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1月30日 My January Blog
1月26日 O My Love is Like a Red Red Rose
1月17日 Lets Face The Music......and Dance!!!
I am sorry ive been missing for so long, I wasnt able to blog over the New Year Period, but i am Hoping to catch up with all you my friends over the next week.
SO?
Its a New Year..New Aspirations and all that?
What better way to start a brand new year, than having a little rumble on the old dance floor..
guys and gals.. I want you all to eye yourselfs a potential spaces dance partner... and grAb them..for a whirly
*I know who I am nabbing ... but if any of yous want to know who that is? then i would have to kill yas 
Murder on the Dance Floor?
 Well there is No Maggie Mae or Jiggy for This turn, sorry peeps, because this tune is definitley freestyle...
so take your partners on to the floor...for Mag's Special New Year 2008 Celabratory DANCE!!
1, 2, 3, 4 and FIVE!!!
 yes ... its?
MAMBO NUMBER FIVE!
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A little bit of Monica in my life
 A little bit of Erica by my side
 A little bit of Rita's all I need
 A little bit of Tina's what I see
 A little bit of Sandra in the Sun
 A little bit of Mary all night long
 A little bit of Jessica Here I am
 A little bit of You makes me your man...
 thats mambo number FIVE!
now WHERE's My DANce Partner?
  mags x 1月10日 Whats In Your Store Cupboard?Mag's Thursday Kitchen
 Here are some ideas for those storecupboard items, or provisions, which from time, to time you may have in your house. And with a little embelishment, you can make some winter comfort food with.
FLOUR.
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PANCAKES
Ingredients
For the pancake mixture: 110g/4oz plain flour, sifted pinch of salt 2 eggs 200ml/7fl oz milk mixed with 75ml/3fl oz water 50g/2oz butter To serve: caster sugar lemon juice lemon wedges Method
Sift the flour and salt into a large mixing bowl with a sieve held high above the bowl so the flour gets a airing. Now make a well in the centre of the flour and break the eggs into it. Then begin whisking the eggs - any sort of whisk or even a fork will do - incorporating any bits of flour from around the edge of the bowl as you do so. Next gradually add small quantities of the milk and water mixture, still whisking (don't worry about any lumps as they will eventually disappear as you whisk). When all the liquid has been added, use a rubber spatula to scrape any elusive bits of flour from around the edge into the centre, then whisk once more until the batter is smooth, with the consistency of thin cream. Now melt the 50g/2oz of butter in a pan. Spoon 2 tbsp of it into the batter and whisk it in, then pour the rest into a bowl anduse it to lubricate the pan, using a wodge of kitchen paper to smear it round before you make each pancake.
Now get the pan really hot, then turn the heat down to medium and, to start with, do a test pancake to see if you're using the correct amount of batter. I find 2 tbsp is about right for an 18cm/7in pan. It's also helpful if you spoon the batter into a ladle so it can be poured into the hot pan in one go. As soon as the batter hits the hot pan, tip it around from side to side to get the base evenly coated with batter. It should take only half a minute or so to cook; you can lift the edge with a palette knife to see if it's tinged gold as it should be. Flip the pancake over with a pan slice or palette knife - the other side will need a few seconds only - then simply slide it out of the pan onto a plate.
Stack the pancakes as you make them between sheets of greaseproof paper on a plate fitted over simmering water, to keep them warm while you make the rest. To serve, spinkle each pancake with freshly squeezed lemon juice and caster sugar, fold in half, then in half again to form triangles, or else simply roll them up. Serve sprinkled with a little more sugar and lemon juice and extra sections of lemon.
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POTATO
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Potato Pakora
4 large potatoes
2 cups corn oil (for frying) For the Batter
1 cup besan (chickpea flour) 1/2 cup water 1 teaspoon red chili powder 2 teaspoons cumin powder 4 cloves of crushed garlic 3 inches of crushed ginger salt 2 tablespoons chopped coriander (optional) METHOD
Add water to the Besan.
Besan has a tendency to be very clumpy, so you should add just a few tablespoons at a time to keep the batter smooth. Add the Chilli powder, cumin powder, garlic, ginger, salt and chopped coriander and stir the batter. The potatoes should be sliced very thinly. No thicker than 1/4 of an inch. At this point test one slice of potato in the batter. There should just be a thin coat of batter. Heat the oil in a pan. Use a larger frying pan so that you have more surface area. The oil doesn't need to be too deep since the potato slices are very thin. Dip the potato slices in the batter and fry them till they are golden brown. Remove them from the oil with a slotted spoon and set them on a paper towel for a minute to soak up the excess oil. ~~~
TINNED FISH
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Salmon (or Tuna) Fishcakes
Ingredients
8 heaped tablespoons cooked, very well mashed potatoes
4 tablespoons butter 1 tightly packed cup tinned salmon (or tuna), flaked, all bones carefully removed 1 tablespoon very finely chopped parsley 1/2 tablespoon very finely chopped chervil squeeze of fresh lemon juice salt and pepper cayenne pepper Method
- Beat the butter into the mashed potato in a large bowl.
