I cooked the following receipe for a dinner (2 servings).. And my friend called it 'good food' ;)
Smothered Pork Chops
Ingredients:
- 1/3 onion, chopped
- 1 cloves crushed garlic
- 2 (3/4 inch) thick pork chops (very lean, firm, with grayish pink color - tenderloins)
- 1/4 cup water
- 1/9 cup all-purpose flour
- 1/3 (14.5 ounce) can fat-free chicken broth
- 1 teaspoon browning sauce (Kitchen Bouquet)
Directions:
- Saute onion and garlic in a non-stick skillet coated with vegetable spray until tender.
- Season the chops with seasoning salt and pepper.
- Add pork chops, and brown on both sides. Add water, and bring to a boil.
- Whisk together, flour, chicken broth, and browning sauce until smooth.
- Add to skillet, stirring well.
- Cover and cook over low heat 30 to 45 minutes or until tender.
Garlic Mashed Potaoes
Ingredients:
- 1/4 pkg. Ore Ida Mashed Potatoes
- 1/2 cup milk
- 1 Tbls. butter
- 2 garlic cloves, minced
- salt & pepper to taste
Directions:
- Place milk, butter, garlic, salt,and pepper in a microwave-safe dish.
- Microwave on high for 2 1/2 minutes. Mix in Ore Ida potatoes.
- Microwave for a few minutes (say 2-4 minutes).
- Halfway through cooking, mix potatoes with an electric mixer until creamy and smooth.
- Serve in microwave-safe dish or transfer to decorative dish.
- Garlic flavor will be stonger if prepared several hours before serving.
- For a nice touch, place mashed potatoes under broiler to brown top layer
Skillet Cabbage
Ingredients:
- 1/2 tb Butter
- 1 c Shredded cabbage
- 1 tb Water
- 1/8 ts Salt
- 1/16 ts Pepper
Directions:
- Coat cabbage with melted butter in skillet.
- Add water, salt and pepper.
- Simmer, covered, until cabbage is tender, about 8 minutes.
I remember playing the Prince of Persia game when i was a kid. And it was a major revelation of the DOS games.. And it rocked !! For the unknown, the complete Prince of Persia Links [
Wikipedia], [
DMOZ directory], [
A fanpage] . An excerpt from Wikipedia:
As the title suggests, The game is set in Persia. The sultan is away at war, and the evil vizier Jaffar plans to seize the throne for himself. Jaffar has imprisoned the princess and given her one hour to make her decision: marry him, or die. The player assumes the role of an adventurer, the princess's true love; he must escape from prison and rescue her before the hour is up, defeating the vizier and earning the princedom of Persia.
Here it is:
The Original Prince of Persia [369KB, ZIP Archive]. It is IBM PC compatible (aka. pretty much works on every version of windows etc..).
Happy Nostalgic gaming !!
Well, as anybody from india who is living in usa can attribute, the ethinic troubles of describing yourself is quite a hassle. If you say, you are an "
indian", it would very well represent American Indians (a.k.a Native Americans). If you say, you are an "
East Indian", it historically represents pretty much everything that British used to occupy.. (incl. a whole bunch of nations).
Official US Census just lumps everyone as "Asians". [Links:
General Ethnic Classifications;
Detailed Asian Classification PDF;
]. Apparently, close to 1.8 millions claim to be "Asian Indians" living here.
Hence, my ethinicity is Asian Indian..
And it's been a wait.. and a long one.. will it be worth the wait.. today,
the spongebob movie is released everywhere. And i have tickets for the tonight's show. Ever since, it splashed on tv, it's been a cultural phenomenon, altered lives, gave kids a whole new meaning for the world -"cool". And is slowly absorbing the cultural conciousness of the national.
It's been a long wait.. And i can't wait to see it.. Go
Spongebob !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
NY Times movie review/info: [
Link]
Rotten Tomatoes reviews are here..[
Link]
IMDB movie review: [
Link]
And the movie (i gotta poll my reviews tonight!)... And take a stab at this movie.. there's quite a chance that you would like it.. (atleast the chances are better than being blissfully happy everafter !!)
Roger Federer, to me, is an embodiment of all the good things that you associate with a sportsman, and tennis in particular. I am creating a bookmark of Roger Federer 101. There are not that many websites that devote attention to Federer in English :(
Know your Federer !!
- Best place to start: Roger Federer Homepage [Link]
- Wikipedia stub on Federer: [Link]
- Profiles:
- ATP's player profile for Federer: [Link]
- CBS Sports Line profile: [Link]
- Yahoo Sports profile: [US, UK]
- ESPN profile: [Link]
- Groups:
- Google Groups for Federer in rec.sport.tennis & alt.tennis [Link]
- Yahoo Group for Federer [Link]
- News:
- Google News search for Federer [Link]
- Topix News search for Federer [Link]
- Tennis Forums are a good place to dicuss with fellow tennis enthusiasts
- Official Forum on Federer's homepage [Link]
- MensTennisForums (MTF) [Link]
I will be adding his interviews, junior days and pre-2003 info.
Did i miss any good source? If so, please add on the comments.
UPDATE: See my
Federer Magic Blog for more info on Roger ;)
Following the
favorite online tool post in Google Blogscoped, here is my attempt to list my favorite tools.
