Weird History Stuff

Ideas: from book of bad taste or romance blah from Kings of England.
Dating at the turn of the century...last century. Weird stuff that people did back in the day.
Kellogg and his silly masturbation stuff. Tales from the prairie, old timey people getting freaky. Or, alternately, how about list of silly sexual abstaining. Kellogg, weird cults from back in the day
Abstinence:
Kellogg and Graham: beginning of 20th century
betcha didn't know that your favorite cereal or cracker was originally created to deter folks from sex, or more specifically, masturbation.
Kellogg: was a staunch supporter of extreme abstinence and by that I mean he was also very much against masturbation.
Was a doctor of ??? ran a sanitarium that advocated holistic methods of healing, largely by the utilization of enemas--and lots of them. He also had some pretty legitimate theories about how things like a healthy diet can have a large effect on how one feels. But who cares about that. In addition to administering frequent enemas to patients, Kellogg would then have them eat a bunch of yogurt, using half their ration to administer yogurt enemas. Kellogg was very much against masturbation. He even made claims that masturbation was a direct cause of death. Graham and Kellogg both felt that a bland diet would help stave off those pesky sexual feelings and both recommended using their food creations as anti-lust snacks. Graham had the same point of view and suggested that people cut out as much fat, meat and of course seasonings as possible in order to curb sexual feelings. This is why he created the ubiquitous and well-known cracker. Little did he know that one day the ultra-sultry s'more would be invented, reducing his vision to crumbs.

Wacky anti-sex group # 2: late 1700's
The Shakers were descendants of the Quakers. Like the Quakers, they eschewed the fancy life, preferring to live plain and simply. Paradoxically, they had the wildest, most inhibition-free rituals of all Christian religions. They were called Shakers because they would go crazy during ritual, screaming gibberish, twitching and flailing about, reveling in mindless ecstasy. Possibly the most extreme of all abstinence advocates, the Shakers were not just against recreational sex but procreation itself, a large deviation from most religiously based abstinence ideals. They just didn't have sex...at all...never. Of course, masturbation was similarly reviled but I imagine that it was widely practiced anyhow.

Chix Pelau

CHICKEN PELAU------------
Marinade:
1/4 tsp: salt, pepper, cumin, ground thyme, oregano-2 cloves garlic, pressed
3 green onions, diced (use white bulbs and 1 inch of the light green top)
2 1/2 TB Pickapeppa sauce OR 2 tsp shoyu, 1-2 tsp ketchup, 1 tsp worshire, 1/2 tsp hot sauce

1 1/2 lb chicken, sliced into strip and punctured with knife

Mix marinade, coat chicken and let rest overnight (or at least 3 hours) while you soak beans

1 TB butter
1 m red onion
2 canned whole tomatoes, diced
3 cloves garlic, minced
1-2 carrots, sliced (also squash?)
1 c brown rice
1 1/2 cup water or broth
1/2 cup coconut milk

Saute onion and tomato in melted butter till softened, adding the galic (as usual) at the last few seconds. Remove to a plate, add oil and then brown sugar. Let caramelize until crystals are gone, about 3-5 minutes. Carefully add chicken slices, sear 4-5 minutes, flip and sear the other side for the same. Add the tomato mixture and then the liquids and carrots. Let boil before adding the rice, give a stir, cover and let simmer on low 30 minutes. Now you'll add your peas and let simmer for another 15-20 minutes, covered.


Add some tasty green seasoning if you are inclined, it ups the deliciousity by a lot.
Going green seasoning:
2 TB green onions greens (use the tops of the ones you chopped for your marinade)
1 TB fresh thyme, minced
1 TB oregano, minced
1 TB parsley
2 cloves garlic, pressed

Boating insurance

BoatInsurance.org (Anything Boat, Summer, Beach Related)

http://www.baltimoresun.com/sports/outdoors/bal-sp.boatingdeaths23sep23,0,2155000.story

http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5gflMrL598yIuSAZk6a-ws5R67XEg

Why people don't head severe weather warnings:
http://www.sailmiami.com/magazine/boating_lifestyle/hurricane_preparedness_study.shtml

Recently there was a tsunami warning, stemming from the earthquakes that shook American Samoa, which strongly indicated that people should get the heck away from the beaches in LA.http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2009/09/officials-had-predicted-that-some-beaches-could-experience-higher-than-normal-tides-around-9-pm-in-the-los-angeles-area-th.html

Despite this advice, people still flocked to the beach--some out of apathy towards the warning, others to view the excitement for themselves. I also remember impishly refusing to head jelly-fish or rip-tide warnings when we wanted to boogie-board in Hawaii and sure weren't going to listen to some stupid sign. Why is it people do this? Why are we so inclined to think that we know best, certainly better than those so called "experts"? This seems at odd with the many psychological experiments which routinely suggest that the average person will do anything--even harm an innocent person--if a person in a lab coat tells them to do it.

