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3-Game Homestand Begins with CSUN

Jan. 3, 2007

Fullerton, Calif. -

Thur., Jan. 4 -- vs. Cal State Northridge, Titan Gym, 7:05 p.m.
Sat., Jan. 6 -- vs. Pacific, Titan Gym, 6:05 p.m.
Sat., Jan. 13 -- vs. UC Riverside, Titan Gym, 6:05 p.m.

IN A NUTSHELL: Cal State Fullerton (10-3, 1-1) tries to extend its recent home-court success -- 6-0 this year, 10-0 going back to last season -- into Big West Conference play, where the Titans were only 2-5 in Titan Gym last season. The Titans are ranked No. 21 in the current Mid-Major Top 25 Poll conducted by College Insider.com. The Titans' 10-3 start is their best since the 1990-91 team opened 10-3 before losing its next two games.

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AUDIO: All Titan games can be heard live on the internet on computers with sound cards. Listeners may access the CSF Athletics home page at www.fullertontitans.com and follow the links. Justin Alderson will be the announcer for the Cal State Northridge and Pacific games.

VIDEO: All Titan home games and road Big West Conference games are available via videostreaming on a subscription basis. Details are available on the Big West website at www.bigwest.org.

No. Name Ht. Yr. ppg r/apg Quick Notes
C 5 Justin Burns** 6-7 Sr. 12.1 6.8r Scored in double figures in each of last four games
F 2 Scott Cutley 6-5 Jr. 15.9 9.0r Averaging more rebounds than official conference leader
G 3 Bobby Brown*** 6-2 Sr. 21.1 5.1a In Big West top five in scoring, FG%, FT%, 3pt FGs & %, assists and steals
G 22 Ray Reed 5-11 Jr. 11.3 4.2a Leading Big West Conference in steals (2.77); 18 for 28 FGs last 5 games
G 0 Frank Robinson* 6-4 Jr. 11.6 5.2r Between 4 and 7 rebounds in every game this season

G 54 Marcus Crenshaw 5-10 So. 11.5 2.5a 14 for 26 3-point FGs over last four games
F 21 Kenneth Alexander 6-6 Jr. 4.4 3.8r Got first start vs. Bethune-Cookman; 6 rebounds in solid 25 minutes at UCLA
F 43 Chris Minardo 6-10 So. 5.1 2.5r Had 5 points, 4 rebounds in 11 quality minutes at Pepperdine
C 42 Andrew Green 6-6 Jr. 4.7 3.4r Leads team in rebounds per minutes played
F 34 Marcus Morgan 6-5 Jr. 2.9 3.1r Started first three games; sidelined by knee problem for three games
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SERIES HISTORIES: The Titans lead the all-time series with Cal State Northridge, 28-23, thanks to a 5-game winning streak over the past two seasons. The Titans trail in the all-time series with Pacific, 41-29, and have lost six in a row, 14 of the last 15 and 19 of the past 21. Pacific has won seven in a row in Titan Gym by an average of 5 points including one overtime game.

ABOUT THE MATADORS: Cal State Northridge (6-6, 0-1) has lost five of seven since opening 4-1. The Matadors are led in scoring by Jonathan Heard (15.3 ppg) and Calvin Chitwood (14.3 ppg). Center Thomas Shewmake is the leading rebounder at 6.1 per game.

ABOUT THE TIGERS: Pacific (4-9, 1-0) snapped a 6-game losing streak to beat Cal State Northridge in its Big West Conference opener. Anthony Brown is the Tigers' leading scorer (15.2 ppg) and rebounder (7.8 rpg) while shooting 50 percent from the floor and 75 percent at the foul line. Steffan Johnson averages 11.4 ppg and C. J. Morgan is at 9.4.

ABOUT THE TITANS: The Titans are trying to post their third consecutive winning season, something that hasn't been done in Fullerton since Coach George McQuarn posted four winning records between 1981-82 and 1984-85. They got off to a 4-0 start for the first time since 1989-90 and their 10-2 start was the best since 1983-84. The Titans feature three returning "regulars" in seniors Bobby Brown at point guard and Justin Burns at center and junior guard Frank Robinson, who was the Big West Conference's "sixth-man" of the year in 2005-06. Four-year transfers Scott Cutley and Marcus Crenshaw from Kent State and Ray Reed from Georgetown have made an immediate impact along with community college transfers Kenneth Alexander and Marcus Morgan from West Valley, Andrew Green from College of the Sequoias and Chris Minardo from Citrus College. Six different players (Minardo, Reed, Crenshaw, Cutley, Brown and Burns) led or shared the lead in scoring in the first six games, but Brown has been the co-leader or leader in six of the last eight.

THE COACH: Bob Burton is 58-44 in his fourth year at Cal State Fullerton and career, having coached game No. 100 vs. San Jose State on Dec. 23. At .569, Burton has the second best winning percentage of any Titans' head coach, trailing only Bobby Dye (109-78, .583). The recent 5-game winning streak matched a similar one in 2004-05 for the best of the Burton Era. He is 6-2 vs. Cal State Northridge and 0-6 vs. Pacific.

FRIENDLY CONFINES: Under Coach Bob Burton, the Titans are 31-13 (.698) in Titan Gym and have a 10-game winning streak alive including 6-0 this season.

NEW FRILLS: Not coincidental to the recent home success, a squad of cheerleaders was added to the home court ambience for last season. Along with a flag carrier and a new student band, they join the entertainment package headed by the six-time national champion dance team.

ON THE ROAD: Under Bob Burton, the Titans have made dramatic strides as a road team. In the past two seasons plus this year to date they are 24-20 away from Titan Gym. In the previous 10 seasons the combined road record was 30-115. Burton's total CSF road record is 27-31.

CHALK TALK: Assistant Coach Andy Newman will hold a free pre-game reception and "chalk talk" for the Titan Athletics Club on Saturday at 4 p.m. prior to the 6:05 p.m. game with Pacific. The location is the recreations room at University Village, across from campus on north side of Yorba Linda Blvd.

LIVING RIGHT: Twice this season the Titans have survived 3-point field goal tries by opponents at the buzzer that would have turned CSF victories into defeat. And both times it was the opponent's leading scorer -- Ross Mouton at Louisiana-Lafayette and Marvin Lea at Pepperdine -- taking the shot. Ironically, in both games, the Titans led by 18 in the first half -- 29-11 at ULaLa and 30-12 at Pepperdine.

