Coca-Cola was Originally Green
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Some completely useless but true facts. Good for trivia nuts.
Some completely useless but true facts. Good for trivia nuts.
I love eating but I am not very fond of sweets. This is true for chocolates too as surprising as that may sound. 
Yesterday we attended a talk on chocolate at COPIA in Napa. The speaker was Robert Steinberg, co-founder of Berkeley-based fine chocolate maker, Scharffen Berger. The beginning part of the session was dry. Then, it got interesting when the sampling plate was brought to the table. This plate consisted of chocolates of varying cacao strength from Milk (41%) to Dark (82%). We also tasted chocolate nibs (the roasted cacao beans) and cacao powder. The nibs were very bitter but crunchy. I liked the crunchiness. As it turns out, Scharffen Berger does produce chocolates with nibs in it, called “Nibby Bar.” The milk chocolate, shunned by the purists (as is white chocolate), was the smoothest to eat.
From the talk, we learned some facts about chocolate. . . (Read more…)
We have been inviting people over for dinner at our place in what we call Table for six, for a few years now. The idea is simple. Our dining table seats 6 and we call 4 others (mostly 2 men and 2 women) and give them dinner. My husband cooks and I help by cutting, cleaning and laying the table. He refers to himself as the Chef and me as the cook. I let him think so. Combining the food with some good wine, we always have fun in these gatherings where the conversation can go on till late night. Most of our friends have been part of these little get togethers from time to time. We like to mix the people up and sometimes we end up inviting people who don’t know each other well - just to make it more interesting.
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One of our favorite vegetables is asparagus, a shoot covered with protective leaves. The way I cook it is by stir frying it with some garlic and ginger though the normal way to cook in western cultures is to boil it and serve it with a cube of butter on top. It’s one of the few vegetables you can actually eat with your hand in a fine dining establishment. The stir fry dish is also easy and more tasty, in my opinion.
Most asparagus is green in color and this is what I use in my cooking but some are white in color. The latter is called blanched asparagus and is grown under the soil away from sunlight and is mostly found in Europe. There are special asparagus cookers available though we just use a stir fry pan for our purposes. I also sometimes use a steamer to steam the vegetable.
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Have you got your FREE credit reports (if you are a resident of the US) from the three major consumer reporting companies yet? I did. On my three reports, there was one minor error on my current address. It’s absolutely free, no catch, no surprise.
Be wary. Don’t just go to any website promoting free credit reports. Some of them are getting you to sign up as a member and pay the fee to get the free reports. Go to AnnualCreditReport.com directly, it’s mentioned on the ftc website.
If you live in the Eastern states, you will have to wait till September 1, 2005 to get your free reports.
Do you know someone who owns a lot of stocks in one company or several companies? They own the stocks but don’t want to sell them. Diversification, Diversification,Diversification. Don’t put all eggs in one basket. Logically, most of people understand these basic risk management concepts; but emotionally, they don’t do it.
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