- Beat in the salmon, herbs, lemon juice and seasoning. - Taste to test the seasoning. - Cool the ingredients. - Beat in enough beaten egg to make the mixture bind together. - Cover the bowl with Clingfilm and chill. - Divide the chilled mixture into as many portions as required depending on the size of fishcake preferred. - Shape the fishcakes by hand using a dusting of flour. - Coat each cake in the flour then dip them in the remaining egg and coat in the breadcrumbs. - Fry the fishcakes in hot oil until golden brown and crisp. - Serve with chervil sprigs and lemon wedges 1 large egg, beaten 3 tablespoons plain flour 2 tablespoons dried breadcrumbs vegetable oil for frying chervil and lemon wedges to garnish ~~~
RICE
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BAKED RICE PUDDING
Ingredients :
56g (2oz) pudding rice (short grain) 710ml (1 pint) whole milk 56g (2oz) sugar 25g butter Grated nutmeg to taste Recipe :
1-Measure out rice and place with sugar, in an oven-proof dish (23cm diametre). Grease bottom to prevent rice from catching. 2-Pour in liquid and stir well.
3-Sprinkle nutmeg over surface for topping.
4-Bake in middle of oven for an hour, stirring after 30 minutes.
5-Bake for a further hour, without stirring, or until you have a thick skin on top of the pudding, then serve.
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I hope you have enjoyed my recipe suggestions..
thanks very very much to all of you who gave me some lovely feedback.
mags x
mags kitchen will return in the spring. 1月2日 A Place Where Dreams Come TrueHi Everyone
Can I begin by wishing you all a very Happy New Year!
I cant believe that i have now left the year 2007 behind..consigned to the annuls of History.
I dont intend to give a potted history of my past year, but i had some scares, some real sadness, and a nasty sidewinder thrown in just for good measure.
But it wasnt all doom and gloom -oh no!
In March of last year i joined spaces, and in all the time that i have owned a computer, it has been one of the best things that i have ever done.
Im sorry I didnt blog more, about serious stuff or more personal Issues, but i think that for the little that I did manage to blog about, it was probably more than enough for the gentle reader.
So since I have been here I have largely given myself over to general silliness, but underpinning all of that, is the strength that i gained from some wonderful friends that i have made here, and for that i thank you all, I mean that sincerely from my heart.
My Christmas was Great, but my Hogmany (or New Years Eve) went pear shaped
Think brown stuff and whirly thing, and you might be getting the picture.
Some of the unluckier ones amongst you might be getting to hear more about that, so if any of you are thinking of going on holiday (abroad preferably) Now would probably be a good time to get packing, If yous dont want to have your ears bent that is
 But we are in a new year now. I refused to make any pronouncements on any new year resolutions, but i know in my heart what i want to achieve for this year, so I guess time alone will tell if i manage it or not.
Do feel free to share any new year resolutions of your own if you made any!
Well I will leave you with the lyrics of a song..
which speak about hopes and dreams for the future.
This song was taken from a play written by a scottish actor and author callled Tony Roper.
The play is set circa the early 1950's in Glasgow.
Times (for impoverished working class families) were hard in those days, and living conditions were cramped.
They enjoyed non of the facilities, that anyone today- who is lucky enough to have a roof over there head-enjoy
But plans were afoot to rehouse families away from the inner city, and out to brand new built urban housing schemes..which would boast gardens, and "mod cons" and even an Inside toilet!
And One young woman (Doreen) Had a dream
Here is the song
DRUMCHAPEL
Me and John, we got married when
I was only seventeen And before I am twenty one I'll be old If you see what I mean? By the Time I'll have carried all mah washing up the stairs I'll not be a lot of fun cos we live on the very top flair I'll be good for nothing before 12 o Clock Waiting for the first foot with a Dram I see aw get plastered all around me I'll be sitting in a kinda dwam cos......... Dreams come true, If you really want them to I'll be living In my dream In a country Housing Scheme Where all my dreams come true I'll be waiting In the Queue For a house on an Avenue Where dreams come true? Out of my kitchen window I'll see the kids aww round the back The street will be dead quiet, maybe even a cul-de-sac I saw it in a picture called Moonlight Bay Lots of pretty houses in a Row Roses round the door and garden fences Thats what me and John are gonna grow ooooh Dreams come true surely mine is nearly due four apartments AND a view and an inside toilet too Im going where dreams come true And the sky is always blue Me and John will start anew Up in Drumchapel where dreams come true ~~~~~
A GUID NEW YEAR TO YIN AND A'
mags x
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