OUT OF THE BLOCKS: With the exception of two times, the Titans have jumped out to first-half double-digit leads in every other game, to wit: 14-2 at 15:24 vs. Cal Maritime; 24-12 at 10:10 vs. Hope; 17-7 at 15:19 at Lafayette; 33-23 at 9:26 at Eastern Washington; 14-3 at 14:43 vs. UTSA; 14-4 at 15:18 at UCLA; 13-2 at 15:42 at Pepperdine; 14-2 at 15:53 vs. Bethune Cookman, 24-14 at 7:41 vs. Louisiana-Lafayette; 16-6 at 12:06 vs. San Jose State and 41-31 at 6:22 at Cal Poly. Interestingly, in the two slow starts -- at UTSA and at UCSB -- they fell behind by as many as 17 points in the first half but rallied to at least get even in the second half.

Bobby Brown: Senior point guard Bobby Brown is the focal point of the Cal State Fullerton program. An unheralded product of Westchester High School in Los Angeles, he has developed into one of the nation's finest players and an All-America candidate. He tested the NBA draft waters last summer but opted to return for his senior year. He has been nominated for the Bob Cousy Award as the nation's top point guard and is on CollegeInsider.com's pre-season Mid-Major All-American team. He has made numerous pre-season All-Big West Conference teams and is projected as player of the year by many. Last year he was first-team All-Big West and second-team All-NABC District.

He needs 251 more points this season to become the Titans' all-time leading scorer, surpassing All-American, Olympic gold medalist and 6-year NBA veteran Leon Wood. At Pepperdine he passed Greg Bunch and Chris Dade to move into the No. 4 spot on the list and went to No. 3 ahead of Ike Harmon (at 1,557) during the second Louisiana-Lafayette game. Brown was selected Big West Conference player of the week after his 47-point game against Bethune-Cookman, the second highest scoring total in Big West history behind 53 by Raymond Lewis of Cal State L.A. on Feb. 23, 1973, vs. Long Beach State. The 46-year-old school record was 45 points by Jon Brettman vs. Luke Air Force Base on Dec. 12, 1960. The old school Div. I record was 38 by Richard Morton on Jan. 7, 1988, vs. UC Irvine. Eleven 3-point field goals broke the CSF mark of 10 by Ryan Dillon (Jan. 31, 2001, vs. Boise State) and tied the Big West record of Chris Brown of UC Irvine on Mar. 13, 1994, vs. New Mexico State. Brown had 12 points in first 4:07 and 17 (of team's first 19) in first 7:11.

AND MORE: Brown begins the week among the Big West leaders in every category except rebounding. He is No. 1 in assists (5.1 apg), No. 1 in 3-point field goals (3.6 per game), No. 2 in scoring (21.1), No. 2 in steals (2.0 per game), No. 2 in assist-to-turnover ratio (1.55), No. 3 in minutes played (33.7 per game), No. 4 in 3-point field goal percentage (.468) and No. 5 in free-throw (.794) and field goal percentage (.532).

Frank Robinson: The junior swingman was the key Titan off the bench last year when he was selected the "sixth man" of the year in the Big West Conference. He became a starter for the final three weeks of the season and played to an all-conference level, averaging 16.6 points over the last seven games capped by a 25-point, 12-rebound effort in defeat to Long Beach State in the semifinals of the post-season tournament. Overall, he averaged 11.5 points and 5.1 rebounds and was No. 3 in the conference in 3-point field goal accuracy at .445 (49 of 110). This year he scored 16 points in each of his first two games but has hit a shooting slump from long range, making only 10 of 39 3-point tries over the past 8 games. He had a career-high 7 assists vs. Bethune Cookman.

Justin Burns: Senior center has bounced back from a scoreless game vs. Bethune-Cookman to score in double figures in each of the past four games. He won Big West Conference Player of the Week honors in November when he posted a pair of double-doubles in victories at Texas-San Antonio and Louisiana-Lafayette. He had a career second-best of 21 points vs. Texas-San Antonio. With three double-doubles this season, he has moved into the Titans' career Top 12 list with 8. He begins the week No. 4 in rebounding in the Big West.

Scott Cutley: Junior forward is playing with a splint on his left hand to protect a fracture to his thumb suffered in practice prior to the Bethune-Cookman game, which he missed. With the splint he has 60 points and 35 rebounds in the last 4 games. He broke in with a bang, scoring 31 points with 11 rebounds in his Titan debut at Louisiana-Lafayette on Nov. 24. It was only the 62nd 30-point game by a Titan at the Div. I level. He scored the game-tying buckets in the final minute of both regulation and overtime. He leads the Big West Conference in double-doubles with four despite playing in only nine games, which leaves him shy of qualifying (75% of team's games) for the lead in scoring (would rank No. 4) and rebounding (would rank No. 1).

RAY REED: Georgetown transfer Ray Reed leads the Titans and the Big West Conference in steals (2.77 ) through the first 13 games and is No. 3 in assists (4.23). He was in double figures in scoring in each of the first five games but then went five games in single digits until a 15-point effort vs. San Jose State. He made only 1 of 11 field goals at Pepperdine but since then is 18-for-28 (.643) including 4 of 8 from 3-point range. He just missed a triple-double against Hope International when he had 23 points, 10 rebounds and 9 assists. He has attempted at least one free throw in every game except at UCLA.

Marcus Crenshaw: He started the first three games and averaged 18 points. Playing considerably less minutes, he has averaged 9.6 points in the last 10 games. He is second on the team with 34 3-point field goals and ranks No. 3 in the Big West (2.62 per game). He is on pace to make 75 in a 29-game schedule which would be the third-best single-season total in CSF history. His total of 32 assists is No. 3 on the team.

CONNECTING FROM LONG DISTANCE: The Titans were on a 3-point shooting spree in their recent 5-game winning streak. They combined to make 58 of 120 tries (.483) by making double digit treys in each game topped by a school-record equalling 14 (in 28 tries) at Cal Poly on Dec. 28. But at UC Santa Barbara they made only 2 of their first 17 and finished 5 of 20.

WESTCHESTER CONNECTION: Westchester High School, one of California's most successful prep basketball programs in recent times, leaves a lot of flavor on the Titans' roster. Current players Bobby Brown, Scott Cutley and Jarrel Lake all played there while Titan Assistant Coach Marlon Morton was on the WHS staff. Last year's team had two more former Comets in Jerard Moret (who transferred to West L.A. College) and John Clemmons (eligibility expired).

ONLY ONE NEW STOP: Lafayette, Louisiana, with its Cajundome was the only stop on the Titans' basketball itinerary this year where the Titans have not previously competed. (Pending the ESPNU Bracket Buster assignmnet on Feb. 17). Conversely, three new opponents visited Titan Gym -- California Maritime, Bethune-Cookman and Louisiana-Lafayette.

SURVEY SAYS: Cal State Fullerton was a consensus third-place prediction at the annual Big West Conference Basketball Media Day on Oct. 25. Both the media and coaches polls had Fullerton behind Pacific and Long Beach State.