Renter's Insurance************

Indian crappy copy paste stuff

Indian curry tonight!

Spice amounts to work with:

1. Rogan Josh spices:

4 cloves 2 black cardamoms 4 green cardamoms 1 blade of mace 2 bay leaves 1 tsp corriander powder 1 tsp ginger powder 1 tsp fennel powder 1/3 tsp turmeric 1 tsp paprika 2 tsp chilli powder (from whatever red chilli you like) 4 garlic cloves, chopped salt

2. Vindaloo spices:Whole red chillies. 8 cloves**1 tsp cumin seeds**3 inches of cinnamon stick**6 green caramon pods**1 tsp black peppercorns**4 tsp white poppy seeds

3. Dhansak:

• 1/2 teaspoon turmeric powder
• 3 teaspoon good quality dhansak masala (or curry powder)
• 1 teaspoon cumin powder**2 teaspoons coriander powder**2 teaspoon red chilli powder

4. Dopiaza:

chilli powder--bay leaves--cinnamon stick--some whole red chillies--1/2 tsp tumeric--1 tsp of cloves--1 tsp peppercorns--6 cardamoms--1 tsp garam masala powder--6 big garlic cloves, more if you've got tiddley ones-2 tablespoons ginger puree

Tofu spreads

Base

1 pkg Tofu (12 oz)

2-4 TB mayonnaise

1/4 c shredded carrots

3-4 green onions

2 cloves garlic, crushed

+soy sauce

+lemon juice

Various spices:

curried=dijon, turmeric, curry pwd

veggie spread=bell or hot peppers, celery, ?sunflower/sesame seeds?, turmeric....

tofu salad=pickle, dijon, lemon juice, capers, parsley (worcester??)

kung pao=sriracha/sambal, ginger, peanuts, (large slices onion, not minced, omit carrot)

paprika, curry powder

Blk bean burgers!

BLACK BEAN BURGERS

8 oz baby bella (1/2 chopped 1/2 blendered)
1 small red onion (or 1/2 med or large)
1/2 bell pepper (or small pepper or large hot pepper like poblano/anaheim omit hot sauce)
2 cloves garlic
1 sm. med. carrot
1 can black beans, rinsed and drained
1-2 tsp paprika
1/2 tsp turmeric
dash soy sauce and or salt
dash pepper
dash hot sauce
1 tsp worcestershire
1/2 cup plus 1/4 breadcrumbs
1. Throw onion, carrot, bell pepper, garlic in food processor or blender, blend till small chunks. Remove and do the same to 1/2 of the mushrooms, chop the rest. Heat some oil, cook mushrooms, onion, pepper,carrot and garlic 4-5 minutes, till water mostly evaporates and things look like a delicious burger mush. Add everything else except the breadcrumbs and stir like a madwoman.
2. Add beans, mashing constantly and cook down for quite a while, till far less watery and a good paste like consistency. This will take about 5 more minutes or so.
3. Transfer to a bowl and let cool. Add 1/2 cup of the breadcrumbs and then use a spatula (or whatever) to cut the mass of beantastic goodness first in half, then in fourths and finally cut these pieces into eighths. Form them into 8 thin patties which will be sure to cook adequately and dust with the remaining breadcrumbs.

Lean, green edamame "burgers"

1 c. edamame

Stir fried rice:
1 c (maybe a bit less depending on veggies) cooked brown minute rice (or day old brown rice)
1 poblano, minced
1 sm/med carrot, minced
2-3 garlic, minced
1 inch cube of ginger (opt)
dash fish sauce
2 tsp soy sauce

2 tsp lemon juice

dash sesame oil

4-5 green onions, minced

1 c. panko bread crumbs

1 egg

Just 1/2 cup plus 1/2 cup of the rice and edamame and panko made about 6-8 thin burgers (I think, I may have ended up using the full cup)

Prepare rice and let cool in the freezer for a while as you chop your veg and start stir frying them. Heat up a wok on medium, add 1 TB of oil, let it heat up for a few minutes, then add veggies till softened (2-4 minutes) finally add the rice and stir, adding all the remaining oils and juices and stirring till well combined. Heat for about 3 more minutes, continuing to stir. Add green onions last and let this cool before adding to cooked edamame in a blender and mixing well. Stir this together with the panko and an egg, mixing well.

Shape into thin patties and either saute for about 2 minutes on high medium or bake in a 350 oven until they get crispy and browned on the outside (ummm 10 minutes maybe?)