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Friday, November 17, 2006

Interesting Quotes

I'm kind of jealous of the life I'm supposedly leading.
- Zach Braff
Every increased possession loads us with new weariness.
- John Ruskin
If you hate a person, you hate something in him that is part of yourself. What isn't part of ourselves doesn't disturb us.
- Hermann Hesse
Quotation, n: The act of repeating erroneously the words of another.
- Ambrose Bierce
Not even computers will replace committees, because committees buy computers.
- Edward Shepherd Mead
One machine can do the work of fifty ordinary men. No machine can do the work of one extraordinary man.
- Elbert Hubbard
I don't have a bank account, because I don't know my mother's maiden name.
- Paula Poundstone
Here's a rule I recommend: Never practice two vices at once.
- Tallulah Bankhead

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Thursday, November 02, 2006

How to Cut and De-Seed a Pomegranate

Late October, early November is the season for pomegranates, pinkish red orbs filled with crunchy, juicy seeds, bursting with flavor. You can get them at most supermarkets, but if you live anywhere near where they are grown, it's best to get them at a local farmer's market. Here you are most likely to find the ripest pomegranates - the ones whose peels are beginning to crack open, their plump, ripe seeds expanding beyond the peel's ability to contain them. If you are unfamiliar with how to open and remove the seeds from a pomegranate, here are the steps that we use:
http://www.elise.com/recipes/archives/004100how_to_cut_and_deseed_a_pomegranate.php


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