MID-MAJOR POLL: Cal State Fullerton is No. 21 in the current Mid-Major Poll conducted by College Insider.com.

Record Points Previous

1. Butler (30) 13-1 774 1
2. Southern Illinois (1) 10-2 689 5
3. Winthrop 10-3 689 6
4. Wichita State 9-3 662 2
5. Northern Iowa 11-2 640 8
6. Gonzaga 9-5 626 4
7. Drexel 9-2 608 7
8. Missouri State 10-3 546 3
9. Davidson 12-3 456 9
10. Marist 10-3 424 10
11. Western Kentucky 11-4 407 12
12. Creighton 7-4 379 15
13. Akron 8-3 373 14
14. Old Dominion 8-4 372 11
15. Appalachian State 11-3 333 24
16. Loyola-Chicago 9-5 262 13
17. Hofstra 8-4 246 23
18. VCU 9-3 202 16
19. Santa Clara 10-5 173 17
20. North Texas 11-3 158 21
21. Cal State Fullerton 10-3 143 18
22. San Diego 9-5 126 19
23. Bradley 10-4 124 20
24. Ohio 9-3 94 NR
25. Army 10-4 77 NR

OTHERS RECEIVING VOTES: UC Santa Barbara 69, Evansville 66, North Dakota State 52, Southeastern Louisiana 51, Indiana State 46, Drake 35, Sam Houston State 21, Long Beach State 19, Robert Morris 13, Liberty 12, Southern Utah 12, Oral Roberts 11, Utah Valley State 11, Belmont 9, Texas A&M Corpus Christi 9, Illinois State 8, Lipscomb 8, Holy Cross 7, Kent State 7, Portland State 6, Princeton 6, George Mason 4, Buffalo 3, UNC Greensboro 3, Albany 2, Bucknell 2.

VOTING PANEL: Mike Adras (Northern Arizona), Randy Bennett (St. Mary's), Will Brown (Albany), Dave Calloway (Monmouth), Kermit Davis (Middle Tennessee), Bruiser Flint (Drexel), James Fox (Davidson), Steve Hawkins (Western Michigan), Brad Holland (San Diego), Joe Jones (Columbia), Rob Judson (Northern Illinois), Billy Kennedy (Murray State), Tod Kowalczyk (UW-Green Bay), Jim Larranaga (George Mason), Jim Les (Bradley), Mike Lonergan (Vermont), Bob Marlin (Sam Houston State), Gregg Marshall (Winthrop), Steve Merfeld (Evansville), Porter Moser (Illinois State), Jimmy Patsos (Loyola MD), Tom Pecora (Hofstra), Vann Pettaway (Alabama A&M), Larry Reynolds (Long Beach State), Sam Scuilli (Santa Clara), John Shulman (Chattanooga), Mark Slonaker (Mercer), Scott Sutton (Oral Roberts), Bob Thomason (Pacific), James Wilhelmi (Howard), Ralph Willard (Holy Cross).

NOTE: The Mid-Major Poll is made up of teams from the following conferences: America East, Atlantic Sun, Big Sky, Big South, Big West, Colonial, Horizon, Independents, Ivy, Metro Atlantic, Mid-American, Mid-Continent, Mid-Eastern, Missouri Valley, Northeast, Ohio Valley, Patriot, Southern, Southland, Southwestern, Sun Belt, West Coast.

Loyola (MD) head coach Jimmy Patsos is the chairman of the Top 25 voting panel for the 2006-07 season.

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Saturday, May 19, 2012

Bar Review: Blue Blood Brewing Company

Local Working Class

I prefer to drink my beer out of a can. Cans are metal. I don't really need any other reason. So I was excited to see that a brewery out of Lincoln, Nebraska was using cans.

Blue Blood Brewing Company started up last year. The section of their web site that explains their background is "coming soon," so I can't really tell you much more than that. Except that I can practically see the place from the apartment where I've been living the last 6 months (until later this week). Seriously, as the crow flies, this would be a five minute walk, if that.

They currently produce two brews, 834 Happy as Ale (4.6% ABV / 35 IBU) and 1327 Pod's ESB (5.6% ABV / 37 IBU). These are, obviously, both ales. The 834 has a brighter, hoppy flavor (hops grown in Nebraska), but the ESB is much stronger. They are both very easy drinking, which seems to go well with the brewery's name. It's working-class stuff, but its character is of the little-publicized favorite of the local working folk rather than the mass-produced garbage of the masses who don't know any better. It is a bit more expensive than working-class garbage, at about $8 for a 6-pack of 12-ounce cans, but it's worth it.

The Verdict: Rather than trying something fancy, they've decided to just do the simple stuff, but do it well. That's to be respected. I give them both 3.5 out of 5 stars. When they get better-established, I can't wait to see how they experiment.

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  1. According to Hank Hill, beer from a can always tastes 2 degrees cooler than beer from a bottle. So, I guess that could be a second reason.

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Tuesday, March 31, 2015

Slowing Down to Focus on the Art

I cited the international Slow Art Day in TrendsWatch2015 as one effort to encourage people to bring leisurely attention to bear on the museum. As Slow Art Day 2015 is fast approaching—it’s on April 11—I tracked down two museums that have participated in the past and will do so again this year. In today’s post, Michelle Moon, Assistant Director for Adult Programs at the Peabody Essex Museum, and Celeste Fetta, Chief Educator, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, answer a few questions about their experiences with the event.

Michelle and Celeste, how did Slow Art Day come to your attention?

"Geisha: Beyond the Painted Smile." Courtesy of the
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Michelle: At the Peabody Essex Museum, we believe strongly that art experiences can be deeply transformative, so I’m always on the lookout for unexpected ways to draw people into moments of deeper connection with artwork. When Slow Art Day launched, I understood its potential in part because I’ve been involved in the “slow movement” for nearly ten years as a chapter co-founder and regional governor for Slow Food USA. It’s led me to appreciate how “slow” experiences become opportunities for more meaningful and mindful interactions with our surroundings. I like the way it empowers individual interpretation in non-didactic, open-ended discussion.

Celeste: VMFA is in the midst of a transition for our gallery practice—moving away from strictly delivering information to observation, interaction, dialogue, and discussion in order to engage the visitor in ways that are suited to his or her learning style and/or needs. About three years ago, Slow Art Day found us through a community volunteer and former instructor who organized a group of friends to participate. It’s a natural fit to our revised philosophy of spending time with a work of art to afford a natural pathway of discovery. Now we now offer classes that focus on one work of art for an hour, approaching the piece from a variety of perspectives, and that leads to fruitful discussions.

How has the event worked out?

Michelle: Each and every person who has participated has found it to be transformative, a little oasis of absorption in an otherwise busy culture. Our groups have had some great conversations, and in a society as fragmented as ours, its potential to connect strangers over their reactions to artwork is quite moving. The idea itself has also been a catalyst for thinking about how to bring slow looking experiences to museums on a more regular basis.

But participation has been wobbly - we started with 11 people the first year, then 8, then a low of 3, and last year 6 (including me and my husband). I've experimented with different approaches to running the event, including offering a suggested itinerary of items to view, creating a guide to slow looking, and having an external coordinator. This year, we're going to try offering 3 VTS-based experiences on the half-hour, then convene for lunch and discussion in the museum cafe. I hope having the conversational experiences come first will help break the ice, and perhaps draw in people from the galleries who didn’t know in advance that Slow Art Day was happening.

Celeste:  The artist/volunteer who leads Slow Art Day lets us know in advance of her plans and how she will coordinate sign-ups, usually through Eventbrite. As Slow Art is a grass roots movement, it was natural to let this happen organically, hosted and coordinated by a member of the community. We usually post the event on our social media channels and then that’s it! She handles the rest, guiding the group through the museum and then convening in the café for a discussion afterwards. This works well for us because our permanent collection is free and open 365 days a year, requiring no tickets.

I believe it’s been successful in two ways. The fact that it is driven from our visitor base is a successful example of the transformation of VMFA (and museums in general) from a repository to a place for the community. Our tagline “It’s Your Art!” emphasizes our hope that visitors feel like the collection and museum belongs to them. We welcome people to use the galleries as an extension of their space, a community living room or a place of solace- whatever fits their needs. The way this program is organized and run reinforces this belief.

Slow Art Day is also important because it promotes the part of our gallery practice which emphasizes close observation and discussion of art. Taking time to explore a work of art through a multitude of pathways and honoring each person’s point of view is key to engaging the viewer while honoring art as a catalyst for conversation and dialogue.

Do you have any advice for other museums considering participating in Slow Art Day in future years?

Michelle: SAD was initially developed as a viral, community-driven idea, and I think it would really run best that way, completely external to the museum. But the first year, we had no community volunteer stepping up to organize, so I decided to make it part of our program. An impassioned volunteer leader who's not officially sanctioned by the museum may stand a better chance of activating their own participant community, using alternative/viral channels and personal networks. Making it part of the museum program seems to endow it with too much "officialness." I can't say whether or not I'll re-up yet, but either way, I'd really like to see more participation. It takes a lot of trumpeting to get folks out to try this new experience, and museums have to weigh the cost/benefit of devoting organizational time to a program with a smaller turnout, even if it has high personal impact.

Organizers also need to adjust to the infrastructure of Slow Art Day. It started as a personal project and has slowly developed into a more formal group, so it runs a little differently than many other groups museum programmers typically interact with. They prefer that SAD leaders join an email list, which unfortunately involves dozens of emails per day from all over the world during the weeks leading up to the program - which weighs down my already-groaning inbox. I've communicated with them about it, and though they feel pretty committed to having a robust exchange in the month before the program, they are also listening to their participants and thinking about new engagement tools, including online resource sharing to prevent that kind of message backlog.  Signing up through Eventbrite is also a little bit tricky, especially for museums that already have their own ticketing and reservation processes.

I have hopes that Slow Art Day continues to catch on and grow. The power of carving out a few quiet moments to really interrogate artworks from your own individual perspective is age-old, but we rarely make time for it anymore. People who do feel refreshed, and the discussion afterward helps them feel more connected to others and to their own emotions and intellect. The outcomes are so valuable that the project can be worth doing, even for a niche audience. I look forward to learning more from other SAD leaders, whether in or outside of museums, about this interesting way of inviting independent engagement with art.

Celeste: My advice would be to let a member of the community host and support from the periphery, but be prepared to back up the practice SAD promotes with a similar philosophy in your other gallery programs. It is refreshing to know that people are looking for opportunities to take time with a work of art to contemplate, appreciate (or not), and discuss their impressions. As Michelle mentions, this is not a new concept, but a reboot of an age-old practice.  How great is it that museums can be trendsetters by bringing an old school idea into the 21st century?

If you want to experience this slow event first-hand, check out the list of 2015 venues to find a participating museum or gallery near you. You can also volunteer to host a group at your museum. Either way, let Michelle, Celeste and me know how it goes, via comments on this post!

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Casseroles for Autumn

Their is a chill in the air this morning.  It's getting cooler at night and it's taking longer for the day to warm up.  Green leaves are quietly changing to yellow, ambers, and reds.  Autumn has arrived.  Each night that we are able to dine out on the deck I think it's going to be the last al fresco meal for a while.  I love to eat out side, do you?

My tastes flow with the seasons.  During warm seasons I dress lightly, eat lighter, fresher foods, even drink more white wine and light colored beers.  As the weather turns cooler, like now I head for red wines, darker beers, soups, and casseroles.

What's better than walking into a nice warm kitchen that holds the fragrance of a delicious dinner?  Well, besides opening up the kiln to a beautiful casserole.  Actually, the dinner may be better because you get to enjoy the casserole dish as well as the food it holds.

Freshly Thrown Casseroles

Expect to see some more casserole recipes on Meatless Mondays.

While you're thinking warm thoughts head over to Mudcolony, many of those bloggers are from Australia where it's spring.

Check out the gallery page - Future Relics Gallery by Lori Buff

  1. it's the season for casseroles, chilly weather this morning

    1. It is in lots of places in the US Linda, you're right.

  2. Its more than warm thoughts today in Brisbane, Aust Lori - its meant to hit 36degrees (past 96.8 F) :) Your casseroles looks great!

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Google will very soon be launching the Android version of ‘Find my Phone’. After chasing the ‘dream’ for as many as four years, Google has finally caught up with Apple to make a device powered by Android and that is equivalent to their rival Apple’s ‘Find my Phone’ app.
Like the Apple app, this app will also assist the user to help track down the location of the phone that are most stolen. The app is also helpful in tracking the tablets running on the Android OS.
It is tagged as ‘Android Device Manager Service’ and might not be too attractive as far as the name goes. However, the functionality that it offers is the same as that of the Apple product.Google
The app hasn’t yet been launched yet, but is expected to be rolled out later this month. The upside of the feature is that the phone can ring at the highest possible volume, even if it is put in silent mode, if it has been misplaced anywhere in the house. It is also possible to view the location of the phone and that too in real time.
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There is a best deal inside – the service can easily go with the Android gadgets running the older version 2.2 – Froyo. It means any higher version of the OS will easily be handy. And according to Google only 1.3 per cent of the devices will not be able to use the app. There is also a supporting app for handling several devices.
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Thursday, February 19, 2015

Flinging in the Rain

I'll never match Gene Kelly and his 'Singing in the Rain' routine, but I've just been dancing around our garden, flinging in the rain, and I feel just as good as Gene ever did.

You see, it's citrus fertilising time, and in recent years I've decided to abandon any pretence to sanity for this special occasion, and as soon as I hear the rain falling, I'm out in the garden with my bag of perfumed chicken poo, flinging it under our fruit trees, while the rain does the other important job – watering in the fertiliser while it gently soaks the skin of one slightly crazy old gardener.

As well as this 'Eureka' lemon tree we have
a 'Tahiti' lime and a Thai lime in a pot. They
all get a good feed now. For this lemon tree,
I give it about a dozen generous handfuls.
The potted citrus gets just one handful, but
I feed it several times a year, unlike its big
siblings planted in the ground.
For Australian (and I guess all other Southern Hemisphere gardeners) you should feed your citrus trees twice a year: at the end of summer (late February) and the end of winter (late August).

Now, as for what to use, your choices are many, but I go for chicken poo every time. Here in Australia it's sold under several brand names, but the biggest seller is Dynamic Lifter. Not all Dynamic Lifters are equal, though, so you should check out the labelling before you buy anything, as some products are "organic" and others are "organic-based".

Here's the "organic based" version, which I
spread around the garden this morning. As well
as the chicken poo, it contains non-organic
additives to boost its performance as a fruit
food. So, if you are ideologically pure when it
comes to organic gardening, it's a sin.
But if you are like me, and you practise all the
other organic gardening basics, such as using
compost and mulch to feed the soil and refraining
from the use of any nasty chemical sprays, then
a bit of organic-based rocket fuel to keep fussy
citrus happy isn't such a big sin. So there.

However, if you are pure of heart and
purpose, an organic saint, there are forms
of manures sold which contain no additives,
and they're all great plant foods. Look for
the organic certification seals on the packet.
If it's the real thing, it should have them.

My excuse is that every second time round, I choose rocket fuel over standard fuel, and I think our citrus like that little boost to their diet.

The moral of the story, though, is that whatever you choose, use it now. You can do it in the sunshine and water the fertiliser in with a hose (the boring but sensible option), or you can do it in the rain, dancing around your garden like a slightly deranged, green-thumbed Gene Kelly.

Anne At Home said...

Hi Jamie, new reader here, I'm really enjoying your blog. I'm an urban gardener in sydney suburbia and love reading about your garden exploits. And your photos are beautiful. I have a Meyer lemon & Tahitian lime in pots and am never sure how & when to feed them. So you give them a handful of chook poo every couple of months? Anything else? I'm always hearing about citrus mineral deficiencies and how to correct them and my eyes sort of glaze over. I have an organic (as in certified) citrus food but I don't want to overdo it. Thanks in advance. Anne

Jamie said...

Hi Anne

You've given me an idea for a quick follow-up posting on citrus in pots, so stay tuned (later today). The short answer is "monthly" for how often, and "lightly" for how much.

Padaek said...

I've always enjoyed that classic scene by Gene Kelly and now you've made it even better! Thank you for the advice and idea. Would you know if raw dried chook poo (the stuff sometimes for sale on the side of the road) is also suitable for the job?

Jamie said...

Hi Padaek
That side-of-the-road chook poo, if truly dried, is excellent stuff. The only drawback is whether it is fully dried. If too "fresh" it can be too strong and could "burn" the plants' roots. So the general rule for buying bags of any manure from a roadside stall is to let it dry for a few months more before using it. Experienced gardeners add this manure to their compost heap, then add that boosted compost to their gardens a few months later.


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  • 'bridging the gap between actions & goal' in the 'Paris Climate Agreement' & also
  • 'closing the accountability deficit' with attention to CO2 DEBITS & CREDITS 1750-2013
    In the UK, this has now led to a Judicial Review of the Government's insufficient response to the 'Paris Climate Agreement'

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This image has become a widely used illustration of C&C; also 'mouse-touch' screen to adjust C&C rates in this 'live' Carbon Budget Analysis Tool (CBAT)

The Objective of the UNFCCC is to achieve a safe & stable greenhouse gas GHG concentration in the global atmosphere.
The Principles of the UNFCCC are precaution and equity.

Concentration of GHG is rising in the atmosphere & the oceans due to rising human emissions & changing rates of CO2 reabsorption, ['sink-efficiency'].

Contraction refers to the 'full-term event' in which the future global total of greenhouse gas [GHG] emissions from human sources is shrunk over time in a measured way to zero net-emissions within a specified time-frame. The example above shows 90% by 2100. Calculating future emissions contraction, looking at concentrations and sink performance, is a non-random way of responding to the objective of the UNFCCC.

Convergence refers to the full international sharing of the emissions contraction-event, where the 'emissions-entitlements' for all countries result from them converging on the declining global per capita average of emissions arising under the contraction rate chosen. Converging at a rate to be agreed - the example shows 2030 - is a non-random way of responding to the principle of 'equity' in the UNFCCC, whilst still meeting its objective. Negotiating the rate of convergence is 'the main equity lever'.

Contraction and Convergence - "C&C has the virtue of simplicity. Equal per capita emissions is a natural focal point.
Contestable computations based on economic variables do not need to enter the allocation
formula." Professor Ross Garnaut

Transparently goal-focusing negotiations at the UNFCCC to become teleological this way, recognizes its 'precautionary principle'.
It makes compliance with its objective less unlikely than does the randomness of the negotiations there so far - eg at COP-15 and eg at COP-16

Different rates of C&C principle shown here & here & here

First tabled at UN by GCI in 1996 briefing - Agreed in principle at COP-3 - Described by UNFCCC as "inevitably required" at COP-9 - now widely cited and supported - information on C&C 'rates' is here - 'incontestability' of C&C is debated here.

C&C was adopted in the UK Climate Act in 2008 but then mishandled at COP-15 also linked here.
The 'climate-gap' is now wider than ever COP-18 failed to correct this COP-21 failed to correct this.

A draft explanatory movie is here (work in progress)
"Nature's Smallest & Most Beautiful Secret" a movie for the Centre for Alternative Technology is here
GCI's memo to UNFCCC is here Support is here CBAT Mk 1 unfinished is here


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Wednesday, April 2, 2014

Spring is here

It looks like Spring, it smells like Spring, and it feels like Spring. It was a wet weekend but the last couple of soul warming sunny days have banished the winter blahs. It feels so good. The blooms of the Star and Yellow Magnolias seem a little flat compared to my blog entry last year. I think the harsher winter is the cause.

These tulips are blooming on very short stems. Same mix as in past years so not sure why. Tulips do better in colder climates than in this zone so I don't think the cold winter is the culprit.
I like periwinkle as a ground cover and it is covered in bloom now.
The Lenten Rose is really spectacular this year.

