invitation to indulge all five senses and to experience a taste of Japan. Inspired by the unique beauty of Japan, we will continue to create new wagashi varieties. |
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A p p e a r a n c e
Shapes, colors and designs of wagashi, inspired as they are by Japanese literature, paintings and textiles, and often representing evocative images from nature, are a feast for the eyes. |
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T a s t e
This is of course a primary sense through which we experience wagashi. Since wagashi are made largely from various beans and grains that are staples of traditional, healthy Japanese diet, we are able to savor the distinctive flavors of their natural ingredients. |
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The softness, moistness, or crispness one feels when taking a piece of wagashi in one's hand, when cutting it to serve a friend, or when placing it in the mouth, all reveal the freshness, quality and uniqueness of wagashi' ingredients. |
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Fragrances of wagashi are delicate. Their ingredients have the subtlest of aromas which enhance the pleasure of the sweets without overwhelming the flavor and fragrance of the beverage with which they are served. |
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S o u n d
Wagashi's appeal to the ear comes from hearing the lyrical Japanese names of the different varieties spoken aloud and from the images these names evoke. Many names are derived from classical prose or poetry, while others may suggest a season. |
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While Europeans, notably the French, have put the plant "on the map" in the last century, they did it with imported plants as the hydrangea is native only to the North American and Asian continents! Hydrangea arborescens and Hydrangea quercifolia are native to America; all others are native to Asia. |
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| Japanese Hydrangea Kurenai |
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In the early 1800s, specimens of Hydrangea macrophylla, Bigleaf Hydrangea, started to show up in Europe. It is this plant, with its colourful blue to pink hues which was interesting to botanists, collectors and later, to hybridizers. |
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It was the French who began hybridizing Bigleaf Hydrangeas to give us the rainbows of Summer colour we enjoy today. Hydrangea macrophylla 'Mariesii Perfecta,' hybridized by Victor Lemoine in 1904, was one of the earliest hybrids on the European market. |
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| Hydrangea macrophylla |
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Bigleaf hydrangea, Hydrangea macrophylla, also called French, Japanese or Snowball hydrangea |
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| Shooting Star Hydrangea |
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The hydrangea begins as a small, bright world.
Mother buries rusty nails, and the flowers
Weep purple, blue and pink. I am alone in the garden,
And like all else that is living, I lean into the sun.
Each bouquet will cringe and die in time
While the dry earth watches. It is ugly,
And the earth is ugly to allow it. Still, the petals
Curl and drop. Mother calls it an exquisite waste,
But there is no choice. I learn how:
Before letting go, open completely.
Wait. When the heavens fail to answer,
Curse the heavens. Wither and bend.
Tracy K. Smith |
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| The Navajo Nation, Diné in Navajo, language encompasses all things important to the Navajo. The land, kinship, language, religion and the right to govern themselves. The Navajo Homeland covers about 26,000 square miles of land, occupying all of northeastern Arizona, and extending into Utah and New Mexico, and is the largest land area assigned primarily to a Native American jurisdiction within the United States. Members of the nation are often known as Navajo (or Navaho) but traditionally call themselves Diné which means people. |
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| The 2000 census reported 298,215 Navajo people living throughout the United States, of which 173,987 were living within the Navajo Nation boundaries. 131,166 lived in Arizona and 17,512 of these lived in Maricopa County, which includes the city of Phoenix. Because the Navajo Nation encompasses land in three states, its Division of Economic Development extracts census data for the Navajo Nation as a whole, and sends a representative to the Census Board. Another group lives on the Colorado River Indian Tribes reservation along the Colorado River in California and Arizona. |
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| Rudolph Carl Gorman, a native American, was born in Chinle, Arizona. During his early years he lived in a hogan and had little experience with the world beyond the Navajo reservation. He was raised by his grandmother who ignited his ambition by recounting Navajo legends and by acquainting him with his artistic ancestors. In 1958 he received the first scholarship ever given by the Navajo tribe for study outside the United States. At Mexico City College, Gorman had exposure to the artists Rivera, Siqueiros, and Tamayo, who inspired him to change the direction of his art. He also met Jose Sanchez, a master printer, and, under his direction, made his first lithographs. Gorman has had more than twenty one-man shows and participated in thirty group shows, including the exhibit Masterworks of the American Indian held at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York (he was the only living artist represented). That museum is one of fourteen American art institutions to include his work in their collections. |
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Making his own seasoned butter is both simple and delicious. It melts over the warm food, no sauce needed. The big favorite is the garlic butter and the finest is the Café de Paris. Sun-dried tomatoes, basil, garlic and lemon, you can mix with butter to an Italian herb butter. Herb butter can you do with the herbs you like. Chopped chives, dill, parsley, basil, fresh coriander, thyme and rosemary. Season with lemon or lime juice, salt and pepper. Use your imagination, you can have horseradish, truffle oil, chili, and curry, so almost everything after taste. |
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Let the butter be room warm, then mix in the flavoring you want. Put it in plastic film and shape into a roll. Best becomes herb butter after a night in the fridge. Remove the plastic film and cut up discs that you can put on hot food or let it be room warm and serve on the barrel next to. |
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| 2 egg yolks |
| 1 small gap pressed garlic |
| 1 chopped shallots |
| 2 tablespoons chopped parsley |
| 1 tablespoon lemon juice |
| half teaspoon mustard powder |
0.5 teaspoon each of dried oregano, sage, marjoram,
thyme, grated horseradish and paprika powder |
| 1 teaspoon Worcester sauce |
| pinch of white pepper and salt |
| 2 tablespoons cream |
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K i m o n o F a s h i o n - S p r i n g i n J a p a n |
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Pelargonium word comes from the Greek pelargos, meaning stork. The same applies surname Geranium comes from the Greek word geranos which means crane. |
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Pelargonium are known for their fragrant foliage. Fragrances that contain lemon, pineapple, rose, lime, apple and peppermint. Chop or cut the leaves finely and use to flavor cakes, jellies, sauces and vinegar. The flowers you can use to decorate the summerfood they are edible! Best suited is a Pelargonium graveolens found in varying aroma and flavor. |
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Ingredients
1 ½ dl whipping cream
1 ½ dl sugar
1 large or 2 small eggs
2 dl wheat flour
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp vanilla sugar
A handful of fresh leaves of the rose scented pelargonium |
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1 dl icing sugar
1 tsp vanilla sugar
1-2 tbsp water
A few drops of lemon and caramel color |
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Leaves and flowers of Rose scented Pelargonium or Angel Pelargonium |
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Whip cream, stir the sugar down gently.
Add egg and stir then reduce flour, baking powder and vanilla sugar.
Grease a form with removable bottom and dress form with pelargonium leaves. Pour in batter. Cook in 175 ° about 20 min. Feel with a stick to the cake is ready. Overturn the cake and allow to cool. In the meantime, mix your glaze. When cake is cold, you can bre to glaze and decorate the top with some pelargonium flowers and leaves.
Also suitable for muffins. You may freeze them if you want!
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The popular flower gets its name from France, some give the name Petun which means tobacco
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The family of Petunia are from the potato family, the same as pepper, chili pepper, potato, tobacco, tomato and aubergine.
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Today there are many new varieties, they called the Wonder Wave®, ground cover and low growing and Shockwave® with lots of small flowers, double or simple and beautiful colors.
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Petunia in balcony boxes or pots is a splendid sight. The pots they grow in looks like balls and spread a little light spicy fragrance in the evenings. Today Petunia are loved of all garden architects.
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