Several years ago I bought a couple of tree peonies from a mail order nursery since they had a good sale. I had admired them in other gardens and my brother kept sending me pics of his when they were in bloom. So I was motivated to join this club. Well they arrived about the size of my little finger but it was a bargain. In the Spring only one came up so I got a gift certificate when I notified the mail order nursery. The one that lived struggled the first year, I accidentally stepped on it the second year, last year I don't recall seeing any growth but look at it this year. Hope springs eternal for the gardener. By the way the gift certificate was worthless since the mail order nursery went bankrupt and the new owner would not honor it.

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Wednesday, April 16, 2008

Giving by Bill Clinton

Bill Clinton’s recent book Giving: How Each of Us Can Change the World brings together examples of how people are giving time, money, and skills to change the world for the better. Some of my favorite people and organizations are discussed — such as Kiva, Ashoka, ONE, ShoreBank, and Sustainable South Bronx — as well as many that I didn’t know about. It’s a bracing wake-up call for for those who think the country is mired in apathy. In addition to his own Clinton Foundation, Clinton devotes considerable space to the medical missionary work of Paul Farmer, whose book The Uses of Haiti I reviewed at length for Transition. There’s also a chapter on Heifer International, whose marketing I have admired for years. Heifer not only brings home the personal impact of even small gifts, but its attractively produced “magalogs” make giving a donation feel like shopping for a friend. It was good to read that their work is as effective as their marketing. Clinton discusses organizations that have given books for needy schoolchildren in Zimbabwe and Nepal, but doesn’t mention Books for Africa, which has been doing excellent work for years. When my mother visited me in Zimbabwe in 1990, she brought a suitcase of medical instruments of the sort that American hospitals use once and discard. I was pleased to see that an organization called Doc to Dock is now collecting and distributing them on a much wider basis.

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17 Sci-Fi Myths of Insolent Grit

Valiant He Endured From the 1898 Martian Siege of Baltimore to a forlorn AI attack dog on the blue-star-scarred surface of MZ458-C and from the merc-manned Freestead Mayflower off the coast of post-apocalyptic Portland to the man-desperate shores of the Red Sea, here are seventeen science fiction stories of valiant endurance.

These heroes battle conspiracies of usurpers, confront the unearned consequences of others’ willful lunacy, seek out buried truths at unbearable personal expense and endure the inhuman demands of digital rebellion in worlds innately hostile to truth and freedom.

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Valiant, He Endured is book 2 in the There Will Be Liberty anthology series.

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I love well done anthologies, but there are so many bad ones! This is one of the good ones and it does what sci-fi was made to do: examine complex social and ethical issues in a thought-provoking and entertaining way. I laughed out loud at several of the stories, very funny! And some of them made me pause and mull over what I had just read. The liberty themes came through each one, some subtle others more in your face. Loved it! High caliber authors, good flow from story to story. – Amazon reviewer

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Seventeen thrilling stories of valiant endurance, 45,000 words in total.

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Monday, June 1, 2009

The search for a great cocktail continues

Once again, praise be to [deity of your choice] to the Fiance of the Blog for sending me to bartending school. The best mixed drinks I have had here, I have made myself. And my skills are much-appreciated among the always-thirsty expat set.

On Friday night I went to this place and had a few drinks. Bar No. 1 was a polished, clubby experience packed with (mostly male) expats wielding umbrella drinks. I had a decent, but not awesome, manhattan.

The bar is through those second-floor windows in front of you.

The best part of the experience, besides the company, was that the glass-walled side of the bar looked out over the channel between the mainland and Abu Dhabi island, and more important, onto the Grand Mosque.

Ain't it grand?

Yes, I appreciate the irony of enjoying a drink while viewing a mosque. Let alone a grand one.

Bar No. 2 was the lobby of the hotel. Apparently where the Emiratis hang out. And ignoring the fact that they brought us fries (that's right, Brits--George Washington and I said FRIES), the drinks were awful. My martini had lemon juice in it. I don't know what to add to that.

As my Scottish landlord suggested, the bar decor is a diamond-encrusted man-o-war.

I'll bottom-line it for you: Apparently even 20 dirhams (on top of a Dh100 cover charge, thanks to that Y chromosome) won't buy you a good drink in this town. But I'm working on it.

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Monday, August 23, 2010

Colin's First Day of "School"

Well, it was really Mommy's Day Out, but we called it school at our house! Colin was so excited he was running around the house all morning repeating, "It's my first day of school! It's my first day of school!" Of course, I had to serve him his breakfast on the red "You are special today" plate that his brother ate off of last week on his first day of kindergarten.
He wore his backpack all morning, even while eating his breakfast! He was soooo excited

The obligatory "first day of school" pictures on the front porch!
Look at my big boy!

Outside the front door of the church where Mommy's Day Out is held!
Posing in front of the class bulletin board in beside his new classroom! He was so engrossed in playing "race cars," he didn't care that I was leaving. Mr. Independent!!
When I picked him up 3 hours later, he was playing outside and proudly sporting the new crown that he made that morning!
Looks like he had a great day! So did Mommy, but I must say, the three hours just flew by!

Friday, August 13, 2010

We have a K!!!!

A kindergardner that is! For his first day of school I decorated his chair and breakfast area with balloons and served him his breakfast on the "You are Special Today" plate! Such a fun tradition that my parents started with my brother and I! I tried to make his pancake in the shape of a didn't turn out that great! Oh well, Gehrig seemed to love it!
I packed a little note in his lunch box. On the car ride home he told me that he got his note and read it himselfand loved it. And then asked me if I could put a note in his lunch everyday! Awwwww!

The obligatory first day of school pictures on the front porch! Another tradition started by my mom!

Seriously, how grown up does he look here???

Soooo excited!
Gehrig and Evan before school in front of their new lockers!

Just like last year, Colin thinks that he fits right in. He is always so surprised that he has to leave with momma!
I could have just walked out without saying good-bye and he wouldn't have noticed...I didn't, of course!
After the pledges (to the American flag, the Christian flag and to the Bible) Mrs. Curry had the parents and student hold hands in a circle around the classroom and said a prayer over the kids, the parents and the school year...what a wonderful little school Clovis Christian school is and what a wonderful teacher Gehrig has. I just know that it is going to be another fantastic year at CCS!

Evan, Jadis and Gehrig after their first day of can tell they were pretty tired.

We asked Gehrig what his favorite part of the day was to which he replied, "EVERYTHING!!!" I guess that you could say that it was a successful day!

Monday, August 2, 2010

I've been missing!

Wow!! I have been a terrible blogger lately. It has been well over a month since my last update, and truly, I have so much to share with you, like our trip to Houston, our trip to Arizona, visits from grandparents, Colin's surgery, and Gehrig's golf camp and tournament. So, why the slacking? Well, I must admit, we have been super busy, just enjoying summer and all of our little trips, but something else has had me occupied.
I have started up a new blog. Why? Well, go check it out and see! I am really excited to share it with you!

Friday, June 18, 2010

Saying Good-bye to Jackie

"So who is Jackie?" you may be wondering! Well, many of you did not know, but we had a pet turtle for a few days. Daddy went for a run last week and heroically rescued a turtle from the middle of the road. He brought him home to the boys, and they quickly went out and bought him a little tank, some turtle food and a plastic rock formation. Gehrig named his new pet turtle Jakckie, after Jackie Robinson, the baseball player.
A few days later, Chris was researching on the internet about this turtle and learned that the little tank that we bought for him was way too small and that he needed more water and more dry surface as a well as a heat lamp and a myriad of other things. We decided that the best thing to do for our little turtle was to take him to the park and release him by the pond. We knew that convincing Gehrig would be a challenge, and it was.
However, after a morning of tears, and propmpting from both mommy and daddy, he reluctantly agreed that it was what was best for Jackie.
So, later that afternoon, I loaded up the boys and Nicholas, Gehrig's friend, into the car and off we went to the park with a mission.
So far, so good! His buddy helped him carry Jackie out to the pond.
Jackie's last moments before "freedom."
After being released from his cage, Jackie crawled around in the grass for a minute,.....and then made a bee line for the water and dove right in. I watched to see if he would resurface, but he didn't.After that, I looked up and Gehrig had walked off, his friend, Nicholas went after him.
He was SO upset and I think that he was fighting off tears and trying to put on brave face since his friend was there.
Poor thing!

As soon as we got home, he cried uncontrollably. He is a very sensitive guy! But we know that we gave Jackie a better life and a more fitting environment where he can be happy swimming around with his turtle friends!

Wednesday, June 16, 2010

Back-to-back visits!!!

We were so lucky to have both sets of grandparents come visit us, one right after the other! We tried to show them a good time in Clovis!
Gehrig was beyond surprised when Grandma Joan and Grandpa Dub showed up at our house sporting their new shirts! It was so great to see have his fan club here for his last T-ball game. While they were here, we went to Casel-Land, a family fun center that had batting cages, putt-putt, bumper boats and more! Gehrig was so brave and got in the batting cage.
Next we headed over the the putt-putt course!
Colin had a great stradegy. He would whack the ball off of the starting line and then go get it from where ever it landed, pick it up, place it about an inch from the hole.... ...and then tap it in.

One last picture! It was so great to have Grandma Joan and Grandpa Dub visit! We can't wait to see them again in a few weeks!
The same day that Grandma Joan and Grandpa Dub left, Grandma Carole and Grandpa Jerry arrived!!! We, of course, had to go back to Casel-Land for some more putt-putt!
I couldnt, for the life of me, get a picture with both of the boys looking! We went to Lubbock for the day so that Daddy and Grandpa Jerry could play golf at the RAWLS course at Texas Tech while Grandma Carole, the boys and I ran errands. We had a picnic lunch in the park and Gehrig climbed a tree!!
The next day Grandma and I took the boys to a brand new waterpark that opened in Muleshoe. It was small, but perfect for the boys. It had a zero entry pool, a lazy river, a diving board, and a waterslide.

So proud after he went down the waterslide!
Sno-cone break!
I thought that these next two were funny "Baywatch" poses!
We went to a little old fashioned soda fountain and ice cream parlor...the only place in Clovis that serves Blue Bell ice cream!!!
It was so great to have you, Grandma Carole and Grandpa Jerry!


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October 07, 2007

Khenrinpoche's Visit and Long Life Puja

This year Khenrinpoche’s visit to Malaysia was almost for a month. He managed to visit our brother and sisters’ centers and he has reached out to all the students plus many new comers and he also connected many people to Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche and Kopan Monastery. As usual Khenrinpoche is always humorous and so filled with laughters. His teachings, consultations, blessings, initiations, house blessings and his loving approached has touched and change the lives of hundreds of people. Although Khenrinpoche’s schedule was very packed but he managed every single movement with great joy which make his visit very beneficial and auspicious and it also pleases his holy mind.

I received a call from Khenrinpoche recently after his return to Nepal expressing that it had been one of the most beneficial trip and he was very touched by the interest, effort and inspiration towards the dharma shown by the many old and new students. He also expressed his appreciation and heartfelt thanks to Lillian, Exco members, sanghas and students of LDC and sister centers, with lots of blessing and prayers.

October 7th, 2007 was a very auspicious and memorable day for Kopan Abbot Khenrinpoche and all LDC students. Hundreds of Malaysia and Singapore students had the opportunity to offer the most extensive long life puja for Khenrinpoche to live long and be clear of all obstacles for his life, fulfilled all his holy wishes and able to connect him with Buddha dharma in all life time. There were also the performance of the 5 dakinis of the heaven conjoined with extensive sequence of prayers, praises, request, supplications and dedication. It was also very auspicious that Khenrinpoche expressed his acceptance to live long. I can tell that it has pleased his holy mind and his presence here is filled with great happiness especially with the programs, practices, service and devotion and the closeness among the members of LDC, Chokyi Gyaltsen Penang, Rinchen Jangsemling and Kasih Hospice. This was one of the most extensive pujas offered to Khenrinpoche and we constantly pray and hope to have such opportunities in the coming years to do the same and as extensive and traditional as for Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s long life puja this year.

The Happy Khenrinpoche
Dakini Dance

Another picture of the Dakini Dance

Our dakinis
Our beloved Khenrinpoche

All the beautiful offerings

Collyn and Falynn - Busy but happy
I like William's Tibetan costume

Look at Sharlyn's stupas for offering!!

At the puja
Friends from Singapore

Group photo after Khenrinpoche's Thanks giving dinner
At KLIA before Khenrinpoche's departure


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The first modern minimalist bedroom idea comes with the help of white. Nobody doubts that white always works on making modern feel. You can start designing the dream bedroom with the white modern bedding platform with lighted headboard at the centre of the room. Add some additions as white fur rug and simple nightstands make it more pretty. Other Beautiful Modern Bedroom Ideas are the use of glass around the bedroom, either the windows or along the wall. Make it more alive with the LED ceiling installations.

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I spoke to my mum and asked if she had heard of stuffed dumplings from Europe. Nope. Both of us thought dumplings were little floury balls that you put in a stew to add bulk and soak up the flavour (or golden syrup dumplings if you wanted to talk about sweet dumplings). I think that is our Anglo-Celtic ancestry.

I realised that I had recently made pierogi which were probably closer to Johanna’s dumplings and she said I was welcome to do a similar recipe. But I need hours to make it and wanted to try something else. I did a stuffed dumplings search on the net and couldn’t find much, although when I searched pierogi I was amazed at the amount of recipes. I have only heard of pierogi from one friend but apparently there is any number of variations out there which mostly involve sauerkraut, potato and cheese. So I guess I could have tried one of these but I thought I would try Johanna’s dumpling dough and my own filling.

It is beetroot season here. I know because I read it in a foodie magazine in the supermarket queue yesterday. I love beetroots for their colour. Indeed, I have been imagining a beetroot filling in stuffed dumplings because it would have such a startlingly bright middle. I have even visualized the dumplings bleeding a scarlet blush through the dough. So I had to have a beetroot filling. And I was home from work a little early so I thought I had the bit more time I needed to make dumplings.

I had the choice between baking and boiling the dumplings. I was afraid they might fall apart in the boiling water and, if they survived their swim, I wasn’t sure how to serve them. All I could think of was a nun at my high school telling my class we looked like suet puddings with raisins for eyes. Baking seemed easier.

I made a sauce based on Johanna’s suggestions but with some colourful veggies – it wasn’t as uniformly green as I had hoped but had nice splashes of colour. When I chopped the gloriously dark purple basil I bought on a whim recently, I was delighted to be told by E that it looked like something out of a David Lynch horror movie. The downside to the sauce was that if my dumplings were blushing, I couldn’t see under all that sauce. E preferred calling them Dumplings with Wound (after one of his favourite bands, Nurse with Wound). It sounded too gory, but truth be told, they did almost look like a wound when cut open.

My problems started when I served. The beetroot filling which had tasted bland tasted quite lemony, the sauce which had been full of pesto tasted bland and the dough tasted like stodgy mashed potato. Probably the best thing was the great texture of the walnuts in the filling. It wasn’t as good as I expected for dinner that had taken hours (see photo to right). When I went back to the recipe I saw that we had waited ages, only to eat undercooked dumplings. Later, I discovered I had misread the recipe and only baked them about 25 minutes when it should have been 2 or 3 times that. Which means that if I had cooked them as long as Johanna suggested it might have been over 3 hours preparation and cooking time.

But in the name of science I put the cold leftovers in the oven for another 30 minutes. When they came out both texture and flavour were vastly improved. The sauce was thickened to form a thin cover and the dumplings had firmed up (see photo at top of this entry). One of the risks of making unfamiliar foods is no expectations of how it might taste or look. I am looking forward to seeing what others make for the event.

It was hearty winter fare indeed. It does seem like a meal for a hausfrau who has hours to spend cooking rather than a working woman who rushes in the door already hungry before starting to make dinner. But I haven’t met a dumpling I don’t like (when it is cooked properly). Next time I think maybe a blue cheese sauce with them would be good or I might try cooking them in a tomato stew and serving with green vegetables. So thank you Johanna for opening a door to the unknown. I am sure I will be back to explore further.

Baked blushing dumplings
(serves 4-6)

Potato Dough:
- 500g floury potatoes, roughly chopped
- 150g or 1 cup of plain flour (I did half wholemeal and half plain)
- 1 small egg
- ¼tsp veggie salt, or to taste

Green and Purple Sauce:
- 1 cup buttermilk
- 1 egg
- 1 head of broccoli, finely chopped and steamed
- Handful of baby spinach leaves, finely chopped
- Bunch of purple basil, finely chopped
- 50g pesto
- 1 tbsp cornflour
- Handful of tasty cheese

Beetroot filling
- 7 baby beetroots, peeled and grated
- 1 tbsp raspberry vinegar
- 2 cloves garlic, crushed
- ½ cup water
- 1 small potato, cooked and mashed
- ½ tsp salt
- ½ cup walnuts, crushed with the back of a fork
- zest of a small lemon
- 100g cottage cheese

Pour about 1 inch of cold water in a small saucepan and add potatoes. Cover and bring to the boil. Simmer until tender – It took me approximately 25 minutes from when I put them on the gas flame. Mash well – I use a potato masher and then stir with a spoon. When mixture has cooled add flour and egg and salt to taste. Turn out onto a floured board and knead a few minutes, adding some flour, til smooth. It makes a very soft dough that needs constant flouring or it gets sticky.

Divide the dough into 12 pieces. Use hands to pat each piece out flat (about 7-10cm diameter). Place a teaspoon of filling in the centre of the circle and pull dough around filling. Pinch shut and shape to seal dough around filling so it is a smooth round ball.

Place dumplings in a large greased quiche dish. Mix the buttermilk, egg, broccoli, pesto, spinach, basil and cornflour together. Pour over dumplings and make sure all dumplings are covered and mixture is evenly distributed. Sprinkle with cheese and bake at 200ºC for 45-60 minutes or til sauce has set and cheese is a golden brown. Serve hot with sauerkraut.

To Make Filling (while potatoes are cooking and cooling): Place beetroot, vinegar, garlic and water in a frypan on medium to high heat. When it starts boiling, cover and cook til water has evaporated – approximately 10-15 minutes. Add remaining ingredients and stir.

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  1. I'm going to cry...stuffed dumplings yum yum. I am so going to put on weight if I keep finding fabulous recipes like this!
    Thank you :)

  2. thanks Judith - yes this is not the lightest meal - best for winter - and I think if I made it again I would serve smaller portions with lots of veggies as it was quite heavy by itself

  3. Broad beans and fava are the same thing. I always try to include the US veggie names in my blog as well, as they can get a bit confused :)

  4. thanks Judith - the web is great how we can talk to people across countries but it does make me aware of regional differences in how we talk about food - nothing we can't overcome :-)

  5. you are one courageous woman to be experimenting like that! good on you... that's exactly the spirit! although i hate beetroot, i could see these dumplings work very well with sqash - veggie filled dumplings are not something traditional in austria, but it's so worth a try!
    thanks for taking part!

  6. hi passionate cook - thanks for your feedback - I think courage and foolishness are often two sides of the same coin but it was fun to try something different - I suspected I would upset any traditionalists but couldn't resist trying the beetroot!

  7. I love beetroot! These look delicious, I am bookmarking it to make sometime soon in this VERY cold weather we are having lately... yum..

  8. thanks Tara - will be interested to check see how you go if you do try these - they were quite timeconsuming but a lot of the time seemed to be in the cooking so if you are on holidays you will have lots of time for them

  9. Another beetroot lover here - and that what makes your dumplings especially appealing to me. Am bookmarking the recipe, as I'm always on the lookout for great beetroot recipes!

  10. thanks Pille - would love to hear if you make these dumplings - you can be guaranteed they will look amazing as beetroot has such a great shocking bright purple-pink-red colour! But I hope your cooking experience is better than